Daniele Roccato is an Italian double bass soloist and composer.
As a soloist he has performed at many of the world’s most renowned festivals and concert halls, often presenting his own compositions.
His concerts are indifferently included in the classical, contemporary and jazz music programs.
Gavin Bryars, Julio Estrada, Fabio Cifariello Ciardi, Ivan Fedele, Sofia Gubaidulina, Hans Werner Henze, Filippo Perocco, Terry Riley, Nicola Sani, Salvatore Sciarrino, Stefano Scodanibbio, wrote for and worked with him.
Together with Stefano Scodanibbio he created Ludus Gravis, the most recognized ensemble of double basses in the field of contemporary and new music.
For dancer and coreographer Virgilio Sieni he wrote the music for Agorà Tutti, Vangelo secondo Matteo, CORPUS_Deposizioni e Visitazioni, Vita_Nova, DOLCE VITA_Archeologia della Passione, Le Sacre – Preludio, Quintetti sul nero, Cantico dei Cantici, Preludi/Cominciamenti.
Within theatre he wrote the music for NuvoleCasa and Monsieur Teste realized by Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio, and the music for LUS (for which he received the nomination to the UBU Prize 2015 as a composer), for Madre and for Pasolinacci e Pasolini, all realized by Teatro delle Albe (on stage with Ermanna Montanari).
With writer, playwright, and actor Vitaliano Trevisan in the period 2009-2018 he realized fourteen theatrical works. To be mentioned Solo et Pensoso, Time Works, Burroughs in Cage, Good Friday Night, I crolli di Shakespeare.
All those projects had him involved both as composer and performer.
His works have been commissioned by Rai Radio3, La Biennale di Venezia, RomaEuropa Festival, Emilia-Romagna Teatro, Milano Musica, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Fondazione Musica per Roma, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
He wrote the music for the films The Sky over Kibera and ER by Marco Martinelli.
Together with the composer Tonino Battista he realized the opera Assedio, produced by RAI News24.
He worked with the war correspondents Lucia Goracci and Francesca Mannocchi.
In the field of extemporary creation and improvisation he performed with many artists. Among the duo and trio projects are to be mentioned the ones with Olivier Benoit, Bruno Chevillon, Pascal Contet, Mark Dresser, Paolo Damiani, Marc Ducret, Garth Knox, Barre Phillips, Dominique Pifarély, Michele Rabbia, Terry Riley, Markus Stockhausen.
He often improvises also with dancers, actors, writers, philosophers, poets, painters, graphic novelists.
To be mentioned the project with painter, sculptor and poet Jim Dine, one of the founders of Pop Art movement.
Some of his many transcriptions are forthcoming for Sikorski, Schott and Salabert editions.
He brought the double bass as a solo instrument into pop music with trio projects together with Lucio Dalla and Roberto Vecchioni.
Professor of double bass at the Conservatory of “Santa Cecilia” in Rome, he was invited to hold seminars at Conservatoire National Supérieur (Paris), Universitat der Kunste (Berlin), San Francisco State University, Norwegian Academy of Music (Oslo), Ca’ Foscari University (Venice), Royal Danish Academy of Music (Copenhagen), UNAMM (Mexico City), UNEAC (Havana).
He was a member of the jury for some of the most important international competitions (ARD Munich, ISB, Bass Europe, Valentino Bucchi, etc.).
He recorded for ECM, Wergo, Sony BMG. Parco della Musica Records.
Several of his concerts were broadcast by Rai RadioTre, BBC Radio and Sky ARTE.