Maurilio Cacciatore's music attempts to combine acoustic instruments with the means of digital music by means of computer programming and the use of electromechanical objects. The result is a complex, multilayered sound texture at the extremes of which classical instruments and pure electronics operate, but which in between makes use of hybrid sonorities associated with unconventional performance techniques. Beyond standard spatialization schemes, Maurilio Cacciatore's setups explore uncoded solutions and creatively integrate heterogeneous hardware, algorithms, and musical content.
The theatrical dimension of the stagings and the onstage integration of music and visual aspects stems from the reflection in the scores of an equal play between the resources in the field. A student of Fabio Cifariello Ciardi and Ivan Fedele, Maurilio Cacciatore earned top grades in Italy, Sweden and France and holds a doctorate cum laude on his music and technology research from the Catholic University of Porto.
He has been composer-in-residence at Ircam Studios, ZKM, Muse en Circuit in Paris, the Elektronisches Studios in Basel, at SWR Freiburg and at Art Zoyd (Valenciennes, France). He teaches Electroacoustic Music Composition at the Conservatorio "A. Steffani" in Castelfranco Veneto. He is regularly invited to give seminars and master classes on composition and his music. He has lectured at the S. Martin University in Buenos Aires and since 2017 he has been teaching in various institutions in Maputo (Mozambique).
In 2010 he was awarded the "Goffredo Petrassi" Prize of the Presidency of the Italian Republic (Hon. Giorgio Napolitano). In 2012 he won the 1st prize at the International Composition Competition "Premio Trio di Trieste". In 2016 he represented Italy in the International Rostrum of Composers. In 2017 he was awarded the "Produktion Preis" at the Giga-Hertz Preis of the ZKM Karlsruhe. His music is performed by first-rate soloists and institutions such as: Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, National Orchestra of Lorraine, Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, Ensemble Intercontemporain, SWR Ensemble Experimental Freiburg, Ensemble Hanatsu miroir, Ensemble Linea, Ensemble Proxima Centauri, Kammerorchester Basel, Ensemble Phoenix Basel, Ensemble Aleph, Ensemble L'arsenale, Ensemble Algoritmo, Ensemble Sentieri Selvaggi, Contempoartensemble, Ensemble Accroche Note, Coro Le Cris de Paris, Coro Voix de Strass. His activities as a composer, researcher and teacher lead him to work regularly in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia.
In 2018 he oversaw the construction of the CIMM (Centro Informatico Musicale Multimediale) of the Venice Biennale, for which he was a tutor until 2020. His music is published by Edizioni Suvini Zerboni (SZ Sugar).
In 2021 he became artistic curator of the video concert series Incroci on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation together with the Italian Cultural Institute in Melbourne.
He is among the founders of the Syntax ensemble.
