Performatist
    Classical

    Nicoletta Todesco: The Cockroach Diary

    Illustration for Nicoletta Todesco: The Cockroach Diary

    Friday, November 20, 2026

    8:00 PM

    National Sawdust

    Williamsburg, Brooklyn

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    Nicoletta Todesco appears at National Sawdust with The Cockroach Diary. The Brooklyn-based guitarist and composer is distinguished by a rare ability to sing while performing classical guitar. Her integration of voice and instrument informs her compositional practice and situates the work within contemporary classical performance.

    About The Cockroach Diary

    At National Sawdust, *The Cockroach Diary* arrives as a live classical performance anchored by featured performer Nicoletta Todesco. The work treats the diary form as an onstage document, tracing everyday survival and private thought through sound rather than plot. In a city where new music often tests how narrative can live inside a concert hall, this piece leans into intimacy and observation. Its restraint feels purposeful, asking listeners to sit with discomfort instead of resolving it.

    About the Artist

    Nicoletta Todesco

    Nicoletta Todesco

    Brooklyn-based guitarist and composer distinguished by her rare ability to sing while performing classical guitar.