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Max Di Carlo ·...
Born and educated in Rome, the composer, producer and engineer Max Di Carlo picked up the guitar as a kid and has kept it close at hand ever since. In his late teens, he enrolled in Italy’s famed National Academy of St.
Cecilia, earned his degree in orchestration and composition and went on to work for a decade in classical music. In the ‘80s, Di Carlo surrendered to the persuasion of pop and the first hit song he penned in that genre—Gary Low’s 1983 “I Want You”—charted in several countries.
Now he composes and produces largely for film and lives in Calabasas, CA. Artists he’s worked with include Brazilian singer, Xuxa, and a pair of Johns: Elton and Olivia Newton.
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He spent many years composing and producing in the pop world, but returned to classical roots in 2004.
In recent weeks and months, Di Carlo collaborated remotely with the Budapest Symphony and Prague Philharmonic Orchestras.
As in nearly all things, remote recording comes with its joys and frustrations. “One of the adva