Martin Nicastro
Martin Nicastro (PhD) is a violinist, composer and academic researcher.
Currently, he is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool.
His current project, Historical Atlas of European Live Music, focuses on the development of an integrated framework for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of historical live music data.
Previously, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pavia, where he worked on FILMUSP and MURB projects.
He is part of Music Mapping Project (MMP), an international research initiave (University of Liverpool, Aston University, Newcastle University). Within the group he is responsible for the development of data analysis and visualization applications.
His PhD research project, “Milan 1958-1962: Music Topography of a City”, aims at the historical reconstruction of the Milanese live music scene in the years of the economic boom.
His music was reviewed by Rolling Stone, Rumore, Sentireascoltare, Il Manifesto and Internazionale and it was broadcast on MTV Music. His album “Fragile”, written as Clio & Maurice, was among the 50 best records of 2021 according to Rockit.
As a touring musician he played in more than 15 countries worldwide. He collaborates as a composer, arranger or session musician with Clio M.
Current research interests:
- Music, sound and space
- Live music history
- Italian popular music history
- Urban musicology
- Deep mapping