BEETHOVEN IN MIRRORLAND (2020)
double bass and live electronics - dur. 12 min.
commissioned by Teatro delle Albe and Primavera dei Teatri - Castrovillari

LITTLE SWEET SNAKES (2020)
double bass and live electronics - dur. 8 min.
commissioned by Teatro delle Albe and Primavera dei Teatri - Castrovillari

TOUT LA MER DU MONDE (2020)
double bass, flutes, santur, tabla, live electronics (five performers)
Open Composition - dur. 6 hours
commissioned by Comune di Roma for La Festa di Roma 2020

NOT AN EXIT (2019)
three double basses - dur. 60 min. ca.
commissioned by Artescienza Festival 2019

NOTTURNI (2018)
double bass and live electronics (one performer) - dur. 60'
commissioned by iTeatri - Festival Aperto Reggio Emilia

MINIMA COLLOQUIA (2009-2016)
solo double bass - dur. 55'
commissioned by Teatro Comunale di Bologna

ARCHEOLOGIA DELLA PASSIONE (2014)
double bass and electronics (one performer) - dur. 65’
commissioned by RomaEuropa Festival

LECONS DE TÉNÈBRES (2014)
solo double bass - dur. 50’
commissioned by La Biennale di Venezia

MA (2013)
solo double bass - dur. 60’
commissioned by La Biennale di Venezia

FLOW MY TEARS (2013)
five double basses - dur. 8’
commissioned by Fondazione Augusta Pini

INTERFERENZE (2012)
solo double bass - dur. 55’
commissioned by Suicide Parade Festival – Schio (Vi)

X-TRACES (2012)
double bass and electronics (two performers) - dur. 50’

LENTE CURRITE NOCTIS EQUI (2011)
four double basses - dur. 30’
premiered at Teatro La Fenice, Venezia

AQUA (2010)
three double basses - dur. 15’
commissioned by Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte - Montepulciano

WU - WEI (2007)
double bass and piano - dur. 10’
premiered at La Stanza Della Musica - RAI Radio3

OPERAS

ASSEDIO - Frammenti di Reportage (2017)
For reciter, double bass quartet, percussion, video and orchestra - dur. 70'
Written four hands with Tonino Battista
Lucia Goracci
- texts, reportage, voice
Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese
Tonino Battista - conductor
Daniele Roccato - double bass
Ludus Gravis - double bass quartet
Mamad Ghavi Helm - Persian percussion
Miodrag Stojicic - shots
Claudio Rufa - video editing
From an idea by Luisa Prayer
Production: Istituzione Sinfonica Abruzzese, Rai New 24

MUSIC FOR DANCE

PRELUDI (COMINCIAMENTI) (2017)
Virgilio Sieni - choreography, direction
Daniele Roccato - double bass, electronics
Performers: Virgilio Sieni, Claudia Caldarano, Maurizio Giunti, Giulia Mureddu
Production: Festival NELLE PIEGHE DEL CORPO, Compagnia Virgilio Sieni

CANTICO DEI CANTICI (2016)
Virgilio Sieni - choreography, direction
Daniele Roccato - music, performed live by the author at the double bass
Performers: Claudia Caldarano, Luna Cenere, Riccardo De Simone, Maurizio Giunti, Giulia Mureddu, Davide Valrosso
Gold carpet: Giusto Manetti Battiloro S.p.A.
Production: Festival Aperto, Fondazione I Teatri di Reggio Emilia, Compagnia Virgilio Sieni

LE SACRE - PRELUDIO (2015)
Virgilio Sieni - choreography
Daniele Roccato - music, double bass
Performers: Ramona Caia, Claudia Caldarano, ‎Patscharaporn Distakul, Sharon Estacio, Giulia Mureddu, Sara Sguotti
Produced by Teatro Comunale di Bologna, ERT Emilia Romagna Teatro

DOLCE VITA_Archeologia della Passione (2014)
Choreography by Virgilio Sieni
Daniele Roccato - music, double bass
Performers: Giulia Mureddu, Sara Sguotti, Jari Boldrini, Ramona Caia, Maurizio Giunti, Giulio Petrucci, Claudia Caldarano, Marjolein Vogels
Produced by RomaEuropa Festival

VANGELO SECONDO MATTEO (2014)
Choreography by Virgilio Sieni
Daniele Roccato - music, double bass
Roughly two hundred dancers
produced by La Biennale di Venezia - 14th International Architecture Exhibition

VITA NOVA (2014)
Choreography by Virgilio Sieni
Daniele Roccato - music, double bass
Roughly fifty dancers
Produced by BOZAR - Palais des Beaux-Arts - Bruxelles

CORPUS_Deposizioni e Visitazioni (2014)
Virgilio Sieni - choreography
Daniele Roccato - music, double bass
Roughly thirty dancers
produced by Palazzo Strozzi Museum - Firenze

AGORÀ TUTTI (2013)
Choreography by Virgilio Sieni
Daniele Roccato - music, double bass
Roughly thirty dancers
Produced by La Biennale di Venezia - College Danza

STRANGELY ENOUGH (2010)
Dancer: Gry Kipperberg
Daniele Roccato - double bass
Luigi Ceccarelli - live electronics
Choreography: Francesco Scavetta and Gry Kipperberg
Light design: Stefano Stacchini
Costume design: Gjøril Bjercke Sæther
Produced by Dansens Hus - Oslo

MUSIC FOR THEATRE

MADRE (2020)
by Ermanna Montanari, Stefano Ricci, Daniele Roccato
on a poem written by Marco Martinelli

Ermanna Montanari
- acting
Stefano Ricci - live drawing
Daniele Roccato - music, double bass, electronics
Marco Martinelli - direction, texts
Sound engineer - Marco Olivieri.
Light designer - Luca Pagliano
Executive producer - Silvia Pagliano
produced by Teatro delle Albe/Ravenna Teatro and Primavera dei Teatri - Officine Theatrikés Salénto

MERCANTI DI UOMINI (2019)
Francesca Mannocchi - narrative voice
Daniele Roccato - double bass
Based on the book Io Khaled vendo uomini e sono innocente by Francesca Mannocchi, edited by Einaudi.
Stage adaptation by Riccardo Festa.
music by Daniele Roccato Roccato
produced by Piediluco Festival

I CROLLI DI SHAKESPEARE (2018)
Vitaliano Trevisan - acting, texts, dramaturgy
Daniele Roccato - music, double bass, electronics
Michele Rabbia - percussion, electronics
production Aldo Grompone, Bassano OPERAESTATE

IL PONTE (2017)
Vitaliano Trevisan - acting, texts
Daniele Roccato - music, double bass, electronics
premiered at DETOUR Festival - Padova

MONSIEUR TESTE - di Paul Valéry (2016)
Chiara Guidi - voice
Daniele Roccato - double bass, electronis
Michele Rabbia - percussioni, electronics
music by Roccato, Rabbia.
produced by Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio

LUS (2015)
Music by Luigi Ceccarelli, Daniele Roccato
Text by Nevio Spadoni
Marco Martinelli - direction
Ermanna Montanari - acting
Daniele Roccato - double bass
Luigi Ceccarelli - live electronics
Margherita Manzelli - scenic design
produced by ERT Emilia Romagna Teatro

NUVOLE.CASA (2014)
Chiara Guidi - actress, direction
Daniele Roccato - music, double bass
Texts by Elfriede Jelinek
produced by Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio and Festival Focus Jelinek

GOOD FRIDAY NIGHT (2013)
Text by Vitaliano Trevisan
Music by Daniele Roccato
Giancarlo Previati, Elena Gargano, Vittoria Gargano - acting
Vitaliano Trevisan - direction
Paolo Bandiera - scenic design
produced by Fondazione Augusta Pini and Assurdo Teatro

I QUINDICIMILA PASSI (2012)
Text by Vitaliano Trevisan
Riccardo Festa - acting, direction
Daniele Roccato - music, double bass
Produced by UR Teatro and SR Produzioni

BURROUGHS IN CAGE (2011)
Music by John Cage, Daniele Roccato
Texts by William Burroughs
directed by Michele De Vita Conti
Vitaliano Trevisan - voice
Ludus Gravis Ensemble (quartet)
produced by Conservatorio di Musica di Perugia

TIME WORKS (2010)
Vitaliano Trevisan - voice
Daniele Roccato - double bass, music
Laura Mancini - percussion
produced by Assurdo Teatro

SOLO ET PENSOSO (2009)
texts by Vitaliano Trevisan
Music by Daniele Roccato
Vitaliano Trevisan - Narrator
Daniele Roccato - Double Bass
produced by Dedalo Furioso

MUSIC FOR FILMS

THE SKY OVER KIBERA (2019)
by Marco Martinelli
soggetto Marco Martinelli e Ermanna Montanari
musica originale Daniele Roccato
consulente alla sceneggiatura Riccardo Bonacina
assistente alla regia Laura Redaelli
montaggio Francesco Tedde
post-produzione Antropotopia
organizzazione generale Marcella Nonni e Silvia Pagliano
distribuzione Maria Martinelli
consulenza e relazioni con la stampa Rosalba Ruggeri
produttore esecutivo Alessandro Cappello

produzione Ravenna Teatro/Teatro delle Albe
in collaborazione con Fondazione AVSI, Vita non profit magazine, Kamera Film, Antropotopia


Premio al volontariato - Costruttori del Bene comune 2019 per la sezione "Cultura", conferito dal Senato della Repubblica.