Fabio Vacchi
Fabio Vacchi (born February 19, 1949 in Bologna ) is an Italian composer . In addition he wrote chamber music and orchestral works mainly operas and occasionally film music ..
biography
Vacchi ( spoken wa-ki ) studied with Giacomo Manzoni , Franco Donatoni and Tito Gotti. In 1974 he attended courses at the Berkshire Music Center in Tanglewood / USA. He won the "Koussevitzky Prize in Composition".
For his “Soupirs de Genève” for eleven solo strings, Vacchi won first prize at the Gaudeamus competition in the Netherlands in 1976. In 1979 and 1981 the Venice Biennale dedicated special concerts to his work. In 1982 Vacchi's first opera "Girotondo", based on a text by Arthur Schnitzler , premiered at the Florence Music Festival.
In 1990 the Teatro Comunale of Bologna premiered its opera “Il Viaggio”. In 1993, “La Station thermale” followed in Lyon , based on a play by Carlo Goldoni . In December 1995 Vacchi conducted his pantomime "Faust", based on Heinrich Heine , at the Teatro Comunale Bologna. In 1998 the Lyon National Opera and the Teatro Comunale di Bologna performed his opera "Les Oiseaux de Passage".
For the 2005/2006 season, Vacchi was commissioned by the Milan Opera La Scala for “Teneke”, based on a text by the Turkish writer Yashar Kemal. The opera houses in Madrid and Lisbon entrusted him with the task of completing a previously unpublished opera fragment by Manuel de Falla , "El Fuego Fatuo".
The Salzburg Festival honored Vacchi twice by awarding commissioned works: In July 2000, the Orchester de Paris under Ivan Fischer played “Tre veglie” for mezzo-soprano, violoncello and orchestra in the Small Festival Hall. In August 2006 the Vienna Philharmonic under Riccardo Muti premiered “Giusta Armonia” in the Großer Festspielhaus . Vacchi's instrumental works include: Luoghi Immaginari (1987–1992), the cantata Sacer Sanctus for choir and instruments (1997) and Notturno concertante for guitar and orchestra (1994).
In 2001 Vacchi composed the film music for "Il mestiere delle armi" by Ermanno Olmi. For this he received the “David di Donatello” award. He received a nomination for “David di Donatello” for the film music of “Centochiodi” (2007).
Awards
- 1976 Composition Prize from the Gaudeamus Foundation
- 2001 Premio David di Donatello , for film music for "Il mestiere delle armi"
Works (selection)
- Operas
- Girotondo (Florence 1982)
- Il Viaggio (Bologna 1990)
- La Station thermale (Lyon 1993)
- Les oiseaux de passage (Lyon 1998)
- Il letto della storia (2002, WP Florence 2003)
- Ballet music
- Dioniso germogliatore (Ravenna 1996)
- Orchestral works
- Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra (1983)
- Luoghi immaginari (1987-92)
- Diario dello sdegno (2002) - commissioned work for the Teatro alla Scala , Milan
- Mare che fiumi accoglie (2007) - Commissioned work for the Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia , Rome
- Diary of outrage (2011) - commissioned work for the Gewandhaus Leipzig
- The forest demon (2015) - commissioned work for the Gewandhaus Leipzig
- Chamber music
- Plynn for guitar (1986)
- Wanderer Octet (1997)
- Wanderer Sextet (2000) - Commissioned for the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
- Five string quartets
- Quartetto per archi No. 1 (1992)
- Quartetto per archi No. 2
- Quartetto per archi No. 3 (2001) - commissioned by the Tokyo String Quartet
- Quartetto per archi No. 4 (2004) - commissioned work for Radio RAI
- Quartetto per archi No. 5 (2008)
- Film music
- Il Mestiere delle armi (2001)
- Gabrielle - Love of My Life (2005)
- Centochiodi (2007)
Discography
| title | Soloists | Orchestra / ensemble | Conductors | year | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luoghi immaginari | Marco Lazzara | EnsembleMusica20 | Guido Guida, Mauro Bonifacio | 1996 | BMG Ricordi CRMCD 1043 |
| La station thermale | Cécile Besnard, Christophe Lacassagne, Pomone Epoméo, Catherine Renerte | Orchester de l'Opéra de Lyon | Claire Gibault | 1998 | BMG Ricordi 74321356142 (2 CDs) |
| Wanderer Octet - Dionysus | - | Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Contempoartensemble, Agon Acustica Informatica Musica | Emilio Pomarico, Mauro Ceccanti | 2000 | Stradivarius STR 33597 |
| Movimento di quartetto in "Quartetti per archi: Schubert , Vacchi, Ligeti " | - | Quartetto Savinio | - | 2004 | Paragon, CD supplement with Amadeus magazine, June 2004 SMF 001-2 |
| Gabrielle | Raina Kabaivanska , Pavel Vernikov | Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano "G.Verdi" | Claire Gibault | 2005 | Sony BMG 82876730902 |
| Quintetto in "Rotte sonore" | - | Dedalo ensemble | Vittorio Parisi | 2007 | Stradivarius STR 33747 |
| Mignon (About longing) in "La voce contemporanea in Italia vol.3" | Tiziana Scandaletti, Riccardo Piacentini | - | - | 2007 | Stradivarius STR 33769 |
| Luoghi immaginari | Marco Lazzara | EnsembleMusica20, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana | Guido Guida, Mauro Bonifacio | 2007 | Stradivarius STR 57005 |
Web links
- Biography and catalog raisonné at Ricordi
- A portrait of Fabio Vacchi by Max Nyffeler
- Fabio Vacchi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Audio samples, Sacer Sanctus 3rd and 4th movements in the music portal of the Collegio Ghislieri di Pavia
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vacchi, Fabio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bologna |