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Riccardo Fortunato is a German-Italian contemporary music composer, producer and performer, who has a profound passion both for writing neoclassical music and producing raw hardstyle music. His music can be described as often experimental in combining classical music composition with modern electronic elements and production techniques in a hybrid mix, while taking a minimal approach to composition. Viewing sound itself as a form of musical expression, Riccardo is putting the biggest focus on the texture of sound and noises, while striving to create pure and original music, taking part in every step along the creational process. Being inspired by the clash of minimalism with chaos and classical tradition with avantgarde art, Riccardo is fascinated by composers like Arvo Pärt, Pavel Chesnokov, Henryk Górecki and Arnold Schoenberg as well as by artists like Andrei Tarkowski.
Being a trained musician, Riccardo is always seeking to portray artistic value within his practice and is eager to contribute to contemporary music and art, which also made him study for a master of music degree at a Dutch conservatoire, exploring his artistic vision even further and looking into expending his horizon also with scoring for picture. When writing neoclassical pieces, Riccardo focusses on the importance of silence, purity and minimalism, which leads to him mostly writing for a small group of instruments, that he tries to get the most out of, while always striving to portray complex emotional states within his music.The following 1 pages are in this category, out of 1 total.
