Claudio Donzelli

Claudio Donzelli is a Berlin-based Italian composer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist.

In 2012, with his buddies Ian Hooper (US) and Craig Saunders (UK) he founded Mighty Oaks, a Berlin-based indie-folk band. Since then, he's been touring across Europe and the US and releasing records with Mighty Oaks, including the 2021 album “Mexico” (#10 in Germany, #11 in Switzerland, #19 in Austria).

As a solo artist, he releases music, performs and composes for film, including the original music for the six-episode Disney+ docu-series Farm Rebellion.

In 2017 he released his solo debut “Frammenti”, a musical mosaic of intimate piano compositions. In 2020 he released “Ossessione”, a thought-provoking, interdisciplinary, conceptual work which is a track, a short film and a contemporary dance performance at the same time.

In 2024 followed “When Galaxies Collide / The Ultimate Question”, a two-track conceptual work that continues on the path traced by “Ossessione”. The two tracks are opposites that belong together and complement each other as much as light and darkness, silence and loud noise, beginning and end. They are autonomous, yet interconnected. Filmmaker Andres Hidalgo made a short film for each.

In 2025 he released the Arms Wide Open EP with Berlin singer-songwriter Lotta St Joan and “Wild Darkness” with L'aupaire.

Claudio's music has been described as dreamy, romantic, cinematic, choreographic, meditational, and hypnotic. His work has drawn comparisons to renowned artists like Yann Tiersen, Ludovico Einaudi, and Ólafur Arnalds.

I do music because I'm in love with its mysteries and believe in its power to elude any attempt to reduce it to product, mere entertainment, service or formula.