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Giulio Castagnoli (born 22 November 1958 in
Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
) is an Italian composer. Castagnoli, great-grandson of the Florentine composer and pianist Edgardo Del Valle de Paz, graduated in literature (
Turin University The University of Turin (Italian language, Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public university, public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the List ...
), piano and composition (
Turin Conservatory The Conservatorio Statale di Musica Giuseppe Verdi, also known as the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi or Conservatorio Torino and more commonly known in English as the Turin Conservatory, is a music conservatory in Turin, Italy. It should not be confu ...
) before postgraduate degrees in composition at the
Hochschule für Musik Freiburg The Hochschule für Musik Freiburg ("University of Music Freiburg or Freiburg Conservatory of Music") is a public music academy subsidized by the State of Baden-Württemberg for academic research and artistic and pedagogical training in music. ...
with
Brian Ferneyhough Brian John Peter Ferneyhough (; born 16 January 1943) is an English composer. Ferneyhough is typically considered the central figure of the New Complexity movement. Ferneyhough has taught composition at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and ...
(1986), and at
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 ...
in Rome with
Franco Donatoni Franco Donatoni (9 June 1927 – 17 August 2000) was an Italian composer. Biography Born in Verona, Donatoni started studying violin at the age of seven, and frequented the local music academy. Later, he studied at the Milan Conservatory ...
(1987). He is currently professor of composition at the Turin Conservatory. Castagnoli collaborates with RAI-Radiotelevisione Italiana as a musicologist in programs on contemporary music, leads a concert series in Turin, and is the editor of the musical review "Quaderni di Musica Nuova". He won several international composition contexts. His one act
radio opera Radio opera (German: 'Funkoper' or 'Radiooper') is a genre of opera. It refers to operas which were specifically composed to be performed on the radio and is not to be confused with broadcasts of operas which were originally written for the stage. ...
"To the Museum" (libretto by
Ugo Nespolo Ugo Nespolo (born 29 August 1941 in Mosso, Biella) is an Italian artist, painter, sculptor, filmmaker and writer. He lives and works in Turin. Life and works Nespolo graduated at the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti of Turin with Enrico Pau ...
) got a special mention of the Jury at 1991 Prix Italia. He was selected in many other events, like the World Music Days of the ISCM in Hong Kong in 1988.
Luciano Berio Luciano Berio (24 October 1925 – 27 May 2003) was an Italian composer noted for his experimental music, experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition ''Sinfonia (Berio), Sinfonia'' and his series of virtuosic solo pieces titled ''Seque ...
conducted his music. Castagnoli has also received commissions from
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, RAI-Italian Radio, the City of
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, Stamford Chamber Orchestra (U.S.A.),
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, and from festivals, soloists and ensembles including the Elision Ensemble, Melbourne, Nieuw Ensemble, Amsterdam, Divertimento Ensemble, Milan, Xenia Ensemble, Turin. Castagnoli was invited by DAAD – Senate of Berlin as composer in residence 1998–99 and in summer 2003. As a musicologist, he obtained scholarship from the
Paul Sacher Paul Sacher (28 April 190626 May 1999) was a Swiss conductor, patron and billionaire businessman. At the time of his death Sacher was majority shareholder of pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche and was considered the third richest person i ...
Foundation, Basel in 1999.
Luciano Berio Luciano Berio (24 October 1925 – 27 May 2003) was an Italian composer noted for his experimental music, experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition ''Sinfonia (Berio), Sinfonia'' and his series of virtuosic solo pieces titled ''Seque ...
commissioned from him his ''Concerto per Violoncello e Doppia Orchestra'', for Santa Cecilia 2002 which had a 3 concert season in Rome.


List of works

# "Qui conta come Narcis" ... per
pianoforte A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an action mechanism where hammers strike strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a chromatic scale in equal temp ...
e voce recitante ad libitum (1982) ( 6') (Ricordi).
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, Teatro Municipale, 18 febbraio 1983, Livia Conte # "Quasi una fantasia" (sopra un finale) (1983) (8') per
pianoforte A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an action mechanism where hammers strike strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a chromatic scale in equal temp ...
solo (Ricordi).
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, 17 marzo 1984, Conservatorio, Francesco Cipolletta # "Le ore e le lune" opera da camera on a libretto by Sergio Liberovici, for soprano, flute (or ottavino), clarinet (or clarinet bass), guitar (or mandolin), violoncello (1984). Turin, 3 maggio 1984, Salone
Ippolito Nievo Ippolito Nievo (; 30 November 1831 – 4 March 1861) was an Italians, Italian writer, journalist and patriot. His ''Confessions of an Italian'' is widely considered the most important novel about the Italian ''Italian unification, Risorgimento'' ...
, Luisa Castellani, voce, Mara Armanni, violoncello, Sergio Delmastro, clarinetto, Davide Ficco, chitarra, Claudio Montafia, flauto # "Ricercare sopra un tema di Francesco Geminiani" per
oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double-reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common type of oboe, the soprano oboe pitched in C, ...
e
clavicembalo A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a musical keyboard, keyboard. Depressing a key raises its back end within the instrument, which in turn raises a mechanism with a small plectrum made from quill or plastic that plucks one ...
(1984) (6') Saint Vincent, Sala dei Congressi, 26 aprile 1985, Silvano Scanziani, oboe, Maria Grazia Bertocchi, clavicembalo # "Serenata après l'11.ème étude de Villalobos" per chitarra (1984) (6') (Edipan)(disco PAN3009 e disco Oliphant CNTP 00991.
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, Musikhochschule, 8 gennaio 1986, Jürgen Ruck # "Partita " per contrabbasso (1984, rev.1993) (4') # "Uqbar", trio d'archi per 7 sopra una canzone famosa per ottavino, clarinetto basso, percussioni,
pianoforte A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an action mechanism where hammers strike strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a chromatic scale in equal temp ...
, violino,
viola The viola ( , () ) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than violins, and have a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the ...
e
violoncello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C ...
(1984) (15') (Edizioni
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 ...
)(Disco Happy New Ears-Compositori Associati, Ca 912) Graz, Steirisches Herbst, Musikprotokoll, 24 ottobre 1986, Pro Arte Ensemble Graz, direttore
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# "Quartetto per archi" (note ad A Bao A Qu) (13') (1985) Milano, 1 ottobre 1985, Auditorium di Porta Vigentina, Quartetto Arditti # "Finzione" per ottavino,
oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double-reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common type of oboe, the soprano oboe pitched in C, ...
, clarinetto basso,
clavicembalo A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a musical keyboard, keyboard. Depressing a key raises its back end within the instrument, which in turn raises a mechanism with a small plectrum made from quill or plastic that plucks one ...
, percussioni, violino, viola e violoncello (8')(1985) Roma, 21 giugno 1985, Villa Medici, Gruppo Musica d’Oggi, direttore Gino Lanzillotta # "Limber Jack" per sassofoni soprano, tenore e baritono (5' opp.10', opp.15 ')(1985)
Ferrara Ferrara (; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main ...
, Aterforum, 5 giugno 1985, Alfredo Ponissi, sassofoni # ""L'inutil precauzione"" (aria del cembalo), per ottavino, sassofono tenore, tromba e
clavicembalo A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a musical keyboard, keyboard. Depressing a key raises its back end within the instrument, which in turn raises a mechanism with a small plectrum made from quill or plastic that plucks one ...
( 7')(1985) –
Torino Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...
, Settembre Musica, Teatro Nuovo, 19 settembre 1985 Maria Luisa Pacciani, clavicembalo, Renato Cugno, tromba, Claudio Montafia, ottavino, Alfredo Ponissi, sassofono # "Finzione II" – concerto per violoncello e orchestra (14') (1985) (piccola
orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, ...
) Freiburg, 10 luglio 1986, Carola Drexler, violoncello # "Klang per archi", omaggio a
Giacinto Scelsi Giacinto Francesco Maria Scelsi (; 8 January 1905 – 9 August 1988, sometimes cited as 8 August 1988) was an Italian composer who also wrote surrealist poetry in French. He is best known for having composed music based around only one pitch, ...
(7')(1986) (Casa Musicale Sonzogno)(Disco Happy New Ears- Compositori Associati CA912) Maiano, 4 ottobre 1986, Haydn Philarmonia, direttore Ezio Rojatti # "Trio per violino", violoncello e pianoforte (9') (1986) (Edizioni Suvini Zerboni)(Disco Happy New Ears-Compositori Associati, CA 912) Roma,
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del Foro Italico, 31 ottobre 1986, Mario Buffa violino, Luigi Lanzillotta violoncello, Giancarlo Simonacci, pianoforte # "Duo per violino solo" (8') (1986) (Edizioni
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 ...
).
Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...
,
Concertgebouw Concertgebouw may refer to one of the following concert halls: * Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands * Concertgebouw, Bruges, Belgium * Concertgebouw de Vereeniging, Netherlands {{disambiguation Buildings and structures disambiguation pages ...
, 18 aprile 1987, Cécile Huijnen, violino # "Trio II" per flauto, clarinetto basso e arpa (10) (1986) (Edizioni Suvini Zerboni) ( Disco Happy New Ears- Compositori Associati, CA 912).
Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...
, 12 novembre 1987, Gaudeamus Music Week, Waalse Kerk, Harry Sparnaay, clarinetto basso, Harrie Staareveld, Flauto, Masumi Nagasawa, arpa Altra versione: Trio II b per flauto, clarinetto basso e pianoforte (1986/87) (10') (Edizioni Suvini Zerboni)(Disco Happy New Ears – Compositori Associati, CA911) Amsterdam, De Ijsbrecker, 18 marzo 1988, Het Trio: Harry Sparnaay, clarinetto Basso, Harrie Starreveld, flauto, René Eckhardt, pianoforte # "Trio per quattro" per flauto, clarinetto basso, chitarra e pianoforte (altra versione di Trio II) (10')(1986/87)(Edizioni Suvini Zerboni) (Disco ADDA 590014 AD 184)
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...
, T eatro Colon, 10 agosto 1987, Antidogma Musica, direttore Enrico Correggia # "Secondo quartetto con voci" per quartetto d'archi, soprano, attrice e nastro magnetico (14') (1987) (Edizioni Suvini Zerboni) (Disco Happy New Ears – Compositori Associati, CA 912) RaiRadiotre, 8 giugno 1987 # "Bestiario", otto studi per trio di fiati per flauto, clarinetto e fagotto (15') (1987) (Edizioni del "Premio
Valentino Bucchi Valentino Bucchi (29 November 1916 – 8 May 1976) was an Italian composer. Biography Bucchi was born in Florence, Italy, the son of musicians. He studied at Luigi Cherubini Conservatory of Music in Florence. He died in Rome, Italy. Works T ...
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, Settembre Musica, 20 settembre 1987, Marco Bruno, flauto, Walter Frezzato, clarinetto, Rodolfo Passuello, fagotto # "Numeri",
Gheorghe Costin Gheorghe Costin (born 1 May 1955 in Baia Mare) is a Romanian conductor and composer. A disciple of Constantin Bugeanu in Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovi� ...
# "Doppio Quintetto" per flauto (anche ottavino e flauto in sol), (anche clarinetto piccolo e basso), corno, chitarra, pianoforte, e quintetto d'archi (13') (1988) (Edizioni Stradivarius) (Disco Stradivarius, STR 33572). Parigi, Grande Salle
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, 17 marzo 1988, Antidogma Musica, direttore Enrico Correggia # "Due stanze giapponesi" per
trombone The trombone (, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's lips vibrate inside a mouthpiece, causing the Standing wave, air c ...
solo (7') (1988) (Ricordi) (Disco RCA CCD 3003) Versione 1992 "Tre stanze giapponesi": Al sole; In un tempio; All'ombra, per trombone solo (Ricordi)Torino, 8 maggio 1993 Goethe – Institut Turin, Roberto Zucca # "Doppio Trio" per flauto, clarinetto basso, arpa, violino, violoncello e pianoforte (8')(1988) (Edizioni Suvini Zerboni).
Cremona Cremona ( , , ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po (river), Po river in the middle of the Po Valley. It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local city a ...
, Spazionovecento, 12 novembre 1988, Gruppo Musica Insieme, direttore Pietro Antonini # "Black out" per sax baritono e pianoforte (altra versione per clarinetto basso e pianoforte) (7') (1988). Roma, S. Margherita in Trastevere, Federico Mondelci, sassofono, Oscar Pizzo, pianoforte # "Quartetto per clarinetto", violino, violoncello e pianoforte (13') (1989) (Quaderni Perugini di Musica Contemporanea).
Perugia Perugia ( , ; ; ) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area. It has 162,467 ...
, 12 maggio 1989, Aula Magna Università per Stranieri, Gabriele Mirabassi, clarinetto, Gabriele Raspanti, violino, Ulrike Brand, violoncello, Meret Kammer, pianoforte # "Sei Haiku" per nove strumenti e soprano (flauto, clarinetto — anche clarinetto basso, percussioni, mandolino, chitarra, arpa, violino, viola e contrabbasso) (eseguibili anche in due cicli di tre pezzi ciascuno) (28') (1989) (Ricordi) (Disco RCA CCD 3011) Commissioned by Elision Ensemble-Melbourne. 15 luglio 1990
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, Melba Hall-University of Melbourne,
ELISION Ensemble The ELISION Ensemble (often referred to as simply ELISION) is a chamber ensemble specialising in contemporary classical music, concentrating on the creation and presentation of new works. The ensemble comprises a core of around 20 virtuoso musicia ...
, direttore
Sandro Gorli Sàndro Gòrli (born 19 June 1948 in Como), an Italian composer, conductor, teacher. The author of "Requiem" for mixed choir a Cappella, written specially for the well-known choir La Chapelle Royale. This composition was included in the Treasury o ...
# "Monk & sphere" per clarinetto basso solo (6') (1990) (Ricordi) (Disco DDT 19203)
Torino Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...
, Festival Antidogma, 30 settembre 1991, Rocco Parisi # "Cinque Madrigali" per undici archi (6 violini, 2 viole, 2 violoncelli e 1 contrabbasso) ( 15') (1990) Commande de la Ville de Gèneve. Gèneve, Hotel de Ville, 9 luglio 1990 Antidogma Ensemble, direttore Andrea Molino Nuova versione: 23/11/1992 Bologna, Teatro Comunale, Accademia Bizantina, direttore Luciano Berio # "Tre
Tanka is a genre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japanese literature. Etymology Originally, in the time of the influential poetry anthology (latter half of the eighth century AD), the term ''tanka'' was used to disti ...
" dallo " Hiakunin Isshu" per flauto e pianoforte (10') (1990) ( EDIPAN) (disco PAN 3039). 10 maggio 1991 Roma, Villa Medici, Manuel Zurria, flauto, Oscar Pizzo, pianoforte # "Quattro Notturni" per quartetto d'archi (terzo quartetto), da "in forma di
Haiku is a type of short form poetry that originated in Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases composed of 17 Mora (linguistics), morae (called ''On (Japanese prosody), on'' in Japanese) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern; that include a ''kire ...
" di Carlo Cignetti (13') (1990) (Ricordi).
Torino Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...
, Tempio Valdese, 9 maggio 1991, Quartetto d’archi di Torino # "Al Museo in volo & a zompi"
opera buffa Opera buffa (, "comic opera"; : ''opere buffe'') is a genre of opera. It was first used as an informal description of Italian comic operas variously classified by their authors as ''commedia in musica'', ''commedia per musica'', ''dramma bernesc ...
radiofonica in un atto e dodici quadri per soprano leggero,
mezzosoprano A mezzo-soprano (, ), or mezzo ( ), is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C to the A two octa ...
, bass barytone, voci recitanti, coro, orchestra e nastro magnetico opera commissionata da Radiotre per il Prix Italia 1991) (45') (1991) (Edizioni Nuova
Fonit Cetra Fonit Cetra was an Italian record label, active between 1957 and 2000. History Fonit Cetra was founded in 1957 from merging two already existing labels: Cetra (acronym from Compagnia per edizioni, teatro, registrazioni ed affini), owned by RAI ...
, Disco Fonit Cetra CTD16) # "Miles" per clarinetto basso e violoncello (6') (1991) (Ricordi). Roma, 23 gennaio 1992, Ciro Scarponi, clarinetto basso, Gino Lanzillotta, violoncello # "Cloches en noir et blanc" per flauto, clarinetto, corno, percussioni, sintetizzatore, pianoforte, violino e violoncello (1991) (14') ( Edizioni Stradivarius) (Disco Stradivarius, STR 33572) 24 gennaio 1992
Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
, Présences 92, Maison de la Radio, Ensemble TM+, direttore
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# "Canti per orchestra" (14') (1991) (Edizioni Ricordi) Commission of the Stamford Chamber Orchestra. 20 giugno 1992 Stamford Con. (U.S.A.), Stamford Chamber Orchestra, direttore
Laurence Gilgore Laurence is in modern use as an English masculine and a French feminine given name. The modern English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and originates from a French form of the Latin ''Laurentius'', a name meaning "man from Laurentum". ...
# "A due voci" per
soprano A soprano () is a type of classical singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hertz, Hz to A5 in Choir, choral ...
, quintetto di fiati e pianoforte (11') da "Ottava Fuga" di
Umberto Saba Umberto Saba (9 March 1883 – 25 August 1957) was an Italian poet and novelist, born Umberto Poli in the cosmopolitan Mediterranean port of Trieste when it was the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Poli assumed the pen name "S ...
(1992) (Ricordi).
Cosenza Cosenza (; Languages of Calabria#Northern Calabrian (Cosentian), Cosentian: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city located in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000, while the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. ...
, Aula Magna dell’ Università della Calabria, Barbara Lazotti, soprano; Gruppo Musica d'Oggi, direttore Gino Lanzillotta # "Tre musiche a china" per flauto (in do e in sol), clarinetto basso, percussioni e
pianoforte A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an action mechanism where hammers strike strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a chromatic scale in equal temp ...
(10') (1992) (Ricordi). 7 ottobre 1994 Paris,
IRCAM IRCAM (French: ''Ircam, '', English: Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music) is a French institute dedicated to the research of music and sound, especially in the fields of Avant-garde music, avant garde and Electroacoustic ...
, Elementi dell’ Orchestra Sinfonica Emilia-Romagna, direttore Bruno Garbarino # "Al Maestro" per ensemble (1992) (2’) (Ricordi) 13/3/1993 Bruxelles, Festival Ars Musica, Nieuw Ensemble di
Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...
, direttore Ed Spanijard # "Una lettera a china" per
violoncello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C ...
e
pianoforte A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an action mechanism where hammers strike strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a chromatic scale in equal temp ...
(1992) (2’) (Ricordi) # "Cloches blanches et noires" per grande
orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, ...
(1992/93) (16') # " Oltre lo stretto vuoto" per pianoforte ed amplificazione (1992/93)( 8') (Ricordi) (Disco RCA 74321-16229-2). 5 ottobre 1993 La Habana, Festival di Musica Contemporanea, Oscar Pizzo # "Vana – Evanescente – Invano", tre pezzi per
orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, ...
(1993) (12') (Ricordi) 18/2/1993 San Remo, Orchestra Filarmonica di San Remo, direttore Daniele Agiman # "Quattro canti di
Omar Khayyam Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīshābūrī (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131) (Persian language, Persian: غیاث الدین ابوالفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشابورﻯ), commonly known as Omar ...
", per sestetto d'archi (1993) (18') 29 settembre 1993 Torino, Festival Antidogma Musica, Auditorium Rai, Sextuor à cordes de L'A.I.E.C. – Lille # "Tre liriche d'Oriente", per flauto dolce basso e basso di viola (1993) (15') versione 1998 per violoncello e flauto in sol 22 febbraio 1994
Lausanne Lausanne ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, city of the Swiss French-speaking Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway bet ...
, Maison de la Radio,
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, viola da gamba, Antonio Politano, flauto dolce basso # "Quattro poemetti", per violoncello ed amplificazione (1993) (18') Commande de Radio France (disco Happy new ear CA9810) 31 gennaio 1994 Paris, Présences 94, Maison de la Radio, Salle Messiaen, Alain Meunier, violoncello, Sy.Te.R du G.R.M. # "Tà paràthura (Le finestre)"- da "Un Quaderno di Kostantinos Kavafis Constantine P. Cavafy", per violino solo (1994) (10').
Torino Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...
, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, 25 giugno 1995,
Enzo Porta Enzo is an Italian given name derivative of the German name Heinz. It can be used also as the short form for Lorenzo, Vincenzo, Innocenzo, or Fiorenzo. It is most common in the Romance-speaking world, particularly in Italy and Latin America. I ...
# "Epéstrephe (Ritorna)"- da "Un Quaderno di Kostantinos Kavafis", per viola d'amore e chitarra a dodici corde (1994) (12') – Roma, 23 giugno 1996, Acquario,
Luca Sanzò Luca or LUCA may refer to: People * Luca (masculine given name), including a list of people * Luca (feminine given name), including a list of people * Luca (surname), including a list of people Places * The ancient name of Lucca, an Etruscan c ...
,
Viola d'amore The viola d'amore (; ) is a 7- or 6- stringed musical instrument with additional sympathetic strings used chiefly in the baroque period. It is played under the chin in the same manner as the violin. Structure and sound The viola d'amore shar ...
, Stefano Cardi, chitarra # "Toù plòiou (A bordo)" – da "Un Quaderno di Kostantinos Kavafis", per arpa (1994) (10') Torino, 8 giugno 1994, Gabriella Bosio # "Hedoné" (Alla voluttà), da "Un Quaderno di Kostantinos Kavafis", per voce, violino e pianoforte (1994)(12').
Faenza Faenza (, ; ; or ; ) is an Italian city and comune of 59,063 inhabitants in the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, situated southeast of Bologna. Faenza is home to a historical manufacture of majolica-ware glazed earthenware pottery, known ...
, Teatro Comunale, 5 novembre 1994, Barbara Lazotti, voce, Sabina Moretti, violino, Bo Price, pianoforte # "Phonés (Voci)", da "Un Quaderno di Kostantinos Kavafis", per
voce Voce (Italian for ''voice'') was a premium Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) using the AT&T GSM network sold by Neiman-Marcus and created by Japanese company Faith Communications. During the month of January 2008, ownership was transferred t ...
e sonagli (1994)(12'). 24 ottobre 1996
Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...
Conservatory, Luisa Castellani, soprano # "I toni della notte", per clavicembalo a tre tastiere con amplificazione ad libitum (1995) (10'). 13 settembre 1995
Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...
, Tsuda Hall, Natsu Yoko – clavicembalo # "Tre canti ebraici" per due violoncelli (1995) (10') Casale Monferrato, Sinagoga, 10 aprile 1995, Renzo Brancaleon e Erica Patrucco, violoncelli # "Tre poesie T'ang" per pianoforte e gruppi di strumenti (flauto – anche ottavino e flauto in sol, oboe – –anche corno inglese, clarinetto – anche clarinetto piccolo, clarinetto basso, corno, 2 percussioni, arpa, 2 violini, viola, violoncello e contrabbasso) (1995) (18')(Disco Stradivarius, STR 33572) 22 luglio 1995 Venezia, La Biennale Musica, Divertimento Ensemble, direttore
Sandro Gorli Sàndro Gòrli (born 19 June 1948 in Como), an Italian composer, conductor, teacher. The author of "Requiem" for mixed choir a Cappella, written specially for the well-known choir La Chapelle Royale. This composition was included in the Treasury o ...
# "Sarabanda, Sarabanda fiorita, Sarabanda sfiorita" per violoncello solo (6’) (1995) Colma di Rosignano, 11 giugno 1995, Erica Patrucco # "Threnos" per
trio Trio may refer to: Music Groups * Trio (music), an ensemble of three performers, or a composition for such an ensemble ** Jazz trio, pianist, double bassist, drummer ** Minuet and trio, a form in classical music ** String trio, a group of three ...
d'archi (1996) (12') 24 aprile 1999 Taskent, Festival di Musica Nuova, Xenia Ensemble # "Il lago notturno/il cielo stellato" (12') secondo trio per violino, violoncello e pianoforte (1996) (disco Moto Perpetuo, Pescocostanzo 1996) –
Pescocostanzo Pescocostanzo is a ''comune'' and town of 1038 inhabitants in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is a tourist destination, attracting people from all over Italy due to its landscape and environment. It is part of the Maiell ...
, 23 luglio 1996, Steven Neugarten Trio # "Le azzurre campane della sera" (12') per 17 archi (1996) Torino, 27 settembre 1996, Conservatorio di Torino, Antidogma Musica, direttore Guido Guida # "Fioriture" (18') per Gu Q'in e 11 strumenti ( flauto, oboe – anche corno inglese, clarinetto – anche clarinetto basso, corno, percussioni, arpa, 2 violini, viola, violoncello e contrabbasso) (1996)- Milano, 28 ottobre 1996 Sala Puccini – La Scala, Divertimento Ensemble, Luca Bonvini, Gu Q’in, direttore
Sandro Gorli Sàndro Gòrli (born 19 June 1948 in Como), an Italian composer, conductor, teacher. The author of "Requiem" for mixed choir a Cappella, written specially for the well-known choir La Chapelle Royale. This composition was included in the Treasury o ...
# "Fioriture II" (18') per viola solista e 11 strumenti soprano ( flauto, oboe – anche corno inglese, clarinetto – anche clarinetto basso, corno, percussioni, arpa, 2 violini, viola, violoncello e contrabbasso) (1996/97) (Disco Stradivarius, STR 33572) Mosca, 24/1071997 Moscow Conservatory, Rachmaninov Hall, Giovanni Cavalli, viola, Orchestra dell'OSER, direttore Giorgio Bernasconi # "5 Trakl-Lieder" (10') per
mezzosoprano A mezzo-soprano (, ), or mezzo ( ), is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C to the A two octa ...
e pianoforte (1997) Manta, 22 settembre 1997, Festival di Antidogma Musica, Marinella Tarenghi- pianoforte, Elena Custer – mezzo-soprano # "Cantico Notturno" (12') per 12 voci e percussioni (1997) Milano, 21 ottobre 1998, Festival Milano Musica-La Scala, Camerata Polifonica, direttore Ruben Jais (Edizioni Nuova Stradivarius) (Disco Stradivarius 33858) # Il Re – monodramma su testo di Carlo Cignetti, per recitante, flauto ( e flauto in sol), clarinetto basso, violino, violoncello, chitarra, pianoforte e mezzo-soprano ad lib.(18') (1997) Roma, 10 maggio 1999,
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 ...
, Freon Ensemble e Burattinmusica # " Sciofar" per fagotto (8’) (1998) # "Due moti d’acqua" per due pianoforti (1995–1998) (15’) Sermoneta, 4 luglio 1998, Festival Pontino, Duo Notarstefano-Risaliti # "Isole" livre pour violoncelle (e nastro ad lib.) (25’) (1998) (disco I concerti di Brunnenburg, Merano TR CD001, 1999) –
Berlino Berlino, an anthropomorphic bear, was the mascot of the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany, noted for his hyperactivity and celebrations with various athletes during the Champ ...
, 27 settembre 1999, Festival Musica Elettronica, Francesco Dillon – violoncello, Folkmar Hein – elettronica dal vivo # "Itaca è questa..." per canto e pianoforte, su testo dall’ Ulisse di
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(4’) (1998). Roma, 13 novembre 1998,
Villa Medici The Villa Medici () is a sixteenth-century Italian Mannerist villa and an architectural complex with 7-hectare Italian garden, contiguous with the more extensive Borghese gardens, on the Pincian Hill next to Trinità dei Monti in the historic ...
, Festival Roma Europa, Rosa Ricciotti, voce, Felice Venanzoni, pianoforte # "Costellazioni" per chitarra solista e gruppo di strumenti (1999) (15’) (inedito) (Disco Stradivarius, STR 33572).
Berlino Berlino, an anthropomorphic bear, was the mascot of the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany, noted for his hyperactivity and celebrations with various athletes during the Champ ...
, 15 giugno 1999 SFB, Kleine Saal: Portät Konzert Giulio Castagnoli, Divertimento Ensemble, Elena Casoli chitarrista, direttore Sandro Gorli # "Un
raga A raga ( ; , ; ) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a musical mode, melodic mode. It is central to classical Indian music. Each raga consists of an array of melodic structures with musical motifs; and, fro ...
" per due violini (1998) (6’)
Merano Merano (, ; ) or Meran () is a (municipality) in South Tyrol, Northern Italy. Generally best known for its Spa town, spa resorts, it is located within a Depression (geology), basin, surrounded by mountains standing up to Height above mean sea ...
, 14 luglio 1998, Biblioteca Civica, Giacomo Agazzini e Umberto Fantini # "Un canto" per violoncello e pianoforte (1999) (2’) # "...pour vous dire..." per pianoforte solo (1999–2004) (4’) # "Je reprends la plume..." per controtenore e trio d’archi, su testo tratto da una lettera di Puskin (1999)(7’). Roma, 17 ottobre 1999, Ambasciata Britannica, David James – controtenore e Xenia Ensemble # "Laudi per doppio coro e orchestra" (testi: dai
Salmi Salmi may refer to: Places * Salmi (rural locality), a rural locality (a settlement) in the Republic of Karelia, Russia * Salmi (air base), a former Soviet air base People * Albert Salmi (1928–1990), American actor * Hazel Salmi (1893–1986 ...
e da Sant'Ambrogio) (1999) (15’) (Disco Stradivarius, STR 33576). Milano, 29 novembre 1999, Sant’Ambrogio, Camerata Polifonica di Milano, Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicali, direttore
Sandro Gorli Sàndro Gòrli (born 19 June 1948 in Como), an Italian composer, conductor, teacher. The author of "Requiem" for mixed choir a Cappella, written specially for the well-known choir La Chapelle Royale. This composition was included in the Treasury o ...
# "Finale (il mare)" per sette strumenti ed elettronica (1999)(8’) Milano, 22 novembre 1999, Palazzo Reale, Freon Ensemble diretto da Stefano Cardi # "
Maqam Maqam, makam, maqaam or maqām (plural maqāmāt) may refer to: Musical structures * Arabic maqam, melodic modes in traditional Arabic music ** Iraqi maqam, a genre of Arabic maqam music found in Iraq * Persian maqam, a notion in Persian clas ...
, eine Vervanderung fuer Bruno Canino", per pianoforte solo
Milano Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nearly 1.4 million, while i ...
, 16 maggio 2000,
Bruno Canino Bruno Canino (born 30 December 1935) is an Italian classical pianist, harpsichordist and composer. Early life Bruno Canino was born in Naples, Italy in 1935, where he studied piano with Vincenzo Vitale. He continued his musical education in ...
# "Chet" per tromba, percussioni (3 piatti sospesi, vibrafono), contrabbasso (2001) (8’)
Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...
, 23 marzo 2001,
Istituto Italiano di Cultura The Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Italian Cultural Institute in English, is a worldwide non-profit organization created by the Italian government. It promotes Italian culture and is involved in the teaching of the Italian language. The creat ...
, Freon Ensemble # "Ritorna" per violoncello con sordina di legno, vibrafono con archetto e tamburo in re (o darabukka) (2001) (8’).
Lucca Città di Lucca ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its Province of Lucca, province has a population of 383,9 ...
, 15 giugno 2001, Associazione Musicale Lucchese, # "Concerto per violoncello e doppia orchestra" (2001–2002) (40’) Commissione dell’
Accademia 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: Greg ...
– Fondazione, Roma 30 novembre 2002, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Enrico Dindo, violoncello, direttore Stefan Anton Reck # "Madrigale guerriero e amoroso", per sei voci e sei strumenti cinesi di tradizione, su testo di
Francesco Petrarca Francis Petrarch (; 20 July 1304 – 19 July 1374; ; modern ), born Francesco di Petracco, was a scholar from Arezzo and poet of the early Italian Renaissance, as well as one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's let ...
(2002) (12’) (anche in versione per sei voci a cappella s., s., c., t., b., b.).
Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...
, 30 Ostober 2002,
Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...
Festival,
The Song Company ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' ...
-Sidney e Hong Kong Virtuosi, direttore
Roland Peelman Roland Sylvester Peelman, is a Belgian conductor and musical director. Peelman was born in a small village near Ghent, Belgium. He studied in Ghent at the conservatorium and Ghent University, and then in Cologne, Germany. Peelman first visited A ...
(Edizioni Nuova Stradivarius) (Disco Stradivarius 33858) # "Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra" (2003) (26’)
Torino Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...
, 10 giugno 2003, Accademia Stefano Tempia, Francesco Cipolletta, pianoforte, direttore Massimo Peiretti # Note del tuono per violoncello e clavicembalo (2003) (6’) Palermo, 25 maggio 2003, Anna Damiani, clavicembalo, Francesco Dillon, violoncello # Terzo Trio (note del tuono) per violino, violoncello e pianoforte preparato con fogli di carta Zagrabia, 20 aprile 2007, Biennale, Trio Debussy # Pasi but but per elettronica (2003) (4’) Cagliari, Spazio Musica, 7 giugno 2003 # Anna e Davide, opera da camera per bambini attori e cantori, attrice, attore, chitarra e violoncello da pagine di diari di bambini deportati nei Lager (libretto dell’autore) (50’) (2003) Casale Monferrato, 14 settembre 2003, Sinagoga, L’Opera dei Ragazzi, Erica Patrucco, violoncello, Oscar Casares, chitarra # Notturno (Wasserklavier II) per fl. (e fl. in sol), cl.basso, v.no., vlc., pianoforte preparato con fogli di carta (2003) (14’) Bologna, 7 febbraio 2004, Accademia Filarmonica, Ensemble dell’Associazione Musicale Lucchese, direttore Fabio Neri # Vago, vago augelletto per Di-zi (fl.cinese), Sheng (organo a bocca cinese) e trio d’archi (2003) (6’) Caraglio, 11 dicembre 2003 Il Filatoio, The Hong Kong Virtuosi e Trio Xenia # Un dragone in gabbia, opera per attore, sei voci madrigalistiche, gruppi di strumenti ed elettronica (libretto dell’autore, dai Pisan Cantos di
Ezra Pound Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an List of poets from the United States, American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Ita ...
nella versione di
Mary de Rachewiltz Mary de Rachewiltz (born Maria Rudge) is an Italian-American poet and translator. She is the daughter of the American poet Ezra Pound, whose ''The Cantos'' she translated into Italian. Her childhood memoir '' Discretions'' was published in 1971. ...
) (2004) (85’) Torino, 20 maggio 2004, Piccolo Regio, Syryn Ensemble- Stoccolma, Riccardo Balbinutti, elettronica realizzata alla Technische Universität Berlin, direttore Carlo Pavese # Canti Pisani, per quattro voci, quattro strumenti e pianoforte (testo tratto dai Pisan Cantos di Ezra Pound nella versione italiana di Mary de Rachewiltz) (2005) (15’) Saarbrücken, Radio del Saarland, 7 maggio 2005, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart (Edizioni Nuova Stradivarius) (Disco Stradivarius 33858) # Arco, per violoncello concertante e orchestra d’archi (2006) (16’) Torino, 27 marzo 2006, Dario Destefano, violoncello, Orchestra Stefano Tempia, Massimo Peiretti, direttore # Missa Sancti Evasii, per coro ed orchestra di strumenti barocchi (testi: Ordinarium Missae) (2007) (25’) Casale Monferrato, Duomo, 6 Ostober 2007 Coro Ruggero Maghini, Orchestra Barocca Academia Montis Regalis, direttore Claudio Chiavazza (Edizioni Nuova Stradivarius) (Disco Stradivarius 33858) # Altre stelle, per fl. In sol, chitarra, vibrafono e tabla (o pakhawaj, o darabuqqa) (2008) (12’) Milano, Palazzina Liberty, 5 maggio 2008, Divertimento Ensemble, direttore Sandro Gorli # Sagittario, per fl. in sol, cl.basso, violino e violoncello (2008) (3’) Terni, 7 settembre 2008, Ensemble In Canto, direttore Fabio Maestri # Due canti antichi per violino e
shamisen The , also known as or (all meaning "three strings"), is a three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument derived from the Chinese instrument . It is played with a plectrum called a bachi. The Japanese pronunciation is usually b ...
(2008) (9’) Osaka, 19 dicembre 2008, Saji Keizo Memorial Hall, Osaka University Nakanoshima Center, Francesco D’Orazio, violino, Rokunobu Kineya e Nobuzo Kineya, shamisen # Canto antico per violino solo (2009) (6’) Torino, 14 settembre 2009, Settembre Musica, Massimo Marin # Quarto Trio (
Kaddish The Kaddish (, 'holy' or 'sanctification'), also transliterated as Qaddish, is a hymn praising God that is recited during Jewish prayer services. The central theme of the Kaddish is the magnification and sanctification of God's name. In the lit ...
) per violino, violoncello e pianoforte (2009) (9’) Torino, 14 settembre 2009, Settembre Musica, Teatro Gobetti, Francesco Cipolletta, pianoforte, Dario Destefano, violoncello, Massimo Marin, violino # Musiche per il Castello del Monferrato, musica elettronica (Casale Monf., 13 ottobre 2009) (15’) #
Raga A raga ( ; , ; ) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a musical mode, melodic mode. It is central to classical Indian music. Each raga consists of an array of melodic structures with musical motifs; and, fro ...
Rimirar le Stelle, per violoncello solo (Torino, 8 dicembre 2009, SS.Pietro e Paolo, Dario Destefano) (10’) # Come una fantasia triste, per 6 violoncelli (Torino, 31 ottobre 2010, Politecnico, CelloConsort) (6’) #
Kaddish The Kaddish (, 'holy' or 'sanctification'), also transliterated as Qaddish, is a hymn praising God that is recited during Jewish prayer services. The central theme of the Kaddish is the magnification and sanctification of God's name. In the lit ...
, per violoncello solo (Torino, 25 gennaio 2011, Dario Destefano, violoncello) (4') # "Laudate pueri" per coro di voci bianche (2011) (5') # Tehillah per sei voci (2013) (5') (Torino, Festival Laudes Paschales Aprile 2013, Ensemble Vocale Resonare – Marco Chiappero) # "Concerto triplo per violino, viola, violoncello e orchestra" (2015/16) (25') (Torino, 21/3/2016, Massimo Marin – violino, Maurizio Redegoso Kharitian – viola, Dario Destefano – violoncello, Orchestra dell'Accademia Stefano Tempia, direttore Guido Guida) # ''Eine Veränderung'' (2016) (3') (inedito) per cl., fg., cr., p.fte, quartetto d'archi, Milano, 18/1/2017, Divertimento Ensemble, direttore Sandro Gorli # ''Hallelujah per Gilberto Bosco'' per pianoforte (2016) (3') (inedito) Torino, 3/12/2017, Cecilia Novarino, pianoforte # ''Piccola Suite'' per violino e viola (2017) (12') (inedito) # ''Bella, bella ciao'' per coro di voci giovanili a tre parti (2018) (4') (inedito) Casale Monferrato, 25/1/2018, coro ''L'Opera dei Ragazzi'' diretto da Erica Patrucco # ''Fandango, dal Fandango di Antonio Soler'' (2019) (14') per mandolino e clavicembalo (inedito) Milano, 5/9/2019, Anna Schivazappa, mandolino, Fabio Antonio Falcone, clavicembalo # ''Trasfigurazioni e passaggi (meditazioni sullo Stabat Mater di Alessandro Scarlatti)'' per viola da gamba e violoncello (2019) (12')(inedito) Torino, 10/4/2019, Iris Faceto, viola da gamba, Dario Destefano, violoncello # ''Quattro Rebus di Leonardo'' per due sassofoni (soprano e baritono) e pianoforte (2019) (7') (inedito) Saint-Jean- Cap-Ferrat, 17/8/2019, Nino Mollica, sax soprano, Enea Tonetti, sax baritono, Yanya Cohen, pianoforte # ''Ouverture per orchestra (Had Gadyà Monferrina)'' (2019) (8') (inedito) # ''Parafrasi - tre canti'' per voce (mezzo-soprano) e nove strumenti (2020) (14') (inedito) # ''Passaggio'' per violoncello e viola da gamba (1994-2020) (7') (inedito) # ''Ed or si scriva...'' per clarinetto di bassetto (altre versioni: clarinetto in sib e clarinetto basso)(2020) (7') (inedito) # ''Giochi con Domenico Scarlatti, un preludio, cinque interludi e un postludio per pianoforte'' (2020) (14') (inedito) # ''Requies, Parafrasi IV'' per
cantus firmus In music, a ''cantus firmus'' ("fixed melody") is a pre-existing melody forming the basis of a polyphonic composition. The plural of this Latin term is , although the corrupt form ''canti firmi'' (resulting from the grammatically incorrect trea ...
e nove strumenti (Fl e ott., Fl e fl in sol, cl., pianof., arpa, violino, viola, violoncello e contrabbasso) (6')(anche in versione per cantus firmus, due tube, quattro percussionisti, armonium, pianoforte e audio registrato, organo eolico Ghau Kilori, delle Isole Salomone), Lucca, Festival Lucca Classica, 15/7/2021, Associazione Musicale Lucchese, direttore Remo Pieri # ''Preludio e recitativo per chitarra'' (1980-revisione 2021) (5') # ''Tre Improvvisi'' per pardessus di viola e violoncello (2021) (9') # ''Tanto più dolce armonia''(2021) (6') per sax soprano e baritono, e pianoforte, Saint-Jean- Cap-Ferrat, 21/08/2021, Nino Mollica e Enea Tonetti, sassofoni, Vanya Cohen, pianoforte # ''All'etterna fontana'' (2021) (6') per voce, due sassofoni e pianoforte, Saint-Jean- Cap-Ferrat, 21/08/2021, Maria Agricola, soprano, Nino Mollica e Enea Tonetti, sassofoni, Vanya Cohen, pianoforte # ''Tre Invenzioni per due sax soprani'' (2021) (10') # ''In Alto - Tre Illustrazioni per viola sola'' (2021) (9') # ''Notturno'' per violino solo in sordino (5') (2021), Lucca, Villa Reale di Marlia,2/07/2022, Alberto Bologni, violino # ''Tre illustrazioni'' per violino solo (2021) (9'30) # ''Tre improvvisi'' per viola e violoncello ((2022) (9') # ''Quarto Quartetto'' per archi (2022)(14') # '' E... si fussi pisci (II)'' - (2022) (3')per coro a cappella # ''Berceuse'' per fl., cl. e chitarra ''alla memoria di Paolo Castaldi'' (2022),Ferrara, Festival Mixxer, Ridotto del Teatro Comunale, 4/06/2022, Morena Mestieri, flauto, Claudio Miotto, clarinetto, Stefano Cardi, chitarra # ''Folk song'' (2022) (8'), per voce, clarinetto, vibrafono, chitarra folk e violoncello, Roma, Festival di Nuova Consonanza,14/11/2022, Freon Ensemble # ''A love folksong'' (2022) (5'), per voce, sax soprano, sax baritono e pianoforte, Saint-Jean- Cap-Ferrat, 20/08/2022, Anna Delfino, soprano, Nino Mollica e Enea Tonetti, sassofoni, Vanya Cohen, pianoforte # ''
Kaddish The Kaddish (, 'holy' or 'sanctification'), also transliterated as Qaddish, is a hymn praising God that is recited during Jewish prayer services. The central theme of the Kaddish is the magnification and sanctification of God's name. In the lit ...
Le'ela'' per 8 violoncelli 2022 (2'30) # ''Folk songs III'' per viola e violoncello (2022) (8'), Torino, Chiesa di San Secondo, 6/12/2022, Giacomo Indemini, viola, Dario Destefano, violoncello # ''Ora-forse-mai più'' per voce, sax soprano, sax baritono, vibrafono e pianoforte (2022) # ''Autunno, quasi un folksong'', rileggendo ''Autumn'' di
Charles Ives Charles Edward Ives (; October 20, 1874May 19, 1954) was an American modernist composer, actuary and businessman. Ives was among the earliest renowned American composers to achieve recognition on a global scale. His music was largely ignored d ...
, per voce e ensemble (6') (2023) Torino, Centro italiano per la Fotografia, 5/06/2023, Laura Capretti.voce, Tommaso Santini – violino, Lucia Sacerdoni – violoncello, Edoardo Momo – pianoforte, Francesco Parod - percussioni # ''Tre intonazioni ebraiche'' (2023) (12') per fagotto, violoncello e clavicembalo, violoncello - Erica Patrucco, fagotto - Franco Taulino, clavicembalo - Giulio Castagnoli, Sinagoga, Casale Monferrato, 18/06/2023 # ''Aleichem shalom'' per orchestra (2023)(4'30) sopra un canto ebraico monferrino # ''Hov Areq, an Armenian Folksong'' per voce e quattro strumentisti (2023) (5') per voce con tamburello basco, vibrafono e darabukka, violino, violoncello e pianoforte


Short Discography

* ''Giulio Castagnoli'' (disco monografico), CD Adda Records (1990) * ''Al Museo in volo & a zompi'' (opera buffa completa), CD Nuova Fonit Cetra (1991) * ''900 Musica – Elision Ensemble'', CD RCA BGM/Ariola (1992) * ''Giulio Castagnoli'' (disco monografico), CD
Stradivarius A Stradivarius is one of the string instruments, such as violins, violas, cellos, and guitars, crafted by members of the Stradivari family, particularly Antonio Stradivari (Latin: Antonius Stradivarius), in Cremona, Italy, during the late 17th ...
(2000) * ''LmcsL Messa'', CD
Stradivarius A Stradivarius is one of the string instruments, such as violins, violas, cellos, and guitars, crafted by members of the Stradivari family, particularly Antonio Stradivari (Latin: Antonius Stradivarius), in Cremona, Italy, during the late 17th ...
(2001) * ''Giulio Castagnoli, Missa Sancti Evasii e musica vocale'' (disco monografico), CD
Stradivarius A Stradivarius is one of the string instruments, such as violins, violas, cellos, and guitars, crafted by members of the Stradivari family, particularly Antonio Stradivari (Latin: Antonius Stradivarius), in Cremona, Italy, during the late 17th ...
(2010)
The Song Company ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' ...
, Hong Kong Virtuosi, Syrin? Ensemble, Stockholm, Orchestra Barocca Academia Montis Regalis


Bibliography


Essays on Giulio Castagnoli's work, interviews

* Adriano Cremonese, Suono e segno: alcune note sul Quartetto 1989 di Giulio Castagnoli, in "Quaderni Perugini di Musica Contemporanea", n.25, 1989 * Gian Paolo Minardi, Comporre il mistero, in "La Gazzetta di Parma", 30 April 1992 * Luciana Galliano, Giulio Castagnoli: , in "Sonus", annoIV, nn.1/2 (May 1992) * Susanna A. Forchino, Giulio Castagnoli – intervista, in "La musica italiana oggi: le poetiche delle ultime generazioni", tesi di laurea, Università di Torino, a.a. 1990/91 * Catia Pazzaglini, Giulio Castagnoli in "La musica oggi negli spettacoli di prosa", Tesi di Laurea, Università di Urbino (a.a. 1993/94) * Angela Ida De Benedictis, Quattro poemetti, in "Di nuovo musica", Reggio Emilia 1997 * Martin Wilkening, Giulio Castagnoli, «DAAD Letter», n.2, Bonn 1999 * Anna Maria Morazzoni, «The New Growe Dictionary of Music & Musicians», vol. 2, 2000 * Angela Ida De Benedictis, Giulio Castagnoli, in MGG, vol.3, 2000 * Rita Gaiozzi, Il violoncello solo nella musica contemporanea, tesi di laurea, Università di Pisa (a.a. 2000/01) * Alberto Bosco, Il mio concerto per pianoforte, tradizione popolare trasfigurata, in: Sistema Musica, anno V, n.6/2003 * Alberto Bosco, Castagnoli: Pound, un dragone in gabbia, in Sistema Musica, anno VI, n.5/2004 * Mirco Rizzotto, Al Museo in volo e a zompi, tesi di laurea, Università di Torino- Multidams (a.a. 2005/06) * Guido Viale, Intervista a C.Castagnoli, in: Mosaico – C.E.M., 20 December 2005


Essays and books by Giulio Castagnoli


Books

* Al Museo in volo e a zompi (con
Ugo Nespolo Ugo Nespolo (born 29 August 1941 in Mosso, Biella) is an Italian artist, painter, sculptor, filmmaker and writer. He lives and works in Turin. Life and works Nespolo graduated at the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti of Turin with Enrico Pau ...
), Milano, Nuova ERI, 1989 * Klang und Prozess in den Quattro pezzi per orchestra(1959) von Giacinto Scelsi, Saarbrücken, Pfau Verlag, 1995 * Trasparenze (con Marco Gastini), Milano, Vanni Scheiwiller Editore, 1998 * Le forme della musica, Casale Monferrato, Edizioni Sonda, 2009


Essays

* Gesto, figura, nostalgia, in "I quaderni della Scuola Civica di Musica di Milano", n.13, December 1986 * Il compositore d’oggi e la musica per banda, in "Piemonte Musicale", n.2, II Semestre 1986 * Suono e processo nei Quattro pezzi per orchestra (1959) di Giacinto Scelsi, in "Quaderni di Musica Nuova ", n.1, Torino 1987 * Portrait, note su Franco Donatoni, in "Quaderni di Musica Nuova", n.2, Torino 1988 * Un Adieu, in "MusikTexte", n.26, Ottobre 1988 * La scrittura del suono, in "Quaderni Perugini di Musica Contemporanea", n.33, 1989 * Note a Paolo Castaldi, in "Quaderni di Musica Nuova", n.3, Torino 1989 * Il percorso dei "Quaderni di Musica Nuova" di Torino, in "Sonus", anno II, n.4 (1990) * Riflessioni sulla musica alla radio, in "Sonus", anno V, n.3/4 (1993) * Giulio Castagnoli – uno sguardo al futuro, tavola rotonda di Sonus, in "Sonus", anno VI, n.1 (1994) * La conscience aigüe – note sullo scriver musica oggi, in La conscience aigue, "Quaderni di Musica Nuova", nn.4/5, Torino 1994. * Cloches en noir et blanc, Tre poesie T’ang, in "L’ora di là del tempo", catalogo 46.a Biennale di Venezia, Ricordi 1995 * L’attesa, l’ascolto, il richiamo. Un’interpretazione di alcuni canti schumanniani, in I Lieder di Schumann, "Quaderni di Musica Nuova" n.6, Torino 1996 * A proposito di Three pieces for piano di Brian Ferneyhough, in "Catalogo del Concorso Pianistico "Micheli", Milano 1997 * I compositori romantici e quelli d’oggi, in " L’indice ", giugno 1998 * La musica vera, in "Nc news, bollettino di Nuova Consonanza", ottobre 1998 * Berio, il tempo e l’armonia, in Enzo Restagno (ed.) "Sequenze per Luciano Berio", Milano, Ricordi, 2000 * G. Kurtág: un ritratto per frammenti, in G. Castagnoli (ed.), "Materiali per leggere Kurtag", Torino 2001 * Gilberto Bosco, voce della M.G.G., Baerenreiter Verlag, 2001 * Paolo Castaldi, voce della M.G.G., Baerenreiter Verlag, 2001 * Sergio Liberovici, voce della M.G.G., Baerenreiter Verlag, 2002 * La lezione di Scelsi, Il Giornale della Musica, gennaio 2005 * , 28 October 2005 * Musica scritta o musica orale? le riflessioni di un compositore, Sistema Musica, anno VII n.10/2005


Music editions

Giulio Castagnoli's works are published by: * BMG-Ricordi, Milano * Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, Milano * Casa Musicale Sonzogno, Milano * Edipan, Roma


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Castagnoli, Giulio 1958 births Living people Academic staff of Turin Conservatory Italian classical composers Italian male classical composers Hochschule für Musik Freiburg alumni Turin Conservatory alumni