Susan DiBona

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Susan Jeanne DiBona (born February 18, 1974 in New Haven , Connecticut ) is an American composer .

Life

At the age of seven, Susan DiBona learned to play the piano from Leopold Godowsky III, the grandson of Leopold Godowsky and nephew of George Gershwin . He continued to look after her when she gave concerts for the first time at the age of twelve. She also studied instruments such as the viola , organ , flute , bassoon, and the cello . During her school years she also worked as an arranger, studio musician and music director on various productions in New York, Connecticut and Buenos Aires . She then studied European languages, literature and music at Barnard College and Columbia University .

During her studies she worked as a vocal coach and music director on several musicals, with which she toured both the United States and Europe. After a long tour, she decided to stay in Europe and settled in Berlin, where she worked as a studio musician, arranger and composer. Here she made her debut with the documentary Why half past three? as a film composer and wrote the music for the two television films Ich leih 'mir ein Familie and Die Liebesflüsterin . She then went to southern Italy to continue her career as a film music composer and conductor.

In 2015 she won the silver medal of the Global Music Awards in the categories "Composer / Composition" and "Original Soundtrack Film & Television". In 2017 she received two nominations for the Premio Colonne Sonore film music award: Best Italian Film Composer and Best Music for an Italian Film.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual proof

  1. ↑ page of the "Global Music Awards"
personal data
SURNAME DiBona, Susan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES DiBona, Susan Jeanne (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH New Haven , Connecticut, United States