FLOATING SOUND GALLERY

Vienna

Francesco Cascarano

Francesco Cascarano plays guitar and historically plucked instruments and lives in Hanover. He was born in Mola di Bari, a small town on the Adriatic coast of Southern Italy. He studied at the Conservatorio di Musica Nino Rota in Monopoli and at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hanover. As a theorbo player, he is active both as a soloist and continuo player and is currently studying Baroque music and basso continuo at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen with Joachim Held. His interest for improvisation, contemporary sounds, and musical research has led him to collaborate with international composers and musicians and to promote cooperation between different art forms. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has participated in numerous festivals and concerts across Europe and Africa. In parallel with his concert activities, he gave several workshops on music and free improvisation and currently teaches at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hanover and at the Musikschule Hemmingen.