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
August 2011 – Facepalm Games won the Best International Game award at Freeplay Awards (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
Giovanni 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