Chiara is a music composer and producer born and raised in Torino, Italy and now based in Australia.
She has recently composed the original soundtrack for Netflix’s series Heartbreak High, Georgian feature film Panopticon (Look at Me), MIFF and ABC’s Australia’s Open, STAN Original Series Totally Completely Fine. She has also composed the original score for 'All These Creatures', winner of the Palme D'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2018, as well as for many other film & TV projects.
In 2022, she composed for contemporary dance company Chunky Move’s Yung Lung which premiered at Sydney Festival. This is a collaboration with choreographer Antony Hamilton, artist Callum Morton and LA based visual artist Kris Moyes. Chiara also has an ongoing collaboration with choreographer Prue Lang.
Classically trained in piano in Italy and later exposed to electronic music after moving to Melbourne in 2004, Chiara has since moved into a well respected position in the Melbourne electronic music movement through her dedication to a refined DJing technique and production of electronic music. This eventually led to extra studies in sound art and design at RMIT University, extending her interests into composition and sound design for screen.
Chiara’s work ranges across composing and producing music and sound design for film and TV, creating electronic music for live performance, composing soundscapes for immersive environments and art installations, and the experimental use of field recordings with analogue and digital synthesis.
In the last few years, Chiara has been a sessional lecturer and tutor at the Melbourne University Conservatorium of Music in the Interactive Composition department.
DJing under the moniker Chiara Kickdrum, she has performed at a range of venues across Australia and overseas, supporting international acts such as Kiasmos, Marcel Dettmann, Nina Kraviz, Dopplereffekt, DJ Stingray and Underground Resistance, as well as appearing at Pitch Music Festival, Melbourne Music Week, Meredith Music Festival and Dark Mofo, and composing music for fashion designers Henne and Dion Lee.
In 2020, Chiara was the recipient of the APRA Mentorship program for Women in Screen Composition with Melbourne composer Bryony Marks.