Lucio Gregoretti (born 1961) is an Italian composer. He composed

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symphonic A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning ...

and

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of Musical instrument, instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a Great chamber, palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music ...

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, as well as

incidental music Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program, video game, or some other presentation form that is not primarily musical. The term is less frequently applied to film music, with such music being referred to instead as th ...

for theatre plays,

musical comedies Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement ...

, and

film score A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

Biography

He studied

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with Mauro Bortolotti and

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with Bruno Cagli at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in the city of his birth, Rome, and there obtained his diploma. He also attended seminars and courses in composition with

Sylvano Bussotti Sylvano Bussotti (1 October 1931 – 19 September 2021) was an Italian composer of contemporary classical music, also a painter, set and costume designer, opera director and manager, writer and academic teacher. His compositions employ graphic n ...

and

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, and courses in

conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or Choir, choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary d ...

with

Franco Ferrara Franco Ferrara (Palermo, 4 July 1911Florence, 7 September 1985) was an Italian conductor and teacher. Among his many students are various prominent conductors, including Roberto Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Andrew Davis and Riccardo Muti. Life a ...

and Giampiero Taverna. He has been

composer-in-residence Artist-in-residence (also Writer-in-residence), or artist residencies, encompass a wide spectrum of artistic programs that involve a collaboration between artists and hosting organisations, institutions, or communities. They are programs that pr ...

at a number of institutions, including Instituto Sacatar (Brazil, 2006), the

MacDowell Colony MacDowell is an artist's residency program in Peterborough, New Hampshire. The program was founded in 1907 by composer Edward MacDowell and his wife, pianist and philanthropist Marian MacDowell. Prior to July 2020, it was known as the MacDo ...

(New Hampshire, 2005 and 2006), (Germany, 2005), Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen (Germany 2002–2003). His works have been commissioned and performed by a number of institution including

Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia () is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world, founded by the papal bull ''Ratione congruit'', issued by Sixtus V in 1585, which invoked two saints prominent in Western musical history: Gre ...

(Rome),

Teatro Massimo The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located on the Piazza Verdi in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (at the time of its ...

in Palermo,

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma The Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (Rome Opera House) is an opera house in Rome, Italy. Originally opened in November 1880 as the 2,212 seat ''Costanzi Theatre'', it has undergone several changes of name as well modifications and improvements. The pres ...

Teatro Donizetti The Teatro Donizetti is an opera house in Bergamo, Italy. Built in the 1780s using a design by architect Giovanni Francesco Lucchini, the theatre was originally referred to as either the Teatro Nuovo or Teatro di Fiera. The first opera to be mou ...

in Bergamo, Solistes Européens (Luxembourg), Teatro Sociale di

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, ISCM Bucharest, Festival Pergolesi-Spontini (

Jesi Jesi () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Ancona, in the Italian region of Marche. It is an important industrial and artistic center in the floodplain on the left (north) bank of the Esino river, before its mouth on the Adria ...

), Nuova Orchestra Scarlatti (Naples), Progetto Sonora (Cologne), Todi Music Fest (

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), Klangspectrum (

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); and they are regularly performed worldwide in contemporary music festivals. He is the author of incidental music for theatre plays, musical comedies, and film scores since 1983, including works for Henryk Baranowski, Marco Mattolini,

Margarethe von Trotta Margarethe von Trotta (; born 21 February 1942)Hans Helmut Prinzler, ''Chronik des deutschen Films, 1895–1994'' (Stuttgart and Weimar: Verlag J. B. Metzler, 1995), p. 149. is a German film director, screenwriter, and actress. She has been ref ...

, and

Lina Wertmüller Arcangela Felice Assunta "Lina" Wertmüller (; 14 August 1928 – 9 December 2021) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her 1970s art film, art house films ''Seven Beauties'',' ''The Seduction of Mimi'', ''Lov ...

. His works are published by

Rai Trade (), commercially styled as since 2000 and known until 1954 as (RAI), is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terrestrial and subscription television channels and ...

and

Suvini Zerboni Suvini Zerboni (ESZ) Italian music publishing house founded in 1907 in Milan, taking its name from the theater society of the same name. The ESZ catalogue included, besides operetta favourites, the best of Italian contemporary music, such compose ...

, and released on CD by CNI, Musicaimmagine, Rai Trade, and Vdm. He served as president of Rome based Associazione Nuova Consonanza from 2015 to 2021. In January 2025 he has been nominated artistic director of Fondazione Ravello.

Selected works

;Stage *''Cara Italia, alfin ti miro'' (2011) music theatre scene for reciter, soprano, baritone, and ensemble. Libretto by Giorgio Somalvico. 48th Festival Nuova Consonanza,

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, 2011. *''Cenerentola.com'' (2011) stage opera in two acts for seven singers, children choir, and large orchestra. In collaboration with Nicola Sani, libretto by Albertina Archibugi. Palermo,

, 2011. *''La Fugitive'' (2009) stage opera in three acts), for six singers, children chorus, and chember orchestra. Libretto by Daniel Goldenberg.

, 2009. *''L’ultimo avventore'' (2007) stage opera in one act, for two singers and chamber orchestra. Libretto by Bruno Cagli. Edizioni Musicali Rai Trade. Rome, Roma Sinfonietta, 2007. *''Il piccolo cantore'' (2004) stage opera in one act, for six singers, one actor, choir, children’s chorus, and orchestra. Libretto by

Ugo Gregoretti Ugo Gregoretti (28 September 1930 – 5 July 2019) was an Italian film, television and stage director, actor, screenwriter, author and television host. He directed 20 films during his career. Biography Born in Rome, Gregoretti entered RAI ...

. Bergamo, Teatro Gaetano Donizetti, 2005. *''Il Gioco dei Mostri'' (1999) stage opera in a prologue and two acts, for six singers, one actor, nine instruments. Collaboration with Nicola Sani, Libretto by Paolo Fallai. Rome, Accademia Nazionale di santa Cecilia, Teatro Valle, 1999. *''Una Favola per Caso'' (1996) stage opera for children in a prologue and two acts, for seven singers, choir, children’s chorus, and orchestra. Collaboration with Nicola Sani, Libretto by Albertina Archibugi. Rovigo, Teatro Sociale, 1997. ;Orchestral, choral *''Missa Sancti Johannis Baptistae, in memoriam Johannis Baptistae Pergolesi'' (2011) for soloists, chorus, two pianos, harmonium. Jesi, 11th Festival Pergolesi Spontini, 2011.Se
Fondazione Pergolesi-Spontini
site. *''La Creazione'' (2008) for reciter and string orchestra, on a poem by Giorgio Somalvico. Bolzano, 2009. *''Tetra'' (2008) for clarinet, piano and string orchestra. Rome, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco della Musica, 2008. *''Io corro'' (2007) for reciter and orchestra, on texts by

Dacia Maraini Dacia Maraini (; born November 13, 1936) is an Italian writer. Maraini's work focuses on women's issues, and she has written numerous plays and novels. She has won awards for her work, including the Formentor Prize for ''L'età del malessere'' ...

. L’Aquila, Istituzione Sinfonica Abruzzese, 2007. *''Ipocantico (Invocazione in frantumi)'' (2007) for flute and string orchestra. Assisi, 2007. *''P.A.C.E. (preludio aperto, cantabile, ending)'' (2006) for orchestra. Scala (Salerno), 2006. *''Cavallo in un’Isola'' (1999) for reciter and orchestra, on a text by

Jacques Prévert Jacques Prévert (; 4 February 1900 – 11 April 1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the Poetic realism, poetic ...

. Todi Arte Festival,1999. ;Chamber *''Advice'' (2010) for mezzo-soprano and guitar, on a text by Tiziana Masucci. 47th Festival Nuova Consonanza, American Academy in Rome, 2010. *''Looking Up'' (2008) for piano. Münster (Germany), 2009. *''Solitude'' (2008) for solo amplified viola. Spittal an der Drau (Austria), 2008. *''Trasporto 1941'' (2008) for flute and percussion. Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica – Sala Santa Cecilia, 2008. *''Bicinia'' (2007–2008) for two sopranos and marimba, on poems by Bruno Cagli. Rome, Vdm Studio, 2008. *''Immaginario connettivo'' (2007) for string quartet. Bucharest, ISCM Festival, 2008. *''Mundus novus'' (2006) for flute and piano. Philadelphia, PA, 2007. *''Conseguenze'' (2003) for flute, violin, live electronics. Cologne, 2003. *''Metatem'' (2003) for three accordions. Rome, 2003.

References

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