Daniel Barbiero is a writer, double bassist, and composer in the Washington DC area. He has performed at venues throughout the Washington-Baltimore area and has collaborated regularly with artists locally and in Europe; his graphic scores have been realized by ensembles and solo artists in Europe, Asia, and the US. He writes on the art, music, and literature of the classic avant-gardes of the 20th century as well as on contemporary work; his essays and reviews have appeared in Arteidolia, Heavy Feather Review, periodicities, Word for/Word, Otoliths, Offcourse, Open Doors Review, London Grip, Perfect Sound Forever, Point of Departure, and elsewhere. As Within, So Without, a collection of essays published by Arteidolia Press, appeared in 2021.
As an improvising double bassist, he has performed with Gino Robair on the latter’s I, Norton opera, with Robert Carl on the premier of Carl’s “Changing My Spots,” with improviser Eva Zöllner, the Nakatani Gong Orchestra, and members of Contact; he has released work under his own name and with Ictus Records percussionist Andrea Centazzo, Blue Note recording artist Greg Osby, electronics composer and instrumentalist Cristiano Bocci, electronic composer/sound artist Steve Hilmy, saxophonist Jimmy Ghaphery, percussionist Ken Moore and underground legend Al Margolis (If, Bwana), among others. He has collaborated with filmmaker Chris H. Lynn on experimental film soundtracks both recorded and live and was Music Director for the Nancy Havlik Dance Performance Group. His free improvisation ensemble Colla Parte (with saxophonist Perry Conticchio and percussionist Rich O’Meara, and before 2020 the late Kevin O’Meara) has been active since 2010.
As a performer of non-conventionally notated contemporary works, he has recorded or realized scores by composers Alexis Porfiriadis, Makoto Nomura, Silvia Corda, Didier Guigue, and others. As a composer, he has had his scores realized by OpusNovus, 6daEXIt, The X=/=X Ensemble, The Subtle Body Transmission Orchestra, saxophonist Jimmy Ghaphery, The Nancy Havlik Dance Performance Group, cellist Gary Rouzer, double bassist George Kokkinaris, and others.
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