Diego Ratto

Diego Ratto was born on January 14, 1988, in Alessandria Italy. He is a Musician and a Composer. He graduated from “A.Vivaldi” Conservatory in Alessandria (IT) with a Bachelor’s Degree in Electroacoustic Music (under the guide of Gustavo Adolfo Delgado and Matteo Franceschini) in 2017, in Jazz Guitar (under the guide of Pino Russo and Paolo Silvestri as tutor) in 2016 and in Music Therapy (under the guide of Annamaria Gheltrito) in 2014.

Currently he is studying at the KMH – Royal College of Music (Stockholm). Master Program in Electroacoustic Composition.

His compositions have been performed and/or awarded at: EMUfest 2017 (Roma, IT), MA/IN 2017 – MAtera INtermedia festival (Matera, IT), Residency Prix CIME 2017 (Moscow 2017, RUS), MusicLab 2017 (Mexico City, MEX), Acousmatic Premiere Performance Competition – TEM (Udine, IT), RMN Music Label (London, UK), Et Lux Radio, Diffrazioni Festival 2016 (Firenze, IT), Electroacoustic Contest EFME 2016 (Santa Fe, RA).

June 2018, artistic residency at ICST – Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology – (Zhdk) in Zurich.

He took part in some Lectures, Seminars and Masterclasses such as: Thinking Sound and Music Through Technology (with Daniel Teruggi), Electroacoustic and Live Electronics (with Ivo Nilsson), Naked Musician (Conduction and Free Improvisation with Francesco Cusa), Acousmonium Training and Concert (with Mario Mary and Leo Cicala), The speaking Double Bass (with Lelio Giannetto), Body and Emotion Language (with Federica Righini), The Guitar, Literature of ‘900 and Contemporary (with Bryan Johanson), Contemporary Music (with Jeremy Bell), History of Electroacoustic Music (with John Chowning and Cesare Beltrami), Drums in Music Therapy (with Annamaria Gheltrito).

He also studied with: Riccardo Piacentini, Cesare Saldicco, Antonio Galanti, Enrico Fazio, Massimo Morganti, Riccardo Fioravanti and Giovanni Ceccarelli.

Website: diegoratto.wixsite.com/diegoratto