Riccardo Piacentini (born 3 July 1958, in
Moncalieri
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,
Province of Turin
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) is an Italian
composer
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and
pianist
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, professor of Composition at the
Milan Conservatory
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The conservatory was established by a royal decree of 1807 in Milan, capital ...
.
Biography
He graduated in 1980 in
Composition
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and
Piano
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at
Turin
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and
Alessandria
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Conservatories, as well as in Literature and
Music History
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at
University of Turin
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with a thesis on the orchestral works of
Goffredo Petrassi
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. He studied with Carlo Pinelli, favorite pupil of
Giorgio Federico Ghedini and
Franco Donatoni
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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 ...
. He participated also in courses and workshops with
Sylvano Bussotti
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,
György Ligeti
György Sándor Ligeti (; ; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde music, avant-garde composers in the latter half of the ...
,
Ennio Morricone
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,
André Richard (at the Heinrich Strobel Center in
Freiburg
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, where
Luigi Nono
Luigi Nono (; 29 January 1924 – 8 May 1990) was an Italian avant-garde composer of classical music.
Biography
Early years
Nono, born in Venice, was a member of a wealthy artistic family; his grandfather was a notable painter. Nono bega ...
worked),
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 in 1988 he was among the performed composers at the
Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik
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in
Darmstadt
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.
He is particularly active both as composer of ''foto-musica con foto-suoni'' for
museum
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s - a new musical technique for counterpointing human voice, acoustic and electronic instruments and environmental sounds -, and as pianist of the
Duo Alterno. With this internationally acclaimed ensemble, founded in 1997 together with his wife soprano Tiziana Scandaletti, he has performed all over the world, keeping concerts and masterclasses on the Italian vocal contemporary repertoire (recently at the
University of California, Berkeley
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,
Stanford University
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,
Portland State University
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,
University of New Mexico
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, ArtLink Festival in
Belgrade
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,
Shenyang
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Conservatory,
Moscow Conservatory
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, Nuova Consonanza Festival of
Rome
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, etc.).
Since 1986 he is artistic director of Rive-Gauche Concerti's season, now at the
Accademia Albertina
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History
In the first half of the seventeenth century, there was a "University of Painters, Sculptors and Architects" ...
in Turin. He has written many
musicologic articles and didactic writings, such as ''Armonia tonale'' (''Tonal Harmony'', Curci,
Milan
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, 1999) and ''I suoni delle cose'' (''The sounds of things'', Curci, Milano, 2011).
Discography
* 1989 - ''Incontri di musica sacra contemporanea'' (AA.VV., Rusty Records CLK 317/c)
* 1991 - ''Het Trio'' (AA.VV., Happy New Ears 2 CA 911)
* 1992 - ''Tiziana Moneta e Gabriele Rota'' (AA.VV., Edipan PAN 3042)
* 1992 - ''Dubidubidù'' (AA.VV., DDT 19203)
* 1995 - ''Poesia e musica dell'oggi'' (AA.VV., Rivoalto CRR 9511)
* 1997 - ''La crava mangia 'l muri'' (AA.VV., Datum-Stradivarius DAT 80006)
* 1998 - ''Mal'akhim'' (monographic CD, Nuova Era (CD 7336)
* 1999 - ''Musiche dell'aurora'' (monographic CD, Italian Photography Foundation - Rive-Gauche Concerti RG 00005)
* 1999 - ''Shahar'' (CD monografico, Curci E. 11351 C.)
* 2000 - ''Musiche per Pellizza da Volpedo'' (AA.VV., Nuova Era CD 7351)
* 2001 - ''Arie condizionate'' (CD monografico, Fondazione Italiana per la Fotografia - Rive-Gauche Concerti RG 00009)
* 2001 - ''Musica d'oggi e spiritualità'' (CD-rom con musiche di R. P., Rive-Gauche Concerti (RG 00008)
* 2001 - ''Antonio Segafreddo. Percussion solos and percussion in chamber music'' (AA.VV., Rivoalto - Sonàr CRR 2013)
* 2003 - ''Treni persi'' (CD monografico, Provincia di Turin - Rive-Gauche Concerti RG 00012)
* 2004 - ''Suono Sonda 3'' (AA.VV., Suono Sonda FD/0304)
* 2004 - ''Mina miniera mia'' (CD monografico, Provincia di Turin - Rive-Gauche Concerti RG 00014)
* 2004 - ''Musiche della Reggia di Venaria Reale'' (CD monografico, Regione Piemonte - Rive-Gauche Concerti RG 00015)
* 2005 - ''La voce contemporanea in Italia - vol. 1'' (AA.VV.,
Stradivarius
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STR 33708)
* 2007 - ''Pantoduo - Dalla terra al cielo'' (AA.VV., Alessio Brocca Edizioni BA 137 CD)
* 2007 - ''Italienicher Gesangsabend mit dem Duo Alterno'' (AA.VV., Steirischer Tonkünstler Bund STB 07/07)
* 2008 - ''La voce contemporanea in Italia - vol. 4'' (AA.VV.,
Stradivarius
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STR 33833)
* 2010 - ''La voce crepuscolare'' (AA.VV., Stradivarius STR 33839)
* 2011 - ''La voce contemporanea in Italia - vol. 5'' (Milan,
Stradivarius
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STR 33895)
* 2013 - ''La voce contemporanea in Italia - vol. 6'' (Milan,
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 ...
STR 33976)
Compositions
Works with electronic and/or “foto-musica”:
* ''GPlot per uno'' for bass clarinet and live-electronics (1990, electronic elaboration at the Heinrich Strobel Center of Sudwestfunk in
Freiburg
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, first world performance
Basel
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, 1991);
* ''Lyriche'' for voices, clarinets and concrete sounds (1991, rev. 1992, first world performance
Turin
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, 1992);
* ''7x7+7. Otto filastrocche per voce di mamma e nastro magnetico'' (1995, electronic elaboration at the Edison Studio in
Rome
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, first world performance Rome, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Teatro Quirino, 1998);
* ''Il viaggio finisce qui'', melologue on
Eugenio Montale
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's texts for horn clarinet, harp and tape (1994–96, electronic elaboration at DIST Studios in
Genoa
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, first world performance Genoa, Carlo Felice Theater, 1996);
* ''Mal'akhim'', spiritual drama in one act and three frames for soloists, choirs, organ and tape (1996/7, elaborated at the CRIM Studios in Turin, first world performance
Vancouver
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, Western Concert Opera, Saint Andrew Westley Church, 1997);
* ''Musiche dell'aurora'' for soprano, bass flute and audio-digital support (music for the 8th International Biennial of Photography, Turin, Bricherasio Palace, 1999);
* ''Shahar'' for bass flute with soprano and audio-digital support ad lib. (1996, rev. 1999, first world performance Turin, 1999);
* ''Arie condizionate'' for female voice, hands, trombon and foto-suoni on audio-digital support: I. Mano mobile clic, II. Aria di paragone, III. Raep on (music for the 9th International Biennial of Photography, Turin, Bricherasio Palace, 2001);
* ''Tips & fingers'' for marimba and audio-digital support (2001);
* ''Sine nomine'' for soprano, reciting voice, 13 strings and foto-suoni (2001, first world performance
Milan
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, Palazzina Liberty, 2002);
* ''Midi laus'', vers. for flute, A clarinet, cello and audio-digital support; or vers. for flute, B clarinet, doublebass and audio-digital support; or vers. for flute, English horn, A clarinet and audio-digital support (2000, first world performance
Assisi
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It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Prope ...
, Festival Harmonia Mundi, 2000);
* ''Treni persi'', cantata for travelling voice, voice that has travelled, strings, percussions and foto-suoni (music for the Train Museum of
Bussoleno, part 1, 2003);
* ''Un petit train de plaisir'' for string orchestra, with reciting voice and foto-suoni and lib., from
Gioachino Rossini
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(music for the Train Museum of Bussoleno, part 2, 2003);
* ''Gioco-treni'' for sampled foto-suoni: I. Sinfonia, II. Recitativo del ferroviere, III. Aria e danze del freno, IV. Ricercare antico con fischi e trombe, V. Cori battenti dei pendolari, VI. Sinfonia II (music for the Train Museum of Bussoleno, part 3, 2003);
* ''Mina miniera mia'' for voices and foto-suoni (music for
Traversella
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Traversella borders the following municipalities: Pontboset, Donnas, Valprato Soana, ...
Mines, 2004);
* ''Picander 2004'', tragicomic action for soprano, bass-baryton, flute, baroque strings, harpsichord and foto-suoni (2004);
* ''Musiche della Reggia di Venaria Reale'' for voices, baroque ensemble and foto-suoni (music for the Royal Palace in
Venaria Reale
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, 2004);
* ''XXIV'' for flute, violin and foto-suoni (2004, first world performance
Rovigo
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, Kermesse dantesca, 2004);
* ''Jeux d'eaux et d'oiseaux'' for exotic foto-suoni (2004, first world performance Bellina-
Cuneo
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It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in the south-west of Piedmont, at the confluence of the ri ...
, International Festival Antidogma, 2004);
* ''Jazz motetus VI (Cricket play)'' for piano and foto-suoni (2005, first world performance
Saint Petersburg
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, 2005);
* ''Et amoris. Tango pour Bruno'' for soprano, string orchestra and foto-suoni (2005, first world performance Turin, 2005);
* ''Foto-suoni per le Universiadi'' for foto-suoni (2006, first world performance
Bardonecchia
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, 2007);
* ''The Brown Cage'' for female voice, cello, piano and foto-suoni (2007, first world performance
New York City
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, Modern Works, 2007);
* ''Jardins sur la pluie'' for flute, cello, piano and foto-suoni (2007, first world performance
Turin Conservatory
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, 2008);
* ''An Mozart'', modular piece for string quartet with or without foto-suoni with or without voice and piano (2008, first world performance
Toronto
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, SoundaXis Festival, 2008);
* ''Foto-suoni delle nuove scienze'' for voices on tape, piano and foto-suoni (2009, first world performance Toronto, Bata Shoe Museum, 2009);
* ''Piano, alla corda'' for 4 hands piano and foto-suoni (2009, first world performance Milan, 2009);
* ''Romanesco'' for piano and foto-suoni (2009, first world performance Rome, Nuova Consonanza Festival, 2009);
* ''Presto Vivaldi'' for 4 tubular bells, piano and foto-suoni (2010, first world performance
Alessandria
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Conservatory, 2010);
* ''Ulaanbaatarin doo'' for piano, voice of pianist and foto-suoni (2010, first world performance
Ulan Bator
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, Opera Theater, 2010);
* ''Quattro canzóne napulitane'' for soprano, piano, orchestra and foto-suoni ad lib. (2010, first world performance
Milan
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, Teatro dal Verme, 2010);
* ''Canson piemonteisa'' for soprano, piano, orchestra and foto-suoni ad lib. (2010, first world performance
Milan
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, Teatro dal Verme, 2010);
* ''Rataplànplanplan'' for piano and animal foto-suoni (2011, first world performance
Berlin
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, BKA Theater, 2012);
* ''Jazz motetus IX (Out of the blue)'' for one or two or three or four guitars and foto-suoni (2012, first world performance Lagonegro Festival, 2012);
* ''Friûl'' for piano and foto-suoni (2013, first world performance
Udine
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, Amici della Musica, 2012);
* ''À la vie'' for one or two performers (one piano), videoprojections and “whispered foto-suoni”, on two paintings of
Kazimir Malevic and
Umberto Boccioni
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, texts by
Rainer Maria Rilke
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(2014, first world performance
Vancouver
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, Pyatt Hall, 2014);
* ''Foto-suoni per Paraloup (parts 1, 2, 3)'' for pianoforte and foto-suoni (2014–15, first world performances
Turin
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2014,
Cuneo
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It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in the south-west of Piedmont, at the confluence of the ri ...
2014, Riva presso Chieri 2015);
* ''Nove favole del Re Spiro'' for dancing guitarist and foto-suoni, on nine Renaissance dances and texts by the composer (2015, first world performance Grugliasco-Turin, Parco Culturale Le Serre, 2016);
* ''FOTO-SONGS from the sacred places of the world'' for foto-suoni recorded in
Bangkok
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,
Singapore
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,
Stuttgart
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,
Strasbourg
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(2014–16).
Other works:
* ''... et coetera'' for 10 players (1985, vers. 1986, first world performance
Paris
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,
Radio France
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*France Inter — Radio France's "generalist media, generalist" station, featuring entertaining and informative talk mixed wi ...
, 1986);
* ''Alterno'' for string orchestra (1986, first world performance
San Daniele del Friuli
San Daniele del Friuli () is a (municipality) in the province of Udine, in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northwest of Udine.
San Daniele del Friuli borders these municipalities: Dign ...
, Festival of Contemporary Music, 1986);
* ''Sacre'' for soloists, choir and orchestra (1989, first world performance Rome, Incontri di Musica Sacra Contemporanea, San Marco Church, 1989);
* ''Keir'' for orchestra (1989, first world performance
Anzio
Anzio (, also ; ) is a town and ''comune'' on region of Italy, about south of Rome.
Well known for its seaside resorts, it is a fishing port and a departure point for ferries and hydroplanes to the Pontine Islands of Ponza, Palmarola, and Ve ...
, International Music Festival, 1989);
* ''Cohesive ends (Sticky)'' for 14 instruments and 5 players (1989, first world performance
Bologna
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, Accademia Filarmonica, 1989);
* ''L'aura'' for string orchestra (1991);
* ''For four'' for string quartet (1992–94, first world performance Rome,
Acquario Romano
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Designed by Ettore Bernich and built between 1885 and 1887, the building hosted an aquarium for few years. It was later used as a depot of ...
, 1994);
* ''For de la bella bella caiba'' for flute, soprano in eco and string orchestra (1995, first world performance
Castiglione delle Stiviere
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History
The town's castle was home to a cadet branch of the House of Gonzaga, headed by the Marq ...
, Teatro Sociale, 1995);
* ''Due laude di Jacopone'' for soprano, violin, cello, chamber orchestra and organo (1995, first world performance
Florence
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Florence ...
, Easter Festival, San Felice Church, 1995);
* ''Uno a cui'', melologue on
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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's texts, for reciting voice, guitar, sax and percussions (1995, first world performance Rome, Festival Nuova Consonanza, 1995);
* ''Laus sine voce'' for orchestra (1996);
* ''Jazz motetus III'' for string orchestra (1997, first world performance
Jesi
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It is an important industrial and artistic center in the floodplain on the left (north) bank of the Esino river, before its mouth on the Adria ...
, Festival Contemporary Music, 1997);
* ''Picander's, o Il grigliabeto risonante'', tragicomic action for soprano, baryton, 8 instruments and people (1999, first world performance
Foggia
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, I Solisti dauni, Piccolo Teatro, 1999);
* ''Macchina per Il Quarto Stato'' for female voice, piccolo clarinet and string quartet (2000, first world performance Turin, Celebrations for
Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo
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, 2000);
* ''Jazz motetus V (Piperita blues)'' for voice, flute, clarinet, violin, electric bass guitar, hammond organ and piano (2001, first world performance
Bologna
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, 2001);
* ''Tre danze logosferiche'' for reciting voice, flute and harp (2002, first world performance
Senigallia
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, Musica Nuova Festival, 2002);
* ''Rayna possentissima'' for soprano and orchestra (2001, first world performance Bologna, Teatro Comunale, 2002);
* ''Un petit train de plaisir'' for string orchestra, with reciting voice and lib., from Gioachino Rossini (2003, first world performance Milan, Palazzina Liberty, 2003);
* ''Jazz motetus VIII (arpège)'' for flute, or harpsichord, or flute and harpsichord (2009).
* Compositions for one performer without electronic: ''Cantico spirituale'' (1993) per voce di baritono; ''Fugitives. Tre frammenti da Baudelaire'' (1994) per voce di soprano; ''Uno, due, tre'' (1984) e ''Yantra'' (1989) per chitarra; ''Crumbling'' (1989, rev. 1995) per violino; ''Beaux gestes'' (1991), ''Madrileño'' (1991, rev. 1998), ''Due fogli'' (1992); ''Steli'' (1997), ''Venexiàn'' (2007) per pianoforte; ''Dieci spleens'' (1991) per clarinetto in si bemolle, ''A.B.E.G.G.'' (1992) per clarinetto basso, ''Aforismi della desolazione'' (1994) per corno di bassetto, ''Serenata per un fischietto'' (1995) per clarinetto piccolo; ''Petit'' (1991) per ottavino, ''Moins petit'' (1992) per flauto in do, ''Amariamori'' (1992) per flauto in sol, ''Shahar'' (1996, vers. per solo flauto basso); ''Con fuoco'' (1995) per violoncello; ''Mare'' (1996) per arpa; ''Floppy'' (1996) per trombone; ''Altri aforismi'' (2004) per sax baritono; ecc.
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1958 births
Living people
People from Moncalieri
20th-century Italian classical composers
20th-century male composers
21st-century Italian classical composers
Italian male classical composers
Italian male classical pianists
Italian male pianists
University of Turin alumni
21st-century Italian classical pianists
20th-century Italian male musicians
21st-century Italian male musicians
Academic staff of Milan Conservatory