Faculty

(BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC)

Adriano Aponte is an Italian award-winning composer for film, TV, and media. Recipient of the European Scholarship he graduated (summa cum laude) from Berklee College of Music with a Master of Music in Scoring for Film, Television and Video Games. 

His most recent projects include the successful Nuovi Eroi TV docu-series broadcast in Prime Time nationwide on Rai3 channel,  the famous TV-show Presa Diretta broadcast nationwide on Rai3 channel, and the acclaimed short film Lettere a mia figlia - starring famous actor Leo Gullotta. The film gained the official selection at the Italian Academy Awards - Premio David di Donatello, and won the Giffoni Film Festival.

Adriano composed the music for the animated short movie Boarding the Ark, recording at Abbey Road Studios in London and conducting members from the LSO and RPO.

Active in the advertising industry he recently composed the music for the 2018-2020 Vimto's quirky multi-channel advertising broadcast nationwide on UK TV and theaters and nominated for Best Score for Advertising at 2019 Jerry Goldsmith Awards.

Aponte is a two-time winner of the Los Angeles Music Awards (2009 and 2010), he performed a piano recital on film music at Paramount Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles and his works have been screened at several international film festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Giffoni, Clermont-Ferrand and many others.  

The composer brought his music several times at the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles and in particular to celebrate the 150° Anniversary of the Unification of Italy, the 60° Anniversary of volunteer service for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Association. According to the Event Chair Mirella Ventress and President Kay Sidhu, "Adriano Aponte was certainly the best and ideal ambassador of music that Italy can provide…". 

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