Stefano Lentini
| Stefano Lentini | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 November 1974 |
| Origin | Rome, Italy |
| Genres | Indie folk, film score, folk rock, alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, flute, pipa, piano, drums, recorder |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Rai Trade C.A.M. Milan Records |
| Website | [1] stefanolentini.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Piano, Guitars, Flute, Lute | |
Stefano Lentini (born 26 November 1974) is an Italian composer and musician born in Rome, Italy. He is a part of this new generation of Italian composers who, in the field of soundtracks, have become the worthy hei to Rota, Morricone, Piovani. He practises his talent in cinema, television and theatre, and expresses himself in a wide field of styles. He is especially interested in non conventional scoring. He has just provided it with his Stabat Mater, as seen in Wong Kar-wai’s The Grandmaster. He composed the soundtrack for Grazing The Wall (Sfiorando il muro, 2012), selected at 69th Venice International Film Festival. Stefano’s television work has screened in Italy and around the world, and includes the Italian Series and TV Movies Braccialetti rossi, Non è mai troppo tardi, Bakhita, Drawn for Jury Duty (Il sorteggio), and the documentaries Skin Deep, Death at Dawn, Einer von Uns. Stefano was teacher at Roberto Rossellini National Institute for Film and Television (Rome) and at Master Colonne Sonore of Lizard Academy (Fiesole, Florence). He writes for Sound & Lite magazine. Stefano Lentini is represented in USA by The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency. He has released music and soundtracks of varying styles, from the electronic rock of Il sorteggio and the ethnic folk of Bakhita to the symphonic instrumentation of 84 Urne. Stefano Lentini collaborated to the soundtrack of The Grandmasters directed by Wong Kar Wai and premiered at Berlin International Film Festival on 7 February 2013. Lentini makes use of a variety of instruments, often playing many of them himself on the same track and writes music in various time signatures. He is considered part of the cross-chamber music, but his influences are very broad. His music has been likened to orchestral, ambient music, world music and aesthetically compared to the film music of Ennio Morricone and Alexandre Desplat. Lentini' music often has spiritual themes, and many songs draw inspiration from real stories.
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