Matteo Marchisano-Adamo
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Matteo Marchisano-Adamo is an American sound designer, film editor and composer
. He was born in Flint, Michigan
.
and his father is from Buenos Aires
, Argentina
. As a child he studied ballet, eventually being offered a scholarship to study in New York City, which was never pursued. Marchisano-Adamo also played the violin as a child. As a teenager he studied piano with the Brazilian pianist Caio Pagano.
From 1991-1995 Marchisano-Adamo studied music at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music
in Budapest
, Hungary with Ferenc Rados
and Balázs Szokolay
. It was in Budapest that he discovered atonal, electronic music
, and serial composition. György Kurtág
, György Ligeti
, Karlheinz Stockhausen
, La Monte Young
, Terry Riley
, Steve Reich
, and John Cage
are some of his influences.
Returning to the U.S. he pursued other creative endeavors, including writing, filmmaking, and poetry. At the New School University in New York City he was mentored by the poet Sekou Sundiata
. Attending many screenings at the Anthology Film Archives
Marchisano-Adamo was introduced to the film work of Maya Deren
and Luis Buñuel
.
In Los Angeles, California Marchisano-Adamo attended the American Film Institute
as a film editor where he worked with Frank Pierson, Donn Cambern
, Danford Greene, Lynzee Klingman, Gill Dennis, and Frank Mazzola
. In 2009 he was awarded best editing from the Europe Independent Film Festival for the film Sundust.
He is married to the Romanian actress Elena-Cristina Marchisano
. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. He was born in Flint, Michigan
Flint, Michigan
Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...
.
Biography
Matteo Marchisano-Adamo's mother is SicilianSicilian
Sicily is an autonomous Italian island. The adjectival form Sicilian can also refer to:* Sicilian language* Sicilian Baroque, baroque architecture in 17th & 18th centuries on Sicily...
and his father is from Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. As a child he studied ballet, eventually being offered a scholarship to study in New York City, which was never pursued. Marchisano-Adamo also played the violin as a child. As a teenager he studied piano with the Brazilian pianist Caio Pagano.
From 1991-1995 Marchisano-Adamo studied music at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music
Franz Liszt Academy of Music
The Franz Liszt Academy of Music is a concert hall and music conservatory in Budapest, Hungary, founded on November 14, 1875...
in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Hungary with Ferenc Rados
Ferenc Rados
Ferenc Rados is a Hungarian pianist and professor of piano and chamber music. Until 1996 he taught at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary...
and Balázs Szokolay
Balázs Szokolay
Balázs Szokolay is a Hungarian pianist.His international concert career started in 1983, replacing Nikita Magaloff at a concert in Belgrade. Four years later he was appointed a professorship at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music...
. It was in Budapest that he discovered atonal, electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
, and serial composition. György Kurtág
György Kurtág
György Kurtág is a Hungarian composer of contemporary music.- Biography :György Kurtág was born in Lugoj in the Banat region, Romania.In 1946, he began his studies at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, where he met his wife, Márta, and also György Ligeti, who became a close friend...
, György Ligeti
György Ligeti
György Sándor Ligeti was a composer of contemporary classical music. Born in a Hungarian Jewish family in Transylvania, Romania, he briefly lived in Hungary before becoming an Austrian citizen.-Early life:...
, Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Another critic calls him "one of the great visionaries of 20th-century music"...
, La Monte Young
La Monte Young
La Monte Thornton Young is an American avant-garde composer, musician, and artist.Young is generally recognized as the first minimalist composer. His works have been included among the most important and radical post-World War II avant-garde, experimental, and contemporary music. Young is...
, Terry Riley
Terry Riley
Terrence Mitchell Riley, is an American composer intrinsically associated with the minimalist school of Western classical music and was a pioneer of the movement...
, Steve Reich
Steve Reich
Stephen Michael "Steve" Reich is an American composer who together with La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass is a pioneering composer of minimal music...
, and John Cage
John Cage
John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde...
are some of his influences.
Returning to the U.S. he pursued other creative endeavors, including writing, filmmaking, and poetry. At the New School University in New York City he was mentored by the poet Sekou Sundiata
Sekou Sundiata
Sekou Sundiata was an African-American poet and performer, as well as a teacher at The New School in New York City. Famous students include musicians Ani DiFranco and Mike Doughty. His plays include The Circle Unbroken is a Hard Bop, The Mystery of Love, Udu, and The 51st Dream State...
. Attending many screenings at the Anthology Film Archives
Anthology Film Archives
__notoc__Anthology Film Archives is a film archive and theater located at 32 Second Avenue on the corner of East Second Street in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City devoted to the preservation and exhibition of experimental film. It is the only non-profit organization of its...
Marchisano-Adamo was introduced to the film work of Maya Deren
Maya Deren
Maya Deren , born Eleanora Derenkowsky, was an American avant-garde filmmaker and film theorist of the 1940s and 1950s...
and Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish-born filmmaker — later a naturalized citizen of Mexico — who worked in Spain, Mexico, France and the US..-Early years:...
.
In Los Angeles, California Marchisano-Adamo attended the American Film Institute
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
as a film editor where he worked with Frank Pierson, Donn Cambern
Donn Cambern
Donn Cambern is a film editor. Cambern was born in Los Angeles, California, and obtained a B.A. in music from UCLA. Cambern is presently senior filmmaker-in-residence at the American Film Institute Conservatory....
, Danford Greene, Lynzee Klingman, Gill Dennis, and Frank Mazzola
Frank Mazzola
Frank Mazzola is an American film editor. He was born in Los Angeles, California. As a child and young adult, Mazzola worked as an actor. In 1955 he acted in Rebel Without a Cause with James Dean, Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood, and Dennis Hopper.In 1966 Mazzola started editing films...
. In 2009 he was awarded best editing from the Europe Independent Film Festival for the film Sundust.
He is married to the Romanian actress Elena-Cristina Marchisano
Elena-Cristina Marchisano
Elena-Cristina Marchisano is a Romanian TV, theater and film actor living in Los Angeles.-Biography:Marchisano was born in Piatra Neamţ, Romania. She moved to Bucharest to study acting at the UNATC "I.L Caragiale" where her teacher was the actor and theater director Ion Cojar...
. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
Discography
- Inventions I-XVIII (2009)
- Keyboard Solos I-XIII (2009)
- Works for Prepared-Piano (2010)
- Songs X2 (2010)
- Billy The Kid in Hollywood (2010)
Filmography
- Out of the Cage (2005) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3040159/
- Social Security Guard (2006) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3040159/
- Sofia (2008) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3040159/
- Diary of a Teenage Vampire (2008) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3040159/
- The Guitar (2009) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3040159/
- Sundust (2009) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3040159/
- Sunday Morning (2009) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3040159/
- A Scrooge Meets Cinderella Story (2009) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3040159/
- Rooms (2009) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3040159/
- Izzat (2010) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3040159/
- Imbalance (2010) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3040159/
- One Man's Perspective (2010) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3040159/
- Maria Marie (2010) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3040159/