TALK: Elide Sulsenti / Charlie Sdraulig / Matteo Tundo | INTONAL 2026

Elide Sulsenti is a cellist and performer passionate about experimentation and innovation. Her classical training, which includes studies at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Enrico Dindo’s class and the Hochschule of Lucerne, along with experiences at institutions such as the Ferenc Liszt Academy in Budapest, has led her to focus on contemporary music and the exploration of new sonic potentials. With an interdisciplinary approach, Elide integrates technology, augmented instruments, and performative practices in unconventional contexts. Her performances, ranging from classical to contemporary music, have been recognized with distinctions such as the Fritz Gerber Award (2023) and the Valentino Bucchi Prize (2024). Combining artistic research and experimentation, she enhances the interaction between space, sound, and audience, a theme that is currently central to her doctoral project at the Conservatorio di Ferrara. 

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Charlie Sdraulig composes music characterised by quietude, intimacy and nuance. His work often explores sounds at (or beyond) the limits of traditional technique. Charlie has an ongoing interest in innovative presentation formats, spanning immersive spatial audio and live interactions with audiences. His compositions have featured at the largest international contemporary music festivals, including Lucerne (Switzerland), MATA (USA), Rainy Days (Luxembourg) and SPOR (Denmark). Recent highlights comprise a mixed octet commissioned by the ELISION Ensemble, an extended saxophone and feedback piece commissioned by Joshua Hyde, as well as an immersive cello and electronics work for David Moran, which is simultaneously diffused over headphones and loudspeakers. In his series of one-to-one works, the performers—Marco Fusi, Winnie Huang and Gwen Rouger – attune their sounds and gestures to the non-verbal behaviours of individual audience members. This is music as an interactive social encounter, which offers space for audiences and performers alike to exercise their empathetic imaginations. Charlie is a Lecturer in Music (Composition) at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music – Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, The University of Melbourne. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition from Stanford University. He is represented by the Australian Music Centre.

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Matteo Tundo is an Italian composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music. His compositional research focuses on the perception and cognition of sound events, investigating the neural mechanisms underlying the signification of sound. His work centers on the integration of neuroaesthetics into musical composition, employing innovative technologies to enhance the listener’s perceptual engagement and sensory experience. After his initial guitar studies, he devoted himself entirely to composition and new technologies, studying at the conservatories of Florence, Parma, and Lugano, and at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He studied composition with Ivan Fedele, Giorgio Colombo Taccani, Javier Torres Maldonado, and Nadir Vassena, and electronic music with Marco Ligabue, Alfonso Belfiore and Michelangelo Lupone. He also attended specialized courses with Salvatore Sciarrino, Yan Maresz, Beat Furrer, Franck Bedrossian, Marco Stroppa, Mark Andre and others. In 2024 he was composer in residence for the Divertimento Ensemble. In the same year, together with guitarist Pierpaolo Dinapoli, he founded the h[t] DUO, a guitar and live electronics duo, for which he is active as an electroacoustic performer He has participated as composer in international festivals. He teaches computer music at the Conservatory of Brescia, Italy.

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