Julian Scordato is a composer and artist whose practice combines sound, graphic media, algorithms, and interactivity. He studied composition and electronic music at the Venice Conservatory and sound art at the University of Barcelona. In 2009, he co-founded the Arazzi Laptop Ensemble, a group of electroacoustic composers and performers investigating new forms of interaction between musicians and technology. In 2015 he joined and currently leads SaMPL - Sound and Music Processing Lab, an innovative platform based in Padua dedicated to education, research, and artistic production. As a researcher and technologist, Scordato has authored articles and disseminated findings on interactive systems for music performance and graphic notation. Since 2017, he has been a professor of electroacoustic music composition and performance and currently coordinates the Electronic Music School of the Conservatory of Padua. In 2024, he was also appointed guest professor of electronic music at the University of Shijiazhuang.
His award-winning electroacoustic and audiovisual works have been performed and exhibited in international festivals and institutions including Venice Biennale, Institute of Contemporary Arts (London), Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, Electronic Language International Festival (Sao Paulo), Cervantes Institute (Rio de Janeiro), International Image Festival (Manizales), Centro de Cultura Digital (Mexico City), Gaudeamus Music Week (Utrecht), Centre for Contemporary Arts (Glasgow), Sonorities Festival (Belfast), Seoul International Computer Music Festival, Art & Science Days (Bourges), Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (Stanford), Athens Digital Arts Festival, ZKM Center for Art and Media (Karlsruhe), Spektrum Art Science Community (Berlin), and New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival. His music has been broadcast by Radio UNAM, NAISA Webcast, Resonance FM, RAI Radio3, RadioCemat, Radio Papesse, RadioCona, Radiophrenia, Radio Gracia, Radio Circulo, Radio Tsonami, and other stations. His scores have been published by Ars Publica and Taukay Edizioni Musicali.