AN ENTIRE LIFE
DEDICATED TO SOUND
Passion and Dedication as Composer and Music Therapist
Biography
Simone Gatto, multifaceted composer, graduated in Communication Sciences and specialized in Music Therapy and Integrated Arts Therapies.
Professor of Music Therapy at the National Institute of Arts Therapies – Artedo and of Sound Therapy and Mindfulness at the Academy of Vibrational Medicine, in 2017 he specializes in Cymatic Therapy (an advanced sound therapy) at Cyma Technologies in Atlanta (US) and composes meditative soundtracks for various companies and international applications dedicated to the psychophysical well-being of the person.
Since 2018 he has been serving in various rehabilitation centers and facilities in the region for a total of over 3000 hours of work experience. During his training as a Music Therapist he follows the training with Prof. Rolando Benenzon in parallel, becoming a technician of his model of Music Therapy in 2019. In 2020 he becomes a facilitator in Mindfulness accrediting himself with Mindfulness Educators, after having acquired and practiced Mindfulness in previous years in the United States, following various courses and seminars with Jon Kabat Zinn and Eckhart Tolle. In the same year he obtained the Masters in Life Coaching at Adsum and founded his private studio Qui ed Ora in Nardò – Lecce where he works every day with various types of users, from personal growth paths for adults to workshops for children with behavioral disorders and antenatal classes.
In the same year he obtained a Masters in Trainer Training at Adsum and founded his private studio Qui ed Ora in Nardò where he works every day in teams with various types of users, from personal growth courses for adults to workshops for children with behavioral disorders and of childbirth.
MUSIC THERAPIST
Trained at the National Institute of Arts Therapies, Simone is involved in music therapy, studying, researching and actively working in the clinical, educational and personal growth field according to different approaches.
Mindfulness Facilitator/Trainer/Researcher
Practitioner and facilitator of Mindfulness Meditation, Simone teaches to reconnect with one’s innate ability to be fully present in one’s life, in contact with what surrounds us without filters of concepts/prejudices, past experiences, likes and dislikes.
In recent years Simone has held several workshops and seminars in Italy, Germany and Holland on psychoacoustics and sound therapy. Since 2017 he has been conducting research together with the University of Salento on the benefits of the application of frequencies and musical compositions on plants and animals.
Composer/Performer
An acclaimed composer and live performer with several releases to his credit, he regularly performs in venues and theaters around the world. For some years he has been composing meditative soundtracks for various companies and international applications dedicated to the psychophysical well-being of the person.
An internationally acclaimed performer and composer since 2006, Simone has had three albums and several publications to his credit.
He is A&R and owner of two independent record labels (OUT-ER and Pregnant Void) which release electroacoustic music in its various forms on both physical and digital media. Simone’s third full-length album, Harmonic Resonance System 432 Hz, was released in February 2020 and represents his first album entirely dedicated to a therapeutic purpose, with the choice of sounds consciously made to encourage meditation, relaxation and to support the body’s innate capacity for self-healing
Skills gained over the years
The practical experience combined with academic experience have consolidated the artistic background with the new skills learned.
A specific profile is necessary to enter into an empathic connection with each individual case and to be able to better understand and manage critical issues.
Instruction
Bachelor’s Degree (2011)
Communication Sciences
University of Salento
Master (2019)
Cymatic therapy
Cyma Technologies
Master (2019)
Music Therapy
Benenzon Model Technician
Tecnico RBT (2019)
(Registered Behavior Technician)
Psicolgy
Mindfulness Facilitator (2020)
Mindfulness
Mindfulness Educators Italia
Course Lab Professional (2020)
Music therapy and integrated art therapies
National Institute of Therapeutic Arts – Artedo
Master (2020)
Training for trainers
ADSUM
Advanced Mindfulness Professional Teacher Training (2022)
Mindfulness
Mindfulness Educators
Professional experiences
Music therapist and Mindfulness facilitator
09/2020 – Current
Here and Now – Music Therapy and Creative Sciences – Nardò, Lecce
With several years of practice in the educational, clinical and personal growth area, I have developed the combined method “Here and now” to help people (individually and in groups) to respond rather than react to daily stresses, to free themselves from their limitations and rediscover the beauty of the present moment. I also privately follow children with autism and behavioral disorders.
MBSR Mindfulness Teacher
05/2021 – to date
Modum Holistic Association
Trainer and facilitator expert in group management, who supports and helps people to share their experience in the form of dialogue by creating a collaborative environment and offering ideas for a view from multiple angles of the experience lived by individuals.
Music therapy teacher
09/2021 – to date
National Institute of Therapeutic Arts – Artedo
Teacher of Music Therapy and Mindfulness with group courses aimed at stimulating awareness and emotional education through the languages of creativity, developed in practical laboratories where through sound, graphic stroke and movement a strengthening of expressive and relational skills is promoted.
Music therapist – RBT technician
12/2018 – Current
Community of Capodarco – Chiesanuova, Italy
Teacher of Music Therapy and Mindfulness with group courses aimed at stimulating awareness and emotional education through the languages of creativity, developed in practical laboratories where through sound, graphic stroke and movement a strengthening of expressive and relational skills is promoted.
Music therapist
06/2019 – Current
RSSA – Casa Serena – Matino, Puglia
Develop the potential and/or residual function of clients with Alzheimer’s with an intervention designed to facilitate and promote communication, relationships, learning, motor skills, expression, organization, and other relevant therapeutic goals. The aim is to satisfy the physical, emotional, mental, social and cognitive needs of the organism and thus improve the quality of life thanks to a preventive, rehabilitative or therapeutic process.
Music therapist
03/2018 – 09/2019
Armonia Day Center – Nardò, Puglia
Music therapy intervention integrated with other arts that use sound, graphic art – pictorial, movement and dramatization to promote integration and stimulate cognitive skills on users with mental retardation and behavioral disorders, acting where possible with purpose therapeutic in an attempt to integrate healthy and diseased parts.
Music therapist
10/2018 – 06/2019
RSSA – S.Rita – Alezio, Puglia
Integrated music therapy activity with elderly users suffering from senile dementia and Alzheimer’s. Specific workshops to activate a strategy of attention towards the subjects who interact with them, stimulating their mnemonic properties and making reference to methodological criteria based on listening, understanding, empathy and interactive participation. Through these elements, users are provided with the necessary conditions to trigger the pleasure principle, i.e. favor the progress of the day through positive stimuli, to create a circle of beneficial effects that limit the seriousness of the situation and, when possible, improve it.
Cyma Therapist
09/2018 – Current
Cyma Technologies
The only certified Cymatic Therapy technician in Italy
Energetic rebalancing thanks to a combination of harmonic frequencies
Use of specific sound programs to induce the hemispheres of the autonomic nervous system to greater synchronicity over time, every day.
Art Director
02/2011 – Current
Out Electronic Recordings – Berlino, Germany
Assistant
01/2012 – 01/2014
Università del Salento – Prof. Paolo Pellegrino – Lecce, Italia
Support in day-to-day operational functions.
Advising students on academic plans and course selection
Publication of various articles in journals of linguistics and philosophy.
Supervision of staff of assistants and researchers.
Presentation of conferences.