Federico Tramontana (*1995) is an Italian percussionist and performer specializing in the interpretation of contemporary music. He played in Italy, Serbia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Portugal, Belgium and Finland.
Graduating in 2017, cum laude and honorable mention at the Conservatory of Music "Fausto Torrefranca" of Vibo Valentia under the guidance of Vittorino Naso. In 2019 he finished his Master of Arts in Music Performance at the Hochschule der Künste in Bern, Switzerland, with Brian Archinal, Jochen Schorer and Christian Hartmann.
He played in the following festivals: Biennale of Venice, Spazio Musica Festival, HKB Geht and Land, Burgdorf Kunstmuseum Bern, Soneumus Festival Sarajevo, Festival Wegeder Wahrnehmung, MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome, Sala Verdi of Conservatorio “G. Verdi” of Milan, Taverna Maderna, Forum Kammer Musik, Incontemporanea Music Festival, Sound Scape Festival, Lund Contemporary Music Festival, Bozar Next Generation, Zindering Festival, Festival DME, Angelica – centro di ricerca musicale and many others.
He Worked with the following composers: Pierluigi Billone, Stefano Gervasoni, Simon Steen- Andersen, Josè Manuel Lopez Lopez, Thomas Demenga, Maurizio Azzan, Michael Maierhof, Maja Bosnic, Justina Repečkaitė, Alessandro Perini, Simone Corti, e tanti altri
He won the following scholarships: Lyra Stiftung (Switzerland), Hirschmann Foundation (Switzerland), Geert und Lore Blanken – Schlemper – Stiftung (Switzerland), GAI Giovani Artisti Italiani (Italy).
He received the Venice Biennale Musica award for best Performance 2022.
His latest CD are Susu (Ema Vinci Contemporanea) e Roots (Naxos).