Vincenzo Parisi

Composer, pianist, and conductor, with a degree in Arts Economics from Bocconi University, he began his career as songwriter and keyboardist with the rock band Kafka on the Shore, touring Europe with the album Beautiful But Empty. He later returned to classical training, devoting himself primarily to composition and contemporary music while maintaining a connection to the pop world, developing his work at the intersection of composition, artistic direction, and conducting.

His music has been commissioned and performed at major festivals such as Milano Musica, Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte di Montepulciano, Barcelona Modern, Festival Croma (Lisbon), Società Umanitaria, Concerti della Normale di Pisa, the Divertimento Ensemble season, and by leading ensembles including mdi ensemble, La Filharmonie, Orchestra UNIMI, Trio Ravel, Esecutori di Metallo su Carta, Syntagma Piano Duo, Grupo de Música Contemporânea de Lisboa, and Azione Improvvisa.

He is the recipient of prestigious national and international awards, among them the 1st Prize at the Jorge Peixinho International Composition Competition held by the historic Grupo de Música Contemporânea de Lisboa in Portugal, the 1st Prize “Umberto Micheli” of the Milan Conservatory “G. Verdi,” finalist at the Luciano Berio International Composition Competition organized by the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, finalist at the Valentino Bucchi International Competition, and finalist at the Macerata Opera Festival 2019 for the commission of a new stage work, with a jury chaired by Giorgio Battistelli.
In 2025 he was selected as one of the four composers invited to the 5th Composers/Conductors Workshop in Bologna, organized by FontanaMIXensemble and enriched by the presence of Johannes Schöllhorn.

He wrote the original music for the museum installation of Palazzo di Atlante – Museo della Rocca Ariostesca in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, directed by Ana Shametaj in collaboration with the artistic collective Kokoschka Revival. For this project he composed for four female voices (Giulia Zaniboni, Laura Zecchini, Sahbā Khalili Amiri, Clara La Licata) and electronics.

He has worked on the orchestration of pop albums for artists such as Damon Arabsolgar, Nicolò Carnesi, Dada Sutra, and Guinevere (La Tempesta Dischi).

His music has been published by AvA Musical Editions (Lisbon, Portugal) and Ermes404 (Rome) and recorded for Stradivarius Dischi, Da Vinci Records, La Fabbrica, 19’40”, La Tempesta Dischi, and Garrincha Dischi.

He composed the soundtrack for the worldwide launch campaign of Utopia, the latest supercar by Pagani Automobili.

He is the conductor and composer of the stage music for Unione Gattara Milanese, a theatre production conceived and directed by Edoardo Mozzanega and Chiara Prodi, which premiered in September 2025 at the historic Teatro Piccolo Grassi in Milan.

Highly active as an artistic director, he is a board member of the Eutopia Ensemble and founder/artistic director of Musica Randagia, a Milan-based experimental-music concert series. Throughout 2025 he conceived and curates the concert season Tutto quello che avreste voluto sapere sulle Sequenze di Berio ma non avete mai osato chiedere, an irreverent format that pairs outstanding young international musicians with renowned figures from diverse artistic and intellectual backgrounds, rethinking the role of contemporary music in the unconventional setting of La Corte dei Miracoli, a vibrant concert and theatre venue in Milan.

After his early studies with Fabio Vacchi, he graduated with highest honors cum laude in composition under Mario Garuti and Gabriele Manca at the Milan Conservatory “G. Verdi.”

Among the mentors who shaped his artistic development are Francesco Filidei and Filippo Del Corno.

He pursued advanced studies with Salvatore Sciarrino, Simon Steen-Andersen, Mauro Lanza, Ramon Lazkano, Michael Jarrell, Pierluigi Billone, and at the Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna with Mauro Bonifacio.

He is currently studying conducting with Yoichi Sugiyama.

A distinguished piano graduate under Irene Schiavetta, he further refined his training for many years with Massimiliano Damerini.

He is Professor of Harmony and Analysis at the “F. Vittadini” Conservatory in Pavia.