Chiara Costanza Explained

Alias:Chiara Kickdrum, CKD
Birth Place:Torino, Italy
Genre:Electronic
Occupation:DJ, composer, musician
Label:Finn Audio, Temporal Cast, Revolver Upstairs Records

Chiara Costanza is a music composer, producer, and DJ, born in Italy and now based in Australia.

Career

Chiara Costanza was born in Torino, Italy,[1] where she trained as a classical pianist and played in punk bands.[2] In 2004 she moved to Melbourne, Australia where she became exposed to electronic music.

After starting DJing in 2013,[3] Constanza was invited to perform at Meredith Music Festival in 2016 under her alias Chiara Kickdrum.[4]

In 2018, she performed a live soundtrack to Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1932 silent film Vampyr for the National Film and Sound Archive,[5] and has continued composing live soundtracks, such as to Sergio Leone's 1964 film A Fistful of Dollars in 2020 and 2021,[6] [7] and Vampyr again at in 2022.[8]

She composed the soundtrack for the short film All These Creatures that was then awarded the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[9] This was followed by soundtracks for film and TV series Long Story Short, Heartbreak High, The Other Guy, The Unusual Suspects and Preppers,[10] [11] as well as a soundscape for the 2023 ACMI exhibition Goddess: Power Glamour Rebellion.[12] [13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Morellini . Zena . 2018-11-21 . Composer Chiara Kickdrum on capturing the future through everyday sounds . 2023-05-27 . Sydney Dance Company . en-US.
  2. Web site: 6 Nov 2018 . MELBOURNE SYNTH FESTIVAL INTERVIEW: CHIARA KICKDRUM Australian Musician Magazine . 2023-05-27.
  3. Web site: 2014-11-18 . Moving To The Beat With Chiara Kickdrum . 2023-05-27 . Vice . en.
  4. Web site: 2018-04-14 . Mix Up: Chiara Kickdrum . 2023-05-27 . triple j . en-AU.
  5. Web site: 2018-09-23 . This Week In The Can . 2023-05-27 . HerCanberra . en-US.
  6. News: 23 December 2020 . A Fistful of Fun at Bangalow Film Festival . 45 . The Byron Shire Echo . 27 May 2023.
  7. Web site: Radbourne . Lucas . 2021-12-13 . Review: A Fistful of Dollars live w/ Chiara Kickdrum . 2023-05-27 . Beat Magazine . en-AU.
  8. Web site: Programs: Primal Screen – 28 November 2022, Primal Screen — Triple R 102.7FM, Melbourne Independent Radio . 2023-05-27 . www.rrr.org.au . en-au.
  9. Web site: Chiara Costanza . 2023-05-27 . MIFF 2023 . en.
  10. Web site: Ferraro . Pietro . 2023-02-14 . Stasera in tv: "Come se non ci fosse un domani - Long Story Short" su Rai 1 . 2023-05-27 . Cineblog . it.
  11. Web site: Chiara Kickdrum ACMI + MESS partnership . 2023-05-27 . www.acmi.net.au . en.
  12. Web site: 2023-04-14 . LGBTIQ Law Reforms Needed In Australia, Alastair Lawrie; Goddess, Chiara Kickdrum . 2023-05-27 . 3CR Community Radio . en.
  13. Web site: ACMI: Goddess: Power Glamour Rebellion . 2023-05-27 . www.onlymelbourne.com.au.