Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza
Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza was an Avant-garde Free improvisation group considered the first experimental composers collective.
The collective was formed by Italian composer Franco Evangelisti in Rome in 1964. Drawing on Jazz, Serialism, Musique concrete, and other Avant-garde techniques developed by contemporary classical music composers such as Luigi Nono and Giacinto Scelsi, the group was dedicated to the development of new music techniques by improvisation, noise-techniques and anti-musical systems. The group members and frequent guests made use of extended techniques on traditional classical instruments, as well as Prepared piano, Tape music and Electronic music. During the 1970s the music continued to involve to embrace techniques and genres such as guitar feedback and Funk. In addition to concerts, the group issued a series of LP's, and also contributed to recording group member Ennio Morricone's score for Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura (1971). The group was disbanded after Evangelisti's death in 1980.
Members: Mario Bertoncini (perc, piano) Walter Branchi (double-bass) Franco Evangelisti (piano) John Heineman (trombone, cello) Roland Kayn (Hammond organ, vibraphone, marimba) Egisto Macchi (perc, celesta) Ennio Morricone (trumpet) Frederic Rzewski (piano)