Teho Teardo

Teho Teardo (born 1966) is an Italian musician and composer.

He is a founding member of the rock band Meathead. In the 1990s he collaborated with Mick Harris, Jim Coleman and Lydia Lunch. With Scott McCloud (Girls Against Boys) he started a new project called ''Operator''. Together they released an album titled ''Welcome to the Wonderful World'' in 2003, and toured with Placebo. In 2006, with Erik Friedlander, he made an album inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini's poetry. In 2013 he started a fruitful collaboration with Blixa Bargeld and they have released four albums to date.

Teardo has composed musical scores for many Italian films like Gabriele Salvatores' ''Denti'', Paolo Sorrentino's ''The Family Friend'', Andrea Molaioli's ''Slam'', and ''Il Divo''. For ''Denti'' he was awarded the Quality prize from the Italian Minister of Culture. For his soundtrack ''Il Divo'' Teardo won the David di Donatello Award in 2009.

He lives and works in Rome. Provided by Wikipedia