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Antignani, Luca
(b. April 8, 1976, Alatri). Italian composer of stage, orchestral, chamber,
choral, vocal, piano, and electroacoustic works that have been performed
throughout Europe.
Mr. Antignani studied conducting,
electronic music and piano, but primarily composition with Alessandro Solbiati
at the Scuola Civica in Milan, where he graduated in 2000, and with Azio Corghi
at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, where he graduated in 2001. In
2001-02, he participated in the annual Cursus de Composition et Informatique
Musicale at IRCAM, where his teachers included Brian
Ferneyhough, Jonathan Harvey,
Philippe Manoury, and Marco Stroppa.
His honors include mentions and
prizes in the A. Casella, Castello di Belveglio, Fattoria Paradiso, Guido
d’Arezzo, and ICONS competitions. In 2002, he represented Europe at the World
Forum for Young Composers in Montréal, where he earned a commission from le
Nouvel Ensemble Moderne. Other commissions include one from l’Orchestre des
Jeunes de la Méditerranée, two from Radio France and most recently, one from
Luciano Berio for the 2004-05 season of the
Accademia di Santa Cecilia.
His music has been performed
throughout Italy, as well as in Canada, France and Romania.
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni publishes
his music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail
address: antignani.luca@libero.it
Street
address: Mr. Luca Antignani, via Giovardi 9, I - 03029 Veroli (FR), Italy
Telephone: + 3907 7523 8249
Cellular
phone: + 3934 9467 6743
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Sonar Cieco, actress-voice, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion,
2001
ORCHESTRAL: L’Angelo e la Marionetta,
1999; La radice di cristallo, small
orchestra (15 players), 1999; Il Sacro
Occhio, large orchestra, 2000; Il
magnifico burattinaio, small orchestra (15 players), 2002
CHAMBER MUSIC: Dischiuso, lontano…puntiforme, flute, clarinet, cello,
piano, 1997; Und dieses einen Weges kamen
sie, guitar, 1997; Trio, violin,
cello, piano, 1998; Far-away, flute, 2 clarinets, guitar,
violin, piano, percussion, 1998; In
vacuum A-perire, baroque violin,
percussion, 2000; In-canto perduto, flute, clarinet, violin,
cello, piano, 2001; Les Murs de Jean,
flute, clarinet, harp, violin, viola, cello, piano, 2002; ROTAS, string quartet, 2002; Hommage
à Henze, string quartet, 2002
CHORAL: Die Worte des Engels, 2 high voices, 16 mixed voices, 2001
VOCAL: O-di pietra o-di, soprano, flute, clarinet, string
quartet, piano, percussion, 2001
PIANO: The icy light of the moon, 1998
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Riflesso e trasparenza, orchestra, tape, 1997; Vacuum, tape, 1997; Estuaries,
tape, 1998; I want, tape, 1999; Dichotomy, tape, 1999; Overlook Hotel, accordion, tape, live
electronics, 2002
(Last
updated on February 11, 2003)
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