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Rio Wolta is a Swiss composer, musician, and director for various kinds of musical and visual projects. He is known for mixing art forms and pushing their boundaries. As a multi-instrumentalist, he composes for film, theater, and dance. He stages live music formats in theaters and exhibits sound installations in art spaces. Frequently in collaboration with Piet Baumgartner. Rio Wolta is currently taking a break from playing concerts, but continues to release music albums. His debut «Swing For The Nation» came out in 2015, followed by «No More Intimate Music» (2018), and «Belle Epoque» (2021). In 2022, he founded his own publishing company «No Signal Music» together with Daniel Hobi. In 2024, he published his first book entitled «92 Questions for an Artist». Rio Wolta was born in 1988, survived his teens in the Swiss Alps, studied history, and lives in Zurich.
current projects
2024 All You Can Hear (live music), Theater Neumarkt
2024 92 Questions for an Artist (book), Distanz Verlag
2024 Bagger Drama (film score), Piet Baumgartner/Dschoint Ventschr
2024 Album Production (tba)
festivals
American Dance Festival USA, Raindance London UK, Encounters Festival Bristol UK, Aesthetica Short Film Festival UK, Edinburgh Shorts SCO, International Festival of Modern Dance Cracow PL, Cleveland International Film Festival USA, Locarno Film Festival CH, Szerpentin Dance Film Festival HUN, Tacoma Film Festival USA, Newport Beach Film Festival USA, Interfilm Festival Berlin GER, Collection Suisse de la Danse SUI, Vancouver International Music Video Festival CAN, SoundTrack Cologne GER, Denver Film Festival USA, Hayah International Short Film Festival PA, See You Sound Torino ITA, Ars Independent Festival Katowice POL, Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards USA, Guam International Film Festival USA, Sound Unseen Minneapolis USA, NYC Independent Film Festival USA, Twister Alley Film Festival USA, Exground Filmfest GER, Flensburger Kurzfilmtage GER, Vision Feast Auckland NZL, International Short Film Festival Zubroffka PL, Filmfest Munich GER, Taipei Arts Festival TWN, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur SUI
awards
International Music Video Festival Paris FRA, Bogota Short Film Festival COL, Austin Music Video Festival USA, Solothurner Filmtage SUI, Sehsüchte Babelsberg GER, My Sound of Music Salzburg AUT, m4music Zurich SUI, La Guarimba Film Festival Amantea ITA, FIlmQuest Salt Lake City USA, Transilvania Shorts Festival ROM, Underfunded Film Festival USA, Gässli Film Festival SUI, Black Sea Film Festival ROM, Short Waves PL