RICK ROMANO
Rick Romano
Composer, Conductor, Producer
Rick Romano (Turin, Italy, 1982) is a versatile and multi-faceted Composer-Conductor-Producer.
Winner of the scholarship “Master of Talents” awarded by CRT Foundation, and of the of BNI National Award (Milan, Italy), Rick is winner and finalist in several international competitions always receiving mention for the high quality of the works submitted. Of notable importance, the international competition organised and promoted by Ricordi / Universal, City of Milan (Italy) and MITO Settembre Musica Festival where he ranked among top 3. He was also shortlisted for Best Original Soundtrack at the “Jerry Goldsmith Award” with the music written for the film “The Flesh Arrow” (La freccia di carne) and was finalist at the “International Composition Competition for Film Music A. Lavagnino”.
His catalogue counts more than 100 works, commissioned by performers & ensembles, film, tv and stage directors and includes concert music, music for stage plays, film music, arrangements, transcriptions, songs and incidental music; many of whom performed in auditoriums, theatres and venues around Europe and the USA by national and international performers. Some of his works are published by Edizioni Sconfinarte and by Da Vinci Editions or have been recorded, published and distributed by independent and major labels like RMN Music, BlissCo Music, EMI c/o Sony/ATV, Bellotti Publishing and Warner/Chappell.
With a Master’s Degree in Music Composition, he was the first to graduate with high remarks and honours (10/10) at the Conservatory of Music “A. Vivaldi” of Alessandria (Italy) where he studied under composer and conductor Paolo Ferrara.
Rick attended masterclasses and seminars at some of the most prestigious academies in Europe including Royal College of Music (London, UK), Opera Academy Verona (Verona, Italy) and Accademia Chigiana (Siena, Italy), studying such topics as Music Composition Techniques of the 20th Century, Minimalism, Music Composition for Theatre and Ballet, and Composition and Aesthetics of the Music Theatre of the 20th Century with composers and professors like Steve Reich, David Lang, Michael Finnissy, Azio Corghi, Theodore Antoniou (professor emeritus at Boston College) among others.
Rick has also studied Music Composition for Film and Visual Media, orchestration and music arrangement techniques attending various seminars, including Cannes and Bafta organised masterclasses with Academy Award-Winning composers such as Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water), John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, The Bourne Identity), Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker), and Luis Bacalov (Django, Il Postino) to name but a few.
Awardee of a college Bursary from the (once Gustav Holst’s) Morley College of London, where he studied Orchestral Conducting with Paul Sarcich, Rick was selected to attend Riccardo Muti’s Masterclass on Italian Opera Conducting at the Dante Alighieri Theatre in Ravenna (Italy). In 2017 Rick started performing as conductor in various sold-out concerts working with various orchestras of the Greater London area.
In London (UK), he founded an entertainment company that focuses on the development, production and promotion of music, media and other entertainment projects. The company was selected by “Camden Collective” which now is supporting and incubating the business. Through the years Rick has worked on numerous projects in different capacities – concerts, music albums, short films, music videos, film scores, stage plays and other live events – and currently he is developing and producing a slate of exciting new projects while finalising distribution and marketing campaign for various upcoming music releases.
He is interested in exploring innovative ideas, experimenting with new music languages and styles, different narrative forms and their interactions with the modern media.
Rick is a member of The Ivors Academy (UK) and is also a voting member of the Television Academy (USA).