David Monacchi (Italy, 1970) is a researcher, soundscape recordist and eco-acoustic composer. He has been developing his multidisciplinary project Fragments of Extinction for nearly 15 years, conducting field research in the world’s last remaining areas of primary equatorial rainforest. The recipient of multiple international awards, Monacchi is pioneering a new compositional approach based on 3D soundscape recordings of undisturbed ecosystems to foster discourse on the biodiversity crisis through music and sound-art installations. A Fulbright fellow at UC-Berkeley, he has taught at the University of Macerata since 2000 and is now professor of Electroacoustics at the Conservatorio of Pesaro. He has worked for 25 years in interdisciplinary contexts mainly in Europe and North America and produced works for contemporary music, art installation, cinema, video-art, site specific public art. He holds an international patent and is founding member of several scientific and artistic networks.