Francesco Cara has soon shown an innate musicality playing songs on his keyboard, only just heard, without any music scores. Ten years old, he began the piano studying and, at the Conservatory of Music S. Cecilia in Rome, he has obtained Degree in Piano (1999). The piano playing became soon his big passion and, during the high school, he has also shown a very interesting ability to improvise and compose. At the same Conservatory he graduated in Instrumentation for Band (2004) and, with full marks, in Composition (2006), obtaining the “Via Vittoria” award as the best graduate. In 2010 he achieved with honors the Master Degree in Music Composition. He studied orchestration, organ, Gregorian chant, guitar, percussion and electric bass. He has followed important post-graduated courses in Composition led by M° Azio Corghi at the Chigiana Academy of Siena and at the Royal Philharmonic Academy of Bologna, attending also to the masterclasses led by M° Luis De Pablo and Beat Furrer. Alongside his musical studies, he has interested in studying Literature, Philosophy and History of Music and Theater. In 2005 he has obtained the Master Degree in Literature at the Rome University “La Sapienza”.
His musical interest has followed two main ways: the first one, the contemporary music and the second one, the music applied to images. In the first one, some works composed and performed are: “Invito all’unione” (2014) finalist at the International Composition Competition TEM “City of Udine” and at Busseto Interational Contemporary Music Contest, “Canzonetta a 2” (2011), “… Soltanto la statua del re” (2010) winner of the 3rd prize at the International Competition Valentino Bucchi, “Non esiste innocenza” (2009) on text by A. Anedda, “Giorno D’estate” (2008) for the homonymous theatrical representation at Silvio D’Amico Academy in Rome, “Dati Recenti” (2006), “Texture” (2004) work reported at the 29th ed. International Competition Valentino Bucchi, “Conversazione a tre” (2002).
Regarding to the music applied to images, in 2013 Francesco Cara has composed the soundtrack of “The Art of Cinematography”, a feature film by Daniele Nannuzzi, President of the Italian Association of Cinematographers (AIC).
This film has been realized to complete the homonimous book written by Vittorio Storaro, the famous Italian Cinematographer, winner of three Oscars, to celebrate, through the images of more than 150 movies, the work of the greatest masters of world cinema from its origins to our days. In 2013 the work, published by Skira, has been presented in the Campidoglio of Rome in presence of all the City of Rome authorities and then in numerous Film Festivals in Europe and the United States. In 2016 Francesco received an AIC award for the soundtrack of “Italian Cinematographers’ Style”, a documentary film by Daniele Nannuzzi (President A.I.C.).
His compositions have been performed in public at important artistic institutions such as Chigiana Academy in Siena, Peri Institute in Reggio Emilia, Conservatory of Santa Cecilia, Teatro Quirino, Piazza del Campidoglio, Casa del Cinema, Teatro dell’Orologio and Sala Fellini in Rome. Some of his works are published by the Da Vinci Publishing e Italian Way Music. Since 2001 he teaches musical disciplines and he is a teacher at secondary school. He has been a music consultant for some RAI productions and, in 2018, he has worked as a composer at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia of Rome.
