Francesco Ganassin is a musician and educator. His practice is rooted in a deep engagement with sonic systems and acoustic territories. This perspective emerges in his concerts and the instruments and software he builds, as well as in his teaching.

He plays clarinets, electronics and DzigaLoop, a digital tape looper of his own design, moving between new composition, improvisation and sound art. His projects, including New Landscapes, 2Grains and Breath, often bridge sound with theatre, installation and video. He has composed and performed scores for productions with actors and writers such as Giuseppe Battiston, Andrea Pennacchi and Massimo Carlotto.

He has performed across Europe, at festivals including the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival (Finland), the Fira Mediterrània de Manresa (Spain) and the Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci (Germany). He was invited to present a solo work for clarinet and electronics at the Improvisation Festival of the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (Guelph, Canada). Isole senza mar, recorded with the ensemble Calicanto, received the Prix Coup de Cœur from the Académie Charles Cros, which named it one of the four best world music releases of the year.

His academic courses at the conservatories of Bologna, Castelfranco Veneto and Padova range from the study of traditional musical systems to ensemble practices and extemporaneous creation within electroacoustic improvisation. He also works as a learning support teacher in middle school, bringing the same attention to listening, presence and creative process into inclusive pedagogy.