Matteo Silva (born 17 October 1960, in Ulm, Germany) is an Italian-German-Swiss author, music producer, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. He was born in

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, Germany from German mother and Italian father, grew up in

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, Italy and

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, Switzerland, studied composition at Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan with

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and philosophy in Venice with

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; he is founder of the independent music record label

Amiata Records Amiata Records is an independent cross-cultural record label founded in 1992 by Matteo Silva and Marc Eagleton with headquarters in Florence and offices in London, and Rome. Amiata derives its name from a mountain in southern Tuscany, in Italy. A ...

; as radio editor he collaborated wit
Rete 2
a cultural channel of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation and produced the “Encyclopedia of World Music” in 76 volumes for the Italian RCS Rizzoli Group published by Fabbri; for the group “Espresso – La Repubblica” he produced, among other series, a very popular CD series of “World Music” , a work that for the first time in Italy let music of less known cultures be accessible to a larger audience. For

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, and other independent record labels he produced more than 130 contemporary and ethnic music CDs in the USA, Germany, France and Italy. With Skeye music, he brought

Carla Bruni Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

and her first album “Quel qu’un m’à dit” to Italy just like the “Overhead” music group and other French and English artists. He produced music by artists like

Arvo Pärt Arvo Pärt (; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Pärt's music is in pa ...

Terry Riley Terrence Mitchell "Terry" Riley (born June 24, 1935) is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist school of composition. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, his music became notable for it ...

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, Sainkho, Ustad

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, i

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, Faraualla, Sangeeta Badyopadhnay,

Michael Vetter Michael Vetter (18 September 1943 – 7 December 2013) was a German composer, novelist, poet, performer, calligrapher, artist, and teacher. Biography Vetter was born in Oberstdorf in the Allgäu region of Germany, and received a conventional scho ...

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, the Club Musical Oriente Cubano,

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, the Monks of the Sera Jé Monastery, The Bauls of Bengal. He often travelled to Asia, particularly in the Himalayan regions, where he documented and recorded several musical ceremonies of endangered ethnic groups such as the

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and

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, and where he committed himself to the documentation of numerous Tibetan Buddhist ceremonies in exile and of the traditional songs of the nomads of the Kham region (eastern Tibet), of which he published a few CDs. In Italy, together with musicologist Walter Maioli, he has been the creator of the archaeological musical project, Synaulia. He also produced and edited the music of Synaulia for Amiata Records and published “The Music of Ancient Rome” in 2 volumes (volume I Wind Instruments, volume II String Instruments). Excerpts of this work have been licensed to several major films and TV Series such as he Gladiator

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ome Ome may refer to: Places * Ome (Bora Bora), a public island in the lagoon of Bora Bora * Ome, Lombardy, Italy, a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Brescia * Ōme, Tokyo, a city in the Prefecture of Tokyo * Ome (crater), a crater on Mars Tran ...

and several documentaries produced by the BBC, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation and RAI. As composer he published the electronic music albums Solaris (1991) Ad Infinitum (1993) and Omphalos (2001) soundtracks of his sound&light installations. Apart from his producing and editing activities, Matteo Silva is also a visual artist, professor, author of essays, poetry and prose. As musicologist he wrote Music for Peace (1999), Beyond Music (2004), Copyright in digital media (2008). Matteo Silva has been director of the MIM ( Music Industry Management) Program at the European School of Economics in London. He resides in the countryside, north of Rome, Italy, and in his free time he is a passionate skipper.

Recognitions

* 1998 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis''Echo Music Award''
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* 2000 Naird Award as the best independent producer of antique music * 2002

Diapason d'Or The Diapason d'Or (French for "Golden Tuning Fork") is a recommendation of outstanding (mostly) classical music recordings given by reviewers of '' Diapason'' magazine in France, broadly equivalent to "Editor's Choice", "Disc of the Month" in the ...

for the cd ''Bella Maria'' of

Bibliography

*Musiche dal mondo – The world music encyclopedia in 76 vol. -

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/Fratelli Fabbri, Milan, Italy *World Music – 15 vol. -

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, Rome, Italy

Discography

As composer: * Matteo Silva, ''Golden Grounds'', Odiyana Edition, Lugano 1989 * Matteo Silva, ''Solaris'', Wind Recordings, Bari 1991 * Matteo Silva, ''Ad Infinitum'',

, Florence 1993 * Matteo Silva, ''Omphalos'',

, Florence 2001 As music producer: * Adea, ''Day & Night'',

, Florence 1996 * Alexandra - Arrigo Cappelletti, ''Terras Do Risco'',

, Florence 2001 * Alon Michael, Israel Edelson, ''Meditations of the Heart Vol. I'',

, Florence 1998 * Amelia Cuni, Werner Durand, ''Ashtayama'',

, Florence 1999 * Andrea Ceccomori & Antonio Rossi, ''The Celestine Suite'',

, Florence 1998 * Andrea Donati, ''Ape Regina'',

, Florence 1997 * Andrea Donati, ''Le Ciel De Ma Memoire'',

, Florence 1995 * Angelo Ricciardi, ''Song of Enlightenment'',

, Florence 1994 * Antonio Breschi, ''At the edge of the night'',

, Florence 1994 * Antonio Breschi, ''Toscana'',

, Florence 1996 * Antonio Infantino, ''Tara'ntrance'',

, Florence 2004 * Antonio Infantino & I Tarantolati, ''Tarantella Tarantata'',

, Florence 1996 * Astor Piazzolla,

Thomas Fortmann Thomas Fortmann (born 1951) is a Swiss composer and founder of the "Accademia Amiata, Toscana delle Culture", and "ClaZZ Festival". Youth and pop career Born in Gerzensee Fortmann, also known as Tommy Fortmann, son of the Swiss soprano Greta S ...

, ''Tango Catolico'',

, Florance 1994 * Auria Vizia, ''New Dawn of the Sacred Flames'',

, Florence 1997 * Auria Vizia, ''Music for The Seven Chakras'',

, Florence 1996 * Ayub Ogada, ''Tanguru',

, Rome, 2009 * Chogyal Namkhai N. Rinpoche Chöd, ''Cutting Through Dualism'',

, Florence 1992 * Chogyal Namkhai Norbu & Matteo Silva, ''Music for the Dance of Vajra'',

, 2000 * Fabio Forte, ''Asia Blue'',

, Florence 2001 * Faraualla, ''Sind,

, Florence 2002 * Faraualla, ''Faraualla'',

, Florence 1999 * Flavio Piras, ''The Hands'',

, Florence 1996 * Fratelli Mancuso, ''Cantu'',

, Florence 2002 * Fratelli Mancuso, ''Requiem'',

, Florence 2008 * Fratelli Mancuso & Antonio Marangolo, ''Bella Maria'',

, Florence 1998 * Gabin Dabiré, ''Kontomè'',

, Florence 1996 * Gabin Dabiré, ''Afriki Djamana'',

, Florence 1994 * Gaspare Bernardi, ''L'Arco Terrestre'',

, Florence 2001 * Gianfranco Pernaiachi, ''Abendland'',

, Florence 1996 * Hans Otte, ''Aquarian Music'',

, Florence 1994 * Igor Koshkendey, ''Music From Tuva'',

, Florence 1997 * In a Split Second, ''It Happens'',

, Florence 1997 * Krishna Bhatt Kirwani, ''Music from India'',

, Florence 1995 * La Famille Dembelè, ''Aira Yo, La Dance Des Jeunes Griots'',

, Florence 1996 * Marino De Rosas, ''Meridies'',

, Florence 1999 * Mark Kostabi, ''Songs for Sumera'',

, Florence 2002 * Michael Vetter, ''Nocturne'',

, Florence 1993 * Michael Vetter, ''Ancient Voices'',

, Florence 1992 * Neji, ''Sat'',

, Florence 1996 * Nouthong Phimvilayphone, ''Visions of the Orient: Music from Laos'',

, Florence 1995 * Paolo Giaro Ensemble, ''Urbino'',

, Florence 1998 * Paolo Giaro, Krishna Bhatt, D. Gosh, ''Dancing In the Light of the Full Moon'',

, Florence 2006 * Paul Badura-Skoda, ''Schubert: The trout In the mirror of time'',

, Florence 1998 * Quartetto Bernini, ''J.S. BACH: L'Arte Della Fuga'',

, Florence 2001 * Radha, ''Radha'',

, Florence 2001 * Riccardo Fassi, ''In The Flow'',

, Florence 1993 * Roberto Laneri, ''Memories of the rain forest'', Florence 1993 * Sainkho Namtchylak, ''Naked Spirit'',

, Florence 1998 * Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay/Vincenzo Mingiardi, ''Sangita'',

, Florence 2004 * Savio Riccardi, ''La Venere Di Willendorf'',

, Florence 1999 * S. Reich, A. Part, L. Einaudi, H. Otte, H. M. Gorecki, ''New Music Masters'',

, Florence 1996 * Surabhi Dreams of Sea & Sky,

, Florence 1996 * Synaulia, ''The Music of Ancient Rome Vol. I'',

, Florence 1996 * Synaulia, ''The Music of Ancient Rome Vol. II'',

, Florence 2002 * Terry Riley, ''The Padova Concert'',

, Florence 1992 * The Bauls Of Bengal, ''A Man of Heart: Music from India'',

, Florence 1996 * The Saexophones, ''From Gesualdo To Sting'',

, Florence 1996 * Tibetan Monks/Sera Jé Monastery Tibet, ''Sera Jé'',

, Florence 1998 * Various Artists, ''Cantos a Kiterra'',

, Florence 1999 * Ustad Nishat Khan, ''Meeting Of Angels'',

, Florence 2003 * Ustad Nishat Khan, ''Raga Khan''

, Florence 2007 * A. Virgilio Savona, ''Cose delicate'',

, Florence 2005 * Whisky Trail, ''Chaosmos'',

, Florence 2006 * Charlette Shulamit Ottolenghi,''Italia Ebraica'',

, Rome 2012 * Diana Garden, ''La Dolce Vita'',

, Florence 2003 * Diana Garden, ''Tribe'',

, Florence 2002 * Various Artists, ''African Angels'',

, Florence 1997 * Various Artists, ''Casa Italia'',

, Florence 2005 * Various Artists, ''Celtic Angels'',

, Florence 1997 * Various Artists, ''Colors'',

, Florence 1998 * Various Artists, ''Magnificat - Music for the Jubilee 2000'',

, Florence 2000 * Various Artists, ''Mediterranean Blue,

, Florence 2003 * Various Artists, ''Morocco - Sounds from the ancient land'',

, Florence 1998 * Various Artists, ''Premio Città Di Recanati Vol.I'',

, Florence 2001 * Various Artists, ''Premio Città Di Recanati Vol.II'',

, Florence 2002 * Various Artists, ''Sacred Planet'',

, Florence 1998 * Various Artists, ''Viva Cuba Libre'',

, Florence 2000 * Various Artists, ''Voices of Africa'',

, Florence 1997 * Various Artists, ''Winds & Strings of Africa'',

, Florence 1997 * Various Artists, ''Drums of Africa'',

, Florence 1997

Notes

External links

Synaulia

Amiata Records

Sangita Badhyopadhnay

Fratelli Fabbri Editore
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