ugo boscain

Paris - France

Born in 1968, Ugo Boscain studied classic piano (graduated in 1991 at Conservatorio di Alessandria, Italy), composition (Conservatorio di Torino) and orchestral conducting (Orvieto, corsi di Spazio Musica, Schola Cantorum Paris, Ilya Musin Society). At the same time he showed a deep interest in improvised music. 
He studied with Steve Lacy, Mal Waldron, Joelle Leandre, Evan Parker and Johannes Bauer. 
Since the late 80s he is an active pianist improviser. He was co-funder of the group ``Enten Eller'' in Turin (Italy). 
He played with Tristan Hossinger, Joelle Leandre, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Carlo Actis Dato, Giovanni Maier, Claude Parle, Theo Nabicht and many others musicians. 
In the last 10 years he has actively devoted himself to the study of the contrabass clarinet. Nowadays he is one of the few specialists of this very rare instrument.. 
In 2015, he played for the Sonic Genome of Anthony Braxton in Torino. 
He is research director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France). http://www.cmapx.polytechnique.fr/~boscain/music.html

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