about ~ me
about ~ me
Alessio Mastrorillo, born in 1987 in Italy, is a composer and sound engineer whose works have garnered recognition from prestigious events such as International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), Sound and Music Computing (SMC), eviMus and Tempo Reale, where he spent an artistic residency in 2021. His musical journey began with a foundation in organ and piano, drums and live music engineering, gradually evolving into the realm of computer music.
He has actively contributed to international conferences like New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF), Colloquio di Informatica Musicale (CIM) and Associazione Italiana di Acustica (AIA), showcasing his dedication to pushing the boundaries of music through cutting-edge methodologies.
His artistic activity extends to solo and ensemble Live Electronics concerts, playing with notable groups such as Mediterraneo Radicale and the Tempo Reale Electroacoustic Ensemble.
He has worked as sound director and sound engineer for major live events, including the televised broadcast from the International Space Station for Space for Agriculture and Food (EXPO Milan 2015) and the fashion event Gucci Cosmogonie at Castel del Monte (Italy 2022).
As a speaker and performer, he held seminars at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome on Ambisonics technology (2022), at the Festival Barisien-Parisien-Napolitain (Italy 2022) on the relationship between classical and electronic music, and at Laidi Palace for Zenith Waves – A Journey Into Ambisonics Music (Latvia 2024), where he presented a lecture-concert on musical composition, performing his works and curating the spatial sound on a 36-loudspeakers system.
In parallel with his work as a composer and sound engineer, he was also active as a music producer; in March 2019 he released a production for Mind Flux (UK), reaching the number one spot on the global genre chart for five consecutive weeks (June-July 2019).
In 2014, Alessio Mastrorillo performed as a drummer with blues and rockabilly bands at the Accadia Blues Festival, an international event in southern Italy.
In the field of audio software development, he contributed to Envelop for Live (USA 2021) by developing and integrating a custom stereo UHJ decoder to expand the suite's spatial audio capabilities.
In 2025, he edited the scores and mixed the music for Holofiction, a film by Michal Kosakowski, premiered at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival.
He collaborates with the Italian National Research Council (CNR) along artist Pier Alfeo, presenting the project 504 Ways Of Listening and the DDMM technology at the international conference Sound and Music Computing 2025 (SMC) in Graz, Austria.
During the IX Biennial of Contemporary Mosaic, he presented the sound installation Reecords I at the archaeological site of the Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra, one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries in Italy in recent decades.
In addition to his artistic and research career, he teaches Computer Music at the Music Conservatories of Ravenna and Modena, sharing his expertise with the next generation of musicians and researchers.
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