Biography
multi-instrumentalist, researcher of the Salento traditional music and film score composer (for Giorgia Cecere, Edoardo Winspeare). His musical training is based on the oral tradition, that he constantly analyses throughout by means of research and experimentation. Guitarist and mandolin player, he is especially known for his contribution to the rediscovery of the diatonic accordion in the Salento region and for creating an individual style based on the native folk tradition mixed with elements of modern and contemporary music such as minimalism, psychedelic and experimentation.
Donatello Pisanello at present shares his artistic and musical experience with Officina ZOE'.
Awards and honors
- Grolla d'Oro migliore colonna sonora per film Sangue Vivo di Edoardo Winspeare
- Premio Cultura per il film Sangue Vivo di Edoardo Winspeare offerto dal Ministero per i Beni e le Attività culturali
- Premio Cultura per il film Il Miracolo di Edoardo Winspeare offerto dal Ministero per i Beni e le Attività culturali
- Premio SONORA-Una musica per il cinema: Migliore colonna sonora 2011 giovani autori per le musiche del film IL PRIMO INCARICO di Giorgia Cecere
- CINEMA MADE IN ITALY: THE BEST SOUNDTRACKS (2012) dall' Italian Cultural Institute London
- Nomination Orpheus Award 2013 per il cd Sospiri e Battiti: Dodicilune Records, distribuzione IRD
