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Bing/Santospirito are Natalya Bing (violin, piano, cello, percussion) & Joshua Santospirito (guitar, piano, synths, percussion), performers, composers and artists.
Natalya and Joshua live in Lutruwita (Tasmania, Australia) and create hypnotic improvised soundscapes using elements from classical improvisation combined with noise / improv / jazz music. They often collaborate with visual artists and filmmakers to create fully immersive performances which have been staged at major festivals and underground venues.
They released their first vinyl LP The Quoll in 2022 through Scratch Match Records recorded at a live performance at Mona Foma 2021 in front of sell-out crowds at St David’s Cathedral.
In 2023 they composed the music to the theatre performance of A Mouthful of ‘C’ Words and helped develop composition for Nathan Maynards play The Line. The duo also released the EP Music for Opera #1 2023.
In 2024 they toured across Australia to perform the audiovisual storytelling project The Islands Where We Left Our Ancestors, and presented three sold-out concerts at the Theatre Royal as part of The Equinox Sound Baths.
They are currently working on a second full album and several audiovisual performance pieces; one with Irish experimental film-maker Ursula Woods, and another a dance-performance installation with an ensemble.
Natalya Bing, a half-Colombian living in Lutruwita, is a classically trained concert violinist with decades of experience performing at Opera houses with symphony orchestras and underground dive bars. She currently performs with Hartz Trio, Van Diemens Band, Warner Smith & Bancroft and with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
Joshua Santospirito is a multimedia artist, writer, experimental musician/performer and an award winning graphic novelist. As a musician he has performed solo for 20 years across Australia and Europe and created music for podcasts and dance projects, but can usually be found these days in his studio making marks with ink on paper or in the garden with his chickens.
Collaborators: For various projects we have worked with Randal Muir, Ivan Johnston, Jethro Pickett, film-maker Ursula Woods, Chris Mead (Melbourne Theatre Co), Nathan Maynard, The Theatre Royal, Mona Foma, Mona, The Uncomformity, PressWEST, Salamanca Arts Centre, Moon Shed, Read To Me (Sydney) and MORE.