Lea Bertucci

"The Days Pass Quickly Immersed in the Shadow of Eternity" is out (officially) tomorrow, although if you mosey over to my bandcamp (link in my bio), you will see that it is available as of today. Archaic flutes in dense choir mode. It's like nothing else out there. I think it is the best thing I have made, in all honesty. From Lucy Thraves's review in this month's Wire: "This is a complex, confident work in which textures behave like murmurations, combining and recombining into distinctive spatial events." Streaming is limited (only a 5 minute excerpt) so the best way to hear the full thing is to purchase it on Bandcamp or Apple Music. No Spotify, No Amazon etc. I'm looking into that new platform Subvert currently, so it could also pop up there. Many thank-you's for the support I received in making this very very deep piece of music. Firstly, my collaborator, Norbert Rodenkirchen, who I wrote the piece for. Without his mastery and guidance, (and flutes!) this piece would never have come about. Also thank you to Paula Matthusen and Wesleyan University for supporting the development of this work. Thank you to Father Michael Holleran for the title. Brad Rose @foxy.digitalis for mastering. New Music USA, @wavefarmradio Wave Farm/NYSCA, ZKM | Karlsruhe, Dominik Knautz. The release takes the form of a CD, DL or Limited Edition Offset Embossed Booklet that contains my writings on the development of this work plus a graphic score. The booklet is in the second edition (20 copies) hand numbered and signed by me. These seem to be a hot item, so grab them before they evaporate. I should also mention that we are trying to organize some performances of this piece in Europe for the fall. I was really amazed and inspired by the run of shows we just did last month throughout the US, so I am hoping we can get something together for the autumn... Please be in touch with [email protected] if you would like to hear this piece in all of its 8-channel glory. 📸 by @sanderedfaceless from our @oberlin_mmg show

The Days.. tour starts today in Philadelphia at The Woodlands presented by @upennmusic and @hungrymonsters then Wednesday in Brooklyn at @issueprojectroom Very excited to be joined by @oliviablocksound for our Brattleboro, Boston and Hudson shows ✨ April 14th, Philadelphia, UPenn Music Presents @ Hamilton’s Mansion at the Woodlands April 15th, Brooklyn @ ISSUE Project Room April 17th, Brattleboro VT @ Epsilon Spires April 18th, Boston, Non-Event Presents at MIT April 19th, Hudson NY @ Basilica Hudson April 20th, Oberlin OH, Modern Music Guild Presents at Fairchild Chapel April 21st, solo performances in Cleveland, Rose Tavern April 24th, San Fransico, CA @ The Lab April 26th, solo performances @ The Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin

Hello! I am thrilled to announce THE ORACLE ~ a new solo record that will be out on October 17th on Cibachrome Editions. This is my first true solo album since 2021's Visible Length of Light and I am so happy to bring you this unique music on digital, CD and LP formats. Head on over to my bandcamp for pre-orders, which are available now. Distro will be through Revolver and Boomkat for international. Come help me celebrate this work at two record release shows, upstate and down: 10/22 at LS&D in Greenpoint with @sapropelicpycnic and @vict_0r and DJ @shawn_osullivan_ 10/29 in Catskill NY at @theavalonlounge with @sapropelicpycnic and @keithfullertonwhitman -- The Oracle is an alchemy of contemporary political anxieties illuminated by surrealistic images that seep in from the unconscious. The music centers on voice, a shift from the instrumental music of previous albums. Bertucci’s creatively misuses a reel-to-to-reel tape machine to live-manipulate her voice, a process that breaks apart language to instill meaning beyond the word. The lyrics that populate The Oracle originate from what the artist calls a “stream-of-unconsciousness” method of improvisation. She continues, “fragments of words and phrases simmer within layers of voice . . . revealing and obscuring images of dreams, warped news headlines and mythological imagery.” These subliminal influences collide to create a “soothsaying for this tumultuous historical moment”.

I was delighted to witness the open house experimental music day at this mysterious, little-known cistern in my corner of Dutchess County, New York. We heard first from musician @peretsky , whose experimental drone sounds reverberated all around the cistern--which formerly held 1,000,000 gallons of water. Several other musicians performed, including @lilbertucci (pictured) and many others. Alas, my phone audio isn't enough to do justice to the 14-second echos, but I hope that my images convey the uniqueness of this watery, unique space hidden in the middle of a golf course I've played on many times. All photos copyright @kathryncooperphotography Thanks to @massdesigngroup for making this possible in my community! #cistern #poughkeepsie #eventphotographer #mystery #nyevents

NO FUN: NEW PERSPECTIVES JULY 9–11 | ROULETTE, BROOKLYN LIMITED FESTIVAL PASS, AND SINGLE DAY TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW: /artist/no-fun-new-perspectives-2026/ 3-day Tickets are $70 and are only available until this Sunday May 16. Don’t miss out! Thanks to everyone who already got their pass, we appreciate your support! $25 single-day tickets are now available, and any remaining tickets will be $30 at the door. We are excited to present another unique pairing of two musicians who have been an important part of improvised music in NY’s, past and present. Lea Bertucci and David Watson, who will be performing on July 9th. LEA BERTUCCI Lea Bertucci is an experimental musician whose works revolve around electronic and spatial extensions of instrument and voice. In addition to her longstanding practice performing with woodwinds, she has created compositions for strings, brass, percussion and other instruments, often incorporating electronics and multichannel sound. With an ear toward site-responsiveness and acoustics, her work has expanded toward installation and non-linear presentations of her music, often staged in hyper-resonant spaces. DAVID WATSON David Watson is an experimental musician, his work encompassing improvisation, composition and scoring for film and dance. He plays guitar and bagpipes, and is known for creating a vocabulary for bagpipes as a new-music instrument. Originally from New Zealand he has been in New York for many years and has worked with extraordinary artists like Robert Ashley, Tony Buck, Moriah Evans, Chris Mann, Christian Marclay, Sean Meehan, Ikue Mori, Bill Nace, Andrea Parkins, Lee Ranaldo, Marc Ribot, Jamar Roberts, Yoshi Wada, Matthew Welch, John Zorn, $75 Bill, amongst many others.

Open studio w/ special performance by @lilbertucci May 12, 8pm–12am 368 Broadway, Unit 414 RSVP: [email protected] Graphic design @v_industries

and another one of our performance of Vapours by and with @lilbertucci illuminated by @katrinbethge a lot of magic happened in this collaboration 🎛️ ⚗️🧪🪄 filmed by @studio.waelz trailer by @nrup.de sound by @pablogarreton @gueterbahnhof_bremen

Happy Bandcamp Friday! Turn the sound on to hear the blossoming flutes of my new release. It’s a lovely spring morning here in the Northeast and a perfect day to pre-order “The Days Pass Quickly Immersed in the Shadow of Eternity” for archaic flutes, performed by Norbert Rodenkirchen. Available on CD/digital formats, unfortunately the booklet is sold out now. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.

Wrapping up nearly three weeks on the road touring my new piece “The Days…” with @norbertrodenkirchen . It has really been an amazing run and I am grateful to be able share this incredibly special piece of music with people throughout the US. I don’t take one scrap of it for granted. Huge thank you to Norbert for being such a good sport and his beautiful playing, the visionary presenters who made these magical shows happen @upennmusic @hungrymonsters @issueprojectroom @noneventseries @mitlistarts @epsilonspires @basilicahudson @oberlin_mmg @fae0rdaz @thelabsf @headlandsarts @stephanhaluska Thank you also to the great friends we saw and heard along the way @oliviablocksound @cjm_bklyn @sarabassoon @_______brendan @marcusfischer @eileen.myles @cochemea @sandyewen @_halo_galo And especially thank you to the people who came out to experience this music. It seems like this crazy piece truly spoke to people and I couldn’t be happier with how moved all the audiences seemed to be. Sounds that have never been heard before! Additional gratitude to @newmusicusa @wavefarmradio @goethe_boston @foundationforcontemporaryarts for helping put the financial pieces of this puzzle together. Aaaand importantly! we are currently booking this project for November in Europe @exformagency will be the folks to get in touch with about it.

Seventh Stanine 2026: Fri., 6/12 and Sat., 6/13. Playing Saturday: Lea Bertucci (@lilbertucci ). Lea Bertucci is a New York-based experimental musician, composer and performer whose work explores relationships between acoustic phenomena and biological resonance. Bertucci’s approach to music is marked by dense masses of sustained dissonance and a fascination with the sonic substance of common experience. Her work spans over a decade, with 8 full-length solo albums and a number of collaborative projects. Presented by @thecaribbeanisaband and taking place @rhizome_dc . Ticket link in bio. “A grand menagerie of creative music.” -The Wire

This Saturday, the MIT List Visual Arts Center and Non-Event present a special concert of multichannel works 🎶 Composer & electronic musician Lea Bertucci will be joined by master Medieval flutist Norbert Rodenkirchen, and a solo performance by composer Olivia Block. Learn more and register via the link in our bio. 🗓️ Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM 📍MIT Thomas Tull Concert Hall, 201 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA Pictured: 1) Electronic musician Lea Bertucci joined by flutist Norbert Rodenkirchen 2) Performance by composer Olivia Block

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives – THE REMIX, it’s Lea Bertucci! I am so excited to have Lea back on the show to not only talk about a bunch of rad songs, but also her incredible new album, “The Days Pass Quickly Immersed in the Shadow of Eternity.” We talk about this new step for her, and the magic of working with Norbert Rodenkirchen before diving into Donna Summer, 4 Non Blondes, Throbbing Gristle, PJ Harvey, Ros Sereysothea, Bjork, Julee Cruise + more! Listen via Foxy Digitalis or wherever you listen to podcasts. Hear the full, unabridged conversation exclusively on the Foxy Digitalis patreon. And go see Lea on tour this month and pre-order this incredible album today!