Dario Calderone is a multidisciplinary artist, composer and musician, born in Rome in 1978 and currently based in Amsterdam. 

Internationally recognized as a double bass player, he has collaborated with composers and artists such as Pierre Boulez, Salvatore Sciarrino, Annea Lockwood, Christian Marclay, and Druba Ghosh. He has been a member of contemporary ensembles including Algoritmo (2005–2010), Nieuw Ensemble (2009–2019), and Trio Feedback (2020–2024), and has toured with Klangforum Wien, Constantinople, and the Atlas Ensemble. He is currently a member of MAZE. Calderone has made a significant contribution to the development of the solo double bass repertoire, premiering hundreds of new works by composers such as Peter Ablinger, Giorgio Netti, Alberto Posadas, Helena Tulve, Yannis Kyriakides, Bernhard Lang, and Silvia Borzelli, among others. 

His work spans composition, sound installation, recording, and community-based practices, and is deeply informed by Deep Listening as a method for artistic research, social engagement, and ecological awareness. He holds certification as a Deep Listening facilitator from the Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Listening, understood as a voluntary and relational act, lies at the core of his artistic practice and informs projects that explore sound, environment, memory, and collective experience. His work often unfolds in participatory formats—workshops, listening gatherings, and site-specific situations—moving beyond the conventions of the concert hall. In 2025, he co-founded Stichting Eco Acoustics, an artist-run platform that fosters listening as a tool to connect human and more-than-human worlds. His ongoing research includes dream yoga, collective dreaming, and listening to dreams as practices for community building and social transformation.