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Vacca, Roberta (b. March 3, 1967, L'Aquila). Italian composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, and electroacoustic works that have been performed throughout Europe and elsewhere.
Ms. Vacca studied with Mauro Cardi and Matteo D'Amico at the Conservatorio A. Casella in L'Aquila, where she earned diplomas in band instrumentation, choral direction and composition. She studied composition with Azio Corghi and Franco Donatoni at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, where she received a superior degree.
Her honors include Second Prize in the Domenico Guaccero in Bari (1998), Third Prize in the Gesualdo da Venosa (2000), First Prize in the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (2001), Second Prize in the FIDAPA (2001), First Prize in the Curci (2002), First Prize in the Egidio Carella (2002), Second Prize in the ICOMS (2002), Second Prize in the sacred-music competition in Fribourg (2002), and First Prize in the Alberto Ginastera (2002) competitions. Her other awards include the Premio CEMAT (1999) and the Premio G. Spontini (2001). Her works have been performed in Austria, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Ukraine and the USA.
Ms. Vacca is also active in other positions. As a pianist, she has played throughout Italy and she co-founded with Laura Miconi the Duo Pianistico Astarte in 1991. As a member of various ensembles, she has participated in many world premières. She has worked with the Coro Polifonico CIMA for many years and she co-founded with Paola Campanini the troupe of musicians and puppeteers Gruppo Teatrale Burattinmusica in 1995.
She teaches music theory at the Conservatorio A. Casella in L'Aquila.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: roberta.vacca@tin.it
Website: http://www.robertavacca.it/
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Relazioni (text by Sister Maria Crocifissa de Tomasi), 2 actresses, piano, 1999; C'era una volta la Principessa Dispettosa (text by N. Costa), speaker, tape, live electronics, 2000 (collaboration with Mauro Cardi, M.C. De Amicis, M. Lupone, A. Sbordoni); Lunedì dell'Angelo (text by Angela of Foligno), voice, actress, tape, 2000; Intimorosamente (text by N. Kimball), actress-speaker, alto saxophone, violin, cello, percussion, 2001; Gattomachia (children's opera, libretto by the composer, after Lope de Vega), 2 actress-voices, flute, percussion, tape, live electronics, 2002; Baby Blues (incidental music), soprano saxophone, piano, percussion, 2002 (may be performed as a concert work); Il colore dei suoni (incidental music), flute, 2002
ORCHESTRAL: Lay replay, string orchestra, 2001; Le stanze della luna, 2002
CHAMBER MUSIC: Micra, piccolo (+ flute, alto flute), E-flat clarinet (+ clarinet, bass clarinet), percussion, 1995; Frammenti, flute, clarinet, French horn, harp, violin, viola, cello, percussion, 1996; Amaca, violin, 1996; Bassorilievo, flute, clarinet, French horn, piano, percussion, string quartet, double bass, 1997; Rituale, violin, viola, cello, 1998; Ritorni, string quartet, 1998; L'anello fra le dita (text by Ovid), speaker, flute, clarinet, harp, string quartet, 1999 (also version for flute, clarinet, vibraphone, string quartet, 2000); Another flashing chance, amplified bass flute, electric guitar, 2000; L'ami, flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, 2001; Ridonda (text by Gabriele D'Annunzio), speaker, ensemble, 2001; Baby Blues, soprano saxophone, piano, percussion, 2002 (incidental music; may be performed as a concert work); Inonda, piccolo (+ alto flute, percussion), 2002
CHORAL: Contramor (texts by C. Bertola, Torquato Tasso), soprano, bass, mixed chorus, large orchestra, 1998; Eya (text from an anonymous source, from Cæcilia, virgo et martyr by Marc-Antoine Charpentier), mixed chorus, large orchestra, 2000
VOCAL: Grido concentrico (text by A.M. Giancarli), mezzo-soprano, female speaker, piccolo (+ flute, alto flute), 1997; Gattomachia (text by Lope de Vega), soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 1999; Coplas de gatos (text by Lope de Vega), soprano, piano, 1999; Days of light (text by Lewis Carroll), soprano, violin, viola, cello, piano, 2000; UNO (text by the composer), soprano, string orchestra, 2001
PIANO: De-sequentia, 1999; Ninna-nanna-nonna, 2000
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Rito, violin, viola, cello, live electronics, 1998; Il monte analogo, tape, 1999; Pas de deux, tape, 1999 (collaboration with M.C. De Amicis); Effimera ombra, tape, 2001; Il gioco del doppio, tape, 2001; Luna in Cancro, tape, 2001; Grigio perla, tape, 2001; La porta di cristallo, tape, 2001; Il filo di Arianna, tape, 2001; Immobile, transverse flute, tape, 2001
(Last updated on January 1, 2004)
