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Matteo Silva (Ulm, 17 October 1960) is an Italian-German author, music producer and ethnomusicologist. He was born in Ulm, Germany, grew up in Bologna and Lugano, Switzerland, and studied composition at Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan with Niccolò Castiglioni and philosophy in Venice; founder of the independent music record label Amiata Records; as radio editor he collaborated with (Rete 2 ), a cultural channel of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation and produced the “Encyclopedia of World Music” in 65 volumes for the Italian RCS Group published by Fabbri; for the group “Espresso – La Repubblica” he produced the CD series of “World Music” published as attachments to the weekly magazine L'Espresso, a work that for the first time in Italy let music of less known cultures be accessible to a larger audience. For Amiata Records, Wergo, 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 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, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Sainkho, Ustad Nishat Khan, i Fratelli Mancuso, Faraualla, Sangita Badhyopadhnay, Michael Vetter, Hans Otte, Gabin Dabiré, the Club Musical Oriente Cubano, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, 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 Bön and Gurung, 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.〔(''Gurung'' )〕 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).〔(''Music of Ancient Rome'' )〕 Excerpts of this work have been licensed to several major films and TV Series such as (Gladiator ), (Village ), () and several documentaries. As composer he published the electronic music album Ad Infinitum (1993) and Omphalos (2001). Apart from his producing and editing activities, Matteo Silva is also a 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 is currently director of the MIM ( Music Industry Management) Program at the European School of Economics in London, Madrid, Milan and Rome. He resides between London, Lugano and Rome. == Recognitions == * 1998 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis〔(''Echo Music Award'' )〕 for the album'' Naked Spirit'' of Sainkho Namtchylak * 2000 Naird Award as the best independent producer of antique music * 2002 Diapason d'Or for the cd ''Bella Maria'' of Fratelli Mancuso 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Matteo Silva」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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