ABOUT
"Una delle voci più originali della sound art elettronica italiana, capace di trasformare la sperimentazione in esperienza estetica e, allo stesso tempo, in domanda aperta sul nostro tempo
Redazione, Alcatrax
"Rosario Di Rosa è un nome sul quale chi è alla ricerca di qualcosa di nuovo rispetto alla cerchia dei soliti noti"
Vittorio Pio, Meer
"...é doveroso inserire Di Rosa nel ristretto elenco dei migliori giovani pianisti nazionali..."
Enzo Pavoni, Audioreview
"Le sensazioni che coinvolgono l’ascoltatore fanno parte di un progetto speciale di rinnovamento del jazz, che in Italia non ha adepti dello stesso calibro"
Ettore Garzia, Percorsi Musicali
Rosario Di Rosa is a Sicilian composer, sound artist and jazz pianist working within electroacoustic composition, live electronics, and human–machine interaction.
His practice develops a material-driven sonic language in which sound is treated as unstable matter shaped through digital processes, physical interaction, and technological mediation. Composition emerges from systems designed to generate and transform sound in real time, where structure and entropy coexist as active forces rather than oppositional states.
His work is grounded in self-designed Max/MSP environments, no-input mixing techniques, AI vocal synthesis, biometric data, and field recordings. These sources are not used as raw materials but as active agents within compositional systems that continuously reorganize sonic behavior. The resulting aesthetic is defined by dense, glitched textures and a form of expression that arises from material instability rather than external representation.
A central focus of his research is the relationship between body, system, and environment, explored through spatialized sound practices and adaptive compositional frameworks that respond to presence and context.
This approach is fully articulated in u/nu (Avantsound, 2026), a cycle of seven electroacoustic works investigating identity across personal, technological, geographic, and collective dimensions. The cycle operates as a non-linear sonic ecosystem: pieces may be experienced independently, in sequence, or simultaneously across multiple playback configurations, reflecting a modular conception of composition as distributed and relational.
His work has been presented at Ars Electronica (Austria), the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (USA), Syncresis (Spain), and the Listening Room series at the University of Pécs (Hungary).
In 2026 he was a finalist for the Prix Russolo (France) and for the Landscape2526 International Prize (Italy).
He holds a background in architecture (University of Palermo, 2002) and jazz piano. He graduated with top honors from the Conservatorio G. Nicolini, received multiple Jazzit Awards (2010, 2012, 2015), earned recognition in the Musica Jazz Top Jazz poll, and was selected among the 50 most promising young pianists at the Martial Solal International Jazz Piano Competition in Paris. He is currently completing a Master’s degree in Electronic Music at the Conservatory of Cagliari.