MARIA CONTERNO - Sound Engineer
INFOS AND CONTACT
- Birthdate: 07/01/1982
- Nationality: Italian
- Email: mar.sounds.contact@gmail.com
- Driving licence: B
BIO
I have worked ten years as a university teacher and researcher, in the US, France, Lebanon, and Belgium. Until, one fine day, I fell in love with sound and everything audio.
EXPERIENCE WITH LIVE SOUND
June 2022-present: Sound Technician and Planning, Flagey (part-time, freelance)
January-July 2022: Conference Technician, European Parliament
2019-present: Freelance Live Sound Technician, La Monnaie - Ancienne Belgique - The Music Village - AV Inspire
January-March/September-October 2020: Sound Technician (internship), Ancienne Belgique
August 2019: Assistant Live and Broadcast (internship), Q-Music Radio
July 2019: Conference Technician (live streaming), LaRégie TV
April 2019: Live Sound and Streaming Technician (internship), LaRégie TV / Bozar (BIFF Festival)
EXPERIENCE WITH AUDIO PRODUCTION
2020-present: Freelance Podcast Producer (recording, editing, mixing) for Jehanne Bergé, Caroline Berliner, Tipik Radio, WeTellStories, La Monnaie, BeWiSe, IHE Delft, Anna Raimondo
2020-present: Independent Audio Producer (www.kaleidacoustics.com)
FIELD RECORDING AND LOCATION RECORDING
Ear Witness: personal field recording project on SoundCloud
Contributor to Freesounds.org
Music recording on location for the short film ‘Autokar’
Music recording on location for the film ‘Sonaten” by Michel Lorand
Field Recordist for the Swiss project MassFiles
EDUCATION
2021: Training as 'Reference person for amplified sound'(Bruxelles Environnement)
2007-2011: Doctorat en Histoire, Université de Florence
2004-2007: MA in Religious Studies, University of Venice Ca’ Foscari
2001-2004: BA in Classics, University of Padua
