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Louis Siciliano

Louis Siciliano is a synth performer, composer and producer. He is the creator of MUMEx (Music Multiverse Exploration) a musical meta-language to which he has devoted more than 25 years of research.

His music production as recording artist encompasses styles including modern jazz, electronic music, progressive, world and contemporary music.

He  was introduced to the music of American jazz greats from an early age. At 7 years old, he started his musical education at a conservatory, studying composition, orchestra conducting, piano, organ, classical guitar, choir conducting, electronic music, and computer music. He quickly became a collaborator and assistant to Antonio De Santis, a pioneer of electronic music and co-founder of IRCAM in Paris. At 16, he made his debut as a professional orchestra conductor in Naples, the city where he was born.

In the 1990s, Louis Siciliano moved to the Netherlands where he completed his studies at the Groningen Conservatory. He then honed his skills at the Paris Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique with Gerard Grisey, at the IRCAM in Paris, and at New York University where he earned a Master’s in Music Technology with Robert Rowe. He also graduated with honors from the Recording Academy in San Francisco, studying under the Beatles’ sound engineer, Peter Miller.

Louis further studied Jazz harmony and arrangement at the Berklee College of Music in Boston with Larry Monroe and quickly advanced his training through his interactions with guitarists Mick Goodrick and Joe Diorio.

During his time in New York in the 1990s, Louis worked as a performer in various groups and bands ranging from Jazz (Frankie Dee and his Big Band, a historic collaborator of Duke Ellington) to Latin music and avant-garde. With the help of Tony Ferro, Paul Anka’s manager, he began working as an arranger, music programmer, and sound designer at Studio 78/88 in Queens, a hub of the New York hip hop scene. He formed relationships with artists such as Run DMC, Tupac, Masta Ace, Group Home, and figures such as Diana Ross.

A few years later, Louis Siciliano landed a job at Englewood Studios with producer Dae Bennett. Here, he encountered legends like Michael Jackson and Tony Bennett and became part of the Italian Legacy of Music Producers along with Phil Ramone, Tony Maserati, and Tony Mottola. He rubbed shoulders with notable figures such as Chuck Ainlay (producer of Dire Straits), sound engineer Bruce Swedien (Michael Jackson, Santana), and Neil Dorfsman (producer of Bruce Springsteen), who later selected him as a Grammy Awards jury member.

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Pianist Louis Siciliano Releases 'Ancient Cosmic Truth' with Alex Acuña, Randy Brecker, Claudio Romano and Umberto Muselli

Pianist Louis Siciliano Releases 'Ancient Cosmic Truth' with Alex Acuña, Randy Brecker, Claudio Romano and Umberto Muselli

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

There are times in your life when you discover an artist that opens your mind to the infinite possibilities of the universe. For decades Louis Siciliano has been exploring the world of Electro Global Jazz by synthesizing a thousand years of Western musical tradition with ancient Indian, Persian and African musical cultures. So highly regarded as an innovator in the music industry, he now sits on the Grammy Awards panel delivering judgement on his peers. Now his self-titled quintet, consisting ...

It’s a definitive performance, in many ways, and exemplifies the high standards driving Siciliano’s art. This is a composer and performer intent on following his Muse wherever she may lead, but Louis Siciliano never neglects the listener’s needs. Chadwick Easton, MELODY MAKER MAGAZINE
 

Louis Siciliano unreels one lyrical line after another during the course of the performance and listeners will especially enjoy how he plays with the song’s tempo". Garth Thomas, THE HOLLYWOOD DIGEST 

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Ancient Cosmic Truth

Musica Presente Records
2023

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