(b. 1960s, Liguria).
Italian composer of mostly chamber, vocal, piano, and multimedia works that have been performed in Europe and North America; she is also active as a pianist.
Ms. Frontero studied composition with Gaetano Luporini and piano with Giancarlo Cardini at the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini in Florence, where she graduated with a diploma in piano. She also studied butoh dance privately with Ko Murobushi in 1992 and in Ravenna in 2003 and studied voice privately with Liliana Poli in 2003 and 2005.
As a pianist, she is a specialist in contemporary music and in the works of John Cage. She has given concerts in Austria, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the USA.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
Terry B. (opera project), voice, children's chorus, flute, percussion, string orchestra, fixed media, large mirrors, monitors, 1989
CHAMBER MUSIC:
La Stanza, harp, guitar, celesta, glockenspiel, xylophone, 1981
Carillon, celesta, carillon, glockenspiel, 1988
Armenia Colorata, cello, 1988
Quaderni di Venezia, flute, percussion, 1988
Happy Island, electric guitar, fixed media, 1990
Les Nuages, flute, violin, viola, cello, piano, fixed media, 2004
VOCAL:
KHLA, soprano, 5 percussion, 1984
China, voice, 2 percussion, sound objects, white shells, 1988
La Casa di Hänsel e Gretel, soprano, cello, double bass, piano, 1988
Su un ramo di Ciliegio, voice, piano, 1988
India (song-cycle), voice, piano, 2001
Il Pianeta sarà delle farfalle, voice, piano, small wind chimes/small cymbals, 2002
Pour tous les noirs du monde, female voice, piano, 2002
Africa, female voice, piano, 2004
PIANO:
Falling Star, 1986
Schizzi per 'Terry B.', piano, fixed media, shells, 1989
Blue China...pensando a John Cage, prepared piano, 1992
Steps On, 1998
In Giardino stampe, 1999
Songs (text by the composer), piano (+ voice), 2001–02 (one section may be performed separately: Dream House La Monte [omaggio a La Monte Young])
Florence, 2004
Prélude Toi et Moi, 2004
New York Prelude, 2004
French Italian Prelude, 2004
September – April – July (suite), 2007
MULTIMEDIA/PERFORMANCE:
At Sea (sound installation), film (by the composer), 1986–88
Amazzonia, voice, flute, 20 percussion, lights, 1989
Musica d'inverno, piano, fixed media, lights, 1990
A Thomas per l'Oriente...da...lontano, piano, fixed media, photographs, 1990
No War, voice, drawings, 1995
One Day, piano, fixed media, lights, 1998
Voices (texts by Aida Mitsuo, the composer [also translated by Takeda Katsuya]), any number of amplified voices, fixed media, lights, 1999
Japanese Garden (sound installation), piano, fixed media, lights, photographs, sand, shells, 1999–2000
Alessio e Giacometti, butoh dancer, 2 players, fixed media, live electronics, drawings, sculpture, slide projections, 2001
Barcelona, piano, large orchestra, slide projections, 2003–