Carlo Elia Praderio (Varese, 1993) is an Italian composer.

Winner of the “Prix de composition de la Fondation Salabert 2021”, Carlo Elia collaborates with ensembles and soloists 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, Duo Dubois, Orchestra of the Milan Conservatory, Raffaele Marsicano, Carlo Sampaolesi, Mattia Parisse, and conductors such as Léo Warinsky, Leonhard Garms, Sandro Gorli, Marc Hajjar, Alexander Sinan Binder, Giorgio Musolesi, Deun Lee, among others.

His music has been commissioned and programmed in festivals and venues such as Philharmonie de Paris, NOW! Festival at Philharmonie Essen, musikprotokoll at Helmut List Halle Graz, Sound Plasma Tallinn, Nouvelles Aventures at Wiener Konzerthaus, Deutscher Musikrat, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, Festival de Royaumont, Transart Bozen, Festival CrossRoads at the Mozarteum Salzburg, SMC Lausanne, Sound of Wonder at Fondazione Feltrinelli of Milano, Goethe-Institut Rom, Teatro Carcano of Milan, 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, ORF radio, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Radio Télévision Suisse, Radio y Televisión Española.

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”. His teachers include Stefano Gervasoni, Gabriele Manca, Yan Maresz, Luis Naon, Grégoire Lorieux, and Maurizio Azzan. He participated in Opus#1 at Royaumont with Thomas Lacôte and Hervé Robbe.

He teaches Harmony and Analysis at the Monopoli Conservatory.