Arturo Stalteri

The Profile

Italian pianist, composer, musicologist and journalist. Active since the 1970s; recorded with Pierrot Lunaire and is cited as a radio host.

The album From Ajanta to Lhasa contains tapes recorded between May and November 1979 and was released by the label Soave. On that release Stalteri performs keyboards, piano, synth, guitars, sitar and various instruments; the album shows clear influence from Terry Riley and documents Italian minimalist/ambient experiments of the late 1970s.

A positive appraisal of Arturo Stalteri's archival 1979 tapes released as From Ajanta to Lhasa. The record is framed as an Italian take on ambient/minimalist exploration with clear Terry Riley influences. The review values the release as an important non-commercial document of 1970s Italian avant-garde.