(b. 13 March 1970, Milan).
Italian composer of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have been performed in Europe and elsewhere.
Mr. Vigani studied violin with Silvano Minella at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan and graduated in 1992 and where he then studied composition and electroacoustic music with Gianni Possio, Giuseppe Giuliano and Riccardo Sinigaglia. He also studied chamber music with Milan Škampa at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole and composition with Franco Donatoni and string quartet with Piero Farulli at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, all from 1989–91.
Among his honours are the Premio della giuria in the competition Città di Pavia (1990), First Prize in the memorial competition Edvard Grieg in Oslo (1995), the Premio della giuria in the competition Castello di Belveglio (1996), the Premio Città di Udine (1998), and Primo Premio in the competition for young composers Pomeriggi musicali (2000). His music has been performed in Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, and the UK.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
Special Guest: Federico and Giulietta (ballet, choreography by Lindsay Kemp), 1996
ORCHESTRAL:
Frame for a Rose, small orchestra (13 players), fixed media, 1992
Frame II, orchestra, fixed media, 1993
Fondamenta Nuove, cello, 12 strings, 1997
Preludio a suoni rituali, violin, piano, percussion, string quartet, string orchestra, 1998
Traduzioni Temporali, 1999
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Flowers for Algernon, clarinet, 1990
Graffiti I–IV, string quartet, 1995
L'Insipienza a cantare la notte, flute, piano, 1996
Interludi Teatrali, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 1996
Intensi frammenti di parlato idiomatico, bass clarinet, 1996 (also version for tenor saxophone, 1997)
Primitiva sonora, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 French horns, 1997
Cinque Post-Scripta, bass clarinet (+ bass drum with pedal), 2 metronomes, 1999
Passaggi Veneziani, flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), viola, piano, percussion, live electronics, 1999
Porcellane, oboe, violin, viola, cello, 1999
Buona giornata anche a voi – Morning, clarinet (+ E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet), trumpet, violin, viola, cello, piano, synthesizer, percussion, 2000
Buona giornata anche a voi – Evening, flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (+ E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet), guitar, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 2000
Tutte le ombre parlano del sole, sottovoce, piccolo (+ alto flute), oboe, bass clarinet (+ clarinet), trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 2000
Studio su I giocattoli di Parpignol, flutes (1 player), saxophones (1 player), guitar, piano, 2001
Muser d'hiver, viola, 2001 (also version for viola, live electronics, 2002)
focalise (première étude), flute, clarinet, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello, piano, harpsichord, percussion, 2002
evidence room, string quartet, 2002
VOCAL:
Muta d'accento... e di pensier, female voice, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, harp, electric guitar, violin, double bass, MIDI-keyboard, percussion, 2000
Shakespeare, che cos'è? – Fragmente, female voice, violin, button accordion, 2000
ahh, l'amour, female voice, piccolo, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 2002
PIANO:
Tre Prospettive, 1995
MULTIMEDIA/PERFORMANCE:
le vetrate di Aligi, speaker, clarinet, harp, violin, fixed media, film, 2002
DISCOGRAPHY
Graffiti I–IV. Interensemble String Quartet (Taukay)