Raffaele Marcellino (b. 1964) is an Australian composer whose chamber, orchestral, choral and operatic works have been performed by leading ensembles including OzOpera, The Song Company, Synergy, the Continuum Saxophone Quartet and the major symphony orchestras, as well as internationally by Ensemble Modern and the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne. A 1985 graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium, his teachers included Richard Toop, Gillian Whitehead and Martin Wesley-Smith. His operas L’arte di volare, The Flight of Les Darcy and Midnite have been widely staged, and his honours include an Australia Council Fellowship and two Paul Lowin Prizes. Alongside composing, Marcellino has held senior education leadership roles: Principal of the Australian Institute of Music, foundation Dean of Collarts, Chief Academic Officer of SAE Global in Oxford, and more recently an Executive Director at TAFE NSW. He says his music “values idiosyncrasy over ideology and wit rather than obscurity.”