His name is Stefano gargiulo, distinctive sign: a great musical gift. The skilful mix of dowry and passion earned him the award ceremony at Los Angeles Music Awards 2014 for "Best Instrumental Album of the Year" (Best Instrumental Album of the Year).
It all started when he presented "Lylith song" -dedicated to his girlfriend, Miriam-. The notes amazed the ears of foreign listeners so much that they were asked to show the same talent in an entire orchestral column. And so Stefano confirmed his artistic value also in the songs for the soundtrack of the video game of the same name "Netherworld" and "First step".
He has come a long way from his hometown of Capodimonte where he was awarded the Medal of the city of Naples until American success. When he received the nomination he was not yet aware of its artistic value; his name was put on paper to his great surprise, he who has a lot to sell in modesty.
On the notes of Stefano Gargiulo
Stefano gargiulo, an artist born as a self-taught artist and author of soundtracks, trailers and much more, has made himself known more abroad than in his country of origin.
During the trip to Los Angeles, his network of acquaintances expands to receive a job offer that sounds like a real challenge.
Stefano agrees to collaborate on a project for a cartoon and, starting from the storyboards, he puts down the notes of the soundtrack. He feels truly satisfied when he learns that he is inside a famous shopping mall Dubai, the screens project the life of the cute characters of the cartoon who move to the rhythm of its soundtrack.
But his adventure in a foreign land does not stop there.
The Neapolitan artist flies over the international skies and then returns to the domestic walls of Italians and non-Italians. The music for the videogames of the Nintendo Playstation and Xbox due out in 2018.
Furthermore, with his recent piece on Greece, entitled “Respect Greece”, The composer was once again very successful. The piece, this time commissioned by another company in Naples, prompted him to contact several of his acquaintances. Among these, the names of six singers and a rapper appear. The melody from the local reality then arrives on the screens of a Greek TV and then reaches Los Angeles.
Stefano Gargiulo: Naples and its talent
Very attached to Napoli, it was his land to host, in the San Ferdinando Theater, the classical music concert held in 2015. Among the 12 songs, 10 bear his signature and the entire orchestra is of Neapolitan origin. A free concert to be enjoyed by local people where its interior clearly emerges to make the city known not only as a land linked to news events but also as a land rich in art and music.
He talks about "gift”, And it is a musical gift because Stefano gargiulo he grew up as a true self-taught person; a concept not always frowned upon by industry experts but which is sometimes the mother of talents. Already at school he was in the sights of the professors when, while his classmates performed on the notes of "For Elisa" and the timeless classics, he was cautioned because he sported a personal find out of the chorus.
But it was precisely this alternative line that allowed him to follow a path different from the others, on notes of his own.
"Fingers crossed and heads down". This is the sentence with which he concludes the interview given to Napoliflash24 which well underlines the humble spirit where determination, passion and musical mastery are certainly not lacking.
