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Fabrizio Castania

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  • Born
    1976 · Padua, Veneto, Italy

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  • Born in Padua in 1976, Fabrizio studied violin, harmony, composition and orchestra conducting. A member of SIAE as a composer since 1993, he took care of the last four editions of the International Review of the Ancient Classic Theatre "Tito Livio - City of Padua", with original compositions. He composed the original score of the musical comedy "There... Where The Nile Rises", performed for the first time in May 1996. Some of his compositions were performed in Italy, Germany, Great Britain, Slovenia, and the United States of America. In 1995 he obteined the diploma of high specialization in orchestra conducting with Piero Bellugi. He conducted: the City of Wimborne Orchestra (Great Britain), the Murcia Youth Symphony (Spain), the Nuremberg Youth Symphony Orchestra and City of Friberg Orchestra (Germany), the Koper Chamber Orchestra (Slovenia) and the Palo Alto Youth Symphony Orchestra (California - USA). In December 1996 he was invited to conduct his compositions in Los Angeles and San Francisco. In 1995 he composed pieces for the 50th Anniversary of the UN and of the First Atomic Bomb of Hiroshima. He is permanent conductor of the Veneto Youth Orchestra and the Silver Symphony Orchestra. Fabrizio attends every year as orchestra conductor and composer the "International Music Meeting" with orchestras coming from all over the world. He is a member of ESTA (European Strings Teacher Association) and his music ranges from symphonic to pop music. He has also composed some ballets (eg. Prometeo, Eutanasia 2000, Clocks and others). He obtained the diploma of high specialization in "Music For Screen" with Stelvio Cipriani. In August 1998 "The International Music Museum" included him in a collection of musicians who have distinguished themselves in the music profession. He produced a CD ("That's Sound") conducting some soundtracks suites (Jurassic Park, Dances With Wolves, Robin Hood) and some of his compositions, performed by the Veneto Youth Orchestra. He composed the music for two Greek Tragedies: "Ifigenia in Aulide" directed by Filippo Crispo staged in June 2000 and "Antigone's Choice" directed by Simone Toffanin staged in summer 2000 in Italy. He orchestrated a new Opera and composed the score for the first episode of a new American cartoon series called "Blinky and Wonderfly," created and directed by Jan Carson Weatherby. Since 2000 he has been working with the composer Andrea Ferrari, producing many original soundtracks for short movies, documentaries and cartoons, including the score for Danny Ledonne's film "I Am Male" and Dennis Przywara's documentary (Starwoids) on "The First Episode of Star Wars - The Phantom Menace". They produced a musical comedy ("Il Tartufo di Dio") directed by Simone Toffanin, musical which has been represented in Padua at the Verdi Theatre. They scored Miranda Spigener's short "Marisa Romanov" accepted at the "2001 Venice Film Festival". He arranged and orchestrated John Lennon's "Imagine" for the singer Cheryl Porter and he orchestrated Roberto Zarpellon's "Harmonia Mundi".
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