Our Vision
Contemporary music can happen anywhere.
Not only in major cities, but also in places where life moves at a different pace. Along the lakeshore, in historic villages, gardens and public squares across the Tuscia region, new spaces can emerge for cultural experiences, artistic exploration and shared moments. This is how Bolsena Sonic was born in 2025: a project that connects places with the languages of electronic music and contemporary sound exploration.
The vision behind the festival comes from the experience of NSCBD (Not Such Common Decibel), a creative organization dedicated to sound culture and musical innovation. Its work is rooted in the belief that sound is more than something we hear: it is a way of inhabiting spaces, understanding landscapes and building connections.
For NSCBD, every place has its own sonic identity. It is never just a backdrop, but a living presence shaped by time, people and the relationships that unfold within it. That is why everything begins with listening.
Through music, Bolsena Sonic creates connections between cultural landscapes and contemporary creativity, between local communities and artists, between tradition and experimentation. In doing so, it reveals new ways of experiencing and imagining a place.
Bolsena Sonic is an invitation to listen to the world around us with fresh ears. Because every territory has a story to tell.
Sometimes, all you need to do is turn up the volume.
Sound Ecology
Every place has its own soundtrack, just as every life has its own rhythm.
Sound Ecology is the path through which Bolsena Sonic explores the territory by listening to its sounds: the wind moving across the water, the hum of insects, everyday activities, human voices, and the rhythms of nature and work. An invisible heritage that tells the story of a place as deeply as its history or its landscape.
Around Lake Bolsena, the cycle of the seasons continues to shape both the environment and the communities that inhabit it, creating a unique sonic tapestry woven from biodiversity, memory and human relationships. From this emerges a listening experience that brings together artistic research, place-based exploration and environmental awareness. Listening practices and sound experimentation transform the landscape into a creative instrument, creating a dialogue between tradition and innovation, nature and technology.
Pratiche di ascolto e sperimentazione trasformano il paesaggio in uno strumento creativo, mettendo in dialogo tradizione e innovazione, natura e tecnologia.
Sound Ecology invites us to slow down and pay attention to what often goes unnoticed. Because before a place can be observed, it can be listened to. And within its sounds lie new possibilities for imagining its future.
The Team
Alessandro
Alessandro Dalla Vecchia is a musician, composer, music researcher, and cultural project curator. Born in Rome in 1969, he completed his musical studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg, where he graduated in 1998.
As a percussionist, he has performed for more than a decade with leading Italian and German orchestras, including the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, the NDR Sinfonieorchester Hamburg, and the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Turin. He is also a founding member of the German percussion ensemble Elbtonal Schlagwerk, with which he has explored contemporary and experimental approaches to performance.
Alongside his concert career, Dalla Vecchia has developed a strong interest in musicology, composition, and cultural production. Since 2013, his work has focused on the rediscovery and promotion of musical heritage through critical editions, research projects, and artistic collaborations.
His editorial contributions include the critical edition of La Finta Parigina, the earliest opera by Domenico Cimarosa, presented for the opening of the Jeune Public season at the Opéra National de Paris, and Il trionfo di Clelia, the final opera by Niccolò Jommelli, produced for the Jommelli-Cimarosa Festival.
His activities extend beyond the concert hall, encompassing cultural programming, education, and community engagement. He has coordinated artistic and educational initiatives for public institutions and cultural organizations, developing projects that connect music, territory, and participation.
With Bolsena Sonic, Dalla Vecchia brings together decades of experience in performance, research, and cultural management to create a platform where electronic music, sound experimentation, and digital culture can engage in dialogue with places, landscapes, and communities.
Giorgio
Giorgio Bottiglioni is a violist, educator, and cultural organizer. After graduating in viola from the “Giacomo Puccini” Conservatory in La Spezia, he began his professional career collaborating with some of Italy’s leading musical institutions, including the Arena di Verona, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, and Teatro Regio in Turin.
From 2006 to 2014, he was a member of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, performing in more than two hundred concerts and contributing to a major recording project dedicated to the rediscovery of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Italian symphonic repertoire. As part of this initiative, he participated in the production of over thirty recordings.
Alongside his performing career, Bottiglioni has developed a professional path that combines education, cultural management, and the promotion of musical heritage.
A qualified music teacher and viola instructor, he teaches at the “Santa Rosa da Viterbo” Music High School, where he supports the artistic growth of new generations of musicians while fostering engagement with contemporary cultural practices.
His interest in the development and management of cultural initiatives led him to earn a Master's degree in Cultural Economics, specializing in the organization and promotion of live music and performing arts events.
This vision also inspired the creation of Furiosi Affetti – Orchestra Barocca di Roma, an ensemble he co-founded with a group of musicians specializing in historical performance practice, with the aim of bringing early music to wider contemporary audiences.
Through Bolsena Sonic, Bottiglioni contributes his artistic, educational, and organizational experience to a project that encourages cultural innovation.