Piero Niro (born 1957) is an Italian composer, classical pianist, and academic specialising in the philosophy of music and
aesthetics
Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty and taste (sociology), taste, which in a broad sense incorporates the philosophy of art.Slater, B. H.Aesthetics ''Internet Encyclopedia of Ph ...
.
Niro was born in
Baranello
Baranello is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about southwest of Campobasso. This town draws its name as a derivative of Monte Vairano which was a hilltop Samnite village and now is ...
in the southern Italian region of
Molise
Molise ( , ; ; , ) is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise together with Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effective until 1970, makes Molise the newest region in Ital ...
and initially studied piano and composition at the music conservatory in
Campobasso
Campobasso (, ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Molise and of the province of Campobasso. It is located in the high basin of the Biferno river, surrounded by Sannio and Matese mountains.
Campobas ...
before transferring to the
Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome where he received diplomas in piano and composition. He also received a
Laurea
In Italy, the ''laurea'' is the main post-secondary academic degree. The name originally referred literally to the laurel wreath, since ancient times a sign of honor and now worn by Italian students right after their official graduation ceremo ...
in
philosophy
Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...
at the
University of Rome Tor Vergata
University of Rome Tor Vergata, also known as the University of Tor Vergata (), is a public research university located in Rome, Italy. Located in the southeastern suburb of Rome, the university combines a liberal arts tradition with emphasis on ...
before going on to postgraduate studies in composition Accademia Santa Cecilia with
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen (; 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He is known for his groun ...
and
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 ...
.
His
string quartet
The term string quartet refers to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two Violin, violini ...
won First Prize at the 1985
Concorso Internazionale Ennio Porrino. Three of his compositions have subsequently been published by
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 i ...
:
*''3 Pezzi'' for solo piano
*''Game'' for piano, flute, clarinet, 2 violins viola and cello (broadcast by the
RAI
(), commercially styled as since 2000 and known until 1954 as (RAI), is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terrestrial and subscription television channels a ...
in 1989)
*''Ottetto'' for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, and cello
Since 1989 Niro has been of Head of the Composition department of the Conservatorio di Musica Lorenzo Perosi in
Campobasso
Campobasso (, ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Molise and of the province of Campobasso. It is located in the high basin of the Biferno river, surrounded by Sannio and Matese mountains.
Campobas ...
where he is also Professor of Philosophy of Music and Aesthetics and Analysis and Theory of Music. Amongst his publications on music and aesthetics is his 2008 study of
Wittgenstein
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( ; ; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language.
From 1929 to 1947, Witt ...
, ''Ludwig Wittgenstein e la musica'' (Naples: Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane).
[Silvestro, Ivo (June 2010]
"Niro, Piero, Ludwig Wittgenstein e la musica."
''ReF - Recensioni filosofiche'', No. 51. Retrieved 8 November 2013 .
References
External links
Biography and list of performed works– Comitato Nazionale Italiano Musica
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Italian male classical composers
20th-century Italian classical composers
20th-century male composers
21st-century Italian classical composers
Italian male classical pianists
Italian male pianists
1957 births
Living people
University of Rome Tor Vergata alumni
20th-century Italian composers
21st-century Italian classical pianists
20th-century Italian male musicians
21st-century Italian male musicians
People from the Province of Campobasso
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia alumni