THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT  

Lucio Garau

(b. 1959, Cagliari, Sardinia).

Italian composer of mostly chamber works that have been performed throughout Europe; he is also active as a pianist.

Mr. Garau studied piano with Arlette Eggmann at the Conservatorio Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina in Cagliari from 1968–77 and piano privately with Massimo Bertucci and Vincenzo Vitale in Naples in 1978–79. He studied composition with Franco Oppo at the Conservatorio Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina from 1979–90, where he also studied electroacoustic music with Nicola Bernardini from 1985–87.

As a pianist, he has given concerts throughout Europe and in South America, where he also held a series of concerts and lectures.

He is also active in other positions. As a researcher, he has investigated minimal music, the music of Sardinia and the relationship between improvisation and notation. He founded the studio for electronic music Ricercare in 1990 and the MiniM Ensemble for the performance of minimal music in 1991 and has served as its artistic director since 1991.

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail address: 1@luciogarau.it

Website: http://www.luciogarau.it/ (Italian only)

COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS

STAGE:

Trio (dance music), fixed media, Op. 21, 1996

Studio su Kafka e Beckett (music-theatre work), fixed media, 2000

relazioni (music-theatre work), fixed media, film, 2001

ORCHESTRAL:

Musica nascosta, 12 strings, Op. 2, 1989–91

c, b, a (variati), large orchestra (78 players), Op. 25, 1998

T, 11 or more strings, Op. 38, 2002

tr., piano, 11 strings, Op. 39, 2002

Aurora nel mare, Op. 42, 2003

Concerto, accordion, small orchestra, Op. 44, 2004

Io so, Op. 62, 2012

CHAMBER MUSIC:

Musica nascosta, percussion, Op. 3, 1991

Epitaffio No. 1, 3 harps, Op. 6 No. 1, 1991

Canoni, alto recorder (+ bass recorder, tenor recorder), live electronics, Op. 5, 1992

Epitaffio No. 4, electric guitar, double bass, marimba (+ vibraphone), Op. 6 No. 4, 1992

Epitaffio No. 3, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, marimba (+ vibraphone), Op. 6 No. 3, 1993

Trasparenze, 2 amplified contrabass recorders (with pedals), Op. 8, 1994

Tabulatura Nova, ricercare primo, cello, live electronics, Op. 11, 1994

i nove colpi, 3 percussion (+ sampler), Op. 20, 1993–95

Rondeau, trumpet, organ, Op. 15, 1995 (also version for clarinet, 2 accordions, 1995)

consenso, any player (with sampler), Op. 16, 1995

J...X (preludio), electric guitar, Op. 17, 1995

Principe, percussion, Op. 18, 1995

s'oda nodas, any 4 sounds, live electronics, Op. 19, 1995 (version of vocal work)

Voyage, 4 percussion, Op. 23, 1996

Essere è tempo, harp, electric guitar, double bass, vibraphone, fixed media, Op. 24, 1997

Cangianti (string quartet no. 1), Op. 26, 1998

be-bop, alto saxophone/tenor saxophone, electric guitar, sampler, accordion, drum kit, Op. 28, 1998

999, flute (+ bass flute), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, cello, piano, Op. 30, 1999

memoria, violin, Op. 31, 2000

xballu, accordion, Op. 32, 2001

trio, 'The man I love', violin, cello, piano, Op. 33, 2001

variazioni sui suoni della notte, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, electric guitar, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, Op. 34a, 2001 (also version for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, electric guitar, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, Op. 34b, 2002)

Suite, accordion, fixed media, live electronics, Op. 41, 2003

Tre Pezzi, guitar, Op. 45, 2004

Sonata a quattro, any 4 players, Op. 47, 2005

Pinocchio notturno, clarinet, violin, cello, toy piano, accordion, fixed media, Op. 48, 2005

Suite per il basso di viola, viola da gamba, Op. 49, 2006

Concerto, amplified harpsichord, jazz ensemble (female voice, male voice, clarinet, saxophone, French horn, trumpet, trombone, electric guitar, bass guitar, sampler, percussion), Op. 52, 2007

Solo (Preludio, incantesimi e Finale), transverse flute, Op. 55, 2009

Petite Suite, piano (+ fortepiano, harpsichord), organ (+ harmonium), Op. 56, 2009

Contrappunto, saxophone, live electronics, Op. 57a, 2009 (also version for clarinet, live electronics, Op. 57b, 2010)

Fungaia (18 Ritratti micologici), saxophone, double bass, piano, Op. 60, 2011

Concertino, piano, ensemble (clarinet, French horn, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello), Op. 61, 2011

Tre Studi, pan flute, live electronics, Op. 63, 2012

Cinque Miniature, viola da gamba, Fokker organ, Op. 64, 2013

CHORAL:

sacrum, 5 male voices, Op. 4, 1992

Dream (madre), any 6 voices, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, piano/celesta/vibraphone, Op. 13, 1995

Ecolalia, 6 male voices, Op. 22, 1996

Aurora, female chorus, any bass instrument, Op. 40, 2003

VOCAL:

, voice, live electronics, Op. 1, 1990

Epitaffio No. 2, female voice, violin, viola, cello, Op. 6 No. 2, 1992

Mercato, any voice, any wind instrument, any 2 string instruments, percussion, Op. 10, 1994

s'oda nodas, voice, live electronics, Op. 19, 1995 (also version for any 4 sounds, live electronics)

anninnia, voice, Op. 29, 1999

Una Storia indicibile, voice, piano, sampler, percussion, Op. 51, 2006

Suite acousmatique, voice, percussion, fixed media, Op. 54, 2008

Veil'd Melancholy, voice, viola da gamba, string quartet, Op. 58, 2010

PIANO:

siamo sicuri?, 2 pianos, Op. 12, 1994

Ballu, Op. 14, 1995

tre invenzioni a tre parti, Op. 37, 2002

Klavierbüchlein, Op. 46, 2005

Videoraccolta immaginaria, Op. 59, 2010

ELECTROACOUSTIC:

numeri, fixed media, Op. 27, 1998

appunti, fixed media, Op. 35, 2002

due minuti di raccoglimento, fixed media, Op. 36, 2002

Trasformazioni, fixed media, Op. 43, 2003

Qimbe (Cinque Variazioni su temi familiari), Op. 50, 2006

MULTIMEDIA/PERFORMANCE:

Compresenze erranti, piano, 6 TVs, Op. 7, 1993

Trio (orti), female voice, tenor recorder, percussion (+ sampler), film, Op. 9, 1994

ARRANGEMENT:

Sei Sonate (Domenico Scarlatti), flute, violin, viola, viola da gamba, harpsichord, Op. 53, 2007