(b. 27 October 1957, Trieste).
Italian composer, now resident in Germany, of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works that have been performed throughout Europe and elsewhere.
Prof. Nieder studied chamber music with Dario de Rosa and Libero Lana, composition with Giulio Viozzi and piano with Roberto Repini at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Tartini in Trieste from 1973–81 and studied privately with Witold Lutosławski in Grožnjan, Croatia in 1977, on a scholarship from Jeunesses Musicales.
Among his honours are Primo Premio in the competition Valentino Bucchi in Rome (1979), the ISCM Prize in Austria (1980), three prizes in the competition of the Internationale Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Amsterdam (1980, 1982, 1984), Primo Premio in the competition 2 Agosto in Bologna (1995, for 5 Pezzi per orchestra [second version]), Secondo Premio in the competition Ennio Porrino in Cagliari (1995), Sonderpreis in the competition Compania in Münster, Germany (1996), the Gustav Mahler Kompositionspreis in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee (1998, for 6 Elegien), Primo Premio in the competition Domenico Guaccero in Bari (1998), the Premio Feltrinelli dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome (2013, for his œuvre), the Premio Franco Abbiati della critica musicale italiana in the category Novità per l'Italia (2021, for Z truhle mojej prababki slovenské ľudové piesne – Aus der Truhe meiner Urgroßmutter), and the Deutscher Musikautor*innenpreis der GEMA in the category Komposition Orchester (2023). His music has been performed in Algeria, Austria, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA.
He has also held other posts. As a pianist, he served as an accompanist to Petre Munteanu and Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf from 1978–81 and later served as an accompanist to Barbara Hannigan, Alfredo Kraus and other singers. In addition, he has worked as a conductor, most often with the Nieuw Ensemble in Amsterdam, and has organised various ensembles for contemporary music in Germany and Italy.
He taught analysis at the Università degli Studi in Trieste and later taught composition at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam from 2005–14. He hsa taught as Professore di Composizione at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Tartini in Trieste since 2014. He has given lectures and masterclasses in Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Slovenia, and the USA.
His primary publishers are Casa Ricordi and Verlag Neue Musik Berlin.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS (note that publishers other than Casa Ricordi are mentioned in parentheses after dates of composition)
STAGE:
Un saluto, due danze tre canzoni (stage music, vocalise), child's voice, violin, vibraphone, 1978 (Casa Sonzogno)
Kresnik, lo spirito della notte di San Giovanni nei villaggi dei contadini sloveni (texts from the folksong from Slovenia Bog daj dober večer, Paul Klee), 2 children's voices, mimes, 24 mixed voices, prepared piano, 4 percussion, 1986
Saga (scene di danza macabra, in memoriam John of Kastav, texts by Friedrich Hölderlin, Srečko Kosovel, a folksong from the Val Resia), 6 altos, 6 basses, walk-on actor, clarinet, 2 basset horns, 3 bass clarinets, orchestra, live electronics, lights, costumes, 1988–91 (eight of its sections may be performed separately as concert works: Klarinettenbaum; 'Preludio in La minore' di Chopin; Stele prima; Ensemble I; Jybare. Canto popolare della val Resia [also concert version for 1 or more altos, viola, double bass]; Ensemble II; Stele seconda in memoriam di mia bisnonna Vittoria Rotheneisler; Clarinette d'air [also concert version for countertenor, 2 harmonicas, clarinet, 3 amplified scissors, 4 tam-tams, glass wind chimes, live electronics])
Die Manifestation (text by Jakob Böhme), 12 mixed voices (all + tubular bells), walk-on mime, amplified ensemble (clarinet, 2 basset horns, 3 bass clarinets, 2 samplers, 2 percussion), 10 monitors, lights, 1994 (its first section may be performed separately as a concert work: Im Kopf [also concert version for 5 mixed voices (all + tubular bells); also version incorporated into Der Manifestation erster Teil])
Die Maulschelle, ein Rätsel (carnevalata scenica in forma di triangolo/Singspiel, text by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), coloratura soprano, bass-baritone, percussion (+ toy percussion), distant ensemble (2 violins, viola, cello), fixed media, live electronics, 1998 (section of opera Rätsel von Mozart, a collaboration with Mauro Cardi, Matteo D'Amico, Olga Neuwirth, Betty Olivero; may be performed separately)
Der Manifestation erster Teil (text by Jakob Böhme), 5 mixed voices (all + tubular bells), 2 samplers, 2 percussion, 1994–99 (incorporates a version of Im Kopf from Die Manifestationo)
Traditioneel Bruiloftsdanslied voor J. en Th., voice–dancer, pan flute, Großbass recorder (by Joachim Paetzold), double bass, percussion, 2005
Schlafendes Papierfrauenobjekt auf Augenhöhe. Ein Liebesakt als Lernstück, coloratura soprano, male voice–actor, piano, accordion, 2 percussion, 2012
Thümmel oder die Verlöschung des Wortes (teatro musicale notturno in 4 acts, libretto by Claudio Magris, the composer), retired heldentenor, baritone, 6 mixed voices, mixed chorus, piano, accordion, on-stage ensemble, large orchestra, fixed media, 2001–19 (ten of its sections may be performed separately as concert works: Der Anfang; Caminata meravigliosa a Saturnio di Vito vom Thümmel. Hommage à S. Kubrick; Caminata Sogno 21 martedì agosto 1945; ANNO 1896 [6 agosto 1944]. Sogno: avevo 1, 2, 3, 4, cinque occhi; Die Mitte; Sogno 10 lunedì gennaio 1892, in una casa molte gente musiche son entrato a casa; De Beeldenvreter; Der Bilderfresser; Thümmels Vergissmein-Lied; Das Ende)
Ein slowakisches Undinen-Märchen der authentischen Paulína und das Dekordrama des Wassermanns auf dem Trockenen (opera in 1 act; conductor also speaks), female folk voice, bass-baritone, 8 children's voices, 9 players (with conductor), 2021 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
ORCHESTRAL:
Episoden aus der frühen Oper 'Der Zwerg' (Vorspiel–Des Zwerges Tod–Nachspiel), youth orchestra, 1973, revised 2006 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Und Laub voll Trauer. Due sequenze sovrapposte, 10 strings, 1977 (Casa Sonzogno)
Tristans Klage. Hommage à Richard Wagner-Eine Bearbeitung, small orchestra, 1983 (Casa Sonzogno)
Wolfgangerls erste Komposition, small orchestra (2 flutes [2nd + piccolo], 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 French horns, harp, timpani, glockenspiel [+ tubular bells], violas, cellos, double basses), 1990 (also version for small orchestra [2 flutes (2nd + piccolo), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 French horns, 2 percussion, viola, cello, double bass], 1990)
5 Pezzi per orchestra, off-stage piano, off-stage tam-tam, large orchestra (10 winds, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets [2nd + piccolo trumpet], 4 trombones, tuba, harp, celesta, timpani, glockenspiel, vibraphone, xylorimba, tubular bells, percussion, strings), 1990–92 (version of Fünf frühe Klavierstücke; also version for off-stage piano [+ tam-tam], orchestra [8 winds, 6 brass, harp, celesta, timpani, glockenspiel, vibraphone, xylorimba, percussion, strings], 1995)
Diapente avec Nocturne des végétaux sur la surface du globe, string orchestra, 1995–96 (version of vocal work)
Portrait von Ferruccio Busoni über seine 'Sonatina seconda', 6–12 or more off-stage basses ad libitum, off-stage piano, off-stage organ, orchestra (10 winds, French horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, 2 harps, electric guitar, harmonium, sampler, percussion, strings), 1997
Caminata Sogno 21 martedì agosto 1945, piano (with scordatura), accordion, percussion, string orchestra (with scordatura), 2003 (section of Thümmel oder die Verlöschung des Wortes; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Diatonische Halbton-Kollisionen/Frage, 2 electric guitars obbligato, bass guitar obbligato, orchestra (8 winds, 10 brass, harp, piano [+ celesta, keyboard glockenspiel], percussion, strings), 2007
3 unvollendete Portraits, string orchestra, 2014 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Zwei frühe Stücke, cello, piano, 1975 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Marcia fatata. Souvenir & Gift from the Republic of Slovakia, bass flute, A-clarinet, violin (with scordatura), cello (with scordatura), cowbells, 1978, revised 2018 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Pasticcio da un canto popolare, flute, clarinet, bassoon, 1979 (Casa Sonzogno)
2 Girotondi, viola, 1980
Jodeln, flute, bass clarinet/bassoon/double bass, 1983 (Casa Sonzogno)
Serenate in tono folcloristico, flute, clarinet, guitar, mandolin, percussion, violin, double bass, 1983
Melodie e intermezzi popolari, flute (+ piccolo), clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, 1984 (Casa Sonzogno)
...Essere stelle chiare. Elegia, double bass, 1984
Sosia, flute, clarinet, harp, guitar, mandolin, marimba, violin, double bass, 1984
Inno nazionale lappone A, piccolo trumpet, trumpet, contrabass tuba, 1986
Inno nazionale lappone B, alto flute, E-flat clarinet, harp, prepared piano, percussion, 1986
Adern. Elegie, 6 cellos, 1987
'Preludio in La minore' di Chopin, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, French horn, trombone, harp, 2 cellos, 2 double basses, off-stage piano, 3 percussion, 1989 (section of Saga; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Sonntagsgruss, violin, cello, 1989
Clarinette d'air, clarinet, percussion, live electronics ad libitum, 1989 (section of Saga; may be performed separately as a concert work [also concert version for countertenor, 2 harmonicas, clarinet, 3 amplified scissors, 4 tam-tams, glass wind chimes, live electronics])
Diapente, string quartet, 1990
Duale B, alto flute (+ bass flute), alto clarinet (+ bass clarinet/basset horn), 1990
Duale C, flute, clarinet/sopranino saxophone, 1990
Klarinettenbaum, clarinet, ensemble (2 basset horns, 3 bass clarinets, 2 samplers, 2 percussion), 1990, revised 1994 (section of Saga; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Quarto Ramo di Klarinettenbaum, alto flute, synthesizer, 1990
Piccolo A & B, E-flat clarinet, 1990
Sopranino A & B, sopranino saxophone, 1990
Ensemble I, alto flute, oboe, amplified harp, amplified piano, celesta, xylophone, amplified large scissors, percussion, amplified violin, amplified cello, amplified double bass, 1991 (section of Saga; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Ensemble II, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, French horn, piccolo trumpet, trombone, piano, xylorimba, marimba, violin, cello, 1991 (section of Saga; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Duale A, flute, oboe, 1991
Sami. Passacaglia (da uno Jodler lappone), alto saxophone, live electronics ad libitum, 1992
Sami-Hymne, piccolo, clarinet, piano, percussion, distant ensemble (2 violins, viola, cello), 1993
Terracotta, A-clarinet, 1995
Weihnachtsschmuck für Philipp Walcher. Hommage à F. X. Gruber, geb. in Hochburg, Anno Domini 1787, flute, 1995
Wåldgschroa, flute, 1995 (also version for flute, harmonium/electronic organ/synthesizer, glockenspiel, 1996)
Dogma. 6 elegie, violin, accordion, 1996
6 Elegien, violin, ensemble (accordion, percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass), 1996–97
Canone per i settanta anni di Pavle Merkù, 2 distant cellos, ensemble (violin, piano, percussion), 1997
Landschaft in Kanonform, violin, ensemble (flute [+ piccolo, bass flute], oboe [+ English horn], clarinet [+ A-clarinet, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet], piano [+ celesta, percussion], percussion, violin, 2 cellos), 1997
O Clementissimo (da un madrigale di Petrus Hedus), bass clarinet, 2 harps, 2 cellos, bass drum, percussion, 1998
Paesaggio notturno con stelle, piano, 2 percussion, viola, cello, double bass, 1998
Tre paesaggi, flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), oboe, A-clarinet (+ E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet), harp, piano, percussion, 2 violins, cello, double bass, 1998–99
Objet flexible avec spirales suspendues, tenor saxophone, 2001 (also version for bass clarinet, 2001)
Frage (4. Station), bass flute, bass clarinet, tuba, viola, percussion, 2003
ANNO 1896 (6 agosto 1944). Sogno: avevo 1, 2, 3, 4, cinque occhi, violin, viola, cello, piano, 2004 (section of Thümmel oder die Verlöschung des Wortes; may be performed separately as a concert work; each of its five sections may be performed separately: 1, violin, piano; 2, viola, piano; 3, cello, piano; 4, violin, cello, piano; 5, violin, viola, cello, piano)
Sogno 10 lunedì gennaio 1892, in una casa molte gente musiche son entrato a casa, violin, viola, cello, piano, DJ–percussion, 2005 (section of Thümmel oder die Verlöschung des Wortes; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Verscheurde Sarabande (naar Satie), clarinet, bass clarinet, harp, double bass, accordion, paper shredder, percussion, 2005
Semitono diatonico, harp, 2005
De Beeldenvreter, sheng (mouth organ from China), ney (flute from the Middle East), alto flute, duduk (oboe from Armenia), English horn, bass clarinet, bassoon, harp, guitar, mandolin, tar (lute from the Middle East), kemençe (bowed lute from Central Asia), qanun (zither from the Middle East), zheng (zither from China), violin, erhu (violin from China), viola, cello, double bass, piano, 2 percussion, 2006 (section of Thümmel oder die Verlöschung des Wortes; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Triodion. Ob osemdesetletnici Pavleta Merkùja, contrabass clarinet, bass tuba, harp, double bass, piano, percussion, 2007
Thümmels Vergissmein-Lied, marimba (+ timpani, woodblock, voice), sampler ad libitum, 2010, revised 2012 (section of Thümmel oder die Verlöschung des Wortes; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Der SCHUH auf dem WEG zum SATURNIO. Ein Liebesgesang in 3 Bildern, flute, oboe, clarinet, 2 pianos, percussion, violin, viola, cello, 2010
Traumvogelchromatik. Schafkammermusik, basset clarinet (+ A-clarinet), 2 violins, viola, cello, sleeping person ad libitum, small dog ad libitum, fixed media, film projections ad libitum, 2011
Vom Himmel hoch, da kommt ein Engel her zu Dir...und fliegt gen Himmel wieder, ensemble, 2011 (also version for ensemble with instruments from Europe, 2011) (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Oberton-Elegie in G, jaw harp, violin (pizzicato), 2012 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
4 Slovenian Folk Tunes from the Territory of Trst (Trieste), ensemble (non-western instruments, western instruments), 2012 (also version for ensemble [western instruments], 2012) (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
-V. (...les collines d'Anacapri). Nach Claude Debussy, ensemble, 2012 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Zerrissener Faden/Knäuel, bass flute, bass clarinet, tuba, viola, percussion, 2003–15
Superposition d'après Rameau, accordion, 2017 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Minima. Zwei minimale Bruchstücke, A-clarinet, 2017–18 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Aus dem Repertoire des grünen Geigers von Marc Chagall (text from a folksong in Slovenian from Dolina), viola (+ voice), 2023 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Novenaris delle parole celate. Versi in viaggio con Alvise Vidolin, clarinet, live electronics ad libitum, 2023 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Erdenmarsch, 13 percussion, 2023 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
CHORAL:
Canto di soldati (text from a folksong from Slovakia [German translation]), mixed chorus, 1980 (PIZZICATO Verlag Helvetia)
Stele seconda in memoriam di mia bisnonna Vittoria Rotheneisler (text by Friedrich Hölderlin), 6 altos, 2 A-clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 double basses, piano, 2 percussion, 1988 (section of Saga; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Stele prima in memoriam Tončka Kosovel (text by Srečko Kosovel), 6 altos, harp, piano, vibraphone, tubular bells, 2 violins, 2 double basses, 1989 (section of Saga; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Jybare. Canto popolare della val Resia (text from a folksong from the Val Resia), 6 altos, 6 basses, viola, orchestra (2 alto flutes, English horn, bass clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, amplified harp, celesta, vibraphone, xylorimba, marimba, percussion, strings), 1991 (section of Saga; may be performed separately as a concert work [also concert version for 1 or more altos, viola, double bass])
Im Kopf, 12 mixed voices (all + tubular bells), 1994 (section of Die Manifestation; may be performed separately as a concert work [also concert version for 5 mixed voices (all + tubular bells), 1999])
Baumszene, soprano, mezzo-soprano, 2 countertenors, tenor, baritone, 2 basses, large orchestra (82/83 players), 2000
Caminata meravigliosa a Saturnio di Vito von Thümmel. Hommage à S. Kubrick, 6 mixed voices, fixed media, live electronics, 2001 (section of Thümmel oder die Verlöschung des Wortes; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Due Lumi (text by Leonardo da Vinci), mixed chorus, orchestra, 2002
Thümmels Haus (in una casa / molte gente / musiche son / entrato a casa), 6 mixed voices, violin, viola, cello, piano, DJ–amplified percussion, 2007
Locanda Paradiso. Verpflegungen und Tanz im Freien. Ponziana Nr. 541, 3 male yodel voices, harp (with scordatura)/folk harp (with scordatura), piano, accordion, percussion, violin, viola, cello (with scordatura), 2008
Kyrie, soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, 3 accordions, 2008
Der Bilderfresser (pianist also speaks), 6 or more sopranos, 6 or more mezzo-sopranos, 6 or more countertenors, 6 or more tenors, 6 or more baritones, 6 or more basses, piano, accordion, 4 percussion, large orchestra in 18 groups (2 alto flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, alto saxophone, 2 bassoons, French horn, piccolo trumpet, 3 trombones, 3 muted trombones, tuba, harp, amplified guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, qanun, celesta, theremin, angklung [set of bamboo tubes from Indonesia], 3 violins [all with scordatura], 4 or more violins [all with metal mutes], 6 or more muted violins, 3 or more muted violas, violas [all with scordatura], cellos [all with scordatura], double basses [all with scordatura]), 2008–10 (section of Thümmel oder die Verlöschung des Wortes; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Ljubica po vodo j'šla. Slovenska ljudska, female chorus, harp, accordion, percussion, 2010 (version of work for piano)
27 Haidenburger Vogellaute (text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe), male chorus, piccolo, accordion/synthesizer/harmonium/organ/electronic organ, fixed media, 2011
Thümmels Auflösung auf dem Meeresgrund (text by Claudio Magris), soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, mixed chorus, 1/3 accordions, marimba, fixed media, 2011
Fall asleep, or Hearing Die (text by William Shakespeare), mixed chorus, harp, accordion, percussion, 2011
PUOB'Č, male yodel chorus (+ singing bowls), 2012 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Der Anfang, mixed chorus, 3 percussion, 2011–13 (section of Thümmel oder die Verlöschung des Wortes; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Die Mitte, mixed chorus, 3 accordions, 2011–13 (section of Thümmel oder die Verlöschung des Wortes; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Das Ende, mixed chorus, 3 accordions, 3 percussion, fixed media, 2011–13 (section of Thümmel oder die Verlöschung des Wortes; may be performed separately as a concert work)
Kriegslied. Eine windische Volksweise, yodel tenors, mixed chorus (+ rin [standing bell from Japan]), 2017 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Eine alpenländische Volksweise von Krieg und Tod. Windisches Soldatenlied aus Kärnten/Koroška. Ländler. Eine Konfrontation., 5 mixed voices, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon, 2017 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Ein heiliger Weg in sechs Stationen zur stillen Nacht, mixed chorus, 2 French horns, harp, guitar, accordion, percussion, 2 violins, cello, 2018 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Totengräber-Requiem. Mit deutschen Glocken und Hochburger Trauermarsch (text from the Requiem), low tenor, bass-baritone, low bass, piano, 2019
Parlando. Ein Schlummerlied. Slowakische Volksweise aus Veľké Zálužie, female chorus, piano (with EBow), 2020 (version of work for piano) (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
VOCAL:
Oh, Paraman sepolta sotto il pino (texts from indigenous peoples of Oceania), soprano, violin, percussion, 1981 (Casa Sonzogno)
Zwei sentimentale-ironische Lieder (text by Heinrich Heine), soprano, orchestra, 1983 (Casa Sonzogno)
Das Glänzen der Natur (Konzertarie, text by Friedrich Hölderlin), soprano, orchestra, 1984 (Casa Sonzogno)
Jybare. Canto popolare della val Resia, 1 or more altos, viola, double bass, 1988 (concert version of section of Saga)
Clarinette d'air, countertenor, 2 harmonicas, clarinet, 3 amplified scissors, 4 tam-tams, glass wind chimes, live electronics, 1991 (version of section of Saga)
Love Songs on a White Surface (texts from popular sources), soprano, baritone, harmonica, bass flute, bass clarinet, harp, celesta, mbira (thumb piano from Africa), 2 percussion, viola, cello, double bass, 1993
Kresna. Variazioni sul solstizio d'estate. Un canto contadino sloveno (text from a folksong from Slovenia), any voice (+ straw whip), alto flute, bass clarinet, prepared piano, tubular bells, live electronics, 1993
Diapente avec Nocturne des végétaux sur la surface du globe (text by Francis Ponge), soprano, female speaker ad libitum, wind machine, 20/21 strings, 1995–96 (also version for string orchestra)
O Erd. Ein Fragment nach Friedrich Hölderlin (text by Friedrich Hölderlin), soprano, piano, 1996
Sulla ruota del giorno. Versi, frammenti, permutazioni (text by Alda Merini), soprano, bass flute, French horn, harp, viola, double bass, percussion, 1998
"das ewig liecht". canon cancrizans per augmentationem in contrario motu. Hommage an J. S. B. u. A. v. W. (after Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080 by Johann Sebastian Bach) (text by Martin Luther), 1 or more sopranos, 1 or more altos, 1 or more tenors, 1 or more baritones, 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, trumpet, trombone, harp, piano, sampler, 2/3 percussion, 2 violas, double bass, 2001 (Universal Edition)
The Waters Flow on Their Way (texts from sources from Armenia, Azerbaijan), female voice, 3 ensembles (2 sheng, dizi [transverse flute from China] [+ xun (clay flute from China)], suona [oboe from China], pipa [lute from China], zheng, erhu; ney, duduk, tar, oud [lute from the Middle East], kemençe, santur [hammered dulcimer from the Middle East], qanun, kamancheh [spike fiddle from the Middle East]; bass flute, piccolo oboe, bass clarinet, harp, 2 percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass), 2002 (also version for soprano, orchestra, 2014)
De Stem, soprano, bass, piano, accordion, percussion, ensemble (non-western instruments, western instruments), 2003–04
Lieder von der Liebe zur Erde (texts by Friedrich Hölderlin, Rainer Maria Rilke), soprano, piano, 1996–2006 (also longer version for soprano, orchestra in 2 groups, 2009)
Due canzoni popolari slovene del territorio di Trieste (Ljubica po vodo j'šla–Eno drevce) (texts from two folksongs from near Trieste), soprano, piano, 2011
Zwei Spiegel (texts by Paul Celan, the composer; both musicians reverse roles), baritone, piano, 2011 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Der Bildersetzer. Sogno meraviglioso Teatro musiche strane perfette (ore 210:24 lunedì luglio 1944), retired heldentenor, orchestra, 2011
Danza lenta di C. S. fra gli specchi, retired heldentenor, orchestra, 2015
Dem Doppelgänger in memoriam (Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust) (texts by Heinrich Heine, Wilhelm Müller, Franz Schubert), baritone, small orchestra, 2017 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Parlando. Ein Schlummerlied. Slowakische Volksweise aus Veľké Zálužie, female voice, piano (with EBow), 2020 (version of work for piano) (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Z truhle mojej prababki slovenské ľudové piesne (texts from folksongs from Slovakia), female voice, cimbalom, orchestra, 2020 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Vielleicht weiß es die Nachtigall (text from a folksong from Slovakia), female voice, small orchestra, 2021 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
PIANO:
Drei frühe Klavierstücke, 1974 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Fünf frühe Klavierstücke, 1974–75 (also version as 5 Pezzi per orchestra, off-stage piano, off-stage tam-tam, large orchestra [10 winds, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets (2nd + piccolo trumpet), 4 trombones, tuba, harp, celesta, timpani, glockenspiel, vibraphone, xylorimba, tubular bells, percussion, strings] [also version for off-stage piano (+ tam-tam), orchestra (8 winds, 6 brass, harp, celesta, timpani, glockenspiel, vibraphone, xylorimba, percussion, strings)]) (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Kresna, 1978 (also longer version as Kresna. Un canto contadino sloveno della notte di San Giovanni, prepared piano [+ amplified straw whip], 1990)
Slovenské ľudové piesne. Acht frühe Klavierstücke nach slowakischen Volksliedern für Kinder und kindlich-gebliebene Erwachsene, 1977–79 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Ljubica po vodo j'šla. Slovenska ljudska, 2009 (also version for female chorus, harp, accordion, percussion)
Štiri slovenske ljudske za prst palec, 2009
Ein abendliches Glockenspiel. Deutsches Volkslied in Kanonform (2 versions) (text from a folksong from Germany), piano (+ voice ad libitum), 2010
Vom Himmel hoch, da kommt ein Engel her zu Dir, 2010–11 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Requiem für einen Namen, 2011 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
"M(ario)M(essinis)=80" (Der schöne Kreis des Lebens), 2012 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Obraz, 2013 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
27.05.2003-2013 Luciano Berio, 2013 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Pentatonisches Fragment einer tatarischen Volksweise, 2013 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Five Stanzas for a Love Song, 2016
Musica Doppiata, 2 pianos, 2017
Švarná dzieučina. Lied und Tanz aus der Slowakei für Klaudia, 2018 (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
Parlando. Ein Schlummerlied. Slowakische Volksweise aus Veľké Zálužie, piano (with EBow), 2020 (also versions for female voice, piano [with EBow]; female chorus, piano [with EBow]) (Verlag Neue Musik Berlin)
ELECTROACOUSTIC:
lúomo strano mi hà riportato a Trieste pecora che non son nato morto, fixed media, 2013 (unpublished)
MULTIMEDIA:
Gedichte einer Zelle (sound–film installation by Stefan Winter), 2018 (includes Lacrimosa from Requiem in D-moll, K 626 [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart], mixed chorus, small orchestra; Mechthild von Magdeburg I–V [text by Mechthild von Magdeburg], mixed chorus, 4 percussion; Der B-dur/moll Kreis des Lichtes und des Lebens, trumpet, piano, percussion) (unpublished)
RADIO PRODUCTION:
Visioni di un viso diviso (radiofilm, text by Roberto Dedenaro), soprano, boys' chorus, male chorus, clarinet, MIDI-keyboard, 1993
DIDACTIC MUSIC:
Drei Ringelreihen, soprano recorder, 2 alto recorders, tenor recorder, 1991
ARRANGEMENTS:
Fünf Lieder (Hugo Wolf), any voice, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, 1983 (Casa Sonzogno)
12 Deutsche Tänze Franz Schuberts zum prächtigen Feiern auf dem Zenoberg in Meran für Kammerorchester mit Zither bearbeitet von Fabio Nieder, Valentin Braitenberg zum Geburtstag, im Mai 1991 (Franz Schubert), small orchestra (2 flutes, 2 French horns, zither, violins, violas, cellos), 1991
4 Malenkosti (Marij Kogoj), flute, clarinet, harp, viola, cello, percussion, 1992
Rumba da Rimini (David Riondino), alto saxophone, marimba, 3/4 percussion, viola, double bass, 1994
4 'Lyriske Stykker' di Edvard Grieg (Edvard Grieg), piccolo (+ bass flute, nightingale call), oboe (+ English horn), bass clarinet, 2 French horns, harp, guitar, mandolin, celesta (+ harmonium), 2 percussion, 3 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 1996
Due sonate di Domenico Scarlatti (Domenico Scarlatti), 1996 (each of its two sections may be performed separately: Sonata I in do maggiore, sopranino recorder/soprano recorder, harp, guitar, mandolin, double bass, celesta, 2 percussion; Sonata II in re maggiore, 'Pastorale', Chromonica [chromatic harmonica from Hohner], bass flute, piccolo oboe, harp, harmonium, accordion, 2 percussion, 2 violins, cello, double bass)
La sérénade interrompue from Préludes, Premier Livre (Claude Debussy), off-stage soprano from Andalusia/off-stage tenor from Andalusia, flute, oboe/English horn, bass clarinet, guitar, lute, celesta, percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass, 1998
DISCOGRAPHY
Adern. Elegie. Cello-Ensemble Heinrich Schiff (Steirischer Herbst/Musikprotokoll, 1987)
Duale B. Harrie Starreveld, alto flute, bass flute; Harry Sparnaay, alto clarinet, bass clarinet (Happy New Ears: 2/Stereo CA: 911, 1991)
Rumba da Rimini (David Riondino). Fabio Nieder/ensemble (CGD/Warner Music: 4509 96185-2, 1994)
Love Songs on a White Surface (excerpt). Charlotte Riedijk, soprano; Mitchell Sandler, baritone; Ed Spanjaard/Nieuw Ensemble (Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik 1996, documentation CD)
Wåldgschroa (original version). Luisa Sello, flute (Rivo Alto, 2000)
O Clementissimo (da un madrigale di Petrus Hedus). Paolo Longo/Taukay Ensemble (Taukay: 114/1–2, 2000)
O Erd. Ein Fragment nach Friedrich Hölderlin. Linda Campanella, soprano; Marinella Tarenghi, piano (Nuova Era: 7364, 2001)
Drei frühe Klavierstücke; Fünf frühe Klavierstücke. Tatjana Jercog, piano (RS REAL SOUND: RS 051-0096, 2003)
2 from ANNO 1896 (6 agosto 1944). Sogno: avevo 1, 2, 3, 4, cinque occhi. (Premio Trio di Trieste: FPAP 012, 2005)
Objet flexible avec spirales suspendues (original version). Massimiliano Donninelli, tenor saxophone (Rugginenti Editore: RUS 555152.2, 2006)
12 Deutsche Tänze Franz Schuberts zum prächtigen Feiern auf dem Zenoberg in Meran für Kammerorchester mit Zither bearbeitet von Fabio Nieder, Valentin Braitenberg zum Geburtstag, im Mai 1991. Wilfried Scharf, zither; Christoph Cech/Janus Ensemble Wien (ORF Kärnten/Musikforum Viktring, 2008)
Der Bildersetzer. Sogno meraviglioso Teatro musiche strane perfette (ore 210:24 lunedì luglio 1944). Bernhard Gärtner, retired heldentenor; Daniel Kawka/Filarmonica Teatro Regio Torino (MITO SettembreMusica, 2011)
Terracotta. Eduard Brunner, A-clarinet (Naxos Records: 8.572470, 2011)
Der Bilderfresser. Marino Formenti, speaker, piano; Teodoro Anzellotti, accordion; Schlagquartett Köln; Emilio Pomárico/WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln (Winter & Winter: 910 188-2, 2011)
Fall asleep, or Hearing Die. Anke Franzius, harp; Snežana Nešić, accordion; Stephan Doormann/Kammerchor Hannover (Rondeau Production: ROP6056, 2012)
3 unvollendete Portraits. Maciej Żółtowski/Radomska Orkiestra Kameralna (DUX Recording Producers: 1205, 2014)
Der SCHUH auf dem WEG zum SATURNIO. Ein Liebesgesang in 3 Bildern. ensemble recherche (WERGO: WER 6792 2, 2014)
Sogno 10 lunedì gennaio 1892, in una casa molte gente musiche son entrato a casa; Der SCHUH auf dem WEG zum SATURNIO. Ein Liebesgesang in 3 Bildern. Fabio Nieder/ensemble mosaik (Fondazione Spinola-Banna per l'arte, 2015)
Objet flexible avec spirales suspendues (original version). Roberto Genova, tenor saxophone (Stradivarius: STR 37063, 2016)
Štiri slovenske ljudske za prst palec; Zwei Spiegel; Fünf frühe Klavierstücke; Vom Himmel hoch, da kommt ein Engel her zu Dir; lúomo strano mi hà riportato a Trieste pecora che non son nato morto; 27.05.2003-2013 Luciano Berio; Obraz; Pentatonisches Fragment einer tatarischen Volksweise; Five Stanzas for a Love Song. Aldo Orvieto, piano; Dario Savron, marimba, timpani, woodblock, voice; Luca Richelli, live electronics; Alvise Vidolin, live electronics (Stradivarius: STR 37093, 2018)
Lacrimosa from Requiem in D-moll, K 626 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart); Mechthild von Magdeburg I–V; Der B-dur/moll Kreis des Lichtes und des Lebens. Marco Blaauw, trumpet; Fabio Nieder, piano; Dirk Rothbrust, percussion; Schlagquartett Köln; James Weeks/EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble; Aarón Zapico/Forma Antiqva; Wolfgang Kläsener/Kettwiger Bach-Ensemble (Winter & Winter: 910 251-2, 2018)
Ein heiliger Weg in sechs Stationen zur stillen Nacht. Aleš Marčič/Komorni zbor Hugo Wolf, ensemble (Bundesministerium Europa, Integration und Äußeres. Kulturverein deutschsprachiger Frauen Brücken, 2019)
Thümmels Vergissmein-Lied. Dario Savron, marimba, timpani, woodblock, voice (Stradivarius: STR 37114, 2019)
Superposition d'après Rameau. Teodoro Anzellotti, accordion (Winter & Winter: 910 254-2, 2019)