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Cori, Luca (b. December 29, 1964, Busto Arsizio). Italian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, vocal, and piano works that have been performed throughout Europe and elsewhere.
Prof. Cori studied counterpoint and harmony with Dario Maggi at the Conservatorio G. Verdi in Milan in 1983–84 and with Davide Anzaghi there from 1985–88, as well as analysis and instrumentation with Paolo Castaldi from 1984–92. There he also studied composition with Giacomo Manzoni from 1989–91 and with Azio Corghi in 1991–92, where he earned the summa cum laude diploma in 1992. In addition, he attended composition masterclasses with Franco Donatoni in Milan from 1985–89, Siena in 1988–89 and Rome in 1992–93, Brian Ferneyhough in Milan in 1985–86 and Gérard Grisey in Milan in 1988.
His honors include First prizes in the G.F. Malipiero in Asolo (1988, for Echõs), Orquestas de Jovenes in Murcia (1990, for Concerto) and A. Casella in Siena (1991, for Rondeaux [orchestral version]; 1999, for Musica notturna) competitions. He has also earned First prizes in the C. Togni in Brescia (1992, for Trio) and Mozart in Salzburg (1997, for Studi [1° libro] [3 sections]) competitions. In addition, he was twice a finalist in the Gaudeamus competition (1988, for Concertino; 1990, for Raku) and once in the Wien Modern competition (1991, for Sobre los ángeles), where he earned an honorable mention. His music has been performed in Australia, Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and the USA, including twice at the Gaudeamus Muziekweek (1988, 1990), once at Darmstadt (1994) and five times at the Festival Cervantino in Guanajuato (1995–96, 1998, 2002–03).
Prof. Cori is also active in other positions. He has written articles for numerous Italian and Mexican publications and worked on a complete analysis of Die Kunst der Fuge by Johann Sebastian Bach from 2001–04, all of which has been published in the journal Hortus Musicus in Bologna. He is now working on an analysis of contemporary music in Mexico.
He co-organized with Víctor Rasgado and Juan Trigos the composition course on Franco Donatoni in Mexico City from 1995–97, where he also taught as assistant to Franco Donatoni. He taught composition at the Conservatorio di Matera in 1996–97 and from 1999–2001, as well as at the Conservatorio di Perugia in 1997–98 and the Conservatorio di Palermo in 1998–99. He gave composition masterclasses and the lectio magistralis at the Centro Nacional de las Artes in Mexico City in 2003 and taught as a visiting professor at ESMUC in Barcelona in 2005–06. He taught as Professore di Composizione at the Conservatorio di Trento from 2001–05, as Professore di Composizione at the Conservatorio di Trieste from 2005–07 and as Professore di Composizione at the Conservatorio di Matera in 2007–08.
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, Casa Ricordi and Universal Edition publish his works.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: luca.cori@fastwebnet.it
Street address: Prof. Luca Cori, Viale Virgilio 6, 21052 Busto Arsizio, Italy
Telephone: + 3903 3162 8840
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Danze Meridiane (1 act ballet), flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone (+ tenor saxophone), harp, guitar, piano, percussion, 1985–94 (may be performed as a concert work)
ORCHESTRAL: Concerto, cello, string orchestra, 1987–88; Rondeaux, piano, small orchestra (13 players), 1991 (version of chamber work); Threni, clarinet obbligato, string orchestra, 1996
CHAMBER MUSIC: Echõs, flute, English horn, bass clarinet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, double bass, harpsichord, percussion, 1986–87; Concertino, oboe, piano, 1987; Rondeaux, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 1988 (also version for piano, small orchestra); Rondeaux II, violin, 1988; Raku, piano, 2 percussion, string quartet, 1989; Ypnos, flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, piano, 1989–90; Trio, violin, viola, cello, 1990; Perpetuum mobile, bass flute, 1986–91; Rondeaux III, piccolo, tenor saxophone, violin, 1991; Rondeaux IV, flute, clarinet, piano, 1992; Cage d'escalier, sopranino recorder (+ 3 soprano recorders, alto recorder, tenor recorder, bass recorder), 1993; Danze Meridiane, flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone (+ tenor saxophone), harp, guitar, piano, percussion, 1985–94 (concert version of ballet); Rondeaux VI, flute, guitar, 1995; Salomé-Double per Franco Donatoni, string quartet, 1995; Locus Solus, contrabass recorder, 1995–96; Djunli Rondeaux, tenor recorder, 1997; Musica notturna, clarinet, violin, piano, 3 ensembles (flute, oboe, bassoon, percussion; viola, cello, double bass, percussion; harp, vibraphone, marimba, percussion), 1999; Rondeaux V, cello, 1999; Azoth, tenor recorder (+ 2 soprano recorders, 2 alto recorders), 2000–01; Rondeaux VII, oboe, 2001; Incisi e sequenze, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, cello, double bass, piano, 2003; Scherzo noir, harmonica, piano, 2004 (also version for flute, piano, 2006); Rondeaux VIII, soprano recorder (+ alto recorder), guitar, 2006; Processi melodici dell'ansia, marimba, 2006; Rondeaux IX, accordion, 2007; de repente, guitar, 2007; de repente II, guitar, ensemble (flute, alto flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, trombone, tuba, harp, 3 violins, 2 celli, double bass, 2 percussion), 2008
CHORAL: Nocturnes (texts by Ezra Pound, August Strindberg, John Dowland, William Blake), alto, mixed chorus, 1996 (also expanded version as Four Nocturnes, alto, tenor, mixed chorus, harp, percussion, orchestra, 1998)
VOCAL: Cantata (texts by Federico García Lorca, the composer), soprano, alto flute, oboe, bass clarinet, 2 violas, cello, percussion, 1984–85; E.P. Cantares (text by Ezra Pound), soprano, 1986–87 (also expanded version as Cantares, soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, string quartet, 1988–89); Sobre los ángeles (text by Rafael Alberti), mezzo-soprano, sopranino recorder (+ 2 soprano recorders, alto recorder, tenor recorder, bass recorder), violin, percussion, 1989–90; I Have Tried to Write Paradise (text by Ezra Pound), mezzo-soprano, cello, piano, 1991; So lässt mich scheinen (text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe), voice, piano, 1995; D.H. Variations (1o serie) (Scheinspiele 5) (text by Douglas Hadfield), mezzo-soprano, violin, cello, piano, 1993–96; O Lynx (text by Ezra Pound), soprano, oboe, cello, harpsichord, 1998; D'Artificio (Scheinspiele 4) (text by Rosaria Lo Russo), voice, piano, 2003; Mignon-Lieder (Scheinspiele 1) (text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe), soprano, violin, cello, piano, 1995–2005 (also version as Mignon, soprano, orchestra [11 winds, 6 brass, harp, strings], 2006); Lyr (Scheinspiele 2) (text by Rita Filomeni), soprano, piano, 2005; Tanzakkord (text by Laura Cantelmo), soprano, clarinet, cello, piano, 2005–06; Gotán (Scheinspiele 3) (text by Juan Gelman), soprano, violin, 2007
PIANO: Tombeau, 2 pianos, 1994; Studi (1o libro) (8 studies), 1997; Élan, 2 pianos, 1998; Studi (2o libro) (8 studies), 2002
ORGAN: Elohim, 2 organs, 2004
ARRANGEMENTS: Siete canciones populares españolas (Manuel de Falla), voice, flute (+ alto flute), oboe (+ English horn), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), soprano saxophone (+ alto saxophone), B-flat trumpet, trombone, guitar, cello, double bass, percussion, 1993; Dos canciones (Blas Galindo), string orchestra, 2002
DISCOGRAPHY
D’Artificio. Zara Dimitrova, soprano; Marino Nahon, piano (Milanocosa Progetti – ExCogita Editore: Contagio [book with CD], 2005)
Rondeaux VIII. Erik Bosgraaf, soprano recorder, alto recorder; Izhar Elias, guitar (Phenom Records: Big Eye PH0713, 2007)
Locus Solus; Cage d'escalier (excerpts). Tosiya Suzuki, recorders (MusicScape: MSCD-0006)
Studi (1o libro) (nos. 2, 6, 8). Jung-Min Lee, Kyung-A Shin, pianos (Salzburg Mozarteum: UNIMOZ 15-16)
(Last updated on June 8, 2008)
