Silvio Amato

Silvio Amato (born April 10, 1961, in Catania, Italy), is a composer of classical, contemporary and popular music, and film soundtracks. Currently, he resides in Marina del Rey, CA with his family. He previously resided in Boston, Massachusetts and maintains a studio in Milan, Italy Early life Amato is son of a distributor of children’s clothing and a mother who did not care much for classical music. The used piano his father brought home to “fill space” in the family’s living room soon became an obsession for young Silvio who learned the instrument on his own despite his mother’s constant pleas “I beg you Silvio, please, please, please stop playing.” Eventually, he studied classical piano with a master teacher. Moving north to Milan as a young man, he established himself as a composer and arranger, working with a variety of popular and light classical artists as well as composing for television and motion pictures. It has been said that “his approachable music captures the vibrancy and romanticism of contemporary Italian culture, appealing to devotees of popular and classical genres alike.” Works In 2008, shortly after his oldest daughter left home to study at Boston University in