Artists

ANGELO FRANCESCO LAVAGNINO

He starts his career as a violinist. He composes chambre, symphonic and sacred music. Since the end of the 40s he dedicates himself to the creation of movie soundtracks. He collaborates with Orson Welles and with acknowledged italian directors like Monicelli, Lizzani, Bragaglia, Steno. He wins the Silver Ribbon for the soundtracks of "Continente perduto" ("Lost Continent") and "Vertigine bianca" ("White vertigo").

GIORGIO GIAMPA'

Giorgio Giampà was born in 1982. He composed music for  italian and international films, documentaries and short movies presented in Toronto, Venice, Berlin, Locarno, San Francisco, Busan, Goteborg and other film festivals. 
He was nominated at the Golden Globes for the movie "Il sud è niente" by Fabio Mollo and he won the prize for best soundtrack with the movie "Wake me up" by Guillaume Protsenko. 
He was selected in the workshops of the Berlin Festival (Berlin Talent Campus), of the Reykjavik Festival (Transatlantic Lab) and of the Moscow Festival (Generation Campus). 
He also worked as producer for the short movie "Champs des Possibles" (Venice Festival 2015) and for the documentary "La natura delle cose" (Locarno Festival 2016).

CHERRY FIVE

A few years before their success as Goblin, Simonetti, Morante and Pignatelli, together with Tony Tartarini and Carlo Bordini, formed the band Cherry Five and produced an eponymous album with a prog rock sound. The album was released in 1975, after the success of "Profondo Rosso" ("Deep red"). Today this very rare record is considered as a milestone in italian progressive rock.

ISA DANIELI

Nel corso della sua carriera, questa talentuosa attrice di origine napoletana ha collaborato con i più importanti registi italiani, come ad esempio Lina Wertmuller, Tornatore, Ettore Scola. Ha inciso alcuni brani contenuti nelle colonne sonore di "Film d'amore e d'anarchia" e "Amore e magia nella cucina di mamma".

MARCELLO GIGANTE

Pop and film music composer. In 1952 he wins the Festival of the Neapolitan Song. He signed the scores for some italo western movies like "Wanted Johnny Texas" by Emimmo Salvi and "Prega dio e scavati la fossa" ("Pray to God and Dig Your Grave") by Eduardo Mulargia.