David Cerquetti, after studying piano at the conservatory (during which he won the fourth national prize in the “Maurice Ravel” piano competition with a solo program), continues his training at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan where he studied composition, film scoring and orchestration with Maestri Marco Tutino and Paolo Tortiglione.

In 2020 he specialized in composition at the Chigiana Academy of Siena receiving great appreciation from Maestro Salvatore Sciarrino.

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In 2018 he obtained a Special Mention at the international composition competition “Maurice Ravel” and was defined by the jury as a great international talent. In the same year he won the Risorgimento Prize at the international composition competition “Carlo Sanvitale”.

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In 2019 he won an Honorable Mention at the Oniros Film Awards in the “Best Music Video” category.

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David Cerquetti has written soundtracks for theatrical performances, short films, videogames and Commercials.

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In 2019 he composed “Augusta Praetoria Salassorum”, a string quartet composition performed by the Ex Novo Ensemble of Venice and, in the same year, he composed for the Prometeo String Quartet.

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In 2020 he won the “Crossover Fridays” contest organized by Milano Classica in collaboration with Sony Classical Italia. So David was able to perform in concert with the pianist and composer Remo Anzovino.

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In 2021 David Cerquetti composed the soundtrack for HOPE, directed by Ernesto Casareto, winning the title of Best Composer at the Toronto Film Channel Awards and an Honorable Mention at the Berlin International Indie Film Festival. Finalist also in the Best Original Score category at the Hollywood Gold Awards and in the Best Music Video category at the Venice Film Awards, at the Florence Film Awards and at the Oniros Film Awards – New York.

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Currently David Cerquetti works in the film industry as a composer for soundtracks.