Mattia Vlad Morleo
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| Born | October 10, 2000 Fasano, Puglia |
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| Known for | Modern classical music |
Mattia Vlad Morleo (born 10 October, 2000) is an Italian musician and composer known for his blend of modern classical music with electronic elements.
Alongside his solo work, Mattia has collaborated on music with Edition Records signed Norwegian composer and brass player, Daniel Herskedal, whose music has been featured in Oscar winning Director Paolo Sorrentino's film Parthenope. Morleo and Herskedal performed together at the Time Zones Festival in Bari in 2022.[1]
Biography
Morleo was born in Fasano, Puglia. He developed an interest in music from a young age, playing piano with his father who is the Italian composer and percussionist Luigi Morleo. From the age of 10 years old Mattia attended the Niccolò Piccinni Conservatory of Bari, graduating at age 21 years old.
Morleo's first commercial release was in 2016 with an EP called Respiro.
This release led to him writing music for radio, short films, video art and adverts, including for Save The Children " (Iceland), "WWF[2]" (France), "TEDx[3]" (Criciúma), "Fanpage.it" (Italy)
His first full album, released on CD and digitally, is called The Flying of the Leaf.[4] This album has amassed more than 25 million streams worldwide on Spotify, since it's release in 2017, as well as millions of streams on other platforms.[5] Songs from "The Flying of the Leaf" have been in Apple Music and itunes classical charts around the world, including top 10 placings in Norway, Finland and other countries worldwide in 2024.
Since 2017 Mattia has released five further albums, and is continually writing, composing and recording new music, amassing millions of streams across all of the streaming services.
Morleo made his debut on Rai Storia at 17 years old, writing the soundtrack for the documentary film Fossoli – Anticamera per l'Inferno, which also started the partnership with director Massimo Vincenzi.
In 2022 and 2024 Morleo's music was reworked by Illuminine,[6] known for his work with Sigur Ros sound engineer Birgir Jon Birgisson. culminating in the creation of For better, for Worse in 2022 and Euonia's Theme in 2024.
He has participated in various festivals and musical events all over Europe including Rome Film Festival in 2019, the Detect Classic Festival[7] in Berlin in July 2022 and Time Zones Festival in Bari.[8]
In June 2023 Morleo performed at Elbphilharmonie[9] in Hamburg.
In November 2024 Morleo performed at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm[10]
Soundtrack
Mattia was commissioned to write the complete soundtrack for films including "Santa Subito" by Italian director 'Alessandro Piva',[11] winner of the 'Rome Film Festival 2019' and "Il Grande Male" by the Italian director 'Mario Tani', which premiered at the "Bari International Film Festival 2023. His compositions for Massimo Vincenzi's trilogy about the holocaust comprise the soundtrack for all three films on Rai Storia and the history Channel: "Fossoli",[12] "Drawing the Holocaust[13]" and "Diari dell'Olocausto".
Discography
Solo Albums
- The Flying of the Leaf, (2017, Morleo Editore)
- From That Dirty Glass, (2020, 1631 Recordings)
- The Second Light of a Man (2022)
- Twelve Unanswered Questions For Piano (2023)
- Selected postcards 19-24 (2024)
EPs
- Respiro (2016, Morleo Editore)
- Perceptions (2017, Morleo Editore)
- Solo (2019, Morleo Editore)
- Dissolve (2021)
- String Works (2021)
- From The Roots (2021)
Singles
- Imagine A Way, (2017, Morleo Editore)
- A tree into the Gray, (2018, Morleo Editore)
- Latent Dream, (2018, Morleo Editore)
- Sinless, (2018, Morleo Editore)
- A Bird on the End, (2019, Morleo Editore)
- Endorse, (2019)
- Heartfelt, (2019, Sonder House)
- Someone Here (2020)
- Elusive Scent (2021)
- For better, for Worse (with Illuminine), (2022 FerryHouse)
- Oyne (2022)
- Avail (2022)
- Naive (2023)
- Eunoia's Theme (with Illuminine), (2024, Blue Marble)
- Echoes of Solitude (with Daniel Herskedal), (2024, Edition E2 Records)
Soundtrack albums
- 2023 Il Grand Male
Features on
- No alt right by Luigi Morleo (2020)
- Procédure De Libération by Alicka (2020)
- 10 Waltzes - various artists compilation (2021)
- Piano Layers Vol.II - various artists (2021)
- Dear, Piano #2 by Illuminine (2022)
- Dear, Piano #3 by Illuminine (2024)
- Promenade by Francesco Maria Mancarella (2024)
- A Delicate Revolution (Rework) by Antonio Cortesi (2024)
Filmography / Film composition
Mattia Vlad Morleo composed the music for the following films:
- Marlindo Paraíso and Kombi do Amor (2016, short film)
- Viktoria: A Short Tale About Bullying (2018, short film)
- Fossoli - Anticamera per l'Inferno (2018), documentary by Massimo Vincenzi
- Santa Subito, (2019, documentary)
- Drawing the Holocaust,[14] (2022, documentary)
- Il Grande Male, (2023, feature film)
- Diari dall'Olocausto. La Shoah degli adolescenti, (2023, documentary)
Awards and Recognitions
- 2022 Premio Rota
References
- ↑ "Herskedal, Morleo, Chassol E Masma Dream World A Time Zones 2022". BariToday (in italiano). Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ↑ Bupla (2017-06-06). WWF Earth Day 01. Retrieved 2025-03-06 – via Vimeo.
- ↑ "Behance". www.behance.net. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ↑ "Spotify". Spotify.
- ↑ "Mattia Vlad Morleo on Apple Music".
- ↑ https://www.illumininemusic.net/
- ↑ 20 reactions | Discover our Lineup 2022 | Detect Classic Festival | Discover electronic, classical & experimental music, from July 29-31, 2022 at Schloss Bröllin, Fahrenwalde TICKETS:... | By Detect Classic Festival | Facebook. Retrieved 2025-03-06 – via www.facebook.com.
- ↑ "Herskedal, Morleo, Chassol E Masma Dream World A Time Zones 2022". BariToday (in italiano). Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ↑ "Di, 27.6.2023 Mattia Vlad Morleo". www.elbphilharmonie.de (in Deutsch). 2023-06-27. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ↑ Stenström, Mattias (2024-08-19). "Nobel Prize Museum | Piano concert with Mattia Vlad Morleo". Nobel Prize Museum. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ↑ Costarella, Livio (2019-10-30). "«Santa Subito», il documentario premiato a Roma ha le musiche di un 19enne barese". www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ↑ "CinemaItaliano.info - Tutto il nuovo cinema italiano lo trovi qui". www.cinemaitaliano.info (in italiano). Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ↑ Mercadante, Giusy (2022-01-27). "Mattia Vlad Morleo racconta la Shoa con la musica per salvare la memoria". diregiovani.it (in italiano). Retrieved 2025-03-05.
- ↑ Riservata, © Riproduzione (2022-01-28). "Giornata della Memoria, il giovane compositore Mattia Vlad Morleo da forma musicale al racconto della Shoa per immagini di Drawing The Holocaust". www.ilmessaggero.it. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
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