His most well known project is
Tower Music: a musical composition using only sounds sampled from the surfaces of
the Eiffel Tower itself, with no added digital
manipulation or alteration of the sounds. The resulting 2016 album "Tower Music" (on the
innova label #933), reached #11 on the iTunes Classical charts and #16 on the Billboard Classical Crossover Music chart.
Tower Music is a sister project to
Bridge Music. Like
Tower Music,
Bridge Music allows listeners to hear the sounds of
New York's Mid-Hudson Bridge played like a musical instrument. The work was created for New York's 400th anniversary observance of Henry Hudson's voyage up the
Hudson River. Originally intended to be a live performance piece, this "audacious plan" (New York Times) to compose music for a suspension bridge using the bridge itself as the instrument brought Bertolozzi wide international attention. A recording of the results, the 2009 CD "Bridge Music" (on the
Delos label DE1045), entered the Billboard Classical Crossover Music Chart at #18, and has been released globally. In addition to the album, Bridge Music exists as a free public
audio installation on the bridge itself and in nearby parks. Bertolozzi also has created concert music and theatrical scores, including "The Contemplation of Bravery," which was an official 2002 Bicentennial commission for The United States Military Academy at West Point , and his incidental score to "Waiting for Godot," used at the 1991 Festival Internationale de Café Theatre in Nancy, France. In addition, he has a large body of liturgical music for use in both Christian and Jewish worship. As a longtime
concert organist, he has performed his own compositions as well as those of the classical literature in the US and in Italy (including
St. Peter's Basilica), and Portugal (for the
U. S. State Department). He is Organist and Choirmaster at [http://www.vassartemple.org Vassar Temple in Poughkeepsie, NY and St. Joseph's Church in Middletown NY. He also performs and composes for his percussion project "The Bronze Collection," a collection of over 60 gongs and cymbals from around the world. ==Biography==