Pier Damiano Peretti

Pier Damiano Peretti, organ concert in the Ursuline Church Vienna, October 20, 2018

Pier Damiano Peretti (* 1974 in Vicenza ) is an Italian organist and composer .

Life

Pier Damiano Peretti studied organ at the conservatory in his hometown with Antonio Cozza and graduated in 1996 with a diploma. Masterclasses took him to Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini , Harald Vogel , Jean-Claude Zehnder , Jacques van Oortmerssen and Rinaldo Alessandrini, among others . He also studied composition with Wolfango Dalla Vecchia .

In 1996 he moved to Vienna, where he continued his studies in concert organ at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, initially with Herbert Tachezi and from 1998 with Michael Radulescu . He graduated with distinction in 2002. An Erasmus stay in Hamburg with Wolfgang Zerer and Pieter van Dijk as well as further composition studies as part of the Darmstadt summer courses rounded off his training. From 2002 to 2009 he taught as an organ professor at the University of Music and Theater in Hanover before he was appointed professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in March 2009.

His compositions - for and with organ, chamber music , vocal works with an instrumental ensemble - take up the most varied of stylistic devices and primarily revolve around spiritual themes.

Awards

Peretti is a prizewinner at the international organ competitions in Bologna, Pretoria, Innsbruck, Toulouse and Hamburg. He also won first prize in the 1999 S. Albans organ competition.

In addition, he has also received various composition prizes, including that of the international Saarlouis organ composition competition.

For Mane nobiscum - Missa for Easter as well as "in recognition of previous achievements and for the direct promotion of further artistic creation" he was awarded the Outstanding Artist Award for Music 2015 by the Austrian Federal Chancellery .

Works (selection)

Compositions

• Aforismi lunari , for flute and organ (2004/2005).
• The seven last words of Jesus , for vocal ensemble and string quartet (2006/2007).
• Chromos , for organ (2007/2008).
• Hortus animae , oratorio based on the Song of Solomon for mezzo-soprano, tenor, mixed Choir and instrumental ensemble (2008/2009).
• Due madrigali spirituali , for mixed choir (2009).
• In the year of the death of King Usija… , for upper choir, tenor and instrumental ensemble (2009/2010).
• Erat lux vera , for mixed choir, ant. Cymbals and organ pedal (2010).
• Et in Arcadia ego , for oboe and organ (2010).
• peje IS je (Thomassprüche), for baritone, cello, percussion and organ (2010/2011).
• Mane nobiscum - Missa for Easter , for gem. Choir, cello, vibraphone, organ and a bell in d (2010/2011).
• Vigilia , for string quartet and organ (2011).
• Magnificat , for soprano, speaker, acc. Choir and Orchestra (2011).
• Ivi è Laura ora , for five solo voices (2011/2012).
• Surge illuminare , for soprano (also triangle) and organ (2012).
• Pièce extatique , for alto saxophone and piano (2013).
• Musica mechanica , for organ (2013).
• Canto di una creatura , for soprano and organ (2013).
• Antifone for 11 instruments and organ (2013-14)
• Language window - six interpolations to Handel's Messiah , for gem. Choir, speaker, 2 percussionists and baroque instruments (2014)
• Solstitium for eight male voices and harp (2014)
• Florete flores , for organ (2015)

Fonts

Peretti published scientific essays on, among others, Bach, Bettinelli, Buxtehude, Frescobaldi, Muffat and Italian organ music of the 20th century.

Sound carrier

• Bruno Bettinelli (1913–2004): Opere per organo . Rieger organ of the Augustinian Church in Vienna . Carrara 2006.
• Under the Spanish crown. (Palero, Salvatore, Bruna, Cornet, Arauxo, Froberger). Collon organ of the Neustädter Hof- und Stadtkirche St. Johannis, Hanover. Ursina motet, 2006.
• Dieterich Buxtehude: The choral fantasies . Vol. 1 and 2. Huss / Schnitger organ (1673) Ss. Cosmae and Damiani , Stade. IFO Records, 2007.
• JS Bach: Third part of the piano exercise . With Eckhart Kuper, harpsichord. Nicolaikirche , Herzberg am Harz. IFO Records, 2009.
• Marco Enrico Bossi: Selected Organ Works . Furtwängler / Hammer organ (1916) from Verden Cathedral. Naxos, 2010.
• The Wöckherl organ : CD recording on the occasion of the consecration of the oldest organ in Vienna, the Wöckherl organ , Vienna 2011.
• Gottlieb Muffat: Ricercate, Canzoni, Toccate & Capricci. Sieber organ (1714) in the Michaelerkirche in Vienna . Ambiente, 2012.
• Thomas Daniel Schlee: Organ Works. Cavaillé Coll organ of St. Trinité Church , Paris. Ambiente, 2013.
• Terenzio Zardini (1923-2000): Organ Works. Mascioni organ (1944) of the Monteberico Basilica, Vicenza. Tactus 2015.

Web links

• Literature by and about Pier Damiano Peretti in the catalog of the German National Library
• Pier Damiano Peretti's website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Detailed description of the recordings on the Wöckherl organ ( memento of the original from March 4, 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. , accessed on the label's website on November 4, 2013.