Chigiana Suono e Immagine: serata conclusiva del Film Scoring Intensive Program

Siena, 14 June 2022 – The Accademia Chigiana, in collaboration with the Toscana Film Commission, a department of the Fondazione Sistema Toscana, presents the final evening of the first edition of the Film Scoring Intensive Program. On Thursday June 16th at 6pm at the Cinema Alessandro VII in Siena, the compositions, orchestrations and sound designs of 10 students participating in the international film scoring course which employed the latest in advanced technologies for sound applied to images, will be presented and awarded. 

After three weeks of intense work with a faculty comprising some of the best teachers and professionals in the field, noted for their award winning careers and highly regarded on an international level, many coming from Hollywood, the young participants (professionals and students) will present to the public 10 video clips from major motion pictures, of about three minutes each, scored with a 42-piece symphonic orchestra, thanks to the collaboration with the ORT-Orchestra della Toscana. The tracks were professionally recorded at Teatro Verdi in Florence.

The students came from different countries, Norway, USA, Italy, Estonia and Australia, and they could have this opportunity, thanks to the new program at the Accademia Chigiana, to specialize their skillset with notable greats in music production for cinematographic arts: Patrick Kirst, Director of the Screen Scoring Program at the Thornton School of Music – University of Southern California, an integral part of the flourishing media industry in Los Angeles; Pete Anthony, orchestrator, arranger, and conductor in Los Angeles, with over 400 films and productions with the Hollywood greats to his name; Alessio Miraglia, producer, composer, and sound engineer, who has worked for international productions with Netflix and Disney; Marco Beltrami, American composer and conductor, author of soundtracks for TV and film; Lawrence Shragge, award winning author of over 165 soundtracks; Marco Streccioni, sound engineer and recording guru for large orchestras, historic collaborator of Ennio Morricone and the centro di produzione RAI in Rome and the Sofia Record Factory; and Tim Starnes, producer, editor, mixer and composer, who worked on Lord of the Rings and King Kong.

The Film Scoring Intensive Program is the first in a series of modules that make up the Accademia Chigiana’s new project “Sound and Image” and aim to launch new professional collaborations both in Italy and abroad. Particular thanks is given to the partners involved: Fondazione Sistema Toscana, with the Toscana Film Commission and Manifatture Digitali Cinema, the University of Southern California (Los Angeles), ORT-Orchestra della Toscana,  together with institutional partners, the Comune di Siena and the Fondazione Monte dei Paschi di Siena.

To furnish the laboratories and working spaces for the course with top of the line technical equipment for listening and mixing, the Film Scoring Intensive Program received a significant contribution from Adam Audio, Focusrite and Focusrite Academic Group, with which it has launched an important partnership.

“It is an honor for us to be a partner of the Accademia Musicale Chigiana – remarks Christian Hellinger, CEO of ADAM Audio – for the Film Scoring Program. The history of this institution, the quality of its curriculum and its facilities, is exceptional. From the prestigious names of the instructors we are confident that the students will have an unforgettable experience. Also speaking on behalf of the Focusrite Education Group, we would like to thank the team at Chigiana for the trust it has put in our brand. We are happy that our commitment to this prestigious institution may bear valuable fruits that will be realized in the productions and the talent of the students. We look forward to a collaboration for many years to come.”

Other technical partners are Terrecablate and Virus Studio, both from Siena.

With the launch of the new area of activity Sound and Image the Accademia Chigiana is aligned with its heritage and with its prestigious educational offering in music for film, that in the past witnessed the presence of great composers like Francesco Lavagnino, Nino Rota and Oscar award winners Ennio Morricone, Nicola Piovani and Luis Bacalov. With the Chigiana Film Scoring Intensive Program Siena confirms itself at the center of new dynamics connected to the integration of the competencies and the experimentation and innovation and the cultural and show business sectors, helping young people to access the most advanced forms of communication and teaching methodologies.

The coordination of the course is entrusted to Nicola Sani and Antonio Artese, Dean of the  Chigiana Global Academy Programs, who in reorganizing the course have taken into account an extensive benchmarking analysis on the principal courses offered by international accredited academic institutions and private entities, among them the Master’s degree program of the celebrated USC Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles, the Berklee College of Music in Boston, the New York University Steinhardt School of Music and the Royal College of Music in London.

The new educational project represents an important enrichment of the cultural offering of the Region of Tuscany, with developments of great appeal for the audiovisual and cinematic worlds. The goal is to develop unique and specialized competencies, particularly appreciated by the production houses, while contributing to launching the careers of young talents that would like to work in the audiovisual and related fields. The collaboration with the Toscana Film Commission builds a center of excellence in the Tuscan territory unique in Italy and competitive on the international stage.

The event is free and open to the public with limited seating. It is possible to reserve a seat by calling 0577 22091 from Monday to Friday from 9am-1pm.

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