Fabrizio Castania
- Composer
- Music Department
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".