Federico Ambruosi

Federico Ambruosi (born in Bari) is an Italian composer, electronic musician, and sound director specializing in contemporary and experimental music, particularly in the interpretation of electroacoustic works. He currently lives in Frankfurt am Main (DE).

He holds an MA in Computer Music from the G. Verdi Conservatory of Milan, where he studied with Davide Gagliardi, Massimo Marchi, Andrea Vigani, and Fabio Venturi. He also studied at the Institut für Elektronische Musik und Akustik (IEM) of the Kunstuniversität Graz (AT) as an Erasmus student. In 2024, he completed the Advanced Program in Live Electronics and Sound Direction at the Accademia Chigiana di Siena with Alvise Vidolin, earning the Diploma di Merito. As composer, he is currently studying composition at the Conservatory of Mantua under the guidance of Zeno Baldi, also taking courses with Maurizio Azzan at the same institution. He has attended masterclasses with Mauro Lanza, Natasha Barrett, Dmitri Kourliandski and IRCAM, among others. His works have been performed by ensembles and soloists such as MDI Ensemble, Ensemble SuonoGiallo, and Myriam García Fidalgo, at festivals including Mixtur (ES), ilSUONO Contemporary Week (IT), and Mantova Musica del XXI secolo (IT). He was awarded the 2024 PiGro Residency for electroacoustic composers at Centro Tempo Reale (Florence).

Active as electronic performer and sound director, he has collaborated with Schallfeld Ensemble, Ensemble Modern, Orchestra del Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari, Ilya Gringolts, Duo Dubois, Zeno Baldi, Pierre Jodlowski, Óscar Escudero, Giancarlo Schiaffini and others, in festivals including cresc... Biennale für aktuelle Musik (DE), Open Music Graz (AT), Bif&st (IT), Mixtur (ES).

He is a founding member of the computer music collective Sistema Ensemble, in residence at AGON – Acustica Informatica Musica (Milan, until 2027), and since 2025 a member of the Chigiana Live Electronics Ensemble, in residence at Accademia Chigiana in Siena.

Within the ULYSSES project, Federico was selected as the Sound Director of IEMA (International Ensemble Modern Academy) Ensemble 25/26.