Lucio Garau (born 9 December 1959) is an Italian composer of

contemporary music Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included se ...

and

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, j ...

. Garau graduated in

Piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a musica ...

and

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at the Conservatorio di Cagliari, where he studied with

Franco Oppo Franco Oppo (2 October 1935 – 14 January 2016) was an Italian composer and scholar. Born in Nuoro, Oppo studied at the Conservatory of Cagliari, graduating in piano (1958), choral music and choral conducting (1960), and composition (1961). Sinc ...

.http://www.sardegnadigitallibrary.it/documenti/17_82_20080514153058.pdf His compositional aesthetics are influenced from

acousmatic Acousmatic sound is sound that is heard without an originating cause being seen. The word ''acousmatic'', from the French ''acousmatique'', is derived from the Greek word ''akousmatikoi'' (ἀκουσματικοί), which referred to probationary p ...

issues, but he also composes vocal and instrumental

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

, sometimes with

live electronics Live electronic music (also known as live electronics) is a form of music that can include traditional electronic sound-generating devices, modified electric musical instruments, hacked sound generating technologies, and computers. Initially the pr ...

. In 1991, he founded MiniM Ensemble to investigate the techniques of

minimal music Minimal music (also called minimalism)"Minimalism in music has been defined as an aesthetic, a style, and a technique, each of which has been a suitable description of the term at certain points in the development of minimal music. However, two o ...

."Amadeus" magazine, no. 12, 2006: a review of the MiniM Ensemble concert on Giacinto Scelsi He is the artistic director of Amici della Musica di Cagliari.

Discography

*''Musica presente 4 (AA.VV. Fonit Cetra)'' (1994) *''Ricercare 1 (AA.VV. Ricercare)'' (1997) *''Ricercare 2 (AA.V. Ricercare)'' (1998) *''Electric Dream (AA.VV. Intersound)'' (1999) *''Le Corde di Sicilo (AA.VV. Unda Maris)'' (2004) *''Isole in musica (AA.VV. Agorà)'' (2007) *''35-36 Bozen Festival of contemporary music (AA.VV. Bozen)'' (2011)

Works

*''op. 1, EO’ (voice and delay)'' (1990) *''op. 2, Hidden Music for 12 strings'' (1989–91) *''op. 3, Hidden music for a percussionist'' (1991) *''op. 4, Sacrum (5 male voices)'' (1992) *''op. 5, Canoni (recorder and delay)'' (1992) *''op. 6 n. 1, Epitaffio (3 Harps)'' (1991) *''op. 6 n. 2, Epitaffio (voice and string trio)'' (1992) *''op. 6 n. 3, Epitaffio (clarinet, violin, alto, cello, vibraphone)'' (1993) *''op. 6 n. 4, Epitaffio (electric guitar, , marimba and vibraphone, doublebass)'' (1992) *''op. 7, Compresenze erranti (piano and video installation)'' (1993) *''op. 8, Trasparenze (per 2 flauti dolci contrabbassi)'' (1994) *''op. 9, Trio (Orti) (voice, recorder, percussion, video)'' (1994) *''op. 10, Mercato (5 musicians)'' (1994) *''op. 11, Tabulatura Nova 1° ricercare (cello and live electronics)'' (1994) *''op. 12, siamo sicuri? questions for 6 young musicians (6 piano player on 2 pianos)'' (1994) *''op. 13, Dream (Madre) (6 strings, 6 voices, 1 piano or vibraphone or celesta)'' (1995) *''op. 14, Ballu (piano)'' (1995) *''op. 15, Rondeau (trumpet and organ)'' (1995) *''op. 16, Consenso (any kind of instrument and sampler)'' (1995) *''op. 17, J...X (preludio) (electric guitar)'' (1995) *''op. 18, Principe (vibraphone and glockenspiels)'' (1995) *''op. 19, S’oda nodas (per 4 suoni e live electronics)'' (1995) *''op. 20, i 9 colpi (3 percussionists and sampler)'' (1993) *''op. 21, Trio (acousmatic)'' (1996) *''op. 22, Ecolalia (6 male voices)'' (1996) *''op. 23, Voyage (sound installations and 4 percussionists)'' (1996) *''op. 24, Essere è tempo (vibraphone, electric guitar, harp, doublebass, tape)'' (1997) *''op. 25, c,b,a (variati) (orchestra)'' (1998) *''op. 26, 1° String quartet (Cangianti)'' (1998) *''op. 27, Numeri (acousmatic)'' (1997–98) *''op. 28, Be-bop (5 players)'' (1998) *''op. 29, Anninnia (voice)'' (1999) *''op. 30, 999 (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano)'' (1999) *''op. 31, Memoria (violin)'' (2000) *''op. 32, xballu (accordion)'' (2001) *''op. 33, Trio -The Man i love- (violin, cello and piano)'' (2001) *''op. 34 n. 1, Variation on the night sounds (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, french horn, percussion, electric guitar, piano, violin, alto, cello, double bass)'' (2001–02) *''op. 34 n. 2, Variazioni on the night sounds (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, percussion, guitar, piano, violin, alto, cello)'' (2002) *''op. 35, Appunti (acousmatic)'' (1997–2002) *''op. 36, 2 Minuti di raccoglimento -per Carlo Giuliani- (acousmatic)'' (2003) *''op. 37, Tre invenzioni a tre parti (piano)'' (2002) *''op. 38, op. 38 T, (strings)'' (2002) *''op. 39, tr. (39a) (piano and 11 strings)'' (2002) *''op. 40, Aurora (female choir)'' (2003) *''op. 41, Suite (accordion, tape and live electronics)'' (2003) *''op. 42, Aurora nel mare (orchestra)'' (2003) *''op. 43, Trasformazioni (acousmatic)'' (2003) *''op. 44, Accordion Concerto'' (2004) *''op. 45 n. 2, Variation upon an old tune (guitar)'' (2004) *''op. 46, Klavierbuchlein (piano)'' (2005–2013) *''op. 47 n. 1, Sonata a quattro (4 recorders)'' (2005) *''op. 48, Pinocchio notturno (clarinet, accordion, violin, cello, toy piano and sampled voices)'' (2005) *''op. 49, First suite per il basso di viola da gamba '' (2006–2008) *''op. 50, Qimbe, 5 variation upon family themes (acousmatic)'' (2006) *''op. 51, Una storia indicibile (5 voices, piano, percussion)'' (2006) *''op. 52, Harpsichord Concerto (amplified harpsichord and jazz band)'' (2007) *''op. 53, 6 sonate -from Domenico Scarlatti-'' (2007) *''op. 54, Acousmatic Suite (siren, tape, voice, percussion)'' (2008) *''op. 55, Petite Suite (2 different keyboards)'' (2009) *''op. 56, Solo (flute)'' (2009) *''op. 57, Contrappunto (sax and live electronics)'' (2009) *''op. 58, Veil'd Melancholy (voice, gamba and string quartet)'' (2010) *''op. 59, Pacific Trash Vortex (piano)'' (2010) *''op. 60, Fungaia (sax, doublebass, piano and live electronics)'' (2011) *''op. 61, Concertino (piano and ensemble)'' (2011) *''op. 62, Io so(orchestra)'' (2012) *''op. 63, 3 studi (variable instrument and live electronics)'' (2012) *''op. 64, 5 miniatures (viola da gamba and Fokekr organ)'' (2012) *''op. 65, Primo concerto grosso ( contrabasson, sax bar., double bass, clarinet, piano, electric bass, percussion and live electronics)'' (2013) *''op. 67, Spring s springs deve andare in galera (soprano, flute, clarinet, harp, marimba, piano, violin, alto, cello and live electronics)'' (2013) *''op. 68, 6 studi acusmatici'' (2014) *''op. 69, Duo ( piano and vibraphone)'' (2014) *''op. 70, Duo (Sax and hammond organ)'' (2014) *''op. 71, Sospeso (bass drum and tape)'' (2014) *''op. 72, Tre studi per percussione e live electronics"'' (2014) *''op. 73, Tre pezzi molto simili (flute, clarinet, alto, percussion, electric guitar, Carrillo piano and Fokker organ)"'' (2014) *''op. 74, Guido nella notte, three symphonic dreams"'' (2015) *''op. 75, sonata per oboe e pianoforte"'' (2015) *''op. 76, in fra(m)menti (voices, violin, piano and vibraphone)"'' (2015) *''op. 77, Moira (violoncassa and voice)"'' (2015) *''op. 78, 4 momenti dal sesto canto dell’Iliade (flute, oboe, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, alto, cello, double bass and children’s choir)"'' (2015)

References

External links

Official siteProfile on Federazione CEMATAssociazione Amici della Musica di CagliariTidningen Kulturen's interview (Swedish language)
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