Tiziano Manca

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Tiziano Manca (born June 27, 1970 in Squinzano ) is an Italian composer of contemporary music.

Life

Tiziano Manca was born in Squinzano (Italy) in 1970. He studied composition in Florence with Romano Pezzati and Salvatore Sciarrino as well as electronic music and philosophy. This was followed by a master's degree in conducting with Piero Bellugi.

In 2001 he was composer-in-residence at the Akiyoshidai International Art Village in Japan and at the Abbaye de Royaumont (Paris). In 2002 and 2003 he received a scholarship from the Akademie Schloss Solitude Stuttgart.

His music has been performed in Amsterdam (Gaudeamus Music Week), Antwerp (Ars Musica), Berlin (Konzerthaus, Ultrasound Festival, Klangwerkstatt), Darmstadt (summer courses), Huddersfield (Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival), Japan (Akiyoshidai International Art Village), Lucerne (Lucerne Festival), Paris (Abbaye de Royaumont), Toronto (Jane Mallet Theater) and Zurich (Tonhalle).

Catalog raisonné

  • En Flottant for clarinet (1996)
  • Deserto colore for voice and piano (1998), texts by Federico García Lorca
  • Ondine for chamber orchestra (1998)
  • Flatus vocis for flute (1999)
  • Deux Epigrammes amoureuses et une intimation for voice, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano (2000), texts by Marguerite Yourcenar
  • Narcisse for two baritones (2001-02), text by Paul Valéry
  • Epigramma muto for clarinet, bass clarinet, percussion, violin, viola, cello, celesta (2002)
  • Nel Labirinto for trumpet, trombone, percussion, bass drum, guitar, cello, piano (2003)
  • In principio for baritone, flute (also bass flute), clarinet (also bass clarinet) (2003), text by Lucrezio
  • Voce d'ombra for choir fragment of Psalm 87 (2003)
  • Limen for tenor saxophone, guitar, marimbaphone (2003-04)
  • La gabbia Opera in un atto su testo di Alejandro Tantanian (2002-04)
  • A string quartet movement with an epilogue for string quartet, voice, piano (2004-05), text by Uljana Wolf
  • Moi, Daniel G. for countertenor, violin, baritone sax, piano (2005), text by Samuel Beckett
  • Nell'assenza dei venti for chamber orchestra (2006)
  • Solitudini for oboe, clarinet, baritone saxophone, violin, cello (2006)
  • Defining for flute, clarinet, vibraphone, violin, viola, cello, piano (2007-09)
  • Stur for guitar (2007-09)

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personal data
SURNAME Manca, Tiziano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Squinzano