- Aldo Clementi
Aldo Clementi (born
May 25 ,1925 inCatania, Italy ) is an Italian composer.He studied the
piano , graduating in 1946. His studies in composition began in 1941, and his teachers includedAlfredo Sangiorgi andGoffredo Petrassi . After receiving his diploma in 1954, he attended theDarmstadt summer courses from 1955 to 1972. Important influences during this period included meetingBruno Maderna in 1956, and working at the electronic music studio of the Italian radio broadcaster RAI inMilan ."Poesia de Rilke" (1946) was the first work of his to be performed (
Vienna , 1947). Of more significance was the premiere of "Cantata" (1954), which was broadcast byHamburg Radio in 1956. In 1959 he won second prize in the ISCM competition with "Episodi" (1958), and in 1963 he took first prize in the same competition, with "Sette scene da "Collage" "(1961).He taught music theory at the University of Bologna from 1971 to 1992.
elected works
*"Episodi" (1958) for
orchestra
*"Ideogrammi n. 1" (1959) for 16 instruments
*"Triplum" (1960) forflute ,oboe andclarinet
*"Collage" (1961) - stage work
*"Informel 2" (1962) for 15 performers
*"Collage 2" (1962) for electronics
*"Informel 3" (1961-63) for orchestra
*"Intavolatura" (1963) forharpsichord
*"Variante A" (1964) for mixed chorus and orchestra
*Concerto (1970) for piano and 7 instruments
*Concerto (1975) for piano, 24 instruments andcarillon s
*"Clessidra" (1976) for chamber orchestra
*"L'orologio di Arcevla" (1979) for 13 performers
*"Dodici variazioni" (1980) for solo guitar
*"Fantasia su roBErto FABbriCiAni" (1980-81) for flute and tape
*"Es" (1981) - stage work
*"Parafrasi" (1981) 18 voice canon realized with processor
*"Adagio" (1983) for quintet withprepared piano
*"Ouverture" (1984) for 12 flutes
*Concerto (1986) for piano and 14 instruments
*"Fantasia" (1987) for 4 guitars
*"Tribute" (1988) forstring quartet
*"Berceuse" (1989) for orchestra
*"Romanza" (1991) for piano and orchestra
*"The Plaint" (1992) for female voice and 13 instruments
*"Sonate Y." (2002) for soloviolin
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