Composer, ethnomusicologist, and instrument maker Paolo Angeli grew up in the port of Palau in Sardinia, later moving to the city of Bologna where he was exposed to a variety of musical genres while mastering improvisation. Beginning In 1993, he spent nearly a decade training with the renowned prepared Sardinian guitarist Giovanni Scanu, who taught him the forms of Sardinian folk music. It was through this unconventional training that Paolo cultivated an expansive and timeless approach to music that he expresses through his hand-crafted prepared Sardinian guitar. Designed by Paolo to be played with both hands and feet, this one-of-a-kind instrument features pedals and levers that deliver electronic and percussive accompaniments to his repertoire, transforming the visionary artist into a one-man band for a new millennium.

The IMPROVISATIONS series features artists referencing their own musical and cultural traditions in a collaborative and improvisational form.