Alessandro Paganelli is a Berlin-based composer and guitarist whose work moves fluidly between contemporary classical music, dance, film, and high fashion. His style is emotionally resonant and texturally rich, designed to invite the listener into spaces of reflection, presence, and fragile beauty.

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Paganelli’s work has been internationally commissioned across diverse disciplines. He writes regularly for Paris Fashion Week, composing the original score for Rami Al Ali’s 2025 presentation and collaborating with Tony Ward on his Paris Fashion Week show.  His screen work includes scoring the award-winning documentaries Distilled (Best Documentary, Berlin Indie Film Festival 2024) and Dominique (Best Short Documentary, Wyoming International Film Festival; Humanitarian Award, DOC Utah), which was also broadcast on SDPB. In dance, he composed the full-length ballet Mortar & Pestle, which premiered in New York and was later staged internationally, reworked the ballet "The Nutcracker" with choreographer Barry Kerollis, and is currently developing the new ballet Sylphide with choreographer Aaron Thao. His music has been released by international labels such as Ameritz Music (UK) and Believe Music (France).

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At the heart of his practice lies a quiet search for connection:

"When I compose, I search for a key to access the place wherein a bridge between the sound and the listener is created — a space where we can hear ourselves reflected through the music."

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Born into a musical family, Paganelli began his journey with classical guitar at seven and deepened his focus at the Conservatorium Maastricht and the Accademia Chigiana, studying with masters like Oscar Ghiglia, Carlo Marchione, Alan Belkin, and immersing himself in Baroque repertoire. After years of performing widely across Europe as a soloist and orchestral guitarist, this performance background gradually informed his transition toward composition and the search for a personal musical language.

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Now based in Berlin, he continues to explore music as a meeting place between the intimate and the universal, creating sound worlds that invite reflection while serving the vision of each creative partner.