Diego Poloni
Music Producer, Composer, Sound Designer
São Paulo, Brazil
+55 51 98180 6309
be.net/diegopoloni
Multidisciplinary artist with 16+ years of experience focusing on audio and composition, working in the fields of music, cinema, advertising, art and entertainment.
"Diego is always ahead on ideas and information. He's incredibly creative and a well talented musician and illustrator. I am glad to have him as a very good friend and partner for several projects." --Lucas Rachewsky, Owner and Creative Director at Blackhaus.
"Diego is always ahead on ideas and information. He's incredibly creative and a well talented musician and illustrator. I am glad to have him as a very good friend and partner for several projects." --Lucas Rachewsky, Owner and Creative Director at Blackhaus.
Work Experience
Creative, Sound Designer
Creative, Composer, Music Producer and Sound Designer
Creating original music, scores, sound design and audio experiences for a wide range of clients, from small business to global brands like The North Face, Lacoste, Coca-Cola, Max Haus, Lenovo, Unilever, SporTV, among many others, winning 3 silver, 4 bronze and Best Performance in Phonography Production at the 25th Colunistas Prize, besides developing an unique style on scores and sound design for architectural visualisation videos while working closely with studios like Blackhaus and Neorama.
December 2004
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Brazil
Music Producer
Music Producer; Recording, Mixing and Mastering Engineer
Worked on more than 80 recordings from well stablished Brazilian and foreign artists like Francisco El Hombre, Àiyé (Larissa Conforto), Ventre, Apanhador Só, Thiago Ramil, Vitor Ramil, Breu, Paulo Chaves, People With Bodies, Campbell Trio, The Completers, among many other artists in projects that were nominated three times for the Latin Grammy Awards (2014, 2016, 2018), won Album of the Year (2013) at the São Paulo Association of Art Critics Prize and Best Pop Album of the Year (2013) at the Açorianos Award.
In the course of my career, I gained a reputation of pushing artists towards more experimental fields while focusing on emotional performances.
In the course of my career, I gained a reputation of pushing artists towards more experimental fields while focusing on emotional performances.
September 2003
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Film Score Composer
Score Composer
Worked creating original scores and soundtracks for more than 30 movies, ranging from short to feature length, both fiction and documentary, several award winners, and being nominated for Best Original Film Score for "Castanha" at the 2015 Gran Prize of Brazilian Cinema.
Also worked on special projects like composing and performing live scores for silent movies like Robert Wiene’s "Orlacs Hände" (1924), commissioned by the Goethe Institut, Mario Peixoto’s "Limite" (1931), commissioned by Faról Santander, as well as in art pieces and installations like Luiz Roque’s Modern (2014), exhibited at the White Cubicle Toilet Gallery and Tate Modern, both in London, United Kingdom.
Also worked on special projects like composing and performing live scores for silent movies like Robert Wiene’s "Orlacs Hände" (1924), commissioned by the Goethe Institut, Mario Peixoto’s "Limite" (1931), commissioned by Faról Santander, as well as in art pieces and installations like Luiz Roque’s Modern (2014), exhibited at the White Cubicle Toilet Gallery and Tate Modern, both in London, United Kingdom.
June 2008
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Maldito Ofício
Illustrator, Sound Artist
Artists Management enterprise which worked to bring art to any medium by the management of special projects, trade in art objects, curating artists, settings and cultural projects. I provided illustration and live sound art for the long running multi-disciplinary art project and itinerary exhibition "Estrago" (2012-2014).
2012
- 2015
Brazil
Filmmaker
Author, Director, Filmmaker
Wrote and directed films for fashion brands and art exhibitions like Studio Clio and Up Design’s Inspira: Isabela Capeto (2013), Estúdio Nomade’s Agora / Ágora (2011), and Notas Sobre o Desencaixe (2011), a portrait about the artist Vital Lordelo that became part of his 2011 solo exhibition at Usiminas Belas Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, among others.
March 2011
- December 2013
Coletivo 4'33"
Founder, CEO, Creative, Composer, Music Producer, Sound Designer
Creative collective for the creation of original music and sound design to any media format, exploring the relation between advertising, content, original music and sound design. Developed works for brands like Lacoste, Max Haus, CFL, PDG, among others.
Founded by me and Lucas Rachewsky, after a little more than a year both of us left the collective to focus on filmmaking. 4'33" still exists and nowadays it is a very active and well known production house focused on audio for advertising.
May 2010
- September 2011
Brazil
Rockpress
Writer and Interviewer
Wrote about music, reviewed shows and interviewed foreign touring bands and artists such as Ian MacKaye (The Evens, Fugazi), Medications, Faraquet, among others.
January 2007
- June 2009
Sound Thinkers
Creative, Strategist, Sound Designer, Audio Branding
Sound Thinkers is a strategy multidisciplinary team that creates tailor made projects through its Sound Thinking methodology. I worked creating and producing original music, audio branding and sound design for advertising, entertainment and branding on special and unorthodox projects for clients like Coca-Cola, RBS Participações LTDA, Prefeitura Municipal de Porto Alegre, among many others.
March 2007
- December 2007
Brazil
Age
Copywriter
Creating and providing writing for advertising, marketing and other pieces.
2002
- March 2004
Brazil
Independent Musician
Musician
Multi-instrumentalist and active member of the independent music scene, playing solo and in several groups of national and international expression from a wide range of genres like My Soundtracked Life (2003-2006), Campbell Trio (2008-Present), Trompa (2011-Present), Apanhador Só (2012-2017), Yntza (2012-Present), C/open (2012-Present) and Diego Poloni (2013-Present), among many others. Played over 400 shows, some of them in big festivals like Lollapalooza (Brazil, 2014), Virada Cultural (Brazil, 2014), Contrapedal (Urugay, 2014), South by Southwest (EUA, 2015), Vive Latino (México, 2015), Festival de Las Artes (Costa Rica, 2015), Kino Beat presents KBeats (Brazil, 2016), Dia da Música (Brazil, 2017) and Festival De|Generadas (Brazil, 2019), among others.
1998
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Education
ESPM Escola Superior De Propaganda E Marketing
Advertising and Marketing
July 2004
- December 2009
Brazil
AIMEC Academia Internacional De Musica Eletrônica
Advanced Electronic Music Production
December 2012
- February 2013
Brazil
ADALBERTO PORTO ALEGRE
Screen Printing Techniques on Fabric and Paper
2011
- 2011
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Casa De Cultura Mário Quintana
Analog Photography: Developing and Printing - 35mm and 120mm
2012
- 2012
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese (Native),
English (Fluent),
Spanish (Conversational),
Awards
APCA
Producer of the Best Album of The Year
2013
Açorianos Award
Producer of the Best Pop Album of the Year
2013
Gran Prize Of Brazilian Cinema
Nominated for Best Original Film Score.
2015
25th Colunistas Prize
3 silver, 4 bronze and Best Performance in Phonography Production
2007
Skills
Ableton Live,
Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Premiere,
Advertising,
Analog Photography,
Art Direction,
Audio Engineering,
Cartooning ,
Cinema,
Cinematography,
Composition,
Copywriting,
Copywriting,
Creative Direction,
Design,
Fashion,
Fashion Illustration,
Filmmaking,
Illustration,
Literature,
Mastering,
Mixing,
Music Production,
Pencil Drawing,
Propellerhead Reason,
ProTools,
Score Composing,
Silkscreen Printing,
Sound Design,
Storyboarding,