• MAURIZIO PISATI -Born 1959 in Milan, composer and performer of his own works with ZONE. His music has been performed throughout both western-eastern Europe, USA, Australia, Japan, is also published by Universal-Ricordi, has been awarded prizes, selected in international competitions and transmitted in radio broadcasting. He made CDs with BMG, Ricordi-Fonit Cetra, CavalliRecords, Edipan, ArsPublica, LArecords. He has taught at Corsi di Perfezionamento in Bobbio and in 2004 at summer courses Novantiqua in Frascati. He has given lectures and masterclasses at TohoGakkuenUniversity-Tokyo, TokyoMusicCollege, ArtsAcademy-Reykjavik, Politecnico delle Arti-Milano, IrinoFoundation-Tokyo, University of Växjö, Brisbane, Melbourne.

• Graduation with highest votations in composition, analysis, history, harmony and counterpoint at Conservatorio G. Verdi of Milan under A. Guarnieri and G. Manzoni, while also studying at courses in Darmstadt and with S. Sciarrino. He also graduated in Guitar, then playing also ElectricGuitar in the ZONE project. He is Professor at Conservatorio G. B. Martini in Bologna, teaching Elements of Composition, Methodology of Contemporary music approach, Analysis of compositional forms, Semiography of contemporary music.