Esseno, Alessandro

Alessandro Esseno started studying piano with the stepbrother of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, then continued near the conservatory of S. Cecilia in Rome. He completed his studies with teachers including Boris Porena, Antonio Scarlato, and Silvana Silla, before taking a course in electronic music with the contemporary composer Domenico Guaccero. His music is meditative and often introspective, drawing on minimalism and contemporary pop.