Chiara Costanza

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Chiara Costanza
Also known asChiara Kickdrum, CKD
Born Torino, Italy
Genres Electronic
Occupation(s)DJ, composer, musician
LabelsFinn Audio, Temporal Cast, Revolver Upstairs Records
Website chiaracostanza.com

Chiara Costanza is a music composer, producer, and DJ, born in Italy and now based in Australia.

Career

Chiara Costanza was born in Torino, Italy, [1] where she trained as a classical pianist and played in punk bands. [2] In 2004 she moved to Melbourne, Australia where she became exposed to electronic music. [2]

After starting DJing in 2013, [3] Constanza was invited to perform at Meredith Music Festival in 2016 under her alias Chiara Kickdrum. [2] [4]

In 2018, she performed a live soundtrack to Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1932 silent film Vampyr for the National Film and Sound Archive, [5] and has continued composing live soundtracks, such as to Sergio Leone's 1964 film A Fistful of Dollars in 2020 and 2021, [6] [7] and Vampyr again at in 2022. [8]

She composed the soundtrack for the short film All These Creatures that was then awarded the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. [9] This was followed by soundtracks for film and TV series Long Story Short, Heartbreak High, The Other Guy , The Unusual Suspects and Preppers , [10] [11] as well as a soundscape for the 2023 ACMI exhibition Goddess: Power Glamour Rebellion. [12] [13]

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