Maurizio "OttO" de togni

Maurizio De Togni (better known as Otto) has been a music-maker and independent music producer since 1990. As consultant, among his clients you'll find Paramount Pictures, James Valentine & Jesse Carmichael (Maroon 5), Mike Posner, John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, as well as various popular and Grammy Award-winner artists/producers/engineers/studios.

His background includes wide experience as a musician, composer, arranger, programmer/Pro Tools operator, and audio technologist for Italian, American, and international artists in the classical, pop, rock and dance fields as well as international commercials (Heineken©, Subaru©, Campari©).

With 58 certifications, that makes him "the most certified man in the planet":
"Apple Logic Pro X Certified Master Pro & Trainer" (since v.7),
"Avid Certified Pro Tools 2018 Expert/Instructor (since v.7)

With 7000+ students and 700+ classes all over the world, he has taught/designed curriculums at the Academy of Entertainment Arts and Professions at Milan’s "Teatro alla Scala", Soho Editors (AATC, London - UK), Espero (AATC, Milan - IT), University of California Los Angeles (UCLA Extension), Musicians Institute (Hollywood, CA), Digital Media Academy at Stanford University, CSCM @ Shepherd University (Los Angeles, CA), "Grammy Museum" of Los Angeles.

For Macworld@, he wrote almost a hundred of articles on music data processing and audio-pro solutions (which includes the "iLife-Pro"© book). He worked as a foreign contributor on many prestigious events (NAMM show©, AES© , MAcWorld WWDC© …).

He’s the recipient of the “2012 Outstanding Instructors” award at University of California Los Angeles in entertainment studies and performing arts, as well as "Peer-to-Peer/Instructor of the Year 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018 at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA

He lives in Santa Monica and loves to travel with his lovely family and he’s big fan of great food. Producer and publisher of the “A Queen In the Kitchen” book and YouTube/Vimeo!