Conservatorio di Musica Arrigo Boito

Curriculum vitae

Music Composition Diplom (Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi, Milan) and Piano. Masterclasses in Music Composition (teacher G. Ligeti); and Music Informatics in Paris: Les Ateliers Upic (teacher I. Xenakis) and Ircam.

Author of works, winner or selected in Italian and international music composition awards such as: Gaudeamus Musicweek Amsterdam, Premio Ulivo d’oro Imperia, International Alea III Composition Award Boston, a.o. –, and presented in the
framework of music festivals and musical institutions such as: SIMC Amsterdam, E.A. Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Festival Niewe Muziek Zeeland Middelburg (The Netherlands), Tel Aviv Biennale, Settimane Musicali di Stresa e del Lago Maggiore, Festival Ccmix Paris-Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, I Percussionisti del Teatro alla Scala Milan, Orchestra ORT Firenze, Orchestra Sinfonica G. Verdi Milan.

With the musical drama Il sesto cerchio, winner of “Wiener Internationaler Kompositionswettberb”, under the Artistic Direction of Claudio Abbado. Compositions broadcasted on Rai-Rome, Nos Radio-Hiversum, WDR-Koln, etc., and published by Casa Ricordi and Edizioni Suvini Zerboni Milan.

Teacher of Composition at Conservatorio Arrigo Boito in Parma.

Masterclasses teacher in Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, ISA-La Habana and Brasil universities (USP, UFPB, FAMES, UFSM).

Invited by The Jerusalem Rubin Academy.

Journalist, author of critical texts concerning contemporary music for reviews and for Philips Classics label.