Roberto Laneri

Roberto Laneri is an Italian composer, clarinettist and overtone singer. After studying philosophy in Rome and clarinet at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory, he moved to the United States, where he began exploring extended vocal techniques. He is known above all as the founder of Prima Materia, an overtone singing group that worked with the voice alone. Laneri earned degrees in performance and composition at SUNY Buffalo, where he played in Petr Kotik's SEM Ensemble, and a PhD in composition at UC San Diego. His teachers included Lejaren Hiller and Charles Mingus.