Carlo Pedini

Carlo Pedini (born 19 June 1956 in Perugia) is an Italian classical musician.

Biography

Carlo Pedini studied music by himself for a number of years before taking his Diploma at Perugia Conservatory with Fernando Sulpizi, subsequently specialising in Siena in Città di Castello. He now teaches at the Perugia Conservatory after teaching in Avellino, Adria and Pesaro.

Since 1980 he won numerous composer competition. In 1995 his poem for orchestra "Il Cantico dei Cantici" was prized to the Bologna's Competition "2 August". In 1990 the RAI partaked to XLII Prix Italia (Palermo - September) with Pedini's Predica agli Uccelli for soprano, piano, synthesised voice, tape and orchestra (RAI Turin Symphonic Orchestra, conductor Vittorio Parisi) on a text by Lucio Lironi and Claudio Novelli. In 1993 again the RAI broadcast commissioned his Dramatic Oratorio Il Mistero Jacopone (the story of Jacopone da Todi, the greatest Italian poet before Dante Alighieri) for four voices, baritono, medieval instruments, coro and orchestra (Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI, conductor Karl Martin, voice of Jacopone Mario Scaccia).In 2004 the Arena di Verona Foundation commissioned and performed the Ballet "L'anima del Perugino".In 2005 his "Requiem" for choir, organ and strings was performed at Kusatsu Summer Festival (Japan).In 2007 his "Magnificat (grande)" for Children choir and instruments was performed in Milan at "La Scala Theater".

In 1996-2003 he was Artistic Director of Sagra Musicale Umbra, one of the oldest and known Festival in Europe. Works he commissioned or organized the world premiere of include: "Songs of Milarepa" by Philip Glass (1997), "Grido" by Ennio Morricone (1998), "Concerto-cantata de Perugia" by Leo Brouwer (1999) and others.

Since 2004 until 2005 he was composer in residence for the “Sagra Musicale Umbra” Festival. His musics are performed and broadcasted in several countries (Italy, France, Germany, Sweden, Greece, Russia, U.S.A, Japan…) and are published by Casa Musicale Sonzogno, Milano.

He is known also as a painter.

Works for orchestra (Sonzogno-Milan, except*)

*Concerto per violino (1981) for violin and orchestra (*published by Ricordi, Milan)
*Il Cantico dei Cantici (1986)
*La Casa di Asterione (1989)
*Euclide si diverte (1991)
*Adagio (da uno studio per Jacopone) (1991) for strings
*Sinfonia (Reck-Symphony) (1993 - 1997)I° Tempo (L'Addio)II° Tempo (L'Attesa)III° Tempo (Il Ritorno)
*I colori del Perugino(1998) for flute, four clarinets and strings
*Canzoni usa e getta (1998)
*Canone di Pedini (1999) for strings
*Canzonetta (2000)
*Non svegliate Verdi… (2001)
*Concertino a volo D'Angelo (2005) for piano, choir ad libitum and strings
*Sei frammenti francescani (2006) for voice ad lib. and orchestratexts extract from San Francesco's life (first and second) by Tommaso da Celano

Works for soloists, choir and orchestra (Sonzogno-Milan)

*Torneremo a camminare (1985),Cantata for choir, strings and cembalo, text of Aldo Capitini
*Il Mistero Jacopone (1989 - 1993) Oratorio drammatico for four voices, baritono, medieval instruments, choir and orchestratext of Claudio Novelli and Lucio Lironi
*In Te Domine speravi (1994 - 1995) for choir (or 4 solo voices), organ and chamber orchestra
*Te Deum (1994 - 1999) for choir, children voices, organ and orchestra
*Carme millenario (1999) for choir and windorchestra with 5 percussionists
*Pater noster (2000) for tenor, choir and orchestra
*Victimae paschali laudes (2000) for tenor, choir and orchestra
*Requiem (2000 - 2003) for mixed-choir, children choir, organ and strings
*Missa Liturgica (2004) for choir and strings (or solo organ)

Lyric operas and ballets (Sonzogno-Milan, except*)

*Rabarbaro, rabarbaro (1982-83) opera in one act, text of Gino Viziano (*published by Edi-pan, Rome)
*Orfeo in città (1996) chamber opera in one act, text of Alberto Pellegrino
*Un giorno qualunque (1995 -1998) opera in one act, text of Gino Viziano and Carlo Pedini
*Così fan (quasi) tutte (2001-2002) chamber-opera in one act, text of Giacomo Pedini
*Il Pranzo (2002) ballet in one act for orchestra
*Il Miracolo (2004) chamber-opera in one act, text of Giacomo Pedini
*L’anima del Perugino (2004) Scena of ballet for orchestra

Works for chorus (and organ or instruments) (Sonzogno-Milan)

*Super flumina Babylonis (1988) for five voices mixed choir
*Magnificat (1997) two versions:
*Magnificat (small), for seven female voices choir and bells
*Magnificat (great), for seven female voices choir, bells, clarinet and string quartet
*De Profundis (1999) for four voices mixed choir and four trombons
*Missa brevis (De Angelis) (1999) for three voices mixed choir and organ
*Veni creator spiritus (2000) for four voices mixed choir, organ and flute ad libitum
*L’ironia bizzarra (2003) for six female voices and harp or piano
*Ave Maris Stella (2003) for five voices mixed choir and organ
*Missa Liturgica (2004) for three voices mixed choir and organ (or strings)

Chamber music works

*La clessidra dai chicchi di grano (1983)
*Il mattino della terza giornata (1983, texts by Beti Jordan)
*Due lieder da "Il mattino della terza giornata" (1983, texts by Beti Jordan)
*L'acciarino di Weber (1983, for clarinet)
*Gli occhi (chiari) del tempo (1985, for clarinet and piano)
*Una serata di esercitazioni campali delle termiti guerriere (1985 - 1996, for five percussionists)
*Un'ipotesi di tango (1991-1995, for guitar)
* Sonata (1995, for violin and piano)
*La nebbia di Hietzing (1995) for clarinet and string quartet
*Sonata da camera (1996) for violin and eight instruments (flute, clarinet, bassoon, two violins, viola, cello and double bass)
*Due interludi per Orfeo (1997) for violin, clarinet and piano
*Gino ed altri angeli (1997) for soprano, flute and piano
*Le strade di Torquato (1998) for twelve percussionists
*Buon Anniversario (2001) for five winds and five strings
*Vent’anni dopo (2001) for clarinet
*Canzoni profane (2003) for clarinet and string quartet

Discography

*L'acciarino di Weber, Edipan-Rome 1983
*Gli occhi (chiari) del tempo, Edipan-Rome, 1985
*Rabarbaro, rabarbaro, Edipan-Rome 1987
*Il Mistero Jacopone, Quadrivium-Perugia, 1992
*Vent'anni dopo, Hyperprysm-Perugia 2005
*Victimae Paschali laudes and Pater noster, SMU-Italy 2000
*Requiem, Camerata-Tokyo, 2005

External links

* [http://www.carlopedini.org/ Carlo Pedini official web site]
* [http://www.sonzogno.it/ Sonzogno official web site]