{"id":104,"date":"2023-09-07T18:01:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T17:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anirongatemelts.net\/?page_id=104"},"modified":"2024-02-26T23:10:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T23:10:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anirongatemelts.net\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"about"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"104\" class=\"elementor elementor-104\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca56cec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca56cec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6b17bb\" data-id=\"d6b17bb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5663eca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5663eca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 25-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Serif', sans-serif;\">Thank you for visiting my website. Here you will find a updated list of my compositions as well as scores and recordings. The best place to find out about upcoming performances etc. is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/federico.bonacossa\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Serif', sans-serif;\">In a nutshell, I am a composer and guitarist living in Miami, Florida.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--medium);\">Much of my work explores alternative tunings and involves electronics in one form or another, though I sometimes do not use either. Composition is for me a process of discovery and a way to engage in a dialogue with the many mysterious things I do not understand. Perhaps for these reasons I have a deep fascination with divination and meditation, and really any technique that involves a kind of surrendering, observing, listening, and describing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--medium);\">I am happy to connect with anyone who is interested in any of the work I do, but also with those who are not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base); font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--medium);\">Below is a short formal third-person bio<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44467d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44467d8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23c1d86\" data-id=\"23c1d86\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-342be13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"342be13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Federico Bonacossa is a composer and guitarist based in Miami.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">His eclectic works have been performed across the US and abroad. Recent performances include the premiere of <i>A Sparrow Flies Towards a Woman as She Stares at a Crescent Moon<\/i> for guitar and chamber ensemble with The Last Hundred Ensemble. His electroacoustic works have been featured in a number of international conferences including the ISSTA Festival in Cork Ireland, SCI Conference, and the NY Electroacoustic Music Festival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">He has written numerous dance scores for Dance Now Miami, most recently <i>Tribe<\/i>, a work in just intonation for soprano, cello, and piano. <i>Anusim<\/i>, another recent collaboration with the company has been performed in New York, St. Luis, Portugal, Italy, as well as many venues in south Florida. Other collaborations include the music for Brookdale by Lazaro Godoy, which was recently performed at the ProART Festival in the Czech Republic and Spain. As a performer, he is involved in promoting new music for guitar and especially works that feature electronics and alternative tunings. He is currently Associate Teaching Professor of Music Theory and Musicology at Florida International University.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">He is co-founder of The Last Hundred Ensemble, an ensemble dedicated to music written in the last one hundred years. The group recently released its first album, featuring his work Omaggio a Marinetti, an eclectic composition for soprano, harp, electric guitar, and percussion (including balloons), based on Marinetti&#8217;s futurist poems.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for visiting my website. 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