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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
electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...
with Alvise Vidolin at the Venice Conservatory 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 and Luigi Nono. He won the Prix de Rome in 1985. In 1986, he represented Italy at the
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International Rostrum of Composers. In 2007, he received the Leone d'Oro per la Musica at the Biennale di Venezia. He has received commissions from RAI, WDR, the French government, the
Teatro La Fenice Teatro La Fenice (; "The Phoenix (mythology), Phoenix Theatre") is a historic opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of "the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre" and in the history of opera as a whole. Especial ...
, the Accademia Filarmonica Romana and from other institutions. He has worked for the ''Centro per la Sonologia Computazionale'' in Padova since 1976. He is a professor with the department of information engineering of the University of Padova. 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