Sergio González Carducci
- Composer
Born in Rosario, Argentina, Sergio began studying composition at the National University of Rosario in 1982.
He recorded his first job, with the rock group "Agnes Secreto" in 1988.
After enjoying great success with his duo "Savia Nueva" with Adrian Lanese in the early 90's, he performed numerous collaborations as producer, arranger and performer. At this time, he also developed an extensive portfolio in musical works for advertising.
In 1991 Sergio was appointed music director of the 'Ballet De Arte Folklorico Argentino', with which he toured throughout Europe, Asia and America. Because of his training and his versatility as a musician, Sergio has always been able to develop his art by writing music for orchestra, as well as producing popular music and songs for other artists.
Since 2001 he lives in Madrid, where in 2005 thanks to his works for cinema and TV he was appointed as a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Music of Spain. In 2004 the ballad of the original soundtrack for the film 'In the Shadow of the Dreams', was playing in the Spanish radios' top 40. At this point begun the prosperous relationship with the film director Emilio Ruiz Barrachina, for whom in 2006 Sergio composed the soundtrack of the blockbuster documentary 'Lorca: the sea stops moving'. The remarkable success of the film, which was broadcast in over sixty countries, allowed this soundtrack to be the top seller on tunes without any major label support.
In 2007 Sergio composed the soundtrack for the TV series 'The Business of Peace', for the documentary 'The Literary and Xacobea Traslatio' and another documentary, 'The Girl soldiers'.
In 2008 he composed the soundtrack for the documentary 'Orson Welles and Goya' and 'The Spain of the couplet'. The later was premiere with great success in the Malaga Film Festival in 2009.
A major event of 2008 was the Musical direction by Sergio of 'The War of the Worlds' by Orson Welles, a work collectively issued by all major radio stations in Spain in commemoration of the radio's day.
Finally, in December 2008 Sergio presented his fourth CD: ' Beyond the imagination'.
Them among other media projects, Sergio is producing a Chillout album with the violinist Tancredo. In 2010, as a result of the artistic collaboration between Sergio and Tancredo, the single 'Be You' was published by Deep Class in the USA. This project later became 'Maltango', and the duo released their first EP, 'Maltango I'.
Sergio's latest work is the original soundtrack for the movie 'The sale of Paradise', to be released in April of 2013.