EMILIANO BAGNATO
Emiliano Bagnato
[he/him]
composer | musician | sound designer
based in La Spezia (IT)
He creates soundscapes for video installations, multimedia environments, and exhibition paths; he designs and produces sound installations; and he is active in both the musical and theatrical fields as a composer and performer.
He has released four albums: Cerchi nell’Acqua (2016), as a solo artist; Fernweh (2018) and Tríptiko (2022), with the trio Fernweh; and LA NUBE (2026), with artist Eleonora Roaro.
Since 2017, he has created several sound installations, including: Scenari Sonori, presented during Matera 2019 – European Capital of Culture and at the Con_Vivere festival in Carrara (2022); Scenario Sonoro per Amedeo Bassi – Ricercare la voce (2019), dedicated to the renowned tenor and exhibited in the museum devoted to him in Montespertoli; Streams – Grace Stoner (2020), created for the exhibition Stoner. Landing Pages, based on the novel of the same name; and Un dialogo impossibile con G.G. (2022), dedicated to sculptor Gigi Guadagnucci and exhibited at the museum dedicated to him in Massa.
He collaborates with the multimedia design studio Karmachina, with whom he has produced works for brands such as Mulino Bianco, Buccellati, and Braulio, and has composed the music and the sound design of environments and interactive installations for the Schengen Museum (2025) and the exhibition Buccellati: The Prince of Goldsmiths (Shanghai, 2025).
In 2014, he played guitar on the track Halloween Party by Luca Benedetto, included in the soundtrack of The Invisible Boy, directed by Academy Award winner Gabriele Salvatores.
Since 2020, he has collaborated with artist Eleonora Roaro, creating the sound design for FIAT633NM (2020), a video installation exhibited at CAMeC, La Spezia, and selected for the Cantica21 call; Odeon VR (2022), a VR project produced by the University of Udine; and LA NUBE (2025), a video installation produced with the support of mudaC – Carrara Museum of Arts and Toscanaincontemporanea2025.
With actor and writer Jonathan Lazzini, he has worked on several theatrical performances, composing and performing the music live. These include: Una Stagione all'Inferno (2023), based on the poem by Rimbaud; Hamletmaschine (2023), based on the text by Heiner Müller; and Con il grano e con l’acciaio (2025).
He has shared the stage with artists such as Jacopo Benassi, Jochen Arbeit, and Debora Petrina.
He teaches modern guitar (Rock Tribe, La Spezia, 2014–present) and sound design (Master in Visual Arts for the Digital Age, IED, Milan, academic years 2021–2022, 2022–2023, 2023–2024, 2024–2025).