Carlo Elia Praderio (Varese, 1993) is an Italian composer and sound artist.  His interest in plastic and performing arts has deeply influenced his musical approach based on the physical contact between performer and instrument, and the friction between the sound-bodies which actively traverse living space and time.

He studied composition at the Conservatory of Milan (110/110 summa cum laude and Menzione Speciale Rancati) and at the Conservatory of Paris (CNSMDP)  where he graduated with the “Mention Très Bien avec félicitations du jury”. His teachers include S. Gervasoni, G. Manca, Y. Maresz, L. Naon, G. Lorieux and M. Azzan. He participates at Opus#1 at Royaumont with Th. Lacôte and H. Robbe.

His music has been programmed in festivals and venues such as Philharmonie de Paris, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, Festival de Royaumont, Festival Transart of Bolzano, Festival CrossRoads at the Mozarteum Salzburg, Teatro Carcano of Milan, Fondazione Feltrinelli of Milano, Teatro Coccia of Novara, Mantova Musica del XXI Secolo, Festival Exitime of FontanaMIX Ensemble, Salle Remy Pflimlin and Espace Maurice-Fleuret of CNSM de Paris, Sala Verdi of the Milan Conservatory and has been broadcast on WDR 3 radio. 

He collaborate  with ensembles and soloistis such as Ensemble Multilatérale, Schallfeld Ensemble, Trio Abstrakt, Airborne Extended, ensemble Suono Giallo, Ensemble Intercontemporain (D. Tosi J. Stulz, E.-M. Couturier), IEMA Ensemble,  mdi ensemble, Divertimento Ensemble, Orchestra of the Milan Conservatory, DAI Contemporain (with A. Belugou), Raffaele Marsicano, Carlo Sampaolesi, Mattia Parisse and conductors such us Leonhard Garms, Sandro Gorli, Marc Hajjar, Alexander Sinan Binder, Giorgio Musolesi, Deun Lee, among others. 

Since 2022 he teaches harmony and analysis at the Potenza Conservatory (IT).

The upcoming project includes a new piece for ensemble and electronic commissioned by Schallfeld Ensemble.