(b. 6 May 1953, Lecce).
Italian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been performed throughout the world.
Mr. Fedele initially studied philosophy at the Università degli Studi in Milan. He then studied composition with Azio Corghi, counterpoint and harmony with Renato Dionisi and piano with Bruno Canino and Ilonka Deckers at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, where he graduated in 1981. He also studied composition with Franco Donatoni at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome during this time.
Among his honours are First Prize in the competition of the Internationale Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Amsterdam (1981, for Chiari and Per accordar), Primo Premio in the competition Goffredo Petrassi in Parma (1989, for Epos) and three prizes from the Académie Charles-Cros (Le Monde de la Musique and Choc de la Musique, 2003, both for the recording of Animus Anima I on Stradivarius; Coup de Cur, 2004, for his recording on L'Empreinte Digitale). Portrait concerts have been given at the festival Musica in Strasbourg (1996), the festival Musica Nova in Helsinki (1998), the festival Aspects des musiques d'aujourd'hui in Caen (1999), and the festival Fedele + at the Cité de la Musique in Paris (2004). He is also the subject of the book Ivan Fedele – Les Cahiers de l'IRCAM / Compositeurs d'aujourd'hui no. 9 (1996, IRCAM/Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou).
He has taught at the Civica Scuola di Musica in Milan, the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Strasbourg, the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini in Bologna, the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Como, the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, and the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Turin. He has given masterclasses in Belgium, Finland, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and the USA.
His publisher is Edizioni Suvini Zerboni.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
Oltre Narciso (cantata profana per una azione scenica, text by the composer), mezzo-soprano, baritone, 2 dancers, male chorus, small orchestra (24 players), 1982
Antigone (opera in 7 quadri, libretto by Giuliano Corti, after Sophocles), 2 mezzo-sopranos, countertenor, 2 tenors, baritone, mixed chorus, large orchestra, 2005–06
ORCHESTRAL:
Chiari, 1981
Epos, large orchestra, 1989
Concerto, viola, large orchestra, 1990, revised 1995
Duo en résonance, 2 French horns, small orchestra (19 players), 1991
Carme Primo, small orchestra (17 players), 1992
Carme Secondo, 1993
Concerto, piano, orchestra, 1993
Allegoria dell'indaco, small orchestra (30 players), 1994 (version of chamber work)
Concerto No. 1, cello, orchestra, 1996
Dioscuri, 2 cellos, orchestra, 1997
Imaginary Depth, cello, orchestra, 1997
L'Orizzonte di Elettra, viola, small orchestra (27 players), live electronics, 1997 (also version for electric 5-string violin, small orchestra [27 players], live electronics, 2009)
Scena, large orchestra (91 players), 1997–98
Concerto, violin, small orchestra (26 players), 1998–99
Corda d'aria (concerto), flute, orchestra, 1999
De li duo soli et infiniti universi, 2 pianos, large orchestra in 3 groups, 2001
Ruah (concerto), flute, large orchestra, 2001–02
Accord, small orchestra (2 clarinets, 2 French horns, percussion, strings), 2003
Ali di Cantor, small orchestra in 4 groups (29 total players), 2003
Arco di Vento (concerto), clarinet, large orchestra, 2002–04
EST! (concerto no. 2), cello, small orchestra (flute, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, piano, 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, 2 double basses), 2004–05
Flug, bass clarinet, small orchestra (piano, 2 vibraphones, 2 marimbas, strings), 2005
Mosaïque, violin, small orchestra (16 players), 2008
Pentàlogon Quintet, string orchestra, 2009 (version of Pentàlogon Quartet)
Nohtar, string orchestra, 2009
SYNTAX 0.1 (if@hay.dn), 2009
Artéteka – Folk Dance I, 2009
Lexikon, 2010
La Pierre et l'étang (...les temps...), percussion, string quartet, string orchestra, live electronics, 2010–11
Txalaparta – Folk Dance II, 2011
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Per accordar (string quartet no. 1), 1980–81, revised 1989
Aiscrim, flute, clarinet, piano, 1983
Il Giardino di giada I, oboe d'amore, violin, viola, cello, 1983 (also version as Il Giardino di giada II, alto flute, violin, viola, cello, 1991)
Viaggiatori della notte, violin, 1983
Electra glide, 2 violins, viola, 1984
Windex, clarinet, 1985
Latinamix, flute ad libitum, guitar, piano, 1985 (also version for flute, violin, piano, 2004)
Magic, 4 saxophones, 1985 (also version for 4 clarinets, 1996)
Chord, 2 clarinets, 2 French horns, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello, percussion, 1986
Pentàlogon Quartet (string quartet no. 2), 1987 (also version as Pentàlogon Quintet, string orchestra)
Modus, bass clarinet, percussion, 1988, revised 1995
Bias, oboe, guitar, 1988
Allegoria dell'indaco, flute, 2 clarinets, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, 1988 (also version for small orchestra [30 players])
Mixtim (musica rituale), flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1989–90
Imaginary Skylines, flute, harp, 1990–91
Imaginary Islands, flute, bass clarinet, piano, 1992
Donax, flute, 1992
Richiamo, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, euphonium, 2 percussion, live electronics, 1993–94
Flamen, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1994
Profilo in eco, flute, ensemble (oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion), 1994–95
High (in memoriam Miles Davis), trumpet, 1996 (also version by Michele Lomuto for trombone, 2005; version by Armand Angster for bass clarinet)
Corrente I, piano, ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone), 1996
Correnti Alternate, piano, ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone), 1996
Corrente II, piano, ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone), 1997
Donacis ambra, flute, live electronics, 1997
Erinni, cimbalom, piano, vibraphone, 1998
Elettra, viola, live electronics, 1999
Târ (string quartet no. 3), 1999–2000
Apostrofe, bass flute, 2000
Dedica, flute, 2000
Levante, cello, ensemble (cimbalom, 2 violins, 2 violas, cello), 2000 (also version for cello, ensemble [piano, 2 violins, 2 violas, cello], 2009)
Accents, piano, string quartet, 2001
Notturno (in memoriam Goffredo Petrassi), 4 ensembles (flute, clarinet, bass clarinet; harp, piano, percussion; 2 violins, viola; cello, double bass), 1988–2004
Arcipelago Möbius, clarinet, violin, cello, double bass, 2004 (one section may be performed separately: Arc-en-ciel, cello)
Capt-Actions, accordion, string quartet, live electronics, 2004–05
Immagini da Escher, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, vibraphone, 2005
Palimpsest (string quartet no. 4), 2006–07
Corrente, cello, 2007
Suite francese II, violin, 2009
Preludio e Ciaccona, cello, 2010
Suite francese III, cello, 2010
Deystiviya, bayan, string quartet, 2011
Ritrovari (Suite francese VI), viola, 2011
Mudra, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, French horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, 2012
Phasing, 2 pianos, 2 percussion, 2012–13
Duals, piano, percussion, 2016
Drive, piano, vibraphone, 2017
CHORAL:
Naturæ (madrigale metafisico, text by the composer), countertenor, tenor, bass, 1984
Coram (text by Giuliano Corti), soprano, bass, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1995–96
Coram Requiem (text by Giuliano Corti), mezzo-soprano, bass, 2 speakers, mixed chorus, ensemble (10 players), orchestra, live electronics, 1996
Animus Anima I (text by Giuliano Corti), 7 mixed voices, 2000
Odós, mixed chorus, oboe, 2004
Stabat Mater, mixed chorus, 6 percussion, 2007
Animus Anima II (text by Giuliano Corti), 7 mixed voices, 2009
Cristaux de temps, mixed chorus, 2010
Ās-lêb, mixed chorus, large orchestra (10 winds, 10 brass, 2 harps, piano, organ, 2 vibraphones, percussion, strings), 2010–11
VOCAL:
E poi... (lirica, text by Livia Lucchini), soprano, flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, French horn, 2 violins, viola, cello, piano, vibraphone, 1982
Maja (text by Giuliano Corti), soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, vibraphone, 1999
Paroles y Palabras, soprano, cello, 1995–2000 (its four sections may be performed separately: Allons; Ça ira; Querida presencia; ¡Hasta siempre!)
Messages, 2 sopranos, 2 mezzo-sopranos, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 pianos, 2000
Paroles..., female voice, viola, 2000
33 Noms (text by Marguerite Yourcenar), 2 sopranos, large orchestra, 2007–08
En Archè, soprano, violin, large orchestra (91 players), 2008
Thanatoséros (scena lirica, text by Torquato Tasso), soprano, tenor, small orchestra (17 players), 2010
Morolòja kè erotikà (text by Brizio Montinaro), soprano, string quartet, 2010–11
PIANO:
Toccata, 1983
Armoon (armonie di luna), 4 pianos, 1983–84
Études boréales, 1990
Cadenze, 1993
Two Moons, 2 pianos, live electronics, 2000
Études australes, 2002–03
Antipodes, 2005
Due Notturni con figura, piano, live electronics, 2007
Nachtmusik, 2008
ORGAN:
Flores, 1987–89
HARPSICHORD:
Suite francese I, 2003
ELECTROACOUSTIC:
Canone infinito, fixed media, 2002
RADIO PRODUCTIONS:
Orfeo al cinema Orfeo (racconto in musica, text by Giuliano Corti), 2 speakers, MIDI-keyboard, 1994
Barbara Mitica (text by Giuliano Corti), fixed media, 1996
SCORE FOR SILENT FILM:
La Chute de la maison Usher, soprano, small orchestra (13 players), 1995 (for La Chute de la maison Usher by Jean Epstein)
ARRANGEMENT:
Codex (2 contrapuncti from Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080 by Johann Sebastian Bach), small orchestra (15 players), 1999
DISCOGRAPHY
Donax. Andrea Romani, flute (Edizioni Sincronie: SIN 1011, 1993)
Concerto (piano); Epos; Chiari. Bruno Canino, piano; Luca Pfaff/Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (Stradivarius: STR 33348, 1994)
Flamen. Quintetto Bibiena (Ermitage: ERM 418, 1995 [reissued as Aura: AUR 402-2, 2000])
Armoon; Magic (second version). Olivier Dejours/ensemble of the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Strasbourg (Musica: 97/1, 1997)
Duo en résonance; Per accordar; Richiamo; Imaginary Skylines; Chord. Sophie Cherrier, flute; Jens McManama, Jean-Christophe Vervoitte, French horns; Frédérique Cambreling, harp; Jeanne-Marie Conquer, Hae-Sun Kang, violins; Christophe Desjardins, viola; Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello; David Robertson/Ensemble Intercontemporain (Adès: 206572, 1998 [reissued as Universal Music/Accord: 465 311-2])
Animus Anima I. Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart (Stradivarius: STR 33629, 2002)
Scena; Ruah; Concerto No. 1 (cello). Giampaolo Pretto, flute; Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello; Pascal Rophé/Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI (Stradivarius: STR 33650, 2003)
Maja; Erinni; Modus; Imaginary Islands; Paroles y Palabras. Accroche Note (L'Empreinte Digitale: ED 13198, 2004)
Per accordar; Pentàlogon Quartet; Târ; Electra glide; Viaggiatori della notte. Arditti String Quartet (Stradivarius: STR 33702, 2005)
Mixtim; Il Giardino di giada II; Notturno; Arcipelago Möbius; Profilo in eco. Mario Caroli, flute, alto flute; Roberta Gottardi, clarinet; Antonio D'Antonio, cello; Marco Angius/Ensemble Algoritmo (Stradivarius: STR 33717, 2006)
Latinamix (second version). Trio Albatros (Stradivarius: STR 33726, 2006)
Elettra. Christophe Desjardins, viola (æon: AECD 0981, 2009)
Concerto (violin); En Archè; L'Orizzonte di Elettra (second version); Mosaïque. Corinna Mologni, soprano; Francesco D'Orazio, violin, electric 5-string violin; Marco Angius/Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI (Stradivarius: STR 33850, 2010)
Études australes; Nachtmusik; Cadenze; Études boréales; Toccata. Ciro Longobardi, piano (Limen: CDVD004C004, 2011)
Preludio e Ciaccona. Anssi Karttunen, cello (Toccata Classics: TOCC0171, 2013)
Txalaparta – Folk Dance II. Andrey Boreyko/Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa (Verso: VRS 2143, 2013)