Daniel Giorgetti

Background

Giorgetti was born in London and studied piano and composition at the London College of Music with Martin Ellerby, and the Royal College of Music with Edwin Roxburgh.

Education

Royal College of Music.

Career

His concert music has been performed in festivals and concert series in the United States, the United Kingdom and mainland Europe – including the Park Lane Group Series, the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and the Gaudeamus Foundation New Music Week in Amsterdam. lieutenant has also been broadcast on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 3. Giorgetti"s work for film and television includes scores for both dramas and documentaries, and embraces an extremely versatile range of styles and instrumentations.

Especially acclaimed have been his scores for The Somme (Darlow Smithson Productions / Channel 4), Rothko in the Simon Schama series Power of Art (British Broadcasting Corporation) and The Last Days of the Raj (Blast Films / Channel 4) directed by Carl Hindmarch.

His drama credits include the RTS award-winning British Broadcasting Corporation film The Curse of Steptoe and Independent Television"s Caught in a Trap, both directed by Michael Samuels (Our Hidden Lives). Recent scores include the widely praised Independent Television series Collision (Marc Evans) and Mrs Mandela (Michael Samuels).

Giorgetti has also contributed scores to the long-running Independent Television series Foyle"s War. His most recently televised project was the Golden Globe nominated British Broadcasting Corporation drama series The Hour (Kudos Productions) which received a warm critical reception in the United Kingdom and United States.

Achievements

• His music has been awarded several prizes, among others the Worshipful Company of Musicians" Silver Medal, a Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust award and the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival Young Composers" Award in 2000.