Silvia Rosani studied Composition in Udine (Italy) and at Mozarteum Universität in Salzburg (Austria), and further specialised through masterclasses with Klaus Huber, Brice Pauset, Beat Furrer and Salvatore Sciarrino. Her pieces have been played by ensembles such as the ÖENM, Zahir Ensemble, Platypus Ensemble and Vocal Arts Stuttgart. In 2009, Silvia’s composition La nube e Issione won first prize at the "Vocal Arts" Composition Competition and was performed at the Biennale Salzburg, while in 2013 Silvia was awarded the Bernhard-Paumgartner Medal by the Mozarteum Foundation.
Silvia Rosani holds a 5-year degree in Electronic Engineering and also works with software for live electronics and sound analysis, which she used to compose Versteinerte Flüge, a chamber opera performed at the Taschenopernfetsival 2011 in Salzburg (ARGEkultur).
During a five-month residency at Akademie Schloss Solitude, she worked at T-O, a composition for five voices, which was premiered at the festival ECLAT 2014 by Neue Vocalsolisten and further performed by the ensemble at the festival MATA 2014, Venice Biennale, Teatro de la Zarzuela (Madrid), Centro Kursaal (San Sebastian), Onassis Cultural Centre (Athens) and Wege durch das Land Festival 2017. White Masks, a cycle for cello, live electronics and resonators, developed in collaboration with cellist Esther Saladin and visual artist Ines Rebelo, was awarded the Francis Chagrin Award in 2015, a Public Engagement grant from the Institute of Musical Research (IMR) and the support of the Goldsmiths Annual Fund (2017). In 2017, Silvia was the recipient of the IMRO/Music Current commission and produced Frauenstimmen, a composition for piano and live electronics, that was premiered by Xenia Pestova and Silvia at Smock Alley Theatre (Dublin, Ireland) in April 2018 and further performed by Silvia and Anna D'Errico at Rhialto Theatre (Limassol, Cyprus) in July 2018 during SMC 2018. In 2019 Silvia was first in residence at the Human-Computer Interaction through Subnet to work on a project with Canadian percussionist Tom Jacuqes, and, later, in residence in Matera (In Vitro residencies) to create an installation for LOXOSconcept and Matera Basilicata 2019. The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2019 will host Silvia's new interactive installation. Silvia Rosani completed a PhD in Music (composition) at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she works as Associate Lecturer.