Claudio Ambrosini

Claudio Ambrosini (born April 9, 1948 in Venice ) is an Italian composer.

Ambrosini studied foreign languages ​​and literature at the Università di Milano until 1972 . He then studied electronic music with Alvise Vidolin at the Conservatorio di Venezia until 1975 and historical musical instruments until 1978, as well as music history at the Università di Venezia .

From 1976 he worked at the Centro per la Sonologia Computazionale in Padua . In 1979 he founded the Ex Novo Ensemble in Venice , which is dedicated exclusively to the performance of contemporary music and which he has directed ever since. In 1983 he founded the Centro Internazionale per la Ricerca Strumentale , of which he is director.

In 1985 he was the first Italian to receive the Prix ​​de Rome . In the same year he was the representative of Italy at the European Year of Music . The following year he represented Italy at the International Rostrum of Composers of UNESCO . In 1995 a portrait concert was dedicated to him at the Milan Music Festival.

Works

• Canzone curva, detta dell'occhiolino for guitar, 1972
• Pensiero minore for guitar, 1972
• Canzone d'ombre for guitar, 1973
• Canzone a perdere for guitar, 1973
• Tantalo sorridente for guitar, 1973
• Canzone molle for guitar, 1973
• Capriccio alla siciliana for guitar, 1973
• Due notturni for guitar, 1973
• Scherzo (Omaggio à Escher) for guitar, 1974
• Blues for guitar, 1974
• Notturno (Tombeau for Jimi H.) for guitar, 1975
• Arie e Danze for guitar, 1976
• Uno e Trino for flute, oboe and clarinet, 1979
• Negli sguardi di Eurialo e Niso for flute, clarinet, two plants (immersed in water) and tape, 1980
• Cadenza estesa e Coda for flute and tape, 1981
• Icaros for violin, 1981
• A guisa di un arcier presto soriano for flute, 1981
• 'Oh, mia Euridice'… a fragment for clarinet and viola, 1981
• Trompe-l'oreille for flute and vibraphone, 1981
• Una forma, chiusa for flute, violin and viola, 1981
• Rondò di forza for piano, 1981
• Trobar clar for flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone and trumpet, 1982
• Impromptu for piano, 1982
• Épater! Épater! for upright piano, 1982
• Grande ballo futurista for Upright Piano, 1982
• Capriccio for two pianos, 1982
• Capriccio, detto l'ermafrodita for bass clarinet, 1983
• Rousseau, le douanier: 'Follia d'Orlando for clarinet, 1983
• Vietato ai minori for upright piano and ensemble, 1983
• Nell'orecchio di Van Gogh, una pulce for upright piano and ensemble, 1983
• Concavo, convesso for upright piano and ensemble, 1983
• Gli italiani parlano tutti con le mani for upright piano and ensemble, 1984
• De vulgari eloquentia for piano and ensemble, 1984
• Hic sunt Leones for piano and ensemble, 1984
• Orfeo, l'ennesimo , Opera, 1984
• Apocrifo for Upright Piano, 1984
• (Noche oscura) for piano and ensemble, 1984–85
• Veneziano , Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, 1984–85
• Trobar clus for piano and ensemble, 1985
• Dettaglio sacrilego for percussion and ensemble, 1987
• Doppio concerto grosso for piano, ensemble and large orchestra, 1987
• Rondaccio for piano and percussion, 1988
• Il segreto for soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, harp, violin, viola, cello and percussion, 1988
• Il satellite sereno for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion and tape, 1989
• Il sogno lyrical nocturne for theater, for soprano and tape, 1989
• I sogni sono soltanto schiuma? (Text by Sandro Cappelletto), Radio Music, 1989
• Proverbs of Hell , cantata after William Blake , 1990–91
• Canzoniere ballato , ballet, 1991
• Dove c'è un tabù c'è un desiderio , for two cornets, dulcian, four trombones, violin, viola, cello, positive organ and harpsichord, 1991
• Le fleuve (text by Yves Bonnefoy ) for soprano, clarinet and percussion, 1991
• Priapo assiderato for guitar, 1992
• Eco, c'è ascuti (text by Giovanni Meli ) for mezzo-soprano and vibraphone, 1993
• Orfeo, l'ennesimo , Suite for the Opera, 1993
• Tutti parlano (text by Virgilio Guidi ) for soprano, flute and cello, 1993
• Iti, guerrieri, amorosi (text by Sandro Cappelletto), radio music, 1993
• For a Month we Loved Forever for drums, 1994
• Rap for guitar, 1994
• Ballo sghembo for two pianos and percussion, 1994
• Prélude à l'après-midi d'un fauve for flute. Violin and piano, 1994
• Preludio, a sguardi for piano, 1994
• Ciaccona del giglio for guitar, 1995
• Labirinto armonico (Fantasy on Small Harmonic Labyrinth by Johann Sebastian Bach ) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, string quartet, double bass, piano and percussion, 1995
• Anima mundi , play for sound images, for voices, ensemble and tape, 1995
• Susanna , oratorio based on Sandro Cappelletto , 1995–96
• Frammenti d'acque , musical drama for flute, trumpet, English horn, harp, glass instruments, percussion and live electronics, 1996
• Il giudizio universale , Opera buffa, 1996
• Pandora librante , ballet based on Italo Calvino , 1997
• Due improvvisi for Disklavier, 1997
• Acrobata (text by Edoardo Sanguineti ) for four voices, 1997
• La vera storia dell'invenzione del pianoforte , musical theater for actors and piano, 1998
• Le cahier perdu de Casanova , scenic concert, 1998
• Ciaccona for piano, 1998
• Passione secondo Marco , oratorio based on Sandro Cappelletto , 1999–2000
• BIG BANG CIRCUS (Little History of the Universe), opera, libretto by the composer and Sandro Cappelletto , 2001–02
• Vita for violin, 2003
• Soliloquy (text by Sylvia Plath ) for four female voices, 2003
• Dai filò di Zanzotto (text by Andrea Zanzotto ) for four female voices and piano, 2003
• Song without words for soprano, children's choir, piano and tape, 2004
• Vademecum for speakers, ensemble and live electronics, 2004
• Orfeo - Toccata (da Monteverdi) / La Via Lattea , musical pilgrimage in ten stations, 2004
• Pausa irreale for large orchestra, 2004
• Il suono e il suo doppio for cello, 2004
• De alchimia for ensemble, 2004
• Il canto della pelle (SEX Unlimited) , Melodramma giocosa with labyrinth for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, actress, small orchestra and live electronics, 2005
• Tocar Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, 2007