Francesco Del Pia

Francesco Del Pia
Personal Information
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Place of birth
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Residence
Current address
Mobile
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June 19, 1988
Treviso (TV), Italy
Italian
Via della Liberazione 32, 31100 Treviso (TV), Italy
Via Napoleone III 89, 00185 Rome (RM), Italy
(+39) 340 8008939
(+39) 0422 306412 (residence)
[email protected]
francescodelpia.com
Selected works
Music for film
2014
Soundtrack for Ships in the night, a short film by Ekaterina Volkova which was shown
on June 15 at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, with live music played by PMCE
- Parco della Musica Contemporanea Ensemble, conducted by Tonino Battista
Soundtrack for two videos directed by Alexandre Humbert for Right Here Right Now
- A design Talk Show, a series of conferences hosted by Onomatopee, Eindhoven (NL)
Soundtrack for Squillo, a short film by Ekaterina Volkova
2013
Soundtrack for choir and orchestra of Kokoro No Chikara (Power of the Heart, 1931),
a short film by Japanese animation master Noburo Ofuji; the movie was screened during
the 14th edition of “Asiatica Film Mediale - Encounters with Asian Cinema” festival in
the Contemporary Art Museum of Rome (Macro), with live music played by Clepsydra
Chamber Choir and conducted by Pawel Piotr Gorajski
2012
Soundtrack for Malaga, a short film by l’Appeso Videoproduzione
Soundtrack for the silent movie La figlia del cantoniere (1912) and conducting of its
performance at Casa del Cinema, Rome
2011
Soundtrack for Ciao, a documentary by Pablo Pastor and Laia Abril
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Music for television
2015
Soundtrack and sound design for A cardboard story by Ekaterina Volkova, selected
finalist of the Yahoo Aviate contest
since
2012
Soundtrack for various television and radio commercials by Young & Rubicam, especially
for Repubblica and L’Espresso, such as La grande cucina vegetariana (2013), I
grandi romanzi, Capire l’economia, Save the story and Le domande della
filosofia (2012)
Music for video games and installations
2015
Programming of the controller application for the music of Hypnagogia, a theatrical
play directed by Giovanni Firpo
Trailer music for PitLane16, a strategy video game currently on Steam Greenlight
Soundtrack, sound design and audio programming for Magic Carpet High Experience, a video game for iOS and Android by Monkeys Jam, winner of the 2015 redBit
game jam and selected among the 10 best games of GameOver Milano 2015 by Vice
Programming, soundtrack and sound design for Drowning in Problems, a porting
of a video game by Markus Persson developed for the thesis of the master’s degree in
Composition for Applied Music
2014
Programming, original recordings and sound design for Frequenze Romane and Synesthesia, two interactive installations for the Primocanto events “Danson Metropoli”
and “Tetramakı̀a - Quattro battaglie cromatiche” at Teatro Studio Uno, Rome
2012
Programming, planning and sound design, together with Giovanni Pezzato from Design Academy Eindhoven, of Station Soundscape, an interactive installation for the
Eindhoven (NL) train station
Music for theater
2015
Soundtrack and sound design for Roma - a collection of poems written by Savina Lena
- which was played live by cellist Laura Balbinot
since
2009
Soundtracks for most of the theatrical plays and readings by Elena Griggio and Teatro
In Folle, such as Sono coperta di rami e mi muovo sul fondo del mare (2014),
Teatrografie (2013), Black Reading (2012), Il diario di Eva (2012), Questo strano
sogno (2011), The Tree (2010) and Juliet. Ritratti di donna (2009)
2011
Soundtrack for Made in Japan - Crisantemi bianchi à la carte, a theatrical play
written by Federica Rosellini and performed by EXPERSONA
2010
Soundtrack for Fuochi, a theatrical play written by Federica Rosellini and performed
by EXPERSONA
2009
Soundtrack of Spunti di luce, a theatrical play written and performed by Le Nuvole
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Studio works
2016
Arrangement, mixing and mastering of Weekend dipinto di rosso, a song by Maurizio
Sarecchia featuring vocals by Deborah Italia
2015
Recording, mixing and mastering of the music by Francesco Leineri & Free Music Factory
for Hypnagogia by Giovanni Firpo
2014
Recording and mixing of Alone Together promo by Francesco Leineri
Composition, recording, mixing and mastering of Invisibile, a song featuring lyrics and
vocals by Pietro Berselli
Arrangement, mixing and mastering of La paura di me, a song by Maurizio Sarecchia
featuring vocals by Valentina Chiarelli
2013
Arrangement, mixing and mastering of Disegnami and Tempo perso by Maurizio
Sarecchia featuring vocals by Charbel Khalil; the songs took part in the final stage of
the Area Sanremo 2013 contest
Keyboard and sound design tracks for the album Deep by the post-rock band Dotzauer
2011
Arrangements and keyboard tracks for the album Rebirth by the metal band Silver
Tears, published by Revalve Records
Recording, mixing and mastering of the The Big Bus Stop Station EP by the
namesake rock band
since
2008
Recording, mixing and mastering of various artists and bands
Concert music
2014
Composition of the original piece Raissa for bayan, which has been played in many solo
concerts by Alessandro Ambrosi in Italy and abroad
2012
Composition of the original piece 42 for the “Cento Celli” of Giovanni Sollima and
conducting of its performance at Teatro Valle, Rome
Other
since
2014
since
2006
Cycling ‘74 Max 6 and Audiokinetic Wwise programming tutorials on YouTube
Private lessons of musical theory and software, IT, mathematics, physics, English,
Italian, Latin
Live shows as keyboard player with various bands
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Education
2015
Master’s degree in Composizione per la Musica Applicata (Composition for Applied Music) with a final evaluation of 110/110 cum Laude, at Conservatorio “Santa
Cecilia”, Rome; the final thesis - Il sonoro nei videogiochi - was a deep analysis of
sound and music in video games
2011
Bachelor’s degree in Musica ad Utilizzo Multimediale (Applied Music) with a final
evaluation of 110/110 cum Laude, at Conservatorio “Francesco Venezze”, Rovigo
2007
Scientific High School diploma with a final evaluation of 100/100, at Liceo Scientifico
“Pio X”, Treviso
2003
Musical Theory diploma with a final evaluation of 8.6/10, at Conservatorio
“Giuseppe Tartini”, Trieste
Workshops and certifications
2015
Certified Wwise - 101 End User
2014
Participant in Game Music Connect, a conference about video game music hosted by
John Broomhall and James Hannigan at The Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London
Participant in La spazializzazione del suono nello spettacolo dal vivo (Sound
spatialization for live performances) master class with Hubert Westkemper, at “Teatro
Valle”, Rome
2013
Participant in Il Mastering workshop with Franco Fraccastoro, at “Saint Louis College
of Music”, Rome
Participant in Performing the Space: Integration Among the Arts summer
school held by Master in Sonic Arts - Tecnologie e Arti del Suono (Technologies and
Arts of Sound) at University “Tor Vergata”, Rome, in cooperation with “University of
California, Irvine”, with John Crawford and Lisa Naugle
Participant in Composizione di Musica per Film (Music Composition for Film)
workshop at “Accademia Musicale Chigiana”, Siena, with Luis Bacalov, and achievement
of a scholarship and of the Diploma di Merito (Merit Certificate)
Official Certification by Steinberg as Expert in Music Production with Cubase
7 and Mastering with WaveLab 7 with a final evaluation of 30/30 cum Laude,
achieved after the course held by Franco Fraccastoro and Marco Massimi at Master in
Sonic Arts - Tecnologie e Arti del Suono (Technologies and Arts of Sound) at University
“Tor Vergata”, Rome
Participant in NYU/ASCAP Foundation Film Scoring Workshop in Memory
of Buddy Baker at “New York University Steinhardt” with Mark Snow, Sean Callery,
Michael Patterson, Tim Starnes, etc.
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Personal skills and competences
Composition
Good ability in composing according to different styles, from classical composition to jazz and
rock, ambient music, minimalism, electronic music, etc.
Orchestration and arrangement
Good ability in writing for classical instruments (orchestra), voices (solo voices, choir) and
modern instruments (electric and bass guitars, synthesizers, drums, etc.).
Sound Design
Good knowledge of various sound synthesis techniques.
Interactive music and video game sound
Good knowledge of the game audio techniques and integration with Audiokinetic Wwise.
Recording, mixing and mastering
Knowledge of the most common recording techniques, as well as of the hardware and software instruments needed. Good knowledge of mixing techniques with Steinberg Cubase and
mastering with WaveLab.
MIDI
Good knowledge of the MIDI protocol and of MIDI controllers.
Programming
Good knowledge of Cycling ‘74 Max and Unity in order to make various types of installations
and video games. Basic knowledge of the microcontroller Arduino and other devices.
Piano
Good knowledge of piano playing technique.
Orchestra conducting
Basic knowledge of the conducting techniques for small and medium ensembles.
Computer skills
Operating systems
Apple Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite
Microsoft Windows 7
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Main software
Steinberg Cubase Pro 8.5
Steinberg WaveLab 8
Audiokinetic Wwise 2015
Native Instruments Kontakt 5
Avid Sibelius 7.5
Cycling ‘74 Max 6
Unity 5
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Languages
Italian
English
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FFFFF TOEFL iBT certification: 111/120
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