Gioacchino Balistreri is an Italian composer of soundtracks and theatre music living in Switzerland. He studied “Music Composition for Film” at the Chigiana Academy in Siena, under the guidance of the Academy Award-winning Maestro Luis Bacalov. He has composed the theme song for Tramp Limited, the production house of the Italian actors Ficarra & Picone. Their latest production in collaboration with StudioRain, the short film “Maestrale” by Nico Bonomolo for which he signed the original music, it triumphs at the David di Donatello 2022, winning the award for best short film and entering the list of nominations for the 2023 Academy Awards. Among his works, he composed the music for two plays directed by Mauro Avogadro: "Eichmann – Where the night begins” by Stefano Massini, with Ottavia Piccolo and Paolo Pierobon, and “Fine Pena: Ora”, written by Paolo Giordano, with Paolo Pierobon and Sergio Leone, produced by Piccolo Teatro in Milan. He also composed the original soundtracks for the Nico Bonomolo animated shorts movies “Confined”, produced by Lucky Red, candidate for David di Donatello and Golden Globes, winner of the Giffoni Experience, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and it was inserted in the long list for the 2018 Academy Awards, and “Detours”, special mention at the Nastri d’Argento. He conducts a soundtracks workshop at the Locarno International Film Festival.

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