Amedeo Maria Schwaller

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Amedeo Maria (b.1992) is a Swiss-Italian artist and musician based in Basel.

Amedeo studied gagaku 雅楽 at a shrine in Tokyo, a rare form of Japanese court music dating back to the 8th century, with roots in the music from T’ang dynasty.

The main focus of the work is practice-based research on the relationships between non-linear exploration of time and textural abstractions.

Another significant formative and ongoing project has been Amedeo's collaboration with the late polymath C. C. Hennix. This collaboration led to the realization of several projects, culminating in the founding of Kamigaku, an extensive sound project presented at venues including Performance Space New York and the Biennale Musica in Venice, curated by Caterina Barbieri.

2026, November 14–15
"On shō", performance for the finissage of Catherine Christer Hennix’s "Cosmological Critique", Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe ⧉

2026, November 7
Performance at Neu Coeln, Cologne ⧉

2026, July 23
"Werkstatt Sessions", sound performance, Kunsthalle Basel ⧉

2026, May 16
"on shō", multiple solo performances in the frame of Matt Browning's exhibition “All Woodcarvings Remain Slow Motion Mobiles”, Kunstverein München ⧉

2026, April 9
“cosmic confluences” listening session and Chinese tea with Yan, El Gato Muerto, Zurich

2026, March 10
"eis" group show curated by Marlijn Karsten and Krzys Bykowski, presenting a Sound Diffusion: "Nightwish" for three instruments (schalmei, sinewaves, shō) and speakers, Kunsteisbahn Eglisee, Basel

2026, March 10
Kamigaku Ensemble at Malmö Konsthall ⧉

2025, October 23 Kamigaku Ensemble at Biennale Musica “la stella dentro”, curated by Caterina Barbieri, Venice ⧉

2025, May 8 Live solo at Kaserne Basel

2025 January 31 “Staged Worlds - Lounge” exhibition with Emanuel Rossetti, Megan Marrin, Stefan Tcherepnin and Sam Pulitzer at Cues, Stockholm ⧉

2025, January 26 Kamigaku Ensemble at Mint, Stockholm ⧉

2024, November 9 "Memorial for Catherine Christer Hennix" at Performance Space New York ⧉

2024, May 11 Performing "Staged Worlds - Live" with Viktor Fordell, Melanie Ohnemus, Emanuel Rossetti, Ruth Jenny and Stefan Tcherepnin at Kunsthaus Glarus ⧉

2023, February 16 "Live at WURM: Klappfon Series" opening concert for crYs Cole and Arnold Dreyblatt, Basel

2022, September 6 "Mittwochsbar" solo concert, organized by Marco Papiro at Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel

2021 Installing and co-producing Catherine Christer Hennix' "The (MA-) Gap Theorem [Re : Yoga-57/L'etourdi], 2021" for “Techno humanities” exhibition at Museion, Bolzano


Photo credit: Samuel Bron