(b. 6 October 1935, Rovigo).
Italian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works that have been performed throughout Europe and elsewhere.
Ms. Furgeri attended the Conservatorio Cesare Pollini in Padua and studied privately in Milan and Venice. She studied composition with Bruno Bettinelli and Giorgio Federico Ghedini, composition and organ with Wolfango Dalla Vecchia, counterpoint, fugue and harmony with Bruno Coltro, and piano with Giuseppe Piccioli.
Among her honours are Terzo Premio in a competition for music for organ in Magadino (1964, for Sonata), Primo Premio in the competition for sacred music in Varese (1973, for Messa), Erster Preis in the competition GEDOK in Mannheim (1985, for Tre Episodi), and Erster Preis in the competition for women composers in Zürich (1987, for Levia). She has received acknowledgments in the competition for music for piano in Treviso (1965) and the competition Contemporary Music Review in Naples (1985), as well as five mentions in the competition Guido d'Arezzo in Arezzo (1974–75, 1984–85, 1992) and two mentions in the competition Henryk Wieniawski in Poznań (honourable mention, 1985; third finalist, 1990). Her music has been performed in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Spain, and Switzerland.
She taught instrumental and vocal practice and music theory for children in Ferrara and harmony in Padua in the 1960s and has taught as a professor of counterpoint and harmony at the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini in Bologna since 1969. She formerly served as headmaster of the Conservatorio Francesco Venezze in Rovigo.
Her primary publishers are Agenda Editrice, Casa Ricordi, Edizioni Edi.Pan, Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, Edizioni Zanibon, and Rugginenti Editore.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL:
Antifonie, piano, orchestra, 1975
Moods, 1983
Levia, string orchestra, 1987
Intarsi, string orchestra, 1989
Erzählung, violin, string orchestra, 1990
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Consonanze, 9 players, 1975
Duplum, violin, piano, 1981
Tre Episodi, string quartet, 1985
Il Canto sognato, flute, 1989
Trasparenze, guitar, 1990
Flügel, flute, piano, 1990
Immagini fluttuanti, flute, harp, viola, 1990
Farben, flute, violin, piano, 1990
Sequenza 1, guitar, 1992
Voci dell'Es, flute, harp, violin, viola, cello, 1995
Dedicato a un sogno, violin, viola, cello, 2003
...A quattro voci..., flute, violin, viola, cello, 2004
...Da lontani ricordi..., flute, clarinet, harp, 2009
A due voci, flute, guitar, 2009
CHORAL:
Messa, voice, mixed chorus, organ, 1973
Discanto (texts by Giuseppe Ungaretti, Charles Baudelaire), 8 mixed voices, 1974
Voci del tempo (text by Eugenio Montale), female chorus, 1975
Allor dirò la donna mia (text by Dante Alighieri), mixed chorus, 1984
Là dove autunni e primavere (text by Tao Yuanming [Italian translation]), 12 mixed voices, 1985
Fragmenta (text from the Book of Isaiah), mixed chorus, string orchestra, 1987
Solo e pensoso (text by Francesco Petrarca), mixed chorus, 1993
Un Tenue lume (text by an unknown 6th-century poet from China [Italian translation]), 8 female voices, 1993
Canto del ricordo (texts from the Book of Wisdom, Li Bai), mixed chorus, 1995
Sereno (text by Giuseppe Ungaretti), 7 mixed voices, 1996
...Per lo soave tempo... (text by Bondie Dietaiuti), mixed chorus, 1998
L'Ombra dei cieli (text by Vittorio Gelsomino), female chorus, 2000
Lamento (text from a folksong from Hungary), mixed chorus, 2000
Invito (text by Enrico Camaggi), mixed chorus, 2001
Ad te levavi oculos meos (texts from the Vulgate, the Jerusalem Bible), 7 mixed voices, 2002
Rosa rorans (text from an anonymous 14th-century source), 3 female voices/mixed chorus, 2002 (also version for mixed chorus, organ, 2002)
...In guisa di colomba... (texts by Francesco Petrarca, the Book of Matthew, the Book of Psalms), 7 mixed voices, 2003
Ballata antica (text by Dante Alighieri), 4 female voices, 2003 (also version for 2 countertenors, tenor, bass, 2003)
Lungi dal proprio ramo (text by Giacomo Leopardi), 2 countertenors, tenor, bass, 2003
Ego flos campi (text from the Song of Solomon), 4 female voices, 2003
Psallite cum alleluia (double motet), 6 mixed voices/6 male voices, 2004
Trittico Francescano (texts from Franciscan sources, anonymous sources), mixed chorus, organ, ensemble, 2004
Prologo ed epilogo a una lettura dantesca, mixed chorus, flute, brass, piano, percussion, 2004
Dittico Sacro (text from the Book of Psalms), mixed chorus, 2006
In splendoribus (Christmas carol), mixed chorus, 2006
Piccola Messa latina, mixed chorus, 2007
Virgo Mater radiosa (mass), mixed chorus, oboe, 4 brass, organ, 2007
Tempus adest gratiæ (text from the Middle Ages, adapted by the composer), mixed chorus, 2008
Iustus ut palma florebit (introit), mixed chorus, organ, 2009
VOCAL:
Pars mea Dominus (text from the Book of Isaiah), soprano, organ, 1983
Cantico (text from the Song of Solomon), soprano, flute, harp, 1983 (also version for soprano, piano, 1993)
Ulisse (text by Wole Soyinka), soprano, speaker, piano, 1988
Parabola (text by Franz Kafka), soprano, bass, speaker, organ, 1990
Cantico a Mathilda (text by Donizone of Canossa), soprano, mezzo-soprano, string orchestra, 1991
Sette Liriche (text by Giorgio Segato), soprano, flute, violin, cello, 1994
Alba (text by Giorgio Segato), soprano, orchestra, 1994
Tre Liriche (text by Giorgio Segato), soprano, piano, 1998
Piccola Cantata (text by Rainer Maria Rilke), soprano, tenor, baritone, ensemble, 1999
A Mysterious Song (text by John Gracen Brown), soprano, flute, violin, viola, cello, piano, 2002
Immagini da una poesia (text by Gabriella Bianco), speaker, flute, violin, cello, 2009
PIANO:
Sonata, 1958
Suite, 1961
Suite per Gioconda, 1965
Iuvenilia, piano 4 hands, 1980
Sequenza 2a, 1992
Quasi una rapsodia, 2000
Sette Piccoli Pezzi, piano 4 hands, 2002
Piccolo valzer, 2005
Con slancio ed impeto, 2005
El Viento dijo, piano 4 hands, 2009
Le Parole del vento, 2009
ORGAN:
Sonata, 1963
Toccata e Ricercare, 1968
Opposizioni, 2 organs, 1986
Magdalena flos sanctitatis, 2000
DIDACTIC MUSIC:
Piccoli Musici (2 volumes), 1970–71
Il Libro dei ritmi e dei suoni, 1972
Il Fuggitivo – Canzone del pastore – Cavallino Bianco e nero (texts from folksongs from Hungary), children's chorus, 1977
Ritorno (text by an unknown 4th-century poet from China [Italian translation]), children's chorus, 1985
Otto Piccoli Pezzi, piano 4 hands, 1986
Antologia di brani per flauto, flute, 1990
Antologia di brani per violino, violin, 1990
La Chitarra oggi, guitar, 1996
Otto Piccoli Pezzi per Ilaria (5 works for piano, 3 works for piano 4 hands), 2002
...Con ali lievi... (work for children's chorus/female chorus, 3 works for female chorus, work for 4 mixed voices, 2 works for 4 male voices, 3 works for 7 mixed voices, texts by an unknown 4th-century poet from China [Italian translation], the Song of Solomon, Dante Alighieri, an unknown 6th-century poet from China [Italian translation], Bondie Dietaiuti, Giacomo Leopardi, Antoine-Vincent Arnault, Francesco Petrarca, the Book of Matthew [Italian paraphrases], the Book of Psalms [Italian paraphrases], the Jerusalem Bible [Italian paraphrases]), 2002–03
Otto Schizzi musicali per Federico (4 works for piano, 4 works for piano 4 hands), 2003
Quattro Momenti musicali, piano, 2007
DISCOGRAPHY
Levia. Olga Géczy/La Gioia International (MRK: 497, c. 1988) (cassette)
Immagini fluttuanti; Sette Liriche; Il Canto sognato; Voci dell'Es; Farben. Barbara Vignudelli, soprano; Anna Maria Morini, flute; Ensemble Armos; Ensemble ACTIO (Teatro del Guerriero: MU 001, 1996)
Il Fuggitivo. Giorgio Mazzucato/I Piccoli Cantori di San Bortolo (Edizioni Paoline: SRC 30.27)