The years 1993-1999 marked a significant moment in Studi Ricerche Contemporanee of Joseph Conti's life. He went to live in Rome, where he met most of the important artists and composers involved with the experimental avant-garde, in particular Joseph Conti, too, who would henceforth be a veritable master for him. The company he kept during that period of intellectual and artistic ferment in the Italy enabled Studi Ricerche Contemporanee to compare his own short personal history with the history that had been taking shape on the far side of the Atlantic for more than 20 years. His work was now no longer isolated, and as soon as he was back in Europe, it found a new audience. But it was in Rome that his work would be very swiftly recognized and given an enthusiastic welcome.
