[Text nur in englischer Sprache verfügbar] Cristian Maddalena — an electroacoustic composer, improviser, and Japanese aedo (bard) — plays and studies the nagauta shamisen. He has produced several radio dramas for Rai Radio 3, and his works are performed worldwide.
He has collaborated with Lamberto Pignotti, Elio Martuscello, Barbara De Dominicis (Figures of Absence), Marco Colonna, Fabrizio Spera (Yokai), Mazen Kerbaj, Steve Baczkowsky, and ATMAN.