Riccardo La Foresta is a percussionist and sound artist from Modena, Italy, who has developed the Drummophone, an aerophone instrument obtained from drums which creates acoustic drones, ancestral melodies and complex beats, drastically distancing the instrument from traditional drumming and questioning the role of the drum as a percussive instrument. He also creates site-specific performances, sound sculptures and installations. He has toured Europe intensively with experimental music, free jazz, composed music and sound installations, including at Unsound, CTM, Terraforma, Sonica, OSA, Skanu Mesz, Sacrum Profanum, LisboaSoa, LOST, Robot, AngelicA, Tempo Reale, La Digestion, Musica Sanae, Romaeuropa and more. He was a Shape Platform artist in 2021 and works as music curator for NODE festival in Modena and for an artistic residency programme at La Torre, Italy.
www.riccardolaforesta.com
