BIO

 

He holds a diploma in Pianoforte and Music Education, a Certificate for the Dalcroze Society U.K. and an improvisation exam with the corresponding teaching for the Licence. He studied conducting, composition and orchestration for film music.

 

He is a music-examiner for Trinity College of London with numerous tours in Italy and abroad (Europe, Asia and Africa).

 

Very involved in the field of music education, he has taught in all grades of schools. He currently directs the Amadeus school, and teaches ‘Musical Pedagogy’ and ‘Ensemble Music Practice’ for CFA courses at the ‘G. Nicolini’ Conservatory in Piacenza.

 

At the Conservatory, he has taught Music Pedagogy, Ensemble Music Practices, Body Awareness Techniques, Improvisation and held a 50-hour course on ‘Psychological Counseling to support Conservatory students as an expert in the teaching of rhythm and music theory according to non-traditional methods, linked more to movement and corporeity and implying a different cognitive commitment’.

 

He has published many books, the latest of which is ‘Viaggio nella Ritmica Dalcoze’ published in 2023 by Progetti Sonori. In 2016, he was invited to the 38th International EPTA Conference in Reykjavick, Iceland, to present his book ‘fun&play - Dalcroze piano method’.

 

Also very active as a composer, he has written soundtracks for many different projects: documentaries, theatre, videos, concerts. Recently, his music ‘Criminal’ was featured in the Netflix series ‘Spy Ops’.

 

He has worked with photographers, poets, filmmakers and his works with photographers have been screened in Rome, New York and Mumbai.

 

For his work as a composer, he was interviewed in the August 2024 issue of the American monthly magazine ‘Musica’.

 

 

 

 

Among his music:

 

Canto decimonono, for clarinet in Bb, clarinet in Eb and pianoforte

 

Canzoniere per Borges, a collection of twelve poems by Italian poets, edited by Sangiuliano, for soprano, narrator and orchestra. This work was officially unveiled in Buenos Aires, at the headquarters of SADE (Sociedad Argentina de Escritores), on the occasion of the official celebrations for the centenary of the birth of Jorge Luis Borges.

 

Cut - One year in Berlin and two hairdressers, music for the documentary film presented in Berlin, written and directed by Therese Ulrich 

 

Cross paths, for bassoon, vibraphone, tom and synthesizer

 

Flowers, for string orchestra  

 

Everything you can imagine is real, music bought by "OCEANWAVE PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT LLC" based in  Buffalo WY USA, for their film production

 

Inferno Rome, music for the video by photographer Mino La Franca and screened in Rome, New York and Mumbai.

 

In search of impossible, music bought by  "Worldview Weekend" based in Tennessee USA, for their film production "Sabotage"

 

Io e Carver, music for the documentary directed by Tommaso Avati and Yozo Tokuda, shot in the United States and produced and published by Minimum Fax, Rome

 

I.Q., short film directed by Yozo Tokuda

 

L'Ego, musical comedy with lyrics by D. Barbonetti

 

Mater Matuta, for violin

 

Notte grigia sul mare, for guitar and violin

 

Simul, for orchestra

 

Solo andata, music for the play directed by D. Barbonetti with texts by Erri De Luca

 

to ArP rav, for flute, bassoon, vibraphone and cello

 

The Tempest, music composed for the musical based on the play by William Shakespeare with adaptation by D. Barbonetti

 

Three poems by Sangiuliano for soprano and string orchestra

 

Unfinished Awakenings, for string orchestra

 

Uomini e Animali, poem for guitar, clarinet in Bb and narrator, with txts by  H. Boll, H. Hemingway, E. Montale, L. Pirandello and H. Pontoppidam. 

 

 

 

He has published numerous books, including:

 

Viaggio nella Ritmica Dalcroze published with Progetti Sonori. The book is an introduction to the method and includes the biography of the founder, the scientific assumptions of the methodology, an overview of the potential and current fields of application, with reflections on music education and references to the author's personal experience as a musician and teacher.

 

10 Pezzi facili (music for piano) published with Poliedizioni Musicali, Marina di Massa; 

 

Canzoniere per Borges (twelve poems by Italian poets, for soprano, narrator and orchestra) published with Campanotto Editore, Pasian di Prato (UD); 

 

Cori Parlati a 2 e 3 voci, published with Ed. Tre-a-Trino, Albano (RM);

 

Filastrocche di Animali, published with Ed. Tre-a-Trino, Albano (RM);

 

fun & play - method for the Dalcroze piano, which he was invited to present at the 38th International EPTA Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland. ibook published on i-Tunes and Amazon. Book in Italian, English and Chinese;

 

I Giorni della Fenice (anthology of Mediterranean poetry with music for chamber orchestra) published with edizioni Florida, Campoverde di Aprilia (LT).

 

Le musiche dei bambini (music for piano) published with Gruppo Editoriale Jorillo, Aprilia (LT); 

  

Le nebbie parlanti (opera for choir, piano, Orff instruments and backing tracks)), published with Ed. Tre-a-Trino, Albano (RM);  

 

Un flauto, lo strumentario Orff e 5 note! (pieces of progressive difficulty for the study of the recorder), published with Ed. Tre-a-Trino, Albano (RM);