26 GENNAIO 2023
Aula 25
10:30 - 13:00
Franco Fraccastoro graduated in Classical Guitar and in Musicology at the University of
Bologna. He attended the Post-Graduate course in Environments and community for onli-
ne learning / Manager Online Training (and Learning), University of Florence and completed
the Master in Sound Engineering, University of Rome, Tor Vergata. He completed, the course
of Audio Post Production for Film and TV - Berklee University of Boston and Sound Design and
Music for Immersive Media– Columbia Collage of Chicago. He worked, as a musician, with va-
rious studios in Italy and UK playing even in live gigs with pop rock and classical ensembles.
As a sound engineer, he worked either in the studio and live. Today he regularly holds semi-
nars and conferences, concerning music production, Audio for VR, Game and Post in many
Universities and Education Center all over the Europe such as Politecnico of Milan, Székes-
fehérvár Orchestra center, Musicology University of Cremona, SAE Barcellona, SAE Madrid,
Universita’ Politecnica delle Marche, SSR Manchester etc. He is a teacher in many Institutions
like Tor Vergata University of Rome, SAE Campus Brussels, VHEIT University, Department of
Digital Arts, Animation and Videogames, Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado Milan. Pro-
ducer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalists, sound engineer he works for Sugar, Wea, Warner
Music, Dim Mak, Ultra, Kannibalen Records and other labels collaborating with Italian and
International artists. He works in the post-production sector realizing some important trai-
ler, spot and ADS - eg: Fiat and BMW. In 2016 he opened a new company, focus on music
production, immersive audio and artists promotion: he wrote a book with the title “Il suono
immersivo” “Immersive sound” and a lot of papers about this topic published by various pu-
blishers such as Libra e different topic like https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/2/877. He is
Education Development & Product Specialist for Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH wor-
king, particularly, in the MI and Pro-Audio.