As a composer and artist who primarily works with sound, Daniel De Togni is fascinated with the concept of space in sound/music. He is interested in the psychological space that music inhabits in the minds of listeners, performers and/or creators, how sonic objects interact with each other in real-time and space, as well as how sound can evoke an image or landscape in a person’s mind. It is truly astonishing how music can act as a catalyst between memory and real-time, by listening to a piece of music, or hearing a sound, a world/memory (that perhaps no longer exists) from many years ago can be recalled in the mind of the listener and be relived in, if only for a brief moment.

Daniel’s works have been performed by the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, the Julius String Quartet, Hypercube, Unheard-of Ensemble, Trio Immersio, Transient Canvas, the Delgani String Quartet, among others. His works have also been performed at Opera America NYC, in Iceland, Japan, Taiwan, at the International Reed Society, June in Buffalo, the Alba Music Festival, the Hot Air Music Festival in San Francisco, Connecticut Summerfest, Fresh Inc Festival, New Music on the Point, Bowdoin International Music Festival, the American Music Festival, the UNK New Music Festival, as well as throughout the United States. In November of 2020, Daniel’s music was featured on NPR’s Arts & Letters with J. Bradley Minnick in a feature regarding a multi-media collaboration with poet and visual artist Terry Wright. During this feature they discussed their interdisciplinary project, Iterations: 4 Pieces for Narrator, Oboe and Piano.

Daniel De Togni is also a frequent performer on the Japanese flute, the shakuhachi. He has conducted various masterclasses regarding composing for the shakuhachi as well as performing frequently in intercultural concerts. In the summer of 2023, he served as the Shakuhachi Artist-in-residence for the Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium, and has mentored students of the University of Oregon in composition and notation for the shakuhachi.

Daniel is currently a Ph.d candidate in Composition at the University of Oregon. He has a Master of Music degree in Composition, as well as a Postgraduate Degree in Music Technology from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Daniel completed his Bachelor of Music degree in composition at UCA.