Massimo Avantaggiato is an Italian sound engineer and composer.
Since his mid-teens he has concentrated on expanding his musical landscape using electronics, unusual recording techniques and computer-based technology, all of which help him to develop his idea of sound and composition.
He took a degree in Economics (Università Cattolica del S. Cuore), a degree in Sound Technology with full marks at “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatoire in Milan and a degree as a Sound Engineer (Regione Lombardia).
He has written music for short films and installations and also music for TV adverts; he has recorded several CDs for various Italian and foreign labels.
Recently his interest has moved towards Multimodal Interaction in Virtual Environments (selected for a stage @ Aalborg University, Denmark, 2011) and towards adaptive sound design and music (Music and Screen Media Conference 2014, Liverpool; ATMM2014, Ankara University, Turkey).
Finalist in some composition and video competitions, he has recently participated in:
Giordano National Composition Contest 2014 (finalist), Conservatorio di Foggia, Italy; CIM14 Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology, Berlin, Germany; CIM 2014, Conservatorio S. Cecilia, Rome (Italy); ATMM 2014, Ankara, Turkey; International Computer Music Conference 2014, Athens, Greece; ICMPC-APSCOM2014, Seoul, South Korea; Slingshot Festival 2014 (Athens, South Georgia, USA); EMS 2014 (Universität der Künste, Berlin); Music and Screen Media Conference 2014 (Liverpool University); Music as a Process (Christ Church University, Canterbury, England) ; FAS2013 (San José Costa Rica); Contemplum 2013 (Philadelphia, USA); Premio Nazionale delle Arti/composition contest 2013, Avellino, Italy; EMU Festival 2010 and 2013 (Rome, Italy) ; Distanze 2012 (Catania, Italy) ; Segnali 2012 (Perugia, Italy); CSound Music Conference 2011 (Hannover, Germany); IFIMPAC 2011 (Leeds, England).