(b. 9 April 1948, Venice).
Italian composer of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, and multimedia works that have been performed throughout the world.
Mr. Ambrosini initially studied foreign languages and literature at the Università degli Studi in Milan and there earned his MA in both subjects in 1972. He then studied electronic music with Alvise Vidolin at the Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello in Venice from 1972–75, where he also studied early instruments from 1975–78. In addition, he studied music history at the Università Ca' Foscari in Venice and there earned his MA in 1978. Important to his development were his meetings with Bruno Maderna and Luigi Nono.
Among his honours are two prizes in the competition Castello di Belveglio (Secondo Premio [Primo Premio was not awarded], 1981, for Attimo relativo; Primo Premio, 1982, for Trobar clar), the Prix de Rome (1985) and a term as the representative of Italy to the European Year of Music (1985). He also represented Italy at the International Rostrum of Composers in Paris (1986). He later earned the libretto prize of the Association Beaumarchais in Paris (2006, for the libretto for Il canto della pelle – Sex Unlimited), the Leone d'Oro per la Musica del Presente from the Biennale di Venezia (2007, for Plurimo [per Emilio Vedova]), the UNESCO Prize/Music Theatre Now Prize in Berlin (2008, for Il canto della pelle – Sex Unlimited), the Rotary International Award (2009), two prizes in the Premio Franco Abbiati della critica musicale italiana (2010, for Il killer di parole, category Migliore novità italiana; 2019, category Miglior CD di Nuova Musica), the Premio Play.It! (2015, for his œuvre), the Premio Internazionale Paterna Baldizzi from the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (2021, for Il killer di parole), and the Premio Internazionale GAMO (2023, for his œuvre). He was elected a member of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome in 2021. He has received commissions from the Accademia Filarmonica Romana, the Biennale di Venezia, the government of France, the festival Milano Musica, RAI, the festival Spaziomusica, the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, and WDR, among other organisations. His music has been featured at many festivals, including a portrait concert at the festival Milano Musica in 1995.
He has also held other posts. He has worked on computer music at the Centro per la Sonologia Computazionale in Padua since 1976. In addition, he founded the Centro Internazionale per la Ricerca Strumentale in Venice in 1983 and has since served as its director. As a conductor, he founded the Ex Novo Ensemble in Venice in 1979 and has served as its conductor since 1979. He later founded the vocal ensemble Vox Secreta in Venice in 2007.
He has given courses, lectures and masterclasses in France and Italy.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
Orfeo, l'ennesimo (opera multimediale in 1 act, libretto by Carlo d'Altilia), 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone (+ clarinet), trumpet, trombone, piano, 2 percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 1984 (a concert suite was arranged)
Il sogno (notturno lirico, libretto by the composer), soprano (+ piano), fixed media, 1989
Canzoniere ballato (balletto in 2 acts, texts by Yves Bonnefoy, an anonymous 13th-century source from Italy, Giorgio Baffo, choreography by Anne Yoren), soprano, clarinet, violin ad libitum, piano, 2 percussion, 1988–91 (six sections may be performed separately as concert works: Le fleuve; Pàrtite amore, adeo; Lode alle tette; Ballo da sfioro [also concert version for 2 ensembles (clarinet, piano, 2 percussion; bassoon, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass)]; Canzone muta; Ballo in ottava rima; concert version of another section, Impromptu, as Rondaccio, piano, percussion/2 percussion)
Anima mundi (teatro di immagini sonore), voices, ensemble, fixed media, live electronics, 1995
Frammenti d'acque (drammaturgia sonora in sette stazioni, in memoria dell'alluvione di Venezia del 4 novembre 1966), flute, French horn, trumpet, harp, glass instruments, 2 percussion, live electronics, 1996
Il giudizio universale (opera buffa in 1 act, libretto by the composer), soprano, tenor, male actor, small orchestra (15 players), live electronics, 1996
Pandora librante (balletto lirico–sinfonico in 2 acts after Italo Calvino, texts by Titus Lucretius Carus, an anonymous 13th-century source from Italy, Cecco Angiolieri, William Blake, choreography by Robert Cohan), soprano, mezzo-soprano, ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 2 percussion), large orchestra (8 winds, 7 brass, harp, piano, timpani, 3 percussion, strings), 1997 (nine sections may be performed separately as concert works: Il sole, la polvere; L'usignolo; S'i' fosse foco; Aube; Andante leggero, quasi inesistente; Prestissimo dimezzato; Misurato kaosmicomico; Notturno, dei sentieri; Ostinato rampante)
Le cahier perdu de Casanova (ballett'opera da camera in 2 parts, texts by Gaspara Stampa, Comtessa de Dia, Juana Inés de la Cruz, Murasaki Shikibu, Provençal troubadours, choreography by Mark McClain), 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, harp, piano 4 hands, percussion, 1998 (each of its two sections may be performed separately: Carnet de bal [suite di danze originali], harp, piano 4 hands, percussion [may be performed as a concert work as Casanova's carnet de bal]; Notturni, albe, serenate, 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, piano; also concert versions of material as Due notturni, una serenata, un'alba, soprano, piano; A Night with Casanova [sei notturni], piano)
Big Bang Circus (Piccola storia dell'Universo) (opera–circo in 2 times, libretto by Sandro Cappelletto, the composer), soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, male actor, small orchestra (16 players), live electronics, 2001–02
Vademecum (breviario sonoro), flute, piano, percussion, fixed media, live electronics, 2004
Il canto della pelle – Sex Unlimited (melodramma giocoso in 2 parts and a labyrinth, libretto by the composer, after the Orphic hymns, Atharvaveda, the Kama Sutra, Jain sources, the Bible, the Tantras, Sappho, John Donne, St. John of the Cross, Juana Inés de la Cruz, William Blake, Emily Dickinson, Veronica Gambara, Giorgio Baffo, Veronica Franco, Gaspara Stampa, Titus Lucretius Carus, Trotula of Salerno, Juvenal, Tertullian, Walt Whitman, anonymous graffiti from Pompeii, choreography by Andonis Foniadakis), soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, female actor, male dancer, flute, clarinet, French horn, violin, cello, double bass, piano 4 hands, 2 percussion, live electronics, 2005–06
Il killer di parole (ludodramma in 2 acts, libretto by the composer, after Daniel Pennac), 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, mixed chorus, orchestra, 2008–10
Apocalypsis cum figuris (fonurgia drammatica, text by the composer), snare drum, fixed media, live electronics, 2012
Balli delle belle bolle (happening sonoro), variable ensemble, 2013
Blowing in the Wind (piccolo teatro musicale, texts by the composer, Bob Dylan), mezzo-soprano, trombone, piano (+ inflatable objects), 2014
Tancredi appresso il Combattimento (madrigale drammatico, text by Torquato Tasso, adapted by the composer), soprano, tenor, baritone, theorbo, harpsichord, percussion/2 percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 2017 (may be performed after Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, SV 153 by Claudio Monteverdi)
Segni sulla neve (melologo, text by the composer, after Mario Rigoni Stern), speaker, male chorus (+ handheld instruments), piano, 2019
ORCHESTRAL:
Veneziano (concerto), piano, upright piano (with total-mute pedal)/electronic keyboard, orchestra (2 flutes, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, 3 percussion, minimum 24 strings), 1984–85
Doppio concerto grosso, piano, percussion, ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, French horn, trumpet, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass), large orchestra, 1987
Andante leggero, quasi inesistente, large orchestra (8 winds, 7 brass, harp, piano, timpani, 3 percussion, strings), 1997 (section of Pandora librante; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Prestissimo dimezzato, large orchestra (8 winds, 7 brass, harp, piano, timpani, 3 percussion, strings), 1997 (section of Pandora librante; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Misurato kaosmicomico, large orchestra (8 winds, 7 brass, harp, piano, timpani, 3 percussion, strings), 1997 (section of Pandora librante; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Notturno, dei sentieri, large orchestra (8 winds, 7 brass, harp, piano, timpani, 3 percussion, strings), 1997 (section of Pandora librante; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Pausa irreale, orchestra (8 winds, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, piano, timpani, percussion, strings), 2004
Tocar (concerto), piano, large orchestra (12 winds, 11 brass, harp, timpani, 3 percussion, strings), 2006
Plurimo (per Emilio Vedova) (concerto), 2 pianos, large orchestra (12 winds, 12 brass, harp, timpani, 4 percussion, strings), 2007
Morte di Caravaggio (copia dal vero), bassoon, orchestra (6 winds, 5 brass, harp, piano, timpani, 2 percussion, strings), 2015
Phonurgia, large orchestra (12 winds, 10 brass, harp, piano 4 hands, timpani, 4 percussion, strings), 2015
Aria della battaglia (epodo all'Aria della battaglia di Annibale Padovano, nel centenario della fine della Prima Guerra Mondiale), 2018
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Attimo relativo, variable ensemble, 1973
Canzone d'ombre, guitar, c. 1973, notated 1992
Canzone a perdere, guitar, c. 1973, notated 1992
Tantalo sorridente, guitar, c. 1973, notated 1992
Canzone molle, guitar, c. 1973, notated 1992
Nulla nox sine linea (Due notturni per chitarra), guitar, c. 1973, notated 1993, revised 2013
Tre studi sulla prospettiva, guitar, c. 1973–74, notated 1992–93 (each of its three sections may be performed separately: Scherzo [Omaggio à Escher], c. 1974, notated 1993; Canzone curva, detta "dell'occhiolino", c. 1973, notated 1992; Pensiero minore, c. 1973, notated 1992)
Blues, guitar, c. 1974, notated 1992
Notturno (Tombeau per Jimi H.), guitar, 1975, notated 1992
Aula 104, recorders, crumhorns, live electronics, 1976
Notturno, con sogno, guitar, c. mid-/late 1970s
Ziggurat, variable ensemble of resonating instruments (harps, guitars, pianos, harpsichords, vibraphones, etc.), c. mid-/late 1970s
Arie e danze, guitar, 1978
Uno & trino, amplified flute, amplified oboe, amplified clarinet, 1979
Song of Innocence, Song of Experience, guitar, c. late 1970s
Three Holograms, guitar, c. late 1970s (each of its three sections may be performed separately: Janus ipse, dixit; Rabdomante [Mosè?]; Arcimboldo docet)
Negli sguardi di Eurialo e Niso, flute, clarinet, 2 plants (dipped into water), fixed media, 1980
Cadenza estesa e coda, amplified flute, fixed media, live electronics, 1981
Icaros, violin, 1981
A guisa di un arcier presto soriano, flute, 1981
Ballo contadino, violin, 1981
Trompe-l'oreille, flute, vibraphone, 1981
"Oh, mia Euridice..." A fragment, clarinet (+ voice), viola, 1981 (also version for clarinet [+ voice], cello, piano, 1990, revised 1991)
Una forma, chiusa, flute, violin, viola, 1981
Dedalo/Icaro, violin, 1981–82 (also version for amplified violin, live electronics, 2016)
Ballo meridionale, detto "dell'uccellino", flute, violin, 1981–82 (perhaps lost)
Trobar clar, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, 1982 (also longer version for flute, spatial ensemble [oboe, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, upright piano (with total-mute pedal), violin, viola, cello, double bass], 1984)
Capriccio, detto L'Ermafrodita, bass clarinet, 1983
Rousseau, le douanier : 'FOLLIA D'ORLANDO', clarinet, 1983
Senza titolo, 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, harp, piano, celesta, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 1983
Vietato ai minori, upright piano (with total-mute pedal)/electronic keyboard, ensemble (flute, clarinet, cello, harpsichord, percussion), 1983
Nell'orecchio di Van Gogh, una pulce, upright piano (with total-mute pedal) (+ piano), ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion), 1983
Concavo, convesso, upright piano (with total-mute pedal)/electronic keyboard, ensemble (flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, violin, cello, percussion), 1983, revised 2000
Gli italiani parlano tutti con le mani, upright piano (with total-mute pedal)/electronic keyboard (+ piano), ensemble (flute, trumpet, electric guitar, violin, cello, double bass, 2 percussion), 1984
De vulgari eloquentia, piano, ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin [+ viola], cello), 1984
Hic sunt leones, piano, ensemble (flute, clarinet, saxophone [+ clarinet], violin, viola, cello, percussion), 1984
Impromptu, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1984
Improvviso (Noche oscura), piano, ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass), 1984–85
Trobar clus, piano, ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass), 1985
Dettaglio sacrilego, percussion, ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, double bass), 1987
I'mbrazilian, guitar, 1987
Rondaccio, piano, percussion/2 percussion, 1988 (concert version of Impromptu from Canzoniere ballato)
Il satellite sereno, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, fixed media, 1989
Dove c'è un tabù c'è un desiderio, dulcian, 2 cornetts, 4 trombones, violin, viola, cello, positive organ, harpsichord, 1990
Ballo da sfioro, clarinet, piano, 2 percussion, 1991 (section of Canzoniere ballato; may be performed separately as a concert work; also concert version for 2 ensembles [clarinet, piano, 2 percussion; bassoon, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass], 1996)
Canzone muta, piano, 2 percussion, 1991 (section of Canzoniere ballato; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Priapo assiderato, guitar, 1992
Ballo sghembo, 2 pianos, 2 percussion, 1993
Seaside Story (anamorfosi sonora), percussion, fixed media, 1993
For a month we loved forever, percussion, 1994
Rap, guitar, 1994
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un fauve, flute, violin, piano, 1994
Ciaccona in labirinto (detta Ciaccona del giglio), guitar, 1995
Labirinto armonico (fantasia strumentale su Kleines harmonisches Labyrinth, BWV 591 by Johann Sebastian Bach [or Johann David Heinichen]), flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 1995
Tre improvvisi, Disklavier, 1997
Casanova's carnet de bal (suite di danze originali), harp, piano 4 hands, percussion, 1998 (version of Carnet de bal from Le cahier perdu de Casanova; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Vita, violin, 2003 (also version as Seconda vita, viola, 2015)
Il suono e il suo doppio, cello, 2004
Wolfgang chi? (on a theme from Die Zauberflöte, K 620 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), piccolo, piano, timpani, Aeolian harps (+ harmonic tubes) (4 players), 2006
Quintetto "delle dissonanze" (on a theme from the Streichquartett Nr. 19 in C-dur, 'Dissonanzenquartett', K 465 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), chromatic natural horn/B-flat trumpet/any other trumpet, 2 violins, viola, cello, 2008
Also sprach die Sibylle, bassoon, 2011
Erbario spontaneo veneziano, violin, piano, 2011
Ogni emozione dell'aria, bass clarinet, live electronics, 2011
Classifying the Thousand Shortest Sounds in the World, flute, 2012
Pasifae, l'istante, flute, 2012
Erbario alpino (con due ibridi immaginari) (Libro Primo), flute, piano, 2012
Vite di suoni illustri, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 2012
Tic-tac (ossia come ammazzare il tempo) (bagatella), percussion (with metronome), 2013
Tre studi en plein air, guitar, 2013 (each of its three sections may be performed separately: Notturno; Aube; Bus-stop)
Algario (Libro primo–Libro secondo) (piccola antologia subacquea), clarinet, viola, percussion, 2013–14
De alchimia, flute (+ piccolo), clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion (with found objects), 2014
Gamut (sette ritratti di nota), harp, 2015
Ma misi me per l'alto mare aperto, string quartet, 2015
Un altro insopportabile pezzo per flauto, flute, 2016
Barena, drio l'Isola de le Scoasse, aerei lontani, cocai (briciola sonora), amplified cello, 2017
Entartete Musik, guitar, 2017
Grande fratello, bass clarinet, cello, 2017
Incipit, ensemble, 2017
Domini minimi, flute (+ bass flute), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, cello, piano, 2017
Carnis ore, cordis ore, flute (+ bass flute), guitar, 2018
Etymon n. 1 (Mirror, Mirror on the Wall) (improvvisazione: ascending chromatic scale), any number of players, 2018
Etymon n. 2 (Of Human Bondage) (improvvisazione: ascending chromatic scale with pedal points), any number of players, 2018
Etymon n. 3 (Jacob's Ladder) (improvvisazione: ascending and descending chromatic scale in contrary motion), any number of players, 2018
Etymon n. 4 (The Four Elements???) (improvvisazione: ascending and descending chromatic scale in contrary motion, with a low pedal point and a high pedal point), any number of players, 2018
Etymon n. 5 (Roulette) (improvvisazione: ascending and descending chromatic scale in contrary motion, with a low pedal point and a high pedal point and with an ostinato note as a fulcrum ad libitum), any number of players, 2018
Etymon n. 6 (Fearful Symmetry) (improvvisazione: ascending scale exclusively in parallel motion, with or without a pedal point), variable ensemble, 2018
Etymon n. 7 (Crossroads) (improvvisazione: ascending and descending scale exclusively in contrary motion, with or without a pedal point), variable ensemble, 2018
CHORAL:
Proverbs of Hell (cantata, text by William Blake), soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, mixed chorus, piano, percussion, large orchestra, 1990–91
Susanna (oratorio, text by Sandro Cappelletto), boy soprano, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, mixed chorus, cornett, sackbut, double harp, lute, 2 violins, viola da gamba, double bass, positive organ (+ harpsichord), percussion, 1995–96
Acrobata (text by Edoardo Sanguineti), 4 mixed voices, 1997
Soliloquy (text by Sylvia Plath), 4 female voices, 2003 (also longer version for 8 mixed voices, 2015)
Dai 'Filò' di Zanzotto (text by Andrea Zanzotto), 4 female voices, piano, 2003
Lied ohne Worte (text by the composer, after Ludwig van Beethoven, Friedrich von Schiller, children from the concentration camp in Terezín [Pavel Friedmann, Hanus Hachenburg, 'Teddy' L410, anonymous]), soprano, children's chorus, piano, fixed media, 2004
Ur-Malo, da Meneghello (polittico, text by Luigi Meneghello), 4 female voices, piano (+ objects), 2007
La pupara (madrigale, text by Jolanda Insana), 5 mixed voices, 2013
Fonofania (lallazione, text by the composer), children's chorus, orchestra, 2013
La Grande Guerra (vista con gli occhi di un bambino) (favola vera, text by Sandro Cappelletto, after a school workbook by Giuseppe Boschet, Anna Akhmatova, Nelson Mandela), soprano, male speaker, male chorus, trumpet, piano, percussion, 2014
Shake! (Two Shakespeare Sonnets: A Woman's Face–Tired with All These) (text by William Shakespeare), 8 mixed voices, 2016
VOCAL:
Annunciazione (text by Berto Morucchio), soprano, clarinet, trombone, viola, piano, accordion, 1984
Auguries of Innocence (text by William Blake), soprano, upright piano (with total-mute pedal), 1984
Il segreto (text from an anonymous non-European source), soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, harp, violin, viola, cello, 2 percussion, 1988
Le fleuve (text by Yves Bonnefoy), soprano, clarinet, percussion, 1991 (section of Canzoniere ballato; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Pàrtite amore, adeo (text from an anonymous 13th-century source from Italy), soprano, clarinet, percussion, 1991 (section of Canzoniere ballato; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Lode alle tette (text by Giorgio Baffo), soprano, clarinet, violin ad libitum, percussion, 1991 (section of Canzoniere ballato; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Ecu, che ascuti (text by Giovanni Meli), mezzo-soprano, vibraphone, 1993
Orfeo, l'ennesimo, 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone (+ clarinet), trumpet, trombone, piano, 2 percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 1993 (concert suite from opera)
Tutti parlano (text by Virgilio Guidi), soprano, flute, cello, 1993
Il sole, la polvere (text by Titus Lucretius Carus), soprano, mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 1997 (section of Pandora librante; may be performed separately as a concert work)
L'usignolo (text from an anonymous 13th-century source from Italy), soprano, mezzo-soprano, flute, violin, percussion, 1997 (section of Pandora librante; may be performed separately as a concert work)
S'i' fosse foco (text by Cecco Angiolieri), soprano, mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 1997 (section of Pandora librante; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Aube (text from an anonymous 13th-century source from Italy), soprano, mezzo-soprano, 2 percussion, 1997 (section of Pandora librante; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Ostinato rampante, soprano, mezzo-soprano, large orchestra (8 winds, 7 brass, harp, piano, timpani, 3 percussion, strings), 1997 (section of Pandora librante; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Due notturni, una serenata, un'alba (text by Gaspara Stampa), soprano, piano, 1998 (concert version of material from Le cahier perdu de Casanova)
Passione secondo Marco (oratorio, texts by Sandro Cappelletto, the Book of Mark), coloratura soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, speaker, flute, clarinet, French horn, piano 4 hands, 2 percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass, 1999–2000
La dona danada (dai 'Canti dal Lazareto Vecio') (text by the composer, after graffiti on the Lazzaretto Vecchio in Venice), soprano, cimbalom (+ percussion), ensemble (flute [+ bass flute], bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello), 2010
Se il mare fosse de tocio / E mi me ne so' 'ndao (texts from two popular songs from Venice, adapted by the composer), mezzo-soprano, piano, 2011
Tremita l'aria (text by Giuliano Scabia), voice, ensemble, 2014
Flashback (text by Linda Mavian), soprano, flute, cello, 2016
Rappresentazione di anima e corpo (texts by William Blake, Tantric sources), soprano, bass clarinet, orchestra (8 winds, 5 brass, harp, piano 4 hands, timpani, 2 percussion, strings), 2019
PIANO:
Album di danze, come nuove, 1977 (also version for harpsichord)
SSSonata, upright piano (with total-mute pedal) (+ piano), 1977–78
Pandora/o, 1979
Onda (progetto per un bis molto laborioso), 1979
Rondò di forza, 1981
Ballo Italiano, prepared piano, 1981
Impromptu, 1982
Épater ! Épater !, upright piano (with total-mute pedal), 1982
Grande ballo futurista, upright piano (with total-mute pedal), 1982
Capriccio, 2 pianos, 1982
Apocrifo, upright piano (with total-mute pedal), 1984
Ballo in ottava rima, 1991 (section of Canzoniere ballato; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Preludio, a sguardi, 1994
Ciaccona, 1998
A Night with Casanova (sei notturni), 1998 (concert version of material from Le cahier perdu de Casanova)
Noblesse oblige, prepared piano, 2014
Tecniche per la misurazione dell'infinito, 3 pianos, 2014
Mose (canovaccio sonoro), piano 4 hands, fixed media, 2015
Omphalos (piccolo omaggio alla madre Grecia sul tema di Tria paidià voliotikà), 2018
Gamut n. 2 (Pavana), 3 pianos, 2018
Short Stories (Ales in Wonderland), 2018–19
Orienteering, 1 or more pianos, live electronics, 2019
HARPSICHORD:
Album di danze, come nuove, 1977 (version of work for piano)
ELECTROACOUSTIC:
24 ore di un palazzo (music for an exhibition by Ludovico de Luigi in Rome), fixed media, 1976
Malo, audioritratto (pellegrinaggio acustico in cinque stazioni, visita alla città di Luigi Meneghello), fixed media, 2007
Anemos (Autoritratto sonoro) (music for an exhibition in Trieste), fixed media, 2018
RADIO PRODUCTIONS:
I sogni sono soltanto schiuma? (ciclo di 12 radiodrammi in musica, text by Sandro Cappelletto), 1989 (each of its twelve sections may be broadcast separately: Il sogno della miniera; Il sogno di Donizetti; Il sogno delle scale; Il sogno di Nabuccodonosor; Il sogno di Wagner; Il sogno del treno perduto; Il sogno degli amanti; Il sogno di Orlando; Il sogno di Costantino; Gli esami non finiscono mai; Il sogno dei lupi bianchi; La notte)
Miti, guerrieri, amorosi (teatro d'ascolto, text by Sandro Cappelletto), 1993 (each of its eight sections may be broadcast separately: Apollo e Marsia; Pasifae; Eco e Narciso; Atalanta; Persefone; Ermafrodita; Perseo e Andromeda; Ercole)
MULTIMEDIA/PERFORMANCE:
Solo/Tutti, ensemble, audiovisual circuit (with direttore d'ascolto [a conductor for the proper listening of the audience]), 1973–75 (also version for film, 1979)
Video Music, film, 1976
Christmas Carol, film, 1976
Hair-Cut, film, 1976
Autobiografia, film, 1976
De Photographia, film, 1976
Tocco, n. 1, film, 1976
Tocco, n. 2, film, 1976
Tocco, n. 3, film, 1976
Audioidentikit, film, 1976
Alphabets (gioco vocale), any number of voices/players, tape recorder, 1976
Sound Visions (happening audiovisivo), any number of players, 1976
Suono autografo, magnetised nib, fixed media, 1976
Light Solfeggio, film, 1977
Taperecorder Suite, film, 1977 (each of its four sections may be screened separately: Relationships; Kissing; Perpetual Motion; I love you)
Zoom, film, 1977
Wind Orchestra, film, 1977
Istra Suite, film, 1977
Video Canon, film, 1977
Ritratto, film, 1977
A Sound a Day Keeps Time Away (calendario musicale per [fare] comporre e suonare), any number of voices/players, 1977
Aria, film, 1978
Progressione geometrica, film, 1978
Video Sonata, film, 1979
Sentire/ascoltare, film, 1979
Gioco della Sibilla (spazio audiovisivo di gioco), any number of players (children/adults), 1980
Pictures at Another Exhibition, Disklavier, projections, 2018
LIBRETTOS/TEXTS:
Il bacio, 1989
Per amore, 1989
M'ama? Non m'ama? (teatro musicale buffo in una scena), 1994
L'asino di Buridano (teatro musicale buffo in una scena), 1994
SSS (Sportello Suoni Smarriti) (teatro musicale buffo in una scena), 1995
Il miracolo dei sensi (opera buffa), 1996
Stesso posto, tra un anno (teatro musicale buffo in una scena), 1996
Il mago dei suoni (opera buffa), 1998
La curatrice (melologo), 2019
Anche la beatitudine stanca, 2019
ARRANGEMENTS:
Canzon I a 5, Canzon II a 6 from Canzoni et sonate per sonar con ogni sorte de instrumenti (Giovanni Gabrieli), ensemble, 1985
Toccata from L'Orfeo (Claudio Monteverdi), ensemble, 1985
Serenata per un satellite (Bruno Maderna), flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, 1985
Canzon XIII a 12, Canzon I a 5, Sonata XIX a 15 from Sacræ symphoniæ, Canzoni et sonate per sonar con ogni sorte de instrumenti (Giovanni Gabrieli), orchestra (2 alto flutes, 2 English horns, 2 bass clarinets, 7 brass, 2 harps, piano, 4 percussion, 38 strings), 1998
Toccar l'Orfeo (free adaptation of the Toccata from L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi), large orchestra (12 winds, 10 brass, harp, piano, timpani, 3 percussion, strings), 2009
Variazione XIII dalle Trentatre variazioni su un valzer di Diabelli (after no. 13 of the 33 Veränderungen über einen Walzer von A. Diabelli, Op. 120 by Ludwig van Beethoven), bass flute, oboe, clarinet, percussion, violin, viola, cello, 2016