Fausto Romitelli

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Fausto Romitelli
Fausto Romitelli (2000)

Fausto Romitelli (born February 1, 1963 in Gorizia , † June 27, 2004 in Milan ) was an Italian composer.

Romitelli studied composition at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan and then attended courses at the Accademia Chigiana di Siena with Franco Donatoni and the Scuola Civica di Milano . In 1991 he went to Paris, where he was a student of Hugues Dufourt and Gérard Grisey and studied at IRCAM , where he was compositeur en recherche from 1993 to 1995 .

With his compositions Romitelli won numerous European competitions and was invited to important festivals such as the Festival d'Automne , Ultima Helsinki , the Styrian Autumn (Graz) and the Darmstadt Summer Courses . In 2004 he succumbed to cancer in Milan.

Works

  • Ganimede for viola, 1986
  • Kû for fourteen performers, 1989
  • Nell'alto dei giorni immobili for six executors, 1990
  • Natura morta con fiamme for string quartet and electronics, 1991
  • La sabbia del tempo for six performers, 1991
  • Mediterraneo - I. Les idoles du soleil for ensemble, 1992
  • Mediterraneo - II. L'azur des déserts for voice and fourteen instruments, 1992–93
  • Seascape for double bass recorder, 1994
  • EnTrance for soprano, ensemble and electronics, 1995
  • Domeniche alla periferia dell'impero. Prima domenica for four instruments, 1995–96
  • Cupio Dissolvi for fourteen performers, 1996
  • The Nameless City for strings and bells ad libitum, 1997
  • Lost for voice and fifteen instruments, 1997
  • Professor Bad Trip: Lesson I for eight performers and electronics, 1998
  • Professor Bad Trip: Lesson II for ensemble, 1998–99
  • The Poppy in the Cloud for choir and ensemble, 1999
  • Professor Bad Trip: Lesson III for Ensemble, 2000
  • Blood on the Floor, Painting 1986 for Ensemble, 2000
  • Domeniche alla periferia dell'impero. Seconda domenica: hommage à Gérard Grisey for four instruments, 2000
  • Flowing down too slow for string orchestra, percussion and bells, 2001
  • Amok Koma for ensemble and electronics, 2001
  • An Index of Metals , video opera for soprano, ensemble, multi- projection and electronics (text: Kenka Lekovich , images: Paolo Pachini , Leonardo Romoli ), 2003
  • Dead City Radio Audiodrome per orchestra, 2003
  • Green, Yellow and Blue for Ensemble, 2003
personal data
SURNAME Romitelli, Fausto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1st February 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Gorizia
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 2004
Place of death Milan