Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini

Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini (* 1971 in Basel ) is a Swiss composer.

Life

While studying German and Italian at the University of Basel , Scartazzini decided to take up composition studies with Rudolf Kelterborn in Basel, which he later continued with Wolfgang Rihm at the Karlsruhe University of Music . In 1999/2000 he completed a semester at the Royal Academy of Music in London .

Since then he has worked as a composer (initially also as a high school teacher). His works have been performed at major festivals such as the Salzburg Easter Festival , the Lucerne Festival and the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music .

Renowned orchestras such as the Basel Chamber Orchestra , the basel sinfonietta , the Collegium Novum Zurich , the Ensemble Contrechamps, the Ensemble intercontemporain and the Ensemble Phoenix performed Scartazzini's works.

In 2004/05 he was composer in residence at the University of Witten / Herdecke .

In 2006 the opera Wut was premiered at the Erfurt Theater. A CD with songs was released by the English label Guild Music.

In 2012, the opera Der Sandmann (based on Der Sandmann by ETA Hoffmann ) premiered in nine scenes at Theater Basel , based on the libretto by Thomas Jonigk and directed by Christof Loy .

In February 2017 the opera about Edward II (based on Christopher Marlowe von Jonigk) was premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (musical direction: Thomas Søndergård , production: Christof Loy ).

Scartazzini won several prizes, including the Jakob Burckhardt Award from the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Foundation in Basel and the study award from the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation in Munich.

Sound carrier

• Edward II. Contributors: Michael Nagy - Edward II., Agneta Eichenholz - Isabella, Ladislav Elgr - Piers de Gaveston, Andrew Harris, Roger Mortimer, Burkhard Ulrich, Walter Langton, Bishop of Coventry, James Kryshak, Lightborn, Jarrett Ott, Engel, Markus Brück, Gideon Poppe, 2 soldiers, 2 councilors, 2 clergy, 2 guards, 2 tour guides, Mattis van Hasselt, Prince Edward, the choir of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Thomas Sødergård, conductor. Live recording 2017, Oehmsclassics (LC 12424) OC 969.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Homepage Theater Basel ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 21, 2012 
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Homepage of the composer with a list of works
• Scartazzini at Bärenreiter
• Sheet music and sound carriers by Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini in the catalog of the German National Library
• Sound recordings with works by the composer from the SRG SSR archive on Neo.Mx3