Mauro Cardi (born July 22, 1955, in Rome, Italy) is an Italian composer.

Biography

Trained at the "Santa Cecilia" Conservatoire of Rome, under the guidance of Irma Ravinale, Gino Marinuzzi jr.,

Guido Turchi Guido Turchi (10 November 1916 – 15 September 2010) was an Italian composer and writer on music. Guido Turchi was born in Rome, where he later studied at the Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia with Cesare Dobici, A. Ferdinandi, and Ales ...

, he graduated in composition, instrumentation for wind orchestra and choral music."Cardi, Mauro", in AA.VV., ''Dizionario Enciclopedico della Musica e dei Musicisti'', diretto da Alberto Basso, volume Appendice; Utet, Torino, 1990, , p.14 In 1982, he received his first international recognition, winning the "

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 ...

Prize" with ''Melos'', for soprano and orchestra. Crucial was the encounter 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 ...

, with which he furthered his education at the

Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia ( en, National Academy of St 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 promi ...

and the

Accademia Musicale Chigiana The Accademia Musicale Chigiana (''English'': Chigiana Musical Academy) is a music institute in Siena, Italy. It was founded by Count Guido Chigi-Saracini in 1932 as an international centre for advanced musical studies. It organises Master Clas ...

Siena Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centur ...

. In 1984, he attended the

Darmstädter Ferienkurse Darmstädter Ferienkurse ("Darmstadt Summer Course") is a regular summer event of contemporary classical music in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. It was founded in 1946, under the name "Ferienkurse für Internationale Neue Musik Darmstadt" (Vacation Cou ...

. In the same year his composition ''Les Masques, Quattro Bagatelle for flute viola and guitar'', was awarded the prestigious Gaudeamus Prize in Amsterdam. In 1987, he was selected to represent Italy at the

International Rostrum of Composers The International Rostrum of Composers (IRC) is an annual forum organized by the International Music Council that offers broadcasting representatives the opportunity to exchange and publicize pieces of contemporary classical music. It is funded by ...

by UNESCO. In 1988, he won the second prize at the International Competition

Gian Francesco Malipiero Gian Francesco Malipiero (; 18 March 1882 – 1 August 1973) was an Italian composer, musicologist, music teacher and editor. Life Early years Born in Venice into an aristocratic family, the grandson of the opera composer Francesco Malipiero, Gi ...

with ''In Corde'', for orchestra. He composed also several works commissioned by institutions and associations such as: RAI,

Biennale di Venezia The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

, Ravenna Festival, Ville de Genève, Fondazione Malipiero, Centro Studi Armando Gentilucci,

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (English: Florence Musical May) is an annual Italian arts festival in Florence, including a notable opera festival, under the auspices of the Opera di Firenze. The festival occurs between late April into June annual ...

, Nuova Consonanza. While his early works have been influenced by Donatoni, to which he devoted also an extensive analytical study, Mauro Cardi soon developed his individual style,Mario Pagotto, "Recensione del CD "Manao Tupapau", ''CD Classica'' – Marzo 1999 focusing his research on "musical forms moulded by timbre and sound intuitions, with unexpectedly expressive moments"."Cardi, Mauro", in AA.VV., ''Enciclopedia della musica Garzanti'', Milano, 1996, , p.141 His poetics reflects his natural aptitude to contrapuntal writing and his fascination with logic and the symbolic value of numbers, attracted to the playful dimension involved in composing. He composed two radio operas commissioned by RAI: in 1994 ''Temperatura esterna'' on a text by Michele Mari and, in 1996, ''La mia puntualità fu un capolavoro'' on a text by Marco Lodoli. In 1995, on a commission by 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 ...

, he composed his first opera, ''Nessuna Coincidenza'', one-act stage action with music. In 1998 BMG Ricordi published the monographic CD ''Manao Tupupau'', containing his major works of the 1990th. From 2000 to 2008, on a commission of the 52nd Biennale di Venezia, he composed ''Oggetto d'amore'', a cycle of seven musical scenes on texts by Pasquale Panella, premiered in

Venezia Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islan ...

and published in CD format by RAI Trade in 2009, which concludes his long collaboration with Sonia Bergamasco and the Freon Ensemble. In 2019 Mauro Cardi returns to musical theater with ''Il Diario di Eva'', a semi-scenic opera for dancer / actress, soprano and ensemble, on a text freely taken from the homonymous story by

Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...

(GAMO International Festival, Certosa di Firenze) and in 2021 he composed, on a libretto by Guido Barbieri, the one-act and six chapters opera ''Le ossa di Cartesio'', for actor, three singers and large ensemble, commissioned by Opera InCanto, performed in Terni and Rome for Nuova Consonanza. Since the 1990s, he has been involved in electroacoustic and computer music, collaborating with the electroacoustic music centres Agon in Milan, Centro Ricerche Musicali in Rome, Istituto Gramma in L'Aquila. In 1995 was chosen by

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 and electro-acoustical art music. It is ...

"Cardi, Mauro", in AA.VV., ''Dizionario Enciclopedico della Musica e dei Musicisti'', diretto da Alberto Basso, volume Appendice 2005; Utet, Torino, 2004, , p.105 for the international stage, in 1997 ''Manao Tupupao'' has been selected as a finalist at the 24th Electroacustique Music Competition of Bourges, and in 2009 ''Alba'', for zarb and electronics, was chosen by the International Computer Music Conference of Belfast. In 2001, he joined the composers collective

Edison Studio Edison Studio is a collective of composers and an electroacoustic music ensemble. It was founded in Rome in 1993 by the composers Mauro Cardi, Luigi Ceccarelli, Fabio Cifariello Ciardi e Alessandro Cipriani. Since more than 20 years Edison Studi ...

in Rome, one of the most active centres for production of electroacoustic music in Italy, with which he experimented a collective composing practice. In 2008,

published its first DVD, resulting from the collaboration with the video makers Latini and Di Domenico. In the following years it realized the live soundtracks for the silent movies: '' Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei'' (1913) by Eleuterio Rodolfi, '' Ricatto'' (''Blackmail'', 1929) by

Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featur ...

, ''Inferno'' (1911) by Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro e Adolfo Padovan (awarded the "Premio speciale AITS per il migliore suono anno 2011"‚ by the Associazione Italiana Tecnici del Suono), '' Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari'' (1919) by Robert Wiene. In 2011 and 2016 these two soundtracks have been published on DVD in 5.1 surround version by the Cineteca di Bologna in the "Il Cinema ritrovato" series. A study has been published on Edison Studio's works: "Il silent film e l'elettronica in relazione intermediale", edited by Marco Maria Gazzano. With Edison Studio, Mauro Cardi participated in the International Computer Music Conference 2002 ( Gothenburg) and 2003 (Singapore). Since 2021 Mauro Cardi has been on the executive committee of Nuova Consonanza from 1988,Daniela Tortora, ''Nuova Consonanza – Trent'anni di musica contemporanea in Italia'' (1959–1988), Libreria Musicale Italiana, Lucca, 1990, , of which he has been President from 1999 to 2001. Founding member of the "Scuola popolare di musica di Testaccio" (Rome), he has taught Composition at the Conservatories of L'Aquila and Florence and from 2021 at the Conservatory “Santa Cecilia” in Rome. He gives seminars and composition workshops in Italy and abroad. Mauro Cardi's compositions have been published by:

Casa Ricordi Casa Ricordi is a publisher of primarily classical music and opera. Its classical repertoire represents one of the important sources in the world through its publishing of the work of the major 19th-century Italian composers such as Gioachino R ...

RAI Trade RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many ter ...

, Curci, Edipan, Ut Orpheus, Semar, Sconfinarte, Taukay; and have been recorded by the labels:

Ricordi Ricordi may refer to: People * Giovanni Ricordi (1785–1853), Italian violinist and publishing company founder * Giulio Ricordi (1840–1912), Italian publisher and musician Music * Casa Ricordi, an Italian music publishing company established ...

RCA The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded as the Radio Corporation of America in 1919. It was initially a patent pool, patent trust owned by General Electric (GE), Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Westin ...

, BMG Ariola, Nuova Fonit Cetra,

, Edipan, Adda Records, Happy New Ears, Il manifesto, CNI, Taukay.

Works

Musical theatre and movies

*2021 ''Le ossa di Cartesio'', for actor, three singers and large ensemble, libretto by Giulio Barbieri *2019 ''Il Diario di Eva'', for female dancer/actress, soprano and ensemble, libretto by composer and Cristina Papi, based on

's story of the same name *2014 ''En dirigeable sur le champs de bataille'', live computer soundtrack for the BBC's documentary of the same name, with

*2013 ''Blackmail'', live computer soundtrack for the 1929 movie of the same name by

, with

*2008 ''Oggetto d'amore'', for female voice, ensemble, video and electronics, on texts by

Pasquale Panella Pasquale Panella (born 12 January 1950) is an Italian lyricist, playwright, poet and novelist. He sometimes used the pen names Duchesca and Vanera. Life and career Panella was born in Rome. After graduating from the Istituto Magistrale, he st ...

*2008 ''Inferno'', live computer soundtrack for the movie of the same name by F.Bertolini, G.De Liguoro e A.Padovano, with

*2008 ''Medea incontra Norma'', based loosely on ''

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'' of

Luigi Cherubini Luigi Cherubini ( ; ; 8 or 14 SeptemberWillis, in Sadie (Ed.), p. 833 1760 – 15 March 1842) was an Italian Classical and Romantic composer. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the grea ...

and ''

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'' of

Vincenzo Bellini Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (; 3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) was a Sicilian opera composer, who was known for his long-flowing melodic lines for which he was named "the Swan of Catania". Many years later, in 1898, Gi ...

, with

Luigi Ceccarelli Luigi Ceccarelli (born 20 April 1953 in Rimini, Italy) is an Italian composer.AA.VV. "Dizionario Enciclopedico Universale della Musica e dei Musicisti", diretto da Alberto Basso, Volume appendice 2005, UTET, Torino, 2004, p. 111, . Biography Lui ...

, ideazione e regia di Cristina Mazzavillani Muti *2004 ''Trash'', "musicalopera" for actors, singers and electronics, on texts by Francesca Angeli, music co-author: Roberta Vacca *2003 ''Das cabinet des Dr.Caligari'', live computer soundtrack for the movie of the same name by, with

*2001 ''Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei'', live computer soundtrack pfor the movie of the same name by, with

*2000 ''C'era una volta... la principessa dispettosa'', on text by Nicoletta Costa, for narrator and electronics, music co-authors: Maria Cristina De Amicis, Michelangelo Lupone, Alessandro Sbordoni, Roberta Vacca *1995 ''Nessuna Coincidenza'', one-act stage action with music, for 2 sopranos,

tenor A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors i ...

e/narrator, actor, ensemble, tape and live electronics

Radio dramas

*1996 ''La mia puntualità fu un capolavoro'', 20 radiofilm, for 2 narrators and tape, on texts by Marco Lodoli *1994 ''Temperatura esterna'', for narrator, flutes, percussions, MIDI and electronics, on texts by Michele Mari

Orchestra

*2019 ''Sinfonia (après Haydn 104)'', for orchestra *2008 ''Stanza 19'', for narrator and orchestra, on texts by

Jorge Luis Borges Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (; ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, as well as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known b ...

*2001 ''Hallelujah'', for soli, choir and orchestra *2000 ''Timordime'', for narrator and orchestra, on texts by

Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini (; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, filmmaker, writer and intellectual who also distinguished himself as a journalist, novelist, translator, playwright, visual artist and actor. He is considered one of ...

*1999 ''Spleen'', for piano and orchestra *1997 ''Lisbon revisited'', for narrator and orchestra, on texts by

Fernando Pessoa Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa (; 13 June 1888 – 30 November 1935) was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher, and philosopher, described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century an ...

*1989 ''Arcipelaghi'', for orchestra *1983–85 ''In corde'', for orchestra *1982 ''Melos'', for soprano and orchestra

Wind orchestra

*2011 ''Parafrasi L (après Liszt)'', for piano and symphonic band *2004 ''Eikon'', for large wind orchestra and electronics *1995 ''A Poison Pen'', for electric guitar, soli and wind orchestra

Chamber music

*2020 ''Toy (Piano) Stories'', Games #4, for Toy Piano and obbligato flute *2019 ''Quanto pesa una lacrima?'', for female voice, violin, guitar, double bass and percussion, on "A inventare i numer" from "Favole al telefono" by

Gianni Rodari Giovanni Francesco "Gianni" Rodari (; 23 October 1920 – 14 April 1980) was an Italian people, Italian writer and journalist, most famous for his works of children's literature, notably ''Il romanzo di Cipollino''. For his lasting contribution a ...

*2018 ''Miroir'', for six percussionists and two marimbas *2018 ''Arethusa'', for narrator, soprano and ensemble, on texts by

Ovid Pūblius Ovidius Nāsō (; 20 March 43 BC – 17/18 AD), known in English as Ovid ( ), was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the ...

*2017 ''R.Bow'', for two electric guitar and bass guitar *2017 ''La Follia'', for viola (and viola d'amore) and string orchestra *2017 ''Berceuse'', for flute, guitar, viola and cello *2016 ''QO'', Games #2, for piccolo quartet *2016 ''ES'', for flute and piano *2015 ''Stelutis'', for ensemble of 15 instruments *2015 ''Item'', for two flutists *2014 ''Zone 2.0'', for sax alto and electronics *2014 ''Zone'', for sax contralto *2014 ''Il vento, dopo l'ultimo treno'', extract from "Badenheim 1939″ by

Aharon Appelfeld Aharon Appelfeld ( he, אהרן אפלפלד; born Ervin Appelfeld; February 16, 1932 – January 4, 2018) was an Israeli novelist and Holocaust survivor. Biography Ervin Appelfeld was born in Jadova Commune, Storojineț County, in the Bukovina r ...

, for narrator and ensemble *2013 ''Asa nisi masa'', for narrator and ensemble *2013 ''Bazzle!'', Games #1, for piano four-hands *2012 ''I luoghi comuni non-sono segnati sulle carte'', for horn, violin, double bass, piano, recorded voices, dancers and live electronics, music co-authors:

Fabio Cifariello Ciardi Fabio Cifariello Ciardi (born 15 August 1960) is an Italian composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music. He studied composition, electronic music and musicology at Rome Conservatory of Music and Bologna University. He studied with Tristan M ...

*2012 ''Venenum'', for cello and piano *2011 ''Pastelli sul Pack 2'', for flutes and live electronics *2011 ''Timordime 2'', for ensemble *2011 ''Arabesque'', for flute (piccolo, G flute), oboe and piano *2010 ''Bagatella'', for guitar *2009 ''Tellus 6.3'', for eight strings and four percussionists *2009 ''Due pezzi futuristi'', for baritone, oboe and accordion *2008 ''Breamptu'', for accordion and guitar *2007 ''Non si parla che d'aria'', from the cycle ''Oggetto d'amore'', for narrator, trumpet, percussions, double bass, on texts by

*2007 ''Noi siamo la materia che sussulta'', from the cycle ''Oggetto d'amore'', for narrator, trumpet, electric guitar, percussions, double bass and electronics on texts by

*2007 ''Un gioco a incastro'', from the cycle ''Oggetto d'amore'', for vocalist, trumpet, electric guitar, percussions, double bass and electronics on texts by

*2007 ''Le Parole da sola'', from the cycle ''Oggetto d'amore'', for narrator, trumpet, electric guitar, percussions and double bass on texts by

*2007 ''Caro cara'', from the cycle ''Oggetto d'amore'', for two narrators, tape and electronics on texts by

*2007 ''Breath'', for accordion and live electronics *2006 ''Sarastro'', for flute, clarinet, violin and cello *2006 ''I Piatti della Bilancia'', actress, tape and electronics, on a text by Rosaria Lo Russo *2006 ''Pastelli sul Pack'', for flutes *2005 ''No sap chantar qui so non-di'', for female voice and ensemble, on a text by

Jaufré Rudel Jaufre Rudel (Jaufré in modern Occitan) was the Prince of Blaye (''Princes de Blaia'') and a troubadour of the early- to mid-12th century, who probably died during the Second Crusade, in or after 1147. He is noted for developing the theme of " ...

*2004 ''Souffle 1.2'' (from Petrassi), for flute and ensemble *2004 ''Musica mundana'', for narrator and plucked trio, on a text taken from ''De Institutione Musica'' of Severino Boezio *2003 ''Polvere di luna'', for narrator and electronics, on texts by Sonia Bergamasco *2003 ''Child'', for bass clarinet *2003 ''Fil'', for bass clarinet *2003 ''Le parole e il sale'', from the cycle ''Oggetto d'amore'', for voice and electric guitar, on texts by

*2002 ''Alba'', for zarb and electronics *2002 ''Prima Sonata'', for piano *2002 ''The Moving Moon'', for coloratura soprano and strings on texts by Samuel T. Coleridge *2001 ''Su questa trama (per non-dire l'Otello)'', for narrator and ensemble, drama and libretto by Vittorio Sermonti *2001 ''Allegoria dell'isola'', for soprano and harpsichord, on texts by Francesco Pennisi *2001 ''Klon'', for trumpet, percussions and double bass *2000 ''Altrove con il suo nome'', from the cycle ''Oggetto d'amore'', for actress and electronics, on texts by

*2000 ''Altre Geografie'', for five instruments *2000 ''Impromptu'', for guitar *2000 ''Il fondo dell'acqua è disseminato di stelle'', for two pianos *1998 ''Das Papier'', for soprano, baritone, string quartet and electronics, on texts by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

*1998 ''...plena timoris amor'', for soprano and piano, on texts by

*1998 ''Chat'', for clarinet and cello *1998 ''Luz'', for jazz trio and ensemble *1997 ''Levar'', for ensemble *1997 ''Fil rouge'', for piano and string trio *1996 ''Manao tupapau'', for flute, percussions, tape and live electronics, finalist at the 24° Electroacustique Music Competition of Bourges *1996 ''Luna lunae...'', for six instruments *1996 ''The Spark to the Flame'', for seven instruments *1996 ''Fado'', for six instruments *1995 ''Stream'', for sax quartet *1995 ''Vocativo'', for cello *1994 ''Nuages'', for seven instruments *1993 ''E la notte rischiarava la notte'', for three MIDI keyboards and live electronics *1993 ''Al di sopra del lago è il vento'', for viola and piano *1992 ''Wind'', for recorders and harp *1992 ''Horus'', for three percussionists *1992 ''Fantasie'', for string orchestra *1991 ''Lettura di un'onda'', for viola and guitar *1991 ''Certo moto d'ignoto tormento'', for piano and double quintet *1991 ''Das Alte Jahr Vergangen ist'', for two harpsichords *1991 ''Gusci di mago'', for string orchestra *1990 ''Calendari indiani'', for female voice and ten instruments, on traditional texts by Native Americans *1990 ''Libra (vers.b)'', for vibraphone and tape *1990 ''Per il Teatro di Documenti'', for clarinet *1990 ''Ottetto (après Stravinsky)'', for wind instruments *1989 ''Der Trank (ist's, der mir taugt!)'', for piano and six instruments *1989 ''Effetto Notte'', for eight instruments *1988 ''Terza Texture'', for flute, bass clarinet and piano *1987 ''Libra'', for vibraphone *1987 ''Gotico'', for harpsichord and string quartet *1987 ''Mizar'', for double bass *1986 ''Promenade: Variazioni sul blu'', for seven instruments, works premiered at the Tribuna Internazionale dei Compositori 1987 *1986 ''Texture'', for two guitars *1986 ''Myricae'', for flute, cello and piano *1986 ''Silete Venti'', for guitar and ensemble *1985 ''Bianco'', for guitar *1985 ''Trama'', for violin *1985 ''Volute'', for wind quintet and piano *1984 ''Filigrana'', for eight instruments, selected by ''International Gaudeamus MusicWeek 1986'' *1984 ''Trio (le claire sillage)'', for violin, cello and piano *1984 ''Quartetto per archi'' *1984 (rev. 1992) ''Sciarada'', for clarinet, viola, cello and piano *1983 ''Natura morta'', for piano *1983 ''Partita per nove'', for nine instruments *1983 ''Les Masques: Quattro Capricci'' for flute, viola and guitar, International Gaudeamus Preize 1984 *1982 ''R.I.B.E.S.'', for female voice *1982 ''Aube'', for guitar

A cappella choir

*1992 ''M'al vento ne portava le parole'', for vocal quartet on a text by

Francesco Petrarca Francesco Petrarca (; 20 July 1304 – 18/19 July 1374), commonly anglicized as Petrarch (), was a scholar and poet of early Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited ...

Transcriptions

*1998 ''Il fanciullo e gli incantesimi'', transcription from ''L'Enfant et les Sortileges'' of

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...

, for narrator, choir and ensemble, co-authors: Giulio Castagnoli, Matteo D'Amico *2000 ''Canoni 1–5'', transcription from ''L'offerta musicale'', ''Canoni enigmatici'', of

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wo ...

, for ensemble, co-authors: Giulio Castagnoli, Gabriele Manca

Discography

Dvd with edison studio

*2016 ''Das Cabinet des Dr.Caligari'', a movie by Robert Wiene (1920), DVD Cineteca di Bologna 2016, "Il cinema ritrovato", DVD-Booklet, soundtrack by

*2011 ''Inferno'', by Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan and Giuseppe De Liguoro (1911), DVD Cineteca di Bologna 2011, "Il cinema ritrovato", DVD-Booklet, soundtrack by

*2007 ''Altrove con il suo nome'', video by Silvia di Domenico and Giulio Latini, in "Edison Studio" (2007) – DVD Auditorium EdiLDC278 1139/40, co-production

– Cemat

Monographic cd

*2009 ''Oggetto d'amore'', seven musical scenes for voices, instruments, video and electronics, Sonia Bergamasco, voice, Freon ensemble, on texts by

, RTC023 – 2009 – RAI Trade *1998 ''Manao Tupapau'', CMRCD1053, Ricordi Oggi – BMG Ricordi

Works included in cd

*2017 ''Pastelli sul Pack'', in "Fabula ut", Stradivarius STR 37067, Arcadio Baracchi, flutes *2017 ''Arabesque'', in "New music for flute, oboe and piano", Edizioni Taukay 162, Ecoensemble Trio *2014 ''Bagatella'', in "Paganini 2013 – Ghiribizzi", Edizioni Sinfonica A – 337, Luigi Attademo, guitar *2010 ''Breath'', Edizioni Curci Milano E.C. 11695, Francesco Gesualdi, accordion, Mauro Cardi, elettronics *2009 ''Pastelli sul Pack'', Edizioni Curci Milano E.C. 11667, Arcadio Baracchi, flutes *2008 ''Melos'', in "Dedicated to Pierrot", Puncta PNCD 0308, Joan Logue, soprano, Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Roma, cond. D.Shallon *2006 ''Klon'', in "Italian News", RAI Trade RTC 012, Freon Ensemble *2006 ''Alba'', in "Zarbing", Edizioni LaFrontiera (LFDL 19401) e Rai Trade (RTP0090), Mahamad Ghavi-Helm, zarb *2005 ''Polvere di luna'', Armando Curcio Editore & Eurografica, Sonia Bergamasco, voice *2005 ''Child'', in "Suono Sonda N.3 – Giugno 2004", Rocco Parisi, bass clarinet *2001 ''Vocativo'', in "Musica per la Resistenza 1995", Rocco Parisi, bass clarinet *1996 ''The Spark to the Flame'', in "Scuola popolare di Musica di Testaccio – Musica per la Libertà", Il Manifesto CD 004, Freon ensemble *1994 ''Al di sopra del lago è il vento'', in "Musica Presente 4 – CDC 503", 1994 Nuova Fonit Cetra – Dischi Ricordi, Ensemble Contrechamps *1993 ''Wind'', in "'900 Musica – 74321 16229-2", 1993 BMG Ariola, Alterego ensemble *1992 ''Effetto notte'', in "Garden of earthly desire", CRMCD 1020 1992 Dischi Ricordi,

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 musici ...

, conductor

Sandro Gorli Sàndro Gòrli (born 19 June 1948 in Como) – 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 ...

*1991 ''Aube'', PAN CDC 3009 1990 CD Edipan, Stefano Cardi, guitar *1990 ''Volute'', in "L'Artisanat furieux ensemble", PAN CDC 3010 1990 CD Edipan, L'Artisanat Furieux Ensemble, conductor Tonino Battista *1989 ''Filigrana'', in "Musique Transalpines vol.2 ", CCS 590014 1990 – Centre de Crèation Sonore, Adda Records, Gruppo strumentale Musica d'oggi, conductor Fabio Maestri *1989 ''Terza Texture'', in "Musica nuova in Italia", CD Happy New Ears 2 – CA 911,

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Works included in lp

*1987 ''Texture'', ''Bianco'' in "Contempolinea Due – La chitarra ", SP 10098 1987 Disco RCA, Duo Chitarristico Romano, Stefano Cardi, guitar *1986 ''Trio (le claire sillage)'', in "1986 La Musica – n.12 – LM 86-2", 1986 Dischi Edipan, Nuove Forme Sonore ensemble

References

Bibliography

*Issues on Mauro Cardi **"Cardi, Mauro", in AA.VV., ''Dizionario Enciclopedico della Musica e dei Musicisti'', diretto da Alberto Basso, volume Appendice; Utet, Torino, 1990, , p. 14 **"Cardi, Mauro", in AA.VV., ''Dizionario Enciclopedico della Musica e dei Musicisti'', diretto da Alberto Basso, volume Appendice 2005; Utet, Torino, 2004, , p. 105 **"Cardi, Mauro", in AA.VV., ''Enciclopedia della musica Garzanti'', Milano, 1996, , p. 141 **"Cardi, Mauro", in AA.VV., ''International Who's who in Music'', 12.a ed.1990; AAVV., consultant editor David Cummings, IBC Cambridge, , p. 120 **"Cardi, Mauro", in AA.VV., ''Enciclopedia della Musica'', diretta da Marco Drago e Andrea Boroli, Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 1995, , p. 184 **"Cardi, Mauro", in AA.VV., ''Autoanalisi dei compositori italiani contemporanei'', vol.I, a cura di Alberta Cataldi, Flavio Pagano, Napoli, 1992, , pp. 148–152 **Marco Maria Gazzano (a cura di), con scritti di G.Barbieri, R.Calabretto, S.Miceli e altri, ''Edison Studio. Il Silent Film e l'Elettronica in Relazione Intermediale'', Exorma, Roma, 2014, **Carlo Boschi, "Presence of Romantic Elements in the Work of Contemporary Italian Composers", in ''Romanticism as an Attitude. Actes du séminaire organisé dans le cadre du projet européen Roads of Romanticism'', Strasbourg, Èditions du Conservatoire 2007, , pp. 35–50 **Renzo Cresti, ''Verso il 2000'', Dick Peerson, Napoli-Pisa, 1990, pp. 34–35 **Renzo Cresti, ''Mauro Cardi, Scrittura e artigianato'', in ''Musica presente. Tendenze e compositori di oggi'', LIM, Lucca, 2019, ISBN 978-88-5543-001-2, pp.174-178 **Luca Conti, "Mauro Cardi: l'artigianato del comporre", in ''Idea'', Anno XXVI, N.6–7, Roma, Giugno-Luglio 1990, pp. 33–39 *Issues by Mauro Cardi **"Il computer per il compositore: slave o master? Su alcune risorse, e le conseguenti problematiche, che pongono le nuove tecnologie applicate alla composizione musicale", in ''Musica/Tecnologia'', n.4 – 2010, Firenze University Press, , pp. 63–67 **"Condividere la tela. Il live cinema di Edison Studio per Inferno", (con Ceccarelli L., Cifariello Ciardi F., Cipriani A.,), in ''Le arti del suono'' n.3/2010, Edizioni Orizzonti Meridionali, Napoli, 2010, , pp. 103–123 **"Atono conforta grandi. Uno studio su Argot di Franco Donatoni e di alcune problematiche della composizione algoritmica" (in due parti), in ''Suono Sonda'', Anno 4, N° 7, Febbraio 2009, Anno 4, N° 8, Novembre 2009, Joker, Genova, 2009 **"Nuove tecnologie e composizione collettiva per il cinema muto", (con Ceccarelli L., Cifariello Ciardi F., Cipriani A.), in ''Close Up'', Anno X, N°18, Marzo-Giugno 2006, Kaplan, Torino, 2006, , pp. 81–102 **"Notazione e pensiero musicale", in ''Progetto Grafico'', Anno 4, N°7, Gennaio 2006, Associazione italiana progettazione per la comunicazione visiva, Roma, 2006, pp. 27–29 **"Collective composition: the case of Edison Studio", (con Ceccarelli L., Cifariello Ciardi F., Cipriani A.), in ''Organised Sound'' 9/3, Cambridge University Press, 2004, pp. 261–270 **"Child", in ''Suono Sonda'', Anno 2, N° 1, Giugno 2004, Genova, 2004, pp. 25–33 **"Il live electronics", (con Ceccarelli L.), in ''Il complesso di Elettra'', Cidim, Roma, 1995, , pp. 49–52 **"Il grado Xerox della cultura", in ''Suonosud'', N° 22, Autunno 1994, Ismez, Roma, 1994, pp. 20–26

External links

Sito web ufficiale di Mauro Cardi

Edison Studio

Nuova Consonanza

Stichting Gaudeamus Muziekweek

IMD Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt
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