Biography · Career · Vision
Pianist, composer and conductor. From classical training in Naples to major international stages and music for film and television.
01 / The early years
Born in Naples and raised in Casoria, Vincenzo Sorrentino showed remarkable absolute pitch from childhood. At just nine years old, he was admitted to the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory in Naples, where he trained in the Vincenzo Vitale piano school under Loredana Marino.
After graduating in piano, he completed a second-level academic degree in music and composition. Writing soon became the heart of his artistic research: from piano to orchestra, chamber music and electronics, through to film scores.
02 / Conducting
Arranging, orchestration, transcription and piano at the service of a conducting style that brings together symphonic orchestra and contemporary languages.
Jimmy Sax & Orchestra
Since 2022, he has conducted Jimmy Sax’s symphonic tours in major Italian theatres and amphitheatres. In 2024, the tour reached France, visiting Bordeaux, Nantes, Lille, Lyon, Marseille and the legendary Olympia in Paris.
Rome, Taormina, Paestum, Matera, Turin, Milan and Pompeii are just some of the stops in a collaboration that has brought the orchestra before thousands of spectators.
Conducting the symphonic orchestra for the special live-recorded event at the Pompeii Amphitheatre.
A personal project that reimagines cinema’s greatest emotions through piano and orchestra.
03 / Film and television
Original composition, sonic identity and artistic direction: a journey built across cinema, prime-time television and national productions.
Rai 1 · 2026
Music director of the programme: supervision, repertoire selection, musician coordination, arrangements and development of its sonic identity.
Rai 2 · 2026
Composer and music supervisor, responsible for the programme’s original music and audio production.
Original music · Canale 5
Original music · Italia 1
Original music · Canale 5
Feature film · Amazon Prime
Original music · Canale 5
Music · episode 8 · Rai 1
Film series · Italia 1
Original music · Italia 1
04 / Works and awards
Albums, soundtracks and works for piano and orchestra tell the story of a catalogue spanning more than twenty years.
Solo piano · Rai Trade Editions
Piano and orchestra
Original soundtrack · Mediaset
Piano, orchestra and electronics
Piano and orchestra
Piano and orchestra
December 2024
Presented as composer of Jimmy Sax’s Time, certified by FIMI.
Casoria · January 2026
Presented by the City of Casoria in recognition of his artistic career in music, film and television.
Classical training
Numerous national and international piano competition awards between 1994 and 2001.
City of Casoria
Presented in recognition of his artistic, compositional and professional talent.
Naples · 2023
Vincenzo Sorrentino opened the 24th Napoli Film Festival with a piano concert at the Institut français in Naples. The performance preceded the premiere of 12 Repliche, directed by Gianfranco Gallo, for which the Maestro composed the original score.
Vincenzo Sorrentino with Gianfranco Gallo at the 24th Napoli Film Festival
Official catalogue“Music does not simply accompany a story.
It can become the story itself.”