Diego Dall’Osto: Synesthetic Composer Bridging Music and Visual Arts
Diego Dall’Osto, a composer born in Rome in 1961, serves as a harmony instructor at the Conservatory of Vicenza, where he employs a synesthetic method that intertwines sound with visual art. His education took place at the conservatories in both Vicenza and Venice. Since 1996, he has partnered with artist Francesco Lauretta, producing soundtracks for Lauretta's videos, such as 'Apocalisse in dettaglio' (2018). In 2007, he collaborated with Zev Robinson on 'Mass Hysteria' for ARCO Madrid. In 2009, he earned recognition from the Lithuanian Academy of Music for 'Sounding Doors V3'. He also sonified 'Echi' in a WWII bunker in 2012 and created 'Duchamp all’orecchio di Dionisio' for a 2016 exhibition in Syracuse, engaging with diverse artistic traditions.
Key facts
- Diego Dall’Osto was born in Rome in 1961.
- He studied organ, composition, and electronic music in Vicenza and Venice.
- He currently teaches harmony and analysis at the Conservatory of Vicenza.
- He has collaborated with painter Francesco Lauretta since 1996.
- For 'Apocalisse in dettaglio' (2018), he used funeral marches from the Banda Città di Ispica.
- In 2009, he won a competition from the Lithuanian Academy of Music for 'Sounding Doors V3'.
- In 2012, he sonified Roberta Rossetto’s 'Echi' in a WWII bunker in Caldogno.
- In 2016, he created 'Duchamp all’orecchio di Dionisio' at the Ear of Dionysius in Syracuse.
Entities
Artists
- Diego Dall’Osto
- Francesco Lauretta
- Paolo Pasetto
- Zev Robinson
- Julijonas Urbonas
- Roberta Rossetto
- Marcel Duchamp
- Olivier Messiaen
- Alexander Scriabin
- Wassily Kandinsky
- György Ligeti
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ennio Morricone
- Giuseppe Tornatore
Institutions
- Conservatory of Vicenza
- Conservatory of Venice
- Accademia lituana di musica (Lithuanian Academy of Music)
- ARCO Madrid
- Tenuta dello Scompiglio
- Artribune
- Banda Città di Ispica
- L’Uomo Vogue
- Apstudio
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Vicenza
- Venice
- Caldogno
- Syracuse
- Sicily
- Ispica
- Ragusa
- Altopascio
- Cernobbio
- New York
- United States
- Madrid
- Spain
- Lithuania