Thanks to musicians and teachers from various continents, she learned to both play and construct native instruments of the world, like the didgeridoo from Australia, the djembe from Africa, bamboo flutes from India and others invented by her.

In 1993 she moved to Rome to study psychology. At this point, her research intensified, specializing on ethno-tribal instruments and cultural anthropology. This is when she also started teaching percussion instruments and didgeridoo. She attended the Classical Music Conservatory in Italy, where she studied classical orchestral percussion.

Throughout the next decade in Rome, she authored and performed various pieces of music for theater, dance performances, exhibitions and soundtracks for movies with acclaimed musicians from all over the world. She has also collaborated musically and as a technical assistant to Paolo Buonvino, one of the most famous Italian movie soundtrack composers for almost two years.

Currently, Laura lives most of the year in Berkeley, CA, where she is creating soundtracks, performances and concerts with West Coast artists of all genres.

In the past few years, she has discovered the Hang, a new instrument from Switzerland. Now her research is focused primarily on the Hang, although she continues to perform with a variety on instruments and she continues to teach percussion instruments and improvisation.

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Hang

Musical Incense - volume one (Hang and Guitar Duets)

Musical Incense - volume two (Hang and Guitar Duets)