The Duo Dubois was born in 2011 from the encounter of Federico Tramontana (percussions) and Alberto Cavallaro (saxophone). From the very beginning, the duo's work has focused on the field of contemporary music, with projects that explore sound as the primary means of artistic communication.
They have performed at festivals such as Unerhörte Musik (Berlin), SoundPlasma (Tallinn), Darmstadt Ferienkurse (Darmstadt), DME (Lisbon), Lund Biennale (Lund), SMOG (Brussels), De Bijloke (Ghent), and Sound Spaces (Malmö), as well as at the Italian Cultural Institutes in Brussels and Melbourne, the MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome, Spaziomusica (Cagliari), the International Music Festival of Savona, Dialoghi sul Comporre (Reggio Emilia), among others.
They have also held lectures and workshops at the Conservatories of Venice, Adria, and Fermo.
Alberto Cavallaro
Alberto Cavallaro (*1995) is an Italian saxophonist devoted to contemporary music. He studied at the "G. Verdi" Conservatory in Milan, the CRR in Cergy Pontoise and the KASK Conservatorium Gent under the guidance of Mario Marzi, Jean Yves Fourmeau and the musicians of the ICTUS Ensemble, graduating with top marks and honors.
He has collaborated as an additional instrumentalist for the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Antonio Vivaldi Orchestra, for contemporary music ensembles such as the Syntax ensemble, the Divertimento Ensemble, the Ars Nova Ensemble and the GAME Ensemble. He has performed for important festivals such as the season of the De-Bijloke Muziekcentrum (Ghent), the Mixtur Festival (Barcelona), the Accademia Chigiana (Siena), the Serate Musicali (Milan) etc.
In 2025 he was appointed professor of Saxophone at the "F. Cilea" Conservatory of Reggio Calabria.
Federico Tramontana
Federico Tramontana (*1995) is a percussionist dedicated to the development of new contemporary repertoire, collaborating with composers such as Pierluigi Billone, Simon Steen Andersen and Michael Maierhof. He has performed at important festivals such as La Biennale di Venezia, AngelicA, Milano Musica, Bozar Next Generation etc.
He graduated with top marks, honors and honorable mention at the Conservatory of Music “F. Torrefranca” in Vibo Valentia with Vittorino Naso, then brilliantly concluding his studies “with distinction” at the Hochschule der Künste in Bern, under the guidance of Brian Archinal, Jochen Schorer and Christian Hartmann. He has played with the Contemporary Music Ensemble of the University of Lucerne; Sonemus Ensemble; HKB Percussion Ensemble. He received the Award for Best Performance at the 66th edition of the Venice Biennale.
In 2024 he was appointed professor of Percussion at the "N. Piccinni" Conservatory of Bari.