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Vito Ricci is a distinguished artist and composer known for his "moody and elegant scores," as described by the Village Voice, and praised as "sensual and driving" by Other Stages and "elegant and snappy" by the New York Times. Active in the downtown music scene since 1979, he has had a prolific career spanning over thirty years, scoring more than fifty productions across various mediums including concert music, theater, dance, performance, film, and video. Ricci has collaborated with notable figures such as Bob Holman, Martin Goldray, Rashied Ali, Flux Quartet, Jacob Burkhardt, Lise Vachon, and The Wooster Group. His works have been showcased at prestigious venues including The Skyball Theater, The Public Theater, Greenwich Music House, Cooper Union, Roulette, The Knitting Factory, St. Marks Church, The Performing Garage, the Walker Arts Center, and the Southern Theater in Minneapolis, as well as the Sedgwick Cultural Center in Philadelphia. He has received grants from ASCAP, Meet The Composer, The National Endowment For The Arts, and the Queens Council on the Arts. Ricci's musical education includes studies with Ursula Mamlok, Eleanor Cory, and Ornette Coleman, and he has released a variety of recordings featuring solo piano music, electronic works, song cycles, improvisations, and string quartets. Recent highlights of his career include a six-month residency at the Bowery Poetry Club, a

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