About Me

Donato is a keyboard player and sound designer based in Geneva, Switzerland. Currently, he is a member of “Freddie and The Cannonballs”, band nominated for the 2024 Swiss Blues Awards. The band gained recognition by securing victory in the 2021 Swiss Blues Challenge, leading them to proudly represent Switzerland at the 2022 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, where they reached the semi-finals, and at the 2023 European Blues Challenge in Chorzów. In 2025, the band was also featured in the Swiss Blues Awards.

Donato’s musical versatility extends beyond blues, encompassing projects such as “NextOne” (rock), and “Extempura” (experimental). In addition to his band affiliations, Donato actively engages as a featured artist in diverse studio projects, with recent collaborations including “Hus-Band” (classic rock), “My Beautiful Disorders” (pop), and “eXomind” (pop-rock).

Donato kicked off his musical journey at the age of six when he first tinkered with the keyboard. By eleven, he was already performing, setting the stage for a passion that would shape his life. In 2004, he joined the rock band “The Flag,” clocking in over 200 gigs in Switzerland and northeast Italy and recording five albums.

Current music interests

Blues & Hard Blues
Psychedelic Rock
Progressive Rock
Progressive Metal
Post Rock
Industrial / Electro
Experimental
Cinematics

My setup

Hardware: Hammond Skx Pro with Leslie Tornado, Moog One 16, Arturia MatrixBrute, Korg Kronos II, Nord Electro 6D, Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S61, Moog Theremini, Moog Theremin Etherware.

Software/DAW: Cubase 9 Artist, Ableton Live 10 Standard, Pure Data

VST/Plugins: Waves Diamond Bundle, Native Instruments Komplete 12 Ultimate Collectors Edition, Arturia V Collection 6, Heavyocity Collection, Soundiron (Ambius Prime, Antidrum Machine, Apocalypse Elements, Apocalypse Percussion Micro, Aztec Death Whistle, Elysium Harp, Emotional Piano, Glitch Hero, Mercury Boys Choir Micro, Mercury Elements, Motor Rhythms, Olympus Choir Micro, Olympus Elements, Requiem Light, Shudder, Sick1, Sick2, Sick3, Sick4, Sick5, Sick6, Theremin+, Voices of Gaia, Voices of Rage)

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DISCOGRAPHY

2024            HOLD ON

FREDDIE AND THE CANNONBALLS

2023            INSIDE OUR MINDS

NEXTONE

2023            ENDLESS LOVE

MY BEAUTIFUL DISORDERS

2022            ALIVE

NEXTONE

2018            UNPLUG ME

EXOMIND

2014            PROVE D’ABBANDONO

CURRY DOO

2014            UNCHAINED

THE FLAG

2012            HANDS

THE FLAG

2010            BLOO

THE FLAG

2009            RULED BY APHRODITE

THE FLAG

2006            BLUE NORTHER

THE FLAG

COMPILATIONS AND STUDIO COLLABORATIONS

2011            MAI CHIUSO (1) OCCHIO, THE FLAG

The Worst aWkWords

2009            MX3 – VOL. 3, THE FLAG

Mx3

2009            BLUES TO BOP, THE FLAG

Blues to Bop

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