Artist description Antonio Genovino (b. 1964, Rome, Italy) is an italian composer and pianist.He obtained a piano diploma from the Conservatory of Latina, Italy, and a B.A.in Literature and Music from Rome University "La Sapienza" He took several film music courses where some his chamber orchestra compositions were played.In 1996 the "Virtual Orchestral Demo" work was published on "Futura Music" Magazine.In 1998 he received the "Colonna Sonora 1998" award at the "European like you" international courses of music for films in Bari, Italy.For several years he has been working in the computer music with a particular interest in the digital orchestral and instrumentalsimulation made with the best samples libraries(M. Vitous Symphonic Orchestra samples, P. Siedlaczek'sAdvanced Orchestra, 3D Sound "The Piano").

Music Style New classical, contemporary. Instrumental, orchestral, computer-music

Musical Influences Strawinski, Poulenc, Prokoviev Rachmaninov, J. Williams

Instruments Piano, synthesizers, computer, EMU ESI-32 sampler, Cubase VST, Digidesign Session8, Tascam DA-88, Event Gina, digital orchestral sounds.

Press Reviews "The Digital Style, is an attempt to take record of the various digital technologies available to the composer. Never before in the history of music has a classical composer been able to write out the notation of his ideas and have it played immediately in front of him through a set of speakers.... Genovino has searched for the best samples and synthesizers out there, and has put together a project that sounds almost exactly like real instruments were recorded, with real people playing them. A passage will breathe, a note will ritard. Computer musicians know it is easier to stick to the rigid clock of their instrument, and thus computer music has gotten that kind of rap, if you’ll pardon the pun. That kind of inhuman meter is undetectable here...."Mark D. Scudderhttp://www.mp3critic.com "Capriccio Andaluso"."This is everything that electronic musicians should aspire to. A beautifully written and performed composition, Massimo Piccoli's classical guitar is balanced perfectly in the mix and is played with great skill. Genovino's orchestrated sequences are spectacular. Play this and tell me it's a bunch of samples! Classical music is difficult to compose using computer based instruments, for no matter how good the samples sound, there are areas of inflection and performance that are too often overlooked. It's one reason why sequenced music often sounds boring, there's no life to it. But here life abounds, with the woods and strings interacting with one another both acoustically but also as part of the simulated performance. Simply outstanding."Bruce Satinover

Additional Info For discussions about orchestral simulations, new compositions and digital sounds from Sound Blaster to Vitous's samples library: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/Virtualsymphony

Location Rome, NA - Italy

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