{"id":1108,"date":"2026-08-23T08:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T15:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/guitarclub\/?page_id=1108"},"modified":"2026-08-23T12:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T19:20:10","slug":"paolo-angeli","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/guitarclub\/paolo-angeli\/","title":{"rendered":"Paolo Angeli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2027
7:30 PM, CARLSON THEATRE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admission:
General $20
BC Faculty & Staff $15
BC Students with ID Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anyone who has attended a solo performance by the Sardinian musician Paolo Angeli<\/strong>\u2014often presented as a single-act piece\u2014knows they are witnessing a Homeric musical journey. It is a voyage of departures and arrivals, where composition and improvisation weave a narrative filled with haunting melodies and concrete sounds that evoke soundscapes ranging from post-industrial to organic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the heart of the concert is the prepared Sardinian guitar, conceived by Angeli between 1993 and 1996 and perfected over 30 years through three prototypes. This orchestra-instrument, a hybrid between a baritone guitar, a cello, and a drum set, currently features 25 strings, piano-like hammers, propellers for creating drone sounds, movable bridges, and various attachments\u2014evoking the sounds of a harp, electric kalimbas, kora, and sitar. It is played using plucking, a bow, and percussive techniques. Thanks to his innovative approach\u2014ranging from avant-rock walls of sound, desert-like adagios, flamenco comp\u00e1s, Middle Eastern phrasings, and echoes of minimalism\u2014Angeli has forged a hybrid musical poetics that has allowed him to authoritatively renew the language of contemporary guitar playing. Paolo Angeli is considered one of the most important innovators on the international music scene. Originally from Palau (at the northern tip of Sardinia), he grew up with his gaze turned toward the sea. Starting from the traditional instrument, thanks to a decade-long apprenticeship with master Giovanni Scanu and the influences of 20th-century avant-garde visionaries, he created the prepared Sardinian guitar, a true orchestra-instrument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angeli is considered one of the most important innovators on the international music scene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally from Palau (at the northern tip of Sardinia), he grew up with his gaze turned toward the sea. Starting from the traditional instrument, thanks to a decade-long apprenticeship with master Giovanni Scanu and the influences of 20th-century avant-garde visionaries, he created the prepared Sardinian guitar, a true orchestra-instrument. Since the mid-1990s, he has embraced influences from free jazz, folk noise, minimal pop, contemporary flamenco, Arabic music, and post-rock, reaching at a synthesis that brings Sardinian traditional music into the contemporary world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Improvisation is the driving force behind Paolo Angeli\u2019s 30-year career, not only as a means of connecting and developing compositional structures but also as a practice of communication among musicians from diverse latitudes and musical cultures. His journey reached a milestone in 2018 with a performance at Carnegie Hall in New York, cementing his place among the world\u2019s leading \u201cinnovators with roots\u201d and defining a groundbreaking path for Mediterranean avant-garde music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paolo Angeli has released 13 solo albums and contributed to over 50 records. He has lived in Spain since 2005 and regularly tours the most prestigious festivals and theaters across all continents. He has improvised and collaborated with hundreds of musicians, including Pat Metheny\u2014who has used a replica of Paolo Angeli\u2019s guitar since 2003\u2014and Fred Frith, Iva Bittov\u00e1, Hamid Drake, Evan Parker, Antonello Salis, Jon Rose, and Iosonouncane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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