(b. 6 May 1953, Lecce).
Italian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been performed throughout the world.
Prof. Fedele initially studied philosophy at the Università degli Studi in Milan. He then studied composition with Azio Corghi, counterpoint and harmony with Renato Dionisi and piano with Bruno Canino and Ilonka Deckers at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, where he graduated in 1981. He also studied composition with Franco Donatoni at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome during this time.
Among his honours are First Prize in the competition of the Internationale Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Amsterdam (1981, for Chiari and Per accordar), Primo Premio in the competition Goffredo Petrassi in Parma (1989, for Epos), three prizes from the Académie Charles-Cros (Le Monde de la Musique and Choc de la Musique, 2003, both for the recording of Animus Anima I on Stradivarius; Coup de Cœur, 2004, for his recording on L'Empreinte Digitale), and the Prix international Arthur-Honegger from the Fondation de France (2016). He was given the title Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the government of France in 2000 and was elected a member of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome in 2005. Portrait concerts have been given at the festival Musica in Strasbourg (1996), the festival Musica Nova in Helsinki (1998), the festival Aspects des musiques d'aujourd'hui in Caen (1999), and the festival Fedele + at the Cité de la Musique in Paris (2004). He is also the subject of the book Ivan Fedele – Les Cahiers de l'IRCAM / Compositeurs d'aujourd'hui no. 9 (1996, IRCAM/Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou).
He has also held other posts. He served as artistic director of the Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan from 2009–11. He later served as director of the musical section of the Biennale di Venezia from 2012–20.
He has taught at the Civica Scuola di Musica in Milan, the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Strasbourg, the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini in Bologna, the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Como, the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, and the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Turin. He taught composition as a professor at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia from 2007–19. He has given masterclasses in Belgium, Finland, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and the USA.
His publisher is Edizioni Suvini Zerboni.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
Oltre Narciso (cantata profana per una azione scenica, text by the composer), mezzo-soprano, baritone, 2 dancers, male chorus, small orchestra (24 players), 1982
Antigone (opera in 7 quadri, libretto by Giuliano Corti, after Sophocles), 2 mezzo-sopranos, countertenor, 2 tenors, baritone, mixed chorus, large orchestra, 2005–06
Words and Music (text by Samuel Beckett), 2 actors, small orchestra (16 players), 2015
ORCHESTRAL:
Chiari, 1981
Epos, large orchestra, 1989
Concerto, viola, large orchestra, 1990, revised 1995
Duo en résonance, 2 French horns, small orchestra (19 players), 1991
Carme Primo, small orchestra (17 players), 1992
Carme Secondo, 1993
Concerto, piano, orchestra, 1993
Allegoria dell'indaco, small orchestra (30 players), 1994 (version of chamber work)
Concerto, cello, orchestra, 1996
Dioscuri, 2 cellos, orchestra, 1997
Imaginary Depth, cello, orchestra, 1997
L'orizzonte di Elettra, viola, small orchestra (27 players), live electronics, 1997 (also version for electric 5-string violin, small orchestra [27 players], live electronics, 2009)
Scena, large orchestra (91 players), 1997–98
Concerto, violin, small orchestra (26 players), 1998–99
Corda d'aria (concerto), flute, orchestra, 1999
De li duo soli et infiniti universi, 2 pianos, large orchestra in 3 groups, 2001
Ruah (concerto), flute, large orchestra, 2001–02
Accord, small orchestra (2 clarinets, 2 French horns, percussion, strings), 2003
Ali di Cantor, small orchestra in 4 groups (29 total players), 2003
Arco di Vento (concerto), clarinet, large orchestra, 2002–04
EST! (concerto no. 2), cello, small orchestra (flute, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, piano, 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, 2 double basses), 2004–05
Flug, bass clarinet, small orchestra (piano, 2 vibraphones, 2 marimbas, strings), 2005
Mosaïque, violin, small orchestra (16 players), 2008
Pentàlogon Quintet, string orchestra, 2009 (version of Pentàlogon Quartet)
Nohtar, string orchestra, 2009
Syntax 0.1 (if@hay.dn), orchestra (8 winds, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, harp, piano, strings), 2009
Artéteka – Folk Dance 1, orchestra (8 winds, 10 brass, harp, tammorra [folk drum from Italy], strings), 2009
Lexikon, orchestra (8 winds, 7 brass, 2 pianos, synthesizer, 2 percussion, 38 strings), 2010–11
La pierre et l'étang (...les temps...), percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, 32 strings, live electronics, 2010–11
Txalaparta – Folk Dance 2, 2 txalaparta (4 players), orchestra (8 winds, 10 brass, harp, strings), 2011 (also version for 2 marimbas, orchestra [8 winds, 10 brass, harp, strings], 2013)
Volo, tenor saxophone, small orchestra (piano, 2 vibraphones, 2 marimbas, strings), 2013
Epitaffio, orchestra (8 winds, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, timpani, percussion, strings), 2014
Syntax 0.2 (if@moz.art), orchestra (8 winds, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, harp, piano, strings), 2014
Syntax 0.3 (if@beethov.en), orchestra (8 winds, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, harp, sampler, strings), 2014
Lexikon II, large orchestra (12 winds, 11 brass, electric guitar, piano, sampler, 3 percussion, 60 strings, bass guitar), 2015
Ur, large orchestra (12 winds, 11 brass, piano, organ, timpani, 4 percussion, strings), 2017
From depth to deepness, bassoon, small orchestra (2 oboes, 2 bassoons, contrabasson, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, strings), 2017
Lexikon III, orchestra (10 winds, 6 brass, harp, sampler, timpani, percussion, strings), 2016–18 (its six sections may be performed separately in three parts: 1. Leggerezza 2. Rapidità, 2016; 3. Esattezza 4. Visibilità, 2016; 5. Molteplicità 6. Coerenza, 2018)
Air on air, amplified basset horn, orchestra (10 winds, 5 brass, electronic keyboard, percussion, strings), 2018
Hybrid (concerto per organo ibrido), organ, orchestra (12 winds, 11 brass, strings), 2020
Totl (Tags on a Time Line), cello, string orchestra, 2021
Due letture del tempo (Periodicità – Pulsazione), orchestra (9 winds, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, piano, timpani, strings), 2022
Secondo Concerto, piano, orchestra (10 winds, 5 brass, strings), 2024
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Per accordar (string quartet no. 1), 1980–81, revised 1989
Aiscrim, flute, clarinet, piano, 1983
Il giardino di giada, oboe d'amore, violin, viola, cello, 1983 (also version as Il giardino di giada II, alto flute, violin, viola, cello, 1991)
Viaggiatori della notte, violin, 1983
Electra glide, 2 violins, viola, 1984
Windex, clarinet, 1985
Latinamix, flute ad libitum, guitar, piano, 1985 (also version for flute, violin, piano, 2004)
Magic, 4 saxophones, 1985 (also version for 4 clarinets, 1996)
Chord, 2 clarinets, 2 French horns, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello, percussion, 1986
Pentàlogon Quartet (string quartet no. 2), 1987 (also version as Pentàlogon Quintet, string orchestra)
Modus, bass clarinet, percussion, 1988, revised 1995
Bias, oboe, guitar, 1988
Allegoria dell'indaco, flute, 2 clarinets, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, 1988 (also version for small orchestra [30 players])
Mixtim (musica rituale), flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1989–90
Imaginary Skylines, flute, harp, 1990–91
Imaginary Islands, flute, bass clarinet, piano, 1992
Donax, flute, 1992
Richiamo, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, euphonium, 2 percussion, live electronics, 1993–94
Flamen, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1994
Profilo in eco, flute, ensemble (oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion), 1994–95
High (in memoriam Miles Davis), trumpet, 1996 (also version for alto saxophone, 2013; version for basset horn, 2014; version by Armand Angster for bass clarinet, 2004; version by Michele Lomuto for trombone, 2005)
Corrente I, piano, ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone), 1996
Correnti Alternate, piano, ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone), 1996
Corrente II, piano, ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone), 1997
Donacis ambra, flute, live electronics, 1997
Erinni, cimbalom, piano, vibraphone, 1998
Elettra, viola, live electronics, 1999 (also version for electric 5-string violin, live electronics, 2013)
Târ (string quartet no. 3), 1999–2000
Apostrofe, bass flute, 2000
Dedica, flute, 2000
Levante, cello, ensemble (cimbalom, 2 violins, 2 violas, cello), 2000 (also version for cello, ensemble [piano, 2 violins, 2 violas, cello], 2009)
Accents, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, 2001
Notturno (in memoriam Goffredo Petrassi), 4 ensembles (flute, clarinet, bass clarinet; harp, piano, percussion; 2 violins, viola; cello, double bass), 1988–2004
Arcipelago Möbius, clarinet, violin, cello, double bass, 2004 (one section may be performed separately: Arc-en-ciel, cello)
Capt-Actions, accordion, 2 violins, viola, cello, live electronics, 2004–05
Immagini da Escher, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, vibraphone, 2005
Palimpsest (string quartet no. 4), 2006–07
Corrente, cello, 2007
Suite francese II, violin, 2009
Preludio e Ciaccona, cello, 2010
Branle double, cello, 2010
Suite francese III, cello, 2010
Tellus, contrabass recorder (by Joachim Paetzold), live electronics, 2011
Suite francese V, harp, 2011
Deystiviya, bayan, 2 violins, viola, cello, 2011
Fünfzehn Bagatellen, violin, cello, piano, 2011
Ritrovari (Suite francese VI), viola, 2011 (also version as Suite francese VI, cello, 2018; version as Suite francese VIb, electric 5-string violin, live electronics, 2014 [also version for cello, live electronics, 2018])
Breath and Break, French horn, trumpet, trombone, live electronics, 2012
Mudrā, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, French horn, trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 2012–13
Phasing, 2 pianos, 2 percussion, 2012–13
Suite francese IV, flute, 2013
Flores, 2 accordions, 2013 (version by Nikola Kerkez and Marko Ševarlić of work for organ)
Aforisma, flute, 2013
Thrilling Wings, violin, 2014
Gstaad Variationen, harp, 2014
Hommagesquisse, cello, 2014
Wood-skin tracks, 2 percussion, live electronics, 2015–16
Duals, piano, percussion, 2016
Threnos (in memoriam Henri Dutilleux), cello, 2016
Metal east-journey, percussion, 2016
Lunenburg sonata, oboe, piano, 2016
Drive (Pierre Boulez in memoriam), piano, vibraphone, 2017
X-Tension I, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, vibraphone, 2018
X-Tension II, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon (+ contrabassoon), piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass, 2018
X-Tension III, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, live electronics, 2019
Partita, cello, 2019
Leading Lines (Quinto Quartetto) (string quartet no. 5), string quartet, live electronics, 2019
CHORAL:
Naturæ (madrigale metafisico, text by the composer), countertenor, tenor, bass, 1984
Coram (text by Giuliano Corti), soprano, bass, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1995–96
Coram Requiem (text by Giuliano Corti), mezzo-soprano, bass, 2 speakers, mixed chorus, ensemble (10 players), orchestra, live electronics, 1996
Animus Anima (text by Giuliano Corti), 7 mixed voices, 2000
Odós, mixed chorus, oboe, 2004
Stabat Mater, mixed chorus, 6 percussion, 2007
Animus Anima II (text by Giuliano Corti), 7 mixed voices, 2009
Cristaux de temps, mixed chorus, 2010
Ās-Lêb, mixed chorus, large orchestra (10 winds, 10 brass, 2 harps, piano, organ, 2 vibraphones, percussion, strings), 2010–11
Calimerìta (text by Brizio Montinaro), 3 female voices, small orchestra (flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 saxophones, French horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, electric guitar, piano, synthesizer, bayan, 2 vibraphones, percussion, strings, bass guitar), live electronics, 2015
She walks in beauty, 3 female voices, piano, 2020
Tre filastrocche, children's chorus, 2023
LouLa Sonnets, female chorus, cello, 2023–24
VOCAL:
E poi... (lirica, text by Livia Lucchini), soprano, flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, French horn, 2 violins, viola, cello, piano, vibraphone, 1982
Maja (text by Giuliano Corti), soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, vibraphone, 1999
Paroles y Palabras, soprano, cello, 1995–2000 (each of its four sections may be performed separately: Allons; Ça ira; Querida presencia; ¡Hasta siempre!)
Messages, 2 sopranos, 2 mezzo-sopranos, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 pianos, 2000
Paroles..., female voice, viola, 2000
33 Noms (text by Marguerite Yourcenar), 2 sopranos, large orchestra, 2007–08
En Archè, soprano, violin, large orchestra (91 players), 2008
Thanatoséros (scena lirica, text by Torquato Tasso, adapted by Giuliano Corti, the composer), soprano, tenor, small orchestra (17 players), 2010
Morolòja kè erotikà (text by Brizio Montinaro), soprano, string quartet, 2010–11 (also version for soprano, percussion, string orchestra, 2012)
Times like That (texts by Barack Obama, Lech Wałęsa, Aung San Suu Kyi), soprano, orchestra (10 winds, 9 brass, timpani, percussion, strings), 2012
Haru Haiku (texts by Hattori Ransetsu, Kato Kyotai, Kobayashi Issa, Matsuo Bashō, Takai Kito, Uejima Onitsura, Murakami Kijo, Ogiwara Seinsensui), soprano, bass clarinet, cello, percussion, 2015
Liriche minime, soprano, piano, 2018
Galileo's Journey, 2 sopranos, mezzo soprano, small orchestra (flute, 2 clarinets, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, piano [+ sampler], sampler, percussion, strings), live electronics, 2019
Fuyu Haiku, female voice, bass clarinet, cello, percussion, 2020
4 Haiku, female voice, bass clarinet, cello, percussion, 2020
Tanka, soprano, flute, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), harp, viola, cello, 2 percussion, 2023
Natsu Haiku, soprano, bass clarinet (+ clarinet), cello, percussion, 2023
PIANO:
Toccata, 1983
Armoon (armonie di luna), 4 pianos, 1983–84
Études boréales, 1990
Cadenze I–III, 1993
Two Moons, 2 pianos, live electronics, 1997–2000, revised 2009 (also version as Two Moons Two, 2 pianos, live electronics, 2016)
Études australes, 2002–03
Suite francese, 2003 (version of work for harpsichord)
Antipodes, 2005
Cadenze IV–IX, 2005
Due notturni con figura, piano, live electronics, 2007
Nachtmusik, 2008
Pulse and Light, 2 pianos, live electronics, 2014
Reflets, 2018
WS Variations, 2021
Varnelis Variations, 2023
ORGAN:
Flores, 1987–89 (also version by Nikola Kerkez and Marko Ševarlić for 2 accordions)
Sei Meditazioni, 2011
HARPSICHORD:
Suite francese, 2003 (also version for piano)
ELECTROACOUSTIC:
Canone infinito, fixed media, 2002
RADIO PRODUCTIONS:
Orfeo al cinema Orfeo (racconto in musica, text by Giuliano Corti), 2 speakers, MIDI-keyboard, 1994
Barbara Mitica (text by Giuliano Corti), fixed media, 1996
SCORE FOR SILENT FILM:
La Chute de la maison Usher, soprano, small orchestra (13 players), 1995 (for La Chute de la maison Usher by Jean Epstein)
ARRANGEMENTS:
Codex (2 contrapuncti from Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080 by Johann Sebastian Bach), small orchestra (15 players), 1999
"...qui transitis per viam" (O vos omnes by Carlo Gesualdo), string quartet, 2013
Variazione 4.2 da L. van Beethoven "Diabelli Variationen" op. 120 (after no. 4 of the 33 Veränderungen über einen Walzer von A. Diabelli, Op. 120 by Ludwig van Beethoven), clarinet, French horn, trumpet, trombone, accordion, violin, viola, cello, double bass, 2016
DISCOGRAPHY
Donax. Andrea Romani, flute (Edizioni Sincronie: SIN 1011, 1993)
Concerto (piano); Epos; Chiari. Bruno Canino, piano; Luca Pfaff/Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (Stradivarius: STR 33348, 1994)
Flamen. Il Quintetto Bibiena (Ermitage: ERM 418, 1995 [reissued as Aura: AUR 402-2, 1998])
Armoon; Magic (second version). Olivier Dejours/ensemble of the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Strasbourg (Musica: 97/1, 1997)
Duo en résonance; Per accordar; Richiamo; Imaginary Skylines; Chord. Sophie Cherrier, flute; Jens McManama, French horn; Jean-Christophe Vervoitte, French horn; Frédérique Cambreling, harp; Jeanne-Marie Conquer, violin; Hae-Sun Kang, violin; Christophe Desjardins, viola; Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello; David Robertson/Ensemble Intercontemporain (Adès: 206572, 1998 [reissued as Universal Music/Accord: 465 311-2])
Elettra (original version). Christophe Desjardins, viola (Sezione Musica Contemporanea: SMC 9901/1-2, 1999)
Animus Anima. Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart (Stradivarius: STR 33629, 2002)
Scena; Ruah; Concerto (cello). Giampaolo Pretto, flute; Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello; Pascal Rophé/Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI (Stradivarius: STR 33650, 2003)
Maja; Erinni; Modus; Imaginary Islands; Paroles y Palabras. Accroche Note (L'Empreinte Digitale: ED 13198, 2004)
Per accordar; Pentàlogon Quartet; Târ; Electra glide; Viaggiatori della notte. Arditti String Quartet (Stradivarius: STR 33702, 2005)
Mixtim; Il giardino di giada II; Notturno; Arcipelago Möbius; Profilo in eco. Mario Caroli, flute, alto flute; Roberta Gottardi, clarinet; Antonio D'Antonio, cello; Marco Angius/Ensemble Algoritmo (Stradivarius: STR 33717, 2006)
Latinamix (second version). Trio Albatros (Stradivarius: STR 33726, 2006)
Palimpsest. Arditti String Quartet (Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik 2007, documentation CD)
Elettra (original version). Christophe Desjardins, viola (æon: AECD 0981, 2009)
Études australes; Nachtmusik; Cadenze I–III; Cadenze IV–IX; Études boréales; Toccata. Ciro Longobardi, piano (Limen: CDVD004C004, 2010) (CD, DVD)
Concerto (violin); En Archè; L'orizzonte di Elettra (second version); Mosaïque. Corinna Mologni, soprano; Francesco D'Orazio, violin, electric 5-string violin; Marco Angius/Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI (Stradivarius: STR 33850, 2010)
Duo en résonance. Jens McManama, French horn; Jean-Christophe Vervoitte, French horn; Pierre Boulez/Ensemble Intercontemporain (Stradivarius: STR 33891, 2010)
Palimpsest; Paroles y Palabras; Morolòja kè erotikà (original version). Valentina Coladonato, soprano; Francesco Dillon, cello; Quartetto Prometeo (Limen: CDVD011C011, 2011) (CD, DVD)
Nohtar. Yoichi Sugiyama/Limen Ensemble (Limen: CDE11-C012, 2012)
Études boréales; Études australes; Toccata; Cadenze I–III; Cadenze IV–IX; Nachtmusik. Pascale Berthelot, piano (Collection CUICATL: YAN.002, 2013)
Artéteka – Folk Dance 1; Txalaparta – Folk Dance 2 (second version). Francesco Mangialardo, marimba; Sergio Rizzo, marimba; Pasquale Corrado/Orchestra Sinfonica Tito Schipa (Dodicilune Dischi: Ed316, 2013)
Suite francese (version for piano); Études boréales; Two Moons; Due notturni con figura. Maria Grazia Bellocchio, pianos (Stradivarius: STR 33936, 2013)
Preludio e Ciaccona. Anssi Karttunen, cello (Toccata Classics: TOCC0171, 2013)
Txalaparta – Folk Dance 2 (original version). Andrey Boreyko/Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa (Verso: VRS 2143, 2013)
Pulse and Light. Maria Grazia Bellocchio, piano; Aldo Orvieto, piano; Alvise Vidolin, live electronics; Michele Sambin, live digital painting (Stradivarius: STR 33854, 2014) (CD, DVD)
"...qui transitis per viam" (O vos omnes by Carlo Gesualdo). Quartetto Prometeo (Sony Classical: 88843 00496 2, 2015)
Deystiviya. Germano Scurti, bayan; Filippo Perocco/Ex Novo Ensemble (Stradivarius: STR 33999, 2015)
High (version for basset horn). Michele Marelli, basset horn (Decca: 481 277-2, 2016)
Phasing; Pulse and Light; Wood-skin tracks; Two Moons Two. Maria Grazia Bellocchio, piano; Aldo Orvieto, piano; Simone Beneventi, percussion; Dario Savron, percussion; Luca Richelli, live electronics; Alvise Vidolin, live electronics (Stradivarius: STR 37050, 2016)
Duals. Andrea Rebaudengo, piano; Simone Beneventi, percussion (Stradivarius: STR 37059, 2016)
High (version by the performer). Armand Angster, bass clarinet (Triton: TRI331202, 2016)
High (original version). Clément Saunier, trumpet (Klarthe Records: KLA058, 2017)
Suite francese V. Emanuela Battigelli, harp (Limen: CPLT100C100, 2019)
Air on air. Michele Marelli, amplified basset horn; Pascal Rophé/SWR Symphonieorchester (NEOS: 11914–15, 2019) (2 SACDs)
Ritrovari (Suite francese VI). Christophe Desjardins, viola (Winter & Winter: 910 256-2, 2019)
Suite francese VI; Partita; Suite francese III; Suite francese VIb (second version). Michele Marco Rossi, cello; Francesco Abbrescia, live electronics (Kairos: 0015115KAI, 2022)
Viaggiatori della notte; Suite francese II; Thrilling Wings; Elettra (second version); Suite francese VIb (original version). Francesco D'Orazio, violin, electric 5-string violin; Francesco Abbrescia, live electronics (Kairos: 0015120KAI, 2022)