Donatella Canepa is a multi-instrumental musician, composer, and producer.
She produces music in many different genres, predominantly featuring rock/metal guitars combined with cinematic electronic and orchestral scores. Specializing in music for visual media, she has released several productions in collaboration with leading production music companies, including Soundiva and redCola.
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BIOGRAPHY
Donatella Canepa, a multi-instrumental musician, composer, and producer, was born in Genova, Italy.
She grew up near this great Mediterranean port city that has sent out explorers to worlds known and unknown, with the centuries-old Lanterna lighthouse showing the way. There, her music was forged by this seafaring realm of ships and distant horizons, of wandering spirits and long sea routes. Influenced by such voyages and explorations, her rock and metal guitars blend and alternate with electronic and orchestral sounds to form cinematic music in a range of musical genres.
She developed her experience as a guitarist, composer, and arranger with bands in the underground music scene.
After honing her skills in composition, arrangement, performance, music production, and graphic design, she embarked on a solo career, focusing on the world of visual media as a musician and producer. She has released several productions, working with leading production music companies, including Soundiva and redCola. Her music has been included in Soundiva - 256 Energy & Sports 2, Ekonomic Propaganda - The Age Of Me, and other releases.
She made her solo debut in 2017 with All'Inizio Del Mondo, an instrumental album in which her guitar emanated less conventional sounds, challenging the absence of electronic tracks. She received acclaim from critics and was featured in the pages of the prestigious Classic Rock Italia magazine.
In 2018, Top Records, an historic Milanese label, released Nautilus, her second album. Rockit hailed it as "a heavy metal vortex that whirls through a waterworld inhabited by fabulous creatures." That year also saw the release of her third release, L'Orizzonte Degli Eventi, an epic feeling metal concept album produced for Soundiva. In 2023, she released her fourth album, Apolis. She was a June 2023 Indie Short Fest nominee for Best Original Song, a 2023 Global Music Awards Bronze Medal winner in the Album category, and 2023 New York Long Island Film Festival nominee for Best Music Video. She was also shortlisted for the 2023 International Sound & Film Music Festival for Best Original Song. Aside from her musical pursuits, from 2020 until 2021, Donatella Canepa was part of a writing team that periodically contributed technical music blog articles for Music Gateway, a global industry platform.
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AWARDS & HONORS
2023 Stafford Film Festival: Finalist, Best Original Song
2023 New York Long Island Film Festival: Award Nominee, Best Music Video
2023 International Sound & Film Music Festival: Shortlisted, Best Original Song
2023 Global Music Awards: Bronze Medal Winner, Album Category
June 2023 Indie Short Fest: Award Nominee, Best Original Song
May 2023 Luleå International Film Festival: Finalist, Best Music Video
May 2023 Los Angeles Cinematography Awards: Finalist, Best Song
2023 New York Long Island Film Festival: Award Nominee, Best Music Video
2023 International Sound & Film Music Festival: Shortlisted, Best Original Song
2023 Global Music Awards: Bronze Medal Winner, Album Category
June 2023 Indie Short Fest: Award Nominee, Best Original Song
May 2023 Luleå International Film Festival: Finalist, Best Music Video
May 2023 Los Angeles Cinematography Awards: Finalist, Best Song