Claudio Ambrosini (born 9 April 1948) is an Italian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Def ...

and conductor.

Biography

He studied foreign languages and

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at the Università di Milano graduating with an MA in 1972. Afterwards, he studied

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with Alvise Vidolin at the

Venice Conservatory The Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia is a conservatory in Venice, Italy named after composer Benedetto Marcello and established in 1876. History The conservatory was established in 1876 as ''Liceo e Società Musicale Benedett ...

from 1972 to 1975. He also studied early instruments there from 1975 to 1978 and music history at the Università di Venezia, where he received an MA in 1978. He was influenced in his compositions by his encounters with

Bruno Maderna Bruno Maderna (21 April 1920 – 13 November 1973) was an Italian conductor and composer. Life Maderna was born Bruno Grossato in Venice but later decided to take the name of his mother, Caterina Carolina Maderna.Interview with Maderna‘s th ...

and

Luigi Nono Luigi Nono (; 29 January 1924 – 8 May 1990) was an Italian avant-garde composer of classical music. Biography Early years Nono, born in Venice, was a member of a wealthy artistic family; his grandfather was a notable painter. Nono beg ...

. He won the

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in 1985. In 1986, he represented Italy at the

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International Rostrum of Composers. In 2007, he received the

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per la Musica at the

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. He has received commissions from

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, WDR, the

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government, the

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, the

Accademia Filarmonica Romana The Accademia Filarmonica Romana is a musical institution based in Rome, Italy. It was established in 1821 by a group of upper class amateur musicians led by the Marquis Raffaele Muti Papazzurri (1801–1858) in order to encourage the performance o ...

and from other institutions. He has worked for the ''Centro per la Sonologia Computazionale'' in

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since 1976. He is a professor with the department of information engineering of the

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. In 1979, he founded the ''Ex Novo Ensemble'' in Venice, which is dedicated to the execution of contemporary music. In 1983, he founded the ''Centro Internazionale per la Ricerca Strumentale'', where he is still director.

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Biography and worksEx Novo Ensemble
1948 births Living people Italian composers Italian male composers Italian male conductors (music) University of Milan alumni Academic staff of the University of Padua 21st-century Italian conductors (music) 21st-century Italian male musicians {{Italy-composer-stub