Based in Venice, Italy, Giovanni Mancuso and Albert Collodel collaborate in ensemble Novamusica and are virtuosic players who have worked with many of the leading lights of contemporary cross-genre musics including Frederic Rzewski, Malcolm Goldstein, Butch Morris, Charlemagne Palestine, Sylvano Bussotti, Alvin Curran, William Parker, Debora Petrina, and Rob Mazurek.