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Claudio Ragazzi

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Claudio Ragazzi
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Composer and guitarist Claudio Ragazzi has been writing award winning music for film and television, scoring hundreds of projects and performing with some of today's most respected musicians at renowned concert halls in the world.

Claudio attended Berklee College of Music where he graduated Magna Cum Laude, a winner of the prestigious Duke Ellington Master's Award and the Boston Music Awards, Claudio went on to compose music for feature films, documentaries and television commercials as well as undertaking commissioned works for plays and ballets.

In 1998 he scored Brad Anderson's hit film Next Stop Wonderland produced by Miramax, featuring Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto. The CD reached Billboard's top ten chart for more than twelve consecutive weeks. Other production credits include scoring the music for the award winning film, The Blue Diner and a unique collaboration with fellow composer Mason Daring working on the music for John Sayle's film Casa de los Babys. Claudio's work can also be heard in Something's Gotta Give starring Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves. Recent films and collaborations include working with fellow argentinean composer Osvaldo Golijov on Francis Ford Coppola's Tetro and award winning films at the Sundance Film Festival, The Last Mountain and To Catch a Dollar.

Claudio has scored hundreds of TV productions for the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, National Geographic, Telemundo, Univision and PBS, including American Experience, NOVA and the children series Sesame Street, Arthur, and Postcards from Buster. ClaudioÕs live performances include those at Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl, The Blue Note Jazz Club, The Lincoln Center and in theatres around the world. He has performed with some of today's most influential and respected musicians, including Gary Burton, Yo-Yo Ma, Randy Brecker, Danilo Perez, saxophone legends Joe Lovano, Branford Marsalis, Kenny Garrett and Paquito DÕRivera.

Claudio has won numerous awards including a regional Emmy and a nomination for a national Emmy, grants from The Rockefeller Foundation, The New England Foundation for the Arts and The Massachusetts Council for the Arts. Special commissions include those with the Boston Ballet, the New England Conservatory and the Meet the Composer Grant Program among others.

A native of Argentina, Claudio grew up in Buenos Aires, where he started playing music at a very early age performing with some of Argentina's most influential musicians including Tango master Rodolfo Mederos and sharing the stage with Luis Alberto Spinetta, Litto Nebbia and Antonio Agri.

Claudio studied composition and arranging with Rodolfo Alchourron in Argentina, jazz improvisation with Gary Burton, orchestration with Mike Gibbs and jazz arranging and composition with Herb Pomeroy.
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With Hermeto Pascoal, Jovino Santos Netto, Luciana Souza & Steve Cantor
Sundance 2010
Claudio Ragazzi
final mix
with editor Jean Dunoyer working on Postcards from Buster
Osvaldo Golijov & Dawn Upshaw presenting "Ayre"
rehearsal
Recording Session
Recording Francis Ford Copolla's Tetro in Buenos Aires
Guillermo Vadalá, Michael Jude Ward-Bergeman, Osvaldo Golijov, Claudio Ragazzi, Bernardo Monk & Octavio Brunetti recording Tetro in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Natatcha Estébanez and Jan Egleson at the Blue Diner's set
Hope Davis in Next Stop Wonderland

Known for

Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton in Something's Gotta Give (2003)
Something's Gotta Give
6.7
  • Soundtrack("O Beijo (The Kiss)")
  • 2003
Reese Witherspoon in Home Again (2017)
Home Again
5.8
  • Music Department(additional music, uncredited)
  • 2017
Poster for US video release, 1 sheet movie poster
Next Stop Wonderland
6.6
  • Music Department(guitar)
  • 1998
Daniel Brochu in Postcards from Buster (2004)
Postcards from Buster
5.8
TV Series
  • Music Department

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Music Department

  • Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani in Argentina, 1985 (2022)
    Argentina, 1985
    • musician: guitarist
    • musician: guitars
    • 2022
  • Sing That Thing (2015)
    Sing That Thing
    • original music
    • composer: theme music
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2019
  • Richard Sipe in Sipe: Sex, Lies, and the Priesthood (2018)
    Sipe: Sex, Lies, and the Priesthood
    • musician
    • title music
    • 2018
  • Alexios Lazarou in The Perfect Time to Read (2018)
    The Perfect Time to Read
    • music supervisor
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Reese Witherspoon in Home Again (2017)
    Home Again
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • 2017
  • Aimee Teegarden and Krysta Rodriguez in Bakery in Brooklyn (2016)
    Bakery in Brooklyn
    • composer: additional music
    • 2016
  • Fernando Colomo, Tim Borys, Olivia Delcán, and Miguel Ángel Furones in Isla Bonita (2015)
    Isla Bonita
    • composer: additional music
    • 2015
  • Watchers of the Sky (2014)
    Watchers of the Sky
    • original music
    • 2014
  • Latino Americans (2013)
    Latino Americans
    • composer: theme music
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • The Last Mountain (2011)
    The Last Mountain
    • conductor
    • musician
    • orchestrator
    • 2011
  • To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America
    • composer: theme music
    • musical director
    • musician ...
    • 2010
  • Vincent Gallo and Alden Ehrenreich in Tetro (2009)
    Tetro
    • composer: additional music
    • musician: guitar (uncredited)
    • 2009
  • Unnatural Causes
    • composer: theme music
    • musician
    • orchestrator
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2008
  • Daniel Brochu in Postcards from Buster (2004)
    Postcards from Buster
    • conductor
    • music coordinator
    • musical director ...
    • TV Series
    • 2004–2008
  • Paisito (2008)
    Paisito
    • musician: guitar
    • 2008

Composer

  • Sing That Thing (2015)
    Sing That Thing
    • Composer (original music)
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • 25 Texans in the Land of Lincoln (2019)
    25 Texans in the Land of Lincoln
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Richard Sipe in Sipe: Sex, Lies, and the Priesthood (2018)
    Sipe: Sex, Lies, and the Priesthood
    • Composer
    • 2018
  • The Year We Thought About Love (2015)
    The Year We Thought About Love
    • Composer
    • 2015
  • Latino Americans (2013)
    Latino Americans
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • The Last Mountain (2011)
    The Last Mountain
    • Composer
    • 2011
  • To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America
    • music composer
    • 2010
  • Unnatural Causes
    • Composer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2008
  • Daniel Brochu in Postcards from Buster (2004)
    Postcards from Buster
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2004–2008
  • The Price of Sugar (2007)
    The Price of Sugar
    • Composer
    • 2007
  • Frontline (1983)
    Frontline
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2003–2007
  • Nova (1974)
    Nova
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 1996–2007
  • Long Way from Home (2006)
    Long Way from Home
    • Composer
    • Video
    • 2006
  • American Masters (1985)
    American Masters
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2004
  • David Ogden Stiers, David McCullough, and Michael Murphy in American Experience (1987)
    American Experience
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2000–2004

Actor

  • Lisa Vidal, Miriam Colon, and J.R. Yenque in The Blue Diner (2001)
    The Blue Diner
    • Musician at club
    • 2001

Videos6

Next Stop Wonderland
Demo Reel 1:57
Next Stop Wonderland
The Blue Diner Trailer
Demo Reel 2:19
The Blue Diner Trailer
To Catch a Dollar
Demo Reel 2:09
To Catch a Dollar
Tetro by Francis Ford Coppola
Demo Reel 2:21
Tetro by Francis Ford Coppola
Something's Gotta Give Music cue
Demo Reel 0:18
Something's Gotta Give Music cue
To Catch A Dollar
Trailer 2:05
To Catch A Dollar

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    • Natatcha Estébanez? - March 15, 2007 (her death, 1 child)

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