Curriculum Vitae

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Education
2010 - Introduction to Game Audio – Berklee College of Music
2009 - Degree in Audiovisual Composition – Music Conservatory of Naples
2007 - 5th year Piano degree – Music Conservatory of Naples
2003 - Degree in music theory and solfeggio – Music Conservatory of Benevento

Professional Experiences

February 2012

  Indie Game Challenge Finalist at DICE 2012 with The Swapper (Composer/Sound Designer) [i]

October 2011

  Indie Cade 2011 Special Recognition Award Winner, Visual & Audio Award Nominee with The Swapper (Composer/Sound Designer) [i]

September 2011

  MindTrek Indie Game Awards 2011 Nominee with The Swapper (Composer/Sound Designer) [i]

August 2011   Best International Game award at Freeplay Awards with Facepalm Games (Composer/Sound Designer) [i]

July 2011   Facepalm Games announced as winners of the first ever Indie Showcase with The Swapper! (Composer/Sound Designer) [i]

June – July 2011   Soundscape for Divina Commedia by Largo Baracche (Composer/Sound Designer)

February 2011 – Today   Sound Design course (synthesis and sampling) at Nut Academy. (Teacher)

January 2011   Mediamorfosi 2.0. ACT_02, contemporary art exhibition. (Composer/Keyboardist/SoundDesigner)

November 2010   Soundtrack for the video game Invaders: Corruption by Manuel van Dyck (Mac, PC). (Composer)

November 2010   Soundtrack for the video game Eternity by We Get Signal (PC). (Composer)

May 2010 – Today   Collaboration for articles and reviews of music software and hardware for the online magazine Age of Audio. (Author)

October 2009   Theatrical Performance Musicomic by Vittorio Marsiglia. (Pianist)

June 2009   Overall winner of the XX edition of Musicultura Festival with Giovanni Block. (Pianist)

June 2009   Meeting del Mare Festival 2009, with Giovanni Block. (Keyboardist)

November 2008 – 2010   Collaboration for articles and reviews of music software for the online magazine Digital Audio Central. (Author)

November 2008   XXXIII Rassegna della canzone d’autore, Premio Tenco 2008, with Giovanni Block. (Pianist)

May 2008   Theatrical Performance with Arnoldo Foa, Sono Sfiorite le Rose by Cosimo Damiano Damato. (Pianist/Keyboardist)

September 2007   Vesuvio al Cinematografo, DVD documentary about the eruption of Vesuvius in 1944 published by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology-Vesuvius Observatory. (Composer)

April 2007   Theatrical Performance L’ultimo Scugnizzo by Raffaele Viviani. (Keyboardist)

January 2007   Musica Per Fontane, multimedia installation at Monteoliveto square, Naples, Italy. (Pianist/Keyboardist/Composer)

September 2006 – 2008   Two years of teaching in private school Yamaha Yellow Submarine, Naples, Italy, courses Funkey and Clavinova. (Teacher)

September 2006   European Researchers Night at the Music Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella, Naples, Italy. (Keyboardist/Composer)

April 2006   Ad occhi chiusi, exhibition of Luigi Pagano at the Conservatory of Music San Pietro a Majella, Naples. (Composer)

October 2005   Double Identity, Thesis for the School of Design Academy of Fine Arts in Naples. One of the performances took place at the PAN, Palazzo delle Arti Napoli. (Pianist/Composer)

Discography
Rossella Scarano - Guardando FuoriRossella Scarano – Guardando Fuori
Distributed by AUDIOGLOBE srl
02/2012

Giovanni Block - Un Posto IdealeGiovanni Block – Un Posto Ideale
Marketed and distributed by EGEA Music
11/2011

Silicon Dust - Play With You EPSilicon Dust – Play With You EP
℗ 2010 Silicon Dust
10/2010
Synth Solo on Track 5, Play With You (Evan Rmx)

Musicultura 20ennale 1990-2009, Carlo Castellano Piano on track 2, L'Aquilone di Giovanni BlockMusicultura 20ennale 1990-2009
Associazione Musicultura
05/2009
Piano on track 2, L’Aquilone

Capone & BungtBangt - Dura Lex, Carlo Castellano Piano on track 3, BlackCapone & BungtBangt – Dura Lex
ChiaraSunMusic/Teta Pittèri
05/2008
Piano on track 3, Black

Electro Moving Pictures - Jumpstart EPElectro Moving Pictures – Jumpstart EP
© 2007 Carlo Castellano
11/2007

Radio 105 - Summer Starz Vol.4, Carlo Castellano Piano on track 15, Flabby Don't Break This Heart Of Mine (Evan Remix)Radio 105 – Summer Starz Vol.4
© 2007 Copyright RCS Quotidiani
08/2007
Piano on track 15, Flabby “Don’t Break This Heart Of Mine” (Evan Remix)

Gecko's Tear - Contradiction, Carlo Castellano keyboards on tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 8Gecko’s Tear – Contradiction
Maracash Records, MRC 008
06/2006
Keyboards on tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 8