Silvio Palmieri (10 November 1957 – 22 October 2018) was a Canadian composer. He was born in

LaSalle, Quebec LaSalle () is the most southerly borough (''arrondissement'') of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the south-west portion of the Island of Montreal, along the Saint Lawrence River. Prior to 2002, it was a separate municipality ...

Early life and education

Silvio Palmieri received his musical training at the

Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal The Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal (CMQM) is a music conservatory located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In addition to the Montreal region, the school takes in students from nearby cities, including Granby, Joliette, St-Jean, ...

. He studied composition and analysis with Gilles Tremblay, counterpoint and orchestration with Clermont Pépin, and electroacoustics with

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and

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Life and career

His repertoire consists of various genres : he notably composed an opera : Elia (commissioned by the Ensemble de musique contemporaine); Flak, for choreographer

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and his dance company; many pieces for piano and chamber orchestra; soundtracks for movies, videos and plays, such as

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depi ...

, presented at Théâtre du Nouveau Monde in 2011 (Marc Béland, dir.). His works have been performed by the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal,

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, Les Événements du neuf (Lorraine Vaillancourt, dir.), Quebec Contemporary Music Society, Ensemble Baroque de Montreal, Ensemble d'ondes de Montréal, Natalie Choquette, Molinari String Quartet, Claudel String Quartet, André Ristic, Louise Bessette, Alain Trudel, the Ensemble de flûtes Alizé, Chantal Lambert,

Angela Tosheva Angela Tosheva Tosheva, Ph.D (Bulgarian: Д-р Анжела Тошева Тошева; born 15 June 1961 in Sofia), is a Bulgarians, Bulgarian freelance pianist, chamber musician, piano and chamber music pedagogue, editor and with Michail Goleminov ...

. He died of cancer in 2018 at the age of 60.

Compositions

* Versetti, trio pour soprano, clarinet et piano (2003) * Versetto, concerto pour violon et orchestre à cordes (2003) * Elia, opéra en un acte (2004) * Come in un film di... Quatuor à cordes no.1 (2008) * Prélude XI: Elevazione (Disperate vibrazioni raschiano il silenzio) pour piano (2010) * Musique de scène pour Hamlet de William Shakespeare ( mise en scène de Marc Béland-TNM) (2011)

References

External links

* https://soundcloud.com/silviopalmieri-1 {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmieri, Silvio Canadian male composers 1957 births 2018 deaths People from LaSalle, Quebec Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal alumni