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Lorenzo Ferrero

Lorenzo Ferrero (Italian pronunciation: [loˈrɛntso ferˈrɛːro]; born 1951) is an Italian composer, librettist, author, and book editor. He started composing at an early age and has written over a hundred compositions thus far, including twelve operas, three ballets, and numerous orchestral, chamber music, solo instrumental, and vocal works. His musical idiom is characterized by eclecticism, stylistic versatility, and a neo-tonal language.

Lorenzo Ferrero

Biography

Born in Turin, he studied composition from 1969 to 1973 with Massimo Bruni and Enore Zaffiri at Turin Music Conservatory, and philosophy with Gianni Vattimo and Massimo Mila at the University of Turin, earning a degree in aesthetics with a thesis on John Cage in 1974.

His early interest in the psychology of perception and psychoacoustics led him to IMEB, the International Electroacoustic Music Institute of Bourges, where he did research on electronic music between 1972 and 1973, IRCAM in Paris, and to the Musik/Dia/Licht/Film Galerie in Munich in 1974.

Lorenzo Ferrero has received commissions from numerous festivals and institutions, his works being constantly performed throughout Europe and North America, particularly in Italy, Germany, France, Great Britain, Spain, Finland, Russia, the Czech Republic, and the United States.

 
Scene from the opera La Conquista, 2005

His most popular compositions include the operas Marilyn, La figlia del mago, Salvatore Giuliano, Charlotte Corday, La Conquista, and Risorgimento!, the first Piano Concerto, the Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra, the set of six symphonic poems La Nueva España, the song cycle Canzoni d'amore, the Capriccio for Piano and String Orchestra, Parodia, Ostinato, Glamorama Spies, Tempi di quartetto for string quartet, and the ballet Franca Florio, regina di Palermo. In 1986 he participated in the Prix Italia with his work La fuga di Foscolo. His music is published by Casa Ricordi, Milan.

As an active manager of art events, he has served as artistic director of the Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago (1980–84),[1] "Unione Musicale" in Turin (1983–87), Arena di Verona Festival (1991–94), and the "Musica 2000" fair. In 1999 he co-founded and coordinated the "Festa della Musica", a showcase of classical, jazz and world music held in Milan, and four years later he managed the Ravello Festival.

 

In 2007 Lorenzo Ferrero was appointed to the board of directors and elected vice-president of SIAE, the Italian Authors and Publishers Association. That same year he published the Manuale di scrittura musicale,[2] a manual which describes the basic rules of correct and elegant music writing from the orthographic as well as the graphic point of view, which is addressed to all composers, musicologists, teachers, students and copy-editors in need of practical advice. In 2008 he translated, edited and published Lo studio dell'orchestrazione,[3] the Italian edition of Samuel Adler's The Study of Orchestration, a landmark orchestration manual.

Lorenzo Ferrero has been professor of composition at Milan Conservatory from 1980 to 2016. His teaching appointments also include positions at St. Mary's College of Maryland and LUISS Business School, a division of LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome. Moreover, as member of the Italian National Union of Composers, Librettists and Authors he co-founded ECSA, the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance, and between 2011 and 2017 he was president of CIAM, the International Council of Music Authors. In 2017, he was appointed honorary president of CIAM.[4]

Lorenzo Ferrero was described in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera as "the most successful opera composer of his generation in Italy"[5] and in The New Penguin Opera Guide as "a principal exponent of the neo-tonal tendencies common to a number of Italian composers of his generation, who has championed a brand of narrative music-theatre that aims to capture a wider audience than that achieved by the heirs of the modernist tradition."[6]

Works

In addition to the original works listed below, Lorenzo Ferrero completed the orchestration of the third version of the opera La rondine by Giacomo Puccini, which was subsequently premiered at Teatro Regio di Torino on 22 March 1994. With a group of six other Italian composers he wrote the Requiem per le vittime della mafia, a collaborative composition for soloists, choir and orchestra on an Italian text by Vincenzo Consolo. The requiem was first performed in the Palermo Cathedral on 27 March 1993. Furthermore, he wrote the music for the Sestriere Alpine World Ski Championships opening ceremony of 1997 including the official anthem, incidental music for stage productions, and a film score. British musicologist David Osmond-Smith described his style as "an unabashed synthesis of classical traditions and pop [...] that never forgets its 19-century precursors."[7]

Opera

Ballet

Orchestral music

  • Ellipse IV (Waldmusik) (1977), for folk ensemble ad libitum
  • Romanza seconda (1977), for bassoon and strings
  • Arioso (1977), for orchestra and live electronics
  • Arioso II (1981), for large orchestra
  • Balletto (1981), for orchestra
  • My Blues (1982), for string orchestra
  • Thema 44 (ad honorem J. Haydn) (1982), for small orchestra
  • Ombres (1984), for orchestra and live electronics
  • The Miracle (1985), suite for orchestra
  • Intermezzo notturno from Mare nostro (1985), for small orchestra
  • Intermezzo "Portella della Ginestra" from Salvatore Giuliano (1986), for orchestra
  • Four Modern Dances (1990), for small orchestra
  • Zaubermarsch (1990), for small orchestra
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1991)
  • Paesaggio con figura (1994), for small orchestra
  • Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra (1994–95)
  • Palm Beach Overture (1995), for orchestra
  • Capriccio for Piano and String Orchestra (1996)
  • Three Baroque Buildings (1997), for bassoon, trumpet, and strings
  • Championship Suite (1997), for large orchestra
  • Storie di neve (1997), music for the Alpine World Ski Championships opening ceremony
  • La Nueva España (1992–99), a set of six symphonic poems
    • La ruta de Cortés (1992)
    • La noche triste (1996)
    • Memoria del fuego (1998)
    • Presagios (1999)
    • El encuentro (1999)
    • La matanza del Templo Mayor (1999)
  • Rastrelli in Saint Petersburg (2000), for oboe and string orchestra
  • Two Cathedrals in the South (2001), for trumpet and string orchestra
  • Five Easy Pieces (2002), transcription for orchestra
  • Guarini, the Master (2004), for violin and strings
  • DEsCH (2006), for oboe, bassoon, piano, and orchestra
  • Quattro variazioni su un tema di Banchieri: 2 Agosto. Prima variazione (2008), for organ and orchestra
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 (2009)
  • Fantasy Suite No. 2 (2009), for violin and orchestra

Chamber and instrumental music

  • Primavera che non vi rincresca (1971), electronic tape piece
  • Ellipse III (1974), for any 4 players/ensembles
  • Siglied (1975), for chamber orchestra
  • Romanza senza parole (1976), for chamber ensemble
  • Adagio cantabile (1977), for chamber ensemble
  • Variazioni sulla notte (1980), for guitar
  • Respiri (1982), for flute and piano
  • Soleils (1982), for harp
  • Ellipse (1983), for flute
  • Onde (1983), for guitar
  • My Rock (1985), (versions for piano and for big band)
  • Empty Stage (1985), for 4 clarinets and piano
  • My Blues (1986), for flute and piano
  • Passacaglia (1986), for flute, clarinet, and string quartet
  • Ostinato (1987), for 6 violoncelli
  • Parodia (1990), for chamber ensemble
  • Discanto sulla musica sull'acqua di Handel (1990), for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, French horn, and percussion
  • Cadenza (1990), for clarinet and marimba
  • Musica per un paesaggio (1990), for small orchestra
  • Movimento americano (1992), for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and string quartet
  • Ostinato (1993), for two violoncelli and strings
  • Portrait (1994), for string quartet
  • Seven Seconds (1995), for clarinet, violin, and piano
  • Shadow Lines (1995), for bass flute and live electronics
  • My Piece of Africa (1996), for violin, viola, violoncello, and contrabass
  • Five Easy Pieces (1997), for flute and piano (version of a piano work)
  • Tempi di quartetto (1996–98), for string quartet
  • Glamorama Spies (1999), for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano
  • Sonata (2000), for viola and piano
  • Moonlight Sonata (2001), for 5 percussion instruments
  • Three Baroque Buildings in a Frame (2002), for flute and string quartet
  • Macuilli Mexihcateteouch - Five Aztec Gods (2005), for string quartet
  • Haring at the Exhibition (2005), ambient piece
  • Fantasy Suite (2007), for flute, violoncello and piano
  • Freedom Variations (2008), for trumpet and chamber ensemble
  • Tourists and Oracles (2008), for eleven instruments and piano four-hands
  • Three Simple Songs (2009), for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano
  • Venice 1976 (A Parody) (2013), for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano
  • Country Life (2015) for saxophone and piano
  • A Night in Nashville (2015) for saxophone and piano

Piano music

  • Aivlys (1977)
  • My Rag (1982)
  • My Blues (1982)
  • My Rock (1983)
  • Rock my Tango (1990)
  • Five Easy Pieces (1994)
  • Seven Portraits of the Same Person (1996)
  • Op.111 - Bagatella su Beethoven (2009)

Organ and harpsichord

  • Ellipse II (1975), for harpsichord/clavichord
  • A Red Wedding Dress (1998), for organ

Choral and vocal music

  • Fawn (1969/70), for voice and live synthesizer
  • Immigrati (1969/70), for voice and live synthesizer
  • Ellipse III (1974), for any 4 voices/choruses
  • Ghost Tantra (1975), for voice and synthesizer
  • Missa brevis (1975), for five voices and two synthesizers
  • Le Néant où l'on ne peut arriver (1976), for solo voices, mixed chorus, and orchestra
  • Non parto, non resto (1987), for mixed chorus
  • Introito, part of the Requiem per le vittime della mafia (1993), for chorus and orchestra
  • Night of the Nite (1979), aria from Marilyn for soprano and piano
  • Canzoni d'amore (1985), for voice and chamber ensemble
  • La fuga di Foscolo (1986), for 4 soloists, speaker, and small orchestra
  • Poi andro in America (1986), aria from Salvatore Giuliano for voice and orchestra
  • Ninna-nanna (1986), for tenor and piano
  • La Conquista (2006), symphonic-choral suite
  • Canti polacchi (2010), for female chorus and orchestra
  • Senza parole (2012), for mixed chorus

Incidental and theatre music

  • Nebbia di latte (1987), for flutes and live electronics
  • La cena delle beffe (1988), stage music for Carmelo Bene
  • Maschere (1993), for Le Massere by Carlo Goldoni for string quartet
  • Lontano dagli occhi (1999), for one actor, 4 voices, and piano quartet
  • Mozart a Recanati (2006), for one actress, 1 voice, string trio, clarinet, and piano

Film score

Books and book contributions

  • Ferrero, Lorenzo (2007). Manuale di scrittura musicale. Torino: EDT Srl.
  • Ferrero, Lorenzo, ed. (2008). Lo studio dell'orchestrazione. Torino: EDT Srl.
  • Capellini, Lorenzo (1987). Nascita di un'opera: Salvatore Giuliano. Bologna: Nuova Alfa Editoriale.
  • Ostali, Piero, ed. (1990). Il Piccolo Marat: Storia e rivoluzione nel melodramma verista. Atti del terzo convegno di studi su Pietro Mascagni. Milan: Casa Musicale Sonzogno.
  • Harpner, S, ed. (1992). Über Musiktheater: Eine Festschrift. Munich: Ricordi.
  • Jacoviello, Marco (1998). Il suono e l'anima: Il paesaggio invisibile del melodramma. Udine: Campanotto.
  • Jacoviello, Marco (2015). Al favor della notte... Notturni nel teatro di Mozart. Perugia: Morlacchi Editore.
  • Pozzi, S, ed. (2002). La musica sacra nelle chiese cristiane. Bologna: Alfastudio.
  • Donati, P, and Pacetti, E, eds. (2002). C'erano una volta nove oscillatori... Lo studio di fonologia della Rai di Milano nello sviluppo della nuova musica in Italia. Teche. Rome: RAI Teche; Milano: Scuole civiche di Milano, Fondazione di partecipazione, Accademia internazionale della musica, Istituto di ricerca musicale; Rome: RAI-ERI.
  • Maurizi, P, ed. (2004). Quattordici interviste sul «nuovo teatro musicale» in Italia. Perugia: Morlacchi Editore.
  • Hugony, Fabrizio (2010). Galileo e il segreto dei Maya. Milan: NR.

No music book has ever succeeded in miraculously replacing the listening experience. ~ Lorenzo Ferrero[8]

Discography

Year Title Genre Label
1991 Lorenzo Ferrero – Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra, Parodia, Ostinato, Canzoni d'amore Classical Nuova Era
1992 Lorenzo Ferrero – Mare nostro Classical Ricordi
1998 Lorenzo Ferrero – Different Views: La ruta de Cortés, La noche triste, Championship Suite, Palm Beach Overture Classical BMG Ricordi
1999 Lorenzo Ferrero – Capriccio per pianoforte e archi, Concerto per violino, violoncello, pianoforte e orchestra, Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra Classical BMG Ricordi
2000 Lorenzo Ferrero – La Nueva España Classical Naxos
2013 Lorenzo Ferrero – Tempi di quartetto Classical Klanglogo
2020 Lorenzo Ferrero – A Life in Waves: Four Modern Dances, Intermezzo Notturno, Parodia, Paesaggio con Figura, My Blues Classical Klanglogo
2021 Lorenzo Ferrero – Baroque Revisited: Rastrelli in Saint Petersburg, Tree Baroque Buildings, Guarini, the Master, Two Cathedrals in the South Classical Klanglogo
Year Title Genre Label
1972 Musica Elettronica – Computer Music: Immigrati, Fawn Electronic Compagnia Editoriale Pianeta
1972 Les Saisons: Primavera che non vi rincresca Electronic IMEB
1976 Steirischer Herbst – Ferrero-Neuwirth-Rühm: Le Néant où l'on ne peut arriver Classical ORF
1983 Marco Fumo – Piano in Rag: My Rag Classical Fonit Cetra
1983 Fantasia su Roberto Fabbriciani: Ellipse Classical Philips
1987 Steirischer Herbst – Musikprotokoll 1987: Ostinato Classical ORF
1991 Davide Ficco – Autori Italiani Contemporanei: Onde Classical Oliphant
1994 Flavio Cucchi – Italian Guitar Music: Onde Classical Arc Music
1995 Dominique Visse – Songs for Seven Centuries: Mi palpita il cuore (part of the song cycle Canzoni d'amore) Classical King Records
2002 Sentieri Selvaggi – Bad Blood: Glamorama Spies Classical Sensible Records
2003 Saxophone Colours – Italian & French music for saxophone and piano: My Blues Classical Stradivarius
2004 L'arte del funambolo – new Italian music for saxophone & piano: My Blues Classical Stradivarius
2006 Sentieri Selvaggi – AC/DC: Glamorama Spies Classical Cantaloupe Music
2009 Ex Novo Ensemble – Ex Novo Ensemble: Three Simple Songs Classical Stradivarius
2011 Duo Alterno – La voce contemporanea in Italia: Canzoni d'amore Classical Stradivarius
2012 Alberto Mesirca – ALBORADA Musica di autori italiani contemporanei: Onde Classical dotGuitar.It
2017 Mimmo Malandra – NOVOSAX Great Composers for Mimmo: Country Life Classical Sterling Records
Year Title Genre Label
1982 Zeitgenössische Musik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1970-80: Glas-Spiele (as performer) Electronic Harmonia mundi
1986 Josef Anton Riedl – Klangfelder: Klangsynchronie II, Reaktion auf Komposition für Elektronische Klänge Nr. 2, Epiphyt II (as performer) Electronic Loft
2009 Josef Anton Riedl – Klangregionen 1951-2007: Mix Fontana Mix, Klangsynchronie I (as performer) Electronic Edition RZ
2010 Josef Anton Riedl – vielleicht-perhaps-peut-être: Glas-Spiele (as performer) Electronic Neos
Year Title Genre Label
1995 Christmas in Vienna III: "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "Noël d'autrefois", "When A Child is Born", "Carol of the Bells", "The Twelve Days of Christmas", "Kumbaya", and "A Very Private Christmas" - arrangements by Lorenzo Ferrero Christmas carols Sony Classical
1997 A Tenors Christmas: "A Very Private Christmas" - arrangement by Lorenzo Ferrero Christmas carols Sony Classical
1997 Plácido Domingo – The Domingo Collection: "The Student Prince: I'll walk with God" - arrangement by Lorenzo Ferrero Christmas carols Sony Classical
1998 The Best of Christmas in Vienna: "Noël d'autrefois", "When a Child is Born", "Carol of the Bells", "The Twelve Days of Christmas", "Kumbaya, My Lord" - arrangements by Lorenzo Ferrero Christmas carols Sony Classical
1998 I'll be Home for Christmas: "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "A Very Private Christmas", "The Twelve Days of Christmas", "Kumbaya, My Lord" - arrangements by Lorenzo Ferrero Christmas carols Sony Classical
2000 Christmas All Over The World: "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" - arrangement by Lorenzo Ferrero Christmas carols Sony Classical
2006 Weihnachtszeit mit Holger Wemhoff: "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "When a Child is Born" - arrangements by Lorenzo Ferrero Christmas carols

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Vitelli, Un bel dì vedremo: Il festival di Giacomo Puccini, 2016, pp. 155–66.
  2. ^ "EDT, Manuale di scrittura musicale".
  3. ^ "EDT, Lo studio dell'orchestrazione".
  4. ^ "CIAM website".
  5. ^ The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, 1997, Vol. 2, p. 166.
  6. ^ The New Penguin Opera Guide, 2001, p. 273.
  7. ^ The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, 1997, Vol. 2, p. 167.
  8. ^ Lorenzo Ferrero interview from December 2008

References

Further reading

  • Anon. (1982–83). "Lorenzo Ferrero "Marilyn"—Anmerkungen zur Oper." In Neuland: Ansätze zur Musik der Gegenwart, edited by Herbert Henck Vol. 3, pp 142–146. Bergisch Gladbach: Neuland Musikverlag Herbert Henck. ISBN 3-922875-04-1
  • Arciuli, Emanuele (2006). Rifugio intermedio - Il pianoforte contemporaneo tra Italia e Stati Uniti. Monfalcone: Teatro Comunale.
  • Bagnoli, Giorgio, ed. (1993). The La Scala Encyclopedia of the Opera. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-87042-4
  • Baransky, Zygmunt G., West, Rebecca J. (2001). The Cambridge Companion to Modern Italian Culture. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-55034-3
  • Boccadoro, Carlo (2007). Lunario della musica. Einaudi. ISBN 88-06-18858-5
  • Budden, Julian (2002). Puccini: His Life and Works. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-517974-9
  • Bussotti, Sylvano (1982). I miei teatri. Palermo: Edizioni Novecento. ISBN 88-373-0027-1
  • Donati, Paolo, and Ettore Pacetti, eds. (2002). C'erano una volta nove oscillatori: lo studio di fonologia della Rai di Milano nello sviluppo della nuova musica in Italia. Teche. Rome: RAI Teche; Milano: Scuole civiche di Milano, Fondazione di partecipazione, Accademia internazionale della musica, Istituto di ricerca musicale; Rome: RAI ERI. ISBN 88-397-1206-2
  • Enciclopedia della musica (1996) entry: Lorenzo Ferrero. Turin: UTET. ISBN 88-02-05381-2
  • Fearn, Raymond (1998). Italian Opera since 1945. London: Routledge. ISBN 90-5755-001-6
  • Gasperini, Nicoletta (1985). "Lorenzo Ferrero" in Panorama, 25 August. ISSN 0553-1098
  • Gelli, Piero, ed. (2007). Dizionario dell'Opera 2008 entries: Lorenzo Ferrero, La conquista, Marilyn, Salvatore Giuliano. Milano: Baldini Castoldi Dalai editore. ISBN 978-88-6073-184-5
  • Gerhartz, Leo Karl. Oper: Aspekte der Gattung. Laaber: Laaber-Verlag. ISBN 3-921518-63-6
  • Girardi, Enrico (2000). Il teatro musicale italiano oggi: La generazione della post-avanguardia. Turin: De Sono-Paravia. ISBN 88-395-9129-X
  • Gruhn, Wilfried, ed. (1989). Das Projekt Moderne und die Postmoderne: Die neue Tonalität bei Lorenzo Ferrero (by Theo Hirsbrunner). Kassel. ISBN 3-7649-2379-2
  • Henze, Hans Werner (1983). Die englische Katze: ein Arbeitstagebuch 1978-82. Frankfurt: Fischer Verlag. ISBN 3-10-032604-0
  • Killinger, Charles (2005). Culture and Customs of Italy. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-32489-1
  • Lanza, Andrea (1980). Il secondo novecento. Turin: EDT Srl. ISBN 88-7063-115-X
  • Larousse Dictionnaire de la musique (2005) entries: Lorenzo Ferrero, Live electronic music. Paris: Larousse. ISBN 2-03-575040-7
  • Moliterno, Gino, ed. (2000). Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-14584-8
  • Nelson, Peter, and Stephen Montague (1991). Live Electronics. Chur and Philadelphia: Harwood Academic Publishers. ISBN 3-7186-5116-5
  • Peyser, Joan, ed. (2006). The Orchestra: A Collection of 23 Essays on its Origins and Transformations. Milwaukee: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. ISBN 1-4234-1026-2
  • Randel, Don Michael, ed. (2003). The Harvard Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-01163-5
  • Russo, Marco (1988). Moderno, post-moderno, neo-romanticismo: orientamenti di teatro musicale contemporaneo, Il Verri. Vol. 2.
  • Schreiber, Ulrich (2005). Opernführer für Fortgeschrittene. Bärenreiter-Verlag. ISBN 3-7618-1437-2
  • Salzman, Eric, and Thomas Desi (2008). The New Music Theatre. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509936-2
  • Stoïanova, Ivanka (2005). Entre détermination et aventure: essais sur la musique de la deuxième moitié du XXème siècle. Paris: L'Hartman. ISBN 2-7475-7131-9
  • Wignall, Harry James (1990). "Current Trends in Italian Opera." Perspectives of New Music 28, no. 2:312–26.

External links

  • Lorenzo Ferrero – Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra on YouTube
  • Casa Ricordi Catalogue
  • Casa Ricordi Digital Collection

Interviews

  • Interview with Luciano Berio

lorenzo, ferrero, italian, pronunciation, loˈrɛntso, ferˈrɛːro, born, 1951, italian, composer, librettist, author, book, editor, started, composing, early, written, over, hundred, compositions, thus, including, twelve, operas, three, ballets, numerous, orchest. Lorenzo Ferrero Italian pronunciation loˈrɛntso ferˈrɛːro born 1951 is an Italian composer librettist author and book editor He started composing at an early age and has written over a hundred compositions thus far including twelve operas three ballets and numerous orchestral chamber music solo instrumental and vocal works His musical idiom is characterized by eclecticism stylistic versatility and a neo tonal language Lorenzo Ferrero Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 2 1 Opera 2 2 Ballet 2 3 Orchestral music 2 4 Chamber and instrumental music 2 5 Choral and vocal music 2 6 Incidental and theatre music 2 7 Film score 2 8 Books and book contributions 3 Discography 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links 8 1 InterviewsBiography EditBorn in Turin he studied composition from 1969 to 1973 with Massimo Bruni and Enore Zaffiri at Turin Music Conservatory and philosophy with Gianni Vattimo and Massimo Mila at the University of Turin earning a degree in aesthetics with a thesis on John Cage in 1974 His early interest in the psychology of perception and psychoacoustics led him to IMEB the International Electroacoustic Music Institute of Bourges where he did research on electronic music between 1972 and 1973 IRCAM in Paris and to the Musik Dia Licht Film Galerie in Munich in 1974 Lorenzo Ferrero has received commissions from numerous festivals and institutions his works being constantly performed throughout Europe and North America particularly in Italy Germany France Great Britain Spain Finland Russia the Czech Republic and the United States Scene from the opera La Conquista 2005 His most popular compositions include the operas Marilyn La figlia del mago Salvatore Giuliano Charlotte Corday La Conquista and Risorgimento the first Piano Concerto the Concerto for Violin Cello Piano and Orchestra the set of six symphonic poems La Nueva Espana the song cycle Canzoni d amore the Capriccio for Piano and String Orchestra Parodia Ostinato Glamorama Spies Tempi di quartetto for string quartet and the ballet Franca Florio regina di Palermo In 1986 he participated in the Prix Italia with his work La fuga di Foscolo His music is published by Casa Ricordi Milan As an active manager of art events he has served as artistic director of the Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago 1980 84 1 Unione Musicale in Turin 1983 87 Arena di Verona Festival 1991 94 and the Musica 2000 fair In 1999 he co founded and coordinated the Festa della Musica a showcase of classical jazz and world music held in Milan and four years later he managed the Ravello Festival In 2007 Lorenzo Ferrero was appointed to the board of directors and elected vice president of SIAE the Italian Authors and Publishers Association That same year he published the Manuale di scrittura musicale 2 a manual which describes the basic rules of correct and elegant music writing from the orthographic as well as the graphic point of view which is addressed to all composers musicologists teachers students and copy editors in need of practical advice In 2008 he translated edited and published Lo studio dell orchestrazione 3 the Italian edition of Samuel Adler s The Study of Orchestration a landmark orchestration manual Lorenzo Ferrero has been professor of composition at Milan Conservatory from 1980 to 2016 His teaching appointments also include positions at St Mary s College of Maryland and LUISS Business School a division of LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome Moreover as member of the Italian National Union of Composers Librettists and Authors he co founded ECSA the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance and between 2011 and 2017 he was president of CIAM the International Council of Music Authors In 2017 he was appointed honorary president of CIAM 4 Lorenzo Ferrero was described in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera as the most successful opera composer of his generation in Italy 5 and in The New Penguin Opera Guide as a principal exponent of the neo tonal tendencies common to a number of Italian composers of his generation who has championed a brand of narrative music theatre that aims to capture a wider audience than that achieved by the heirs of the modernist tradition 6 Works EditSee also List of works for the stage by Lorenzo Ferrero In addition to the original works listed below Lorenzo Ferrero completed the orchestration of the third version of the opera La rondine by Giacomo Puccini which was subsequently premiered at Teatro Regio di Torino on 22 March 1994 With a group of six other Italian composers he wrote the Requiem per le vittime della mafia a collaborative composition for soloists choir and orchestra on an Italian text by Vincenzo Consolo The requiem was first performed in the Palermo Cathedral on 27 March 1993 Furthermore he wrote the music for the Sestriere Alpine World Ski Championships opening ceremony of 1997 including the official anthem incidental music for stage productions and a film score British musicologist David Osmond Smith described his style as an unabashed synthesis of classical traditions and pop that never forgets its 19 century precursors 7 Opera Edit Rimbaud ou Le Fils du soleil 1978 quasi un melodramma in three acts Marilyn 1980 scenes from the 50s in two acts La figlia del mago 1981 giocodramma melodioso in two acts Mare nostro 1985 comic opera in two acts Night 1985 opera in one act Salvatore Giuliano 1986 opera in one act Charlotte Corday 1989 opera in three acts Le Bleu blanc rouge et le noir 1989 marionette opera La nascita di Orfeo 1996 musical action in one act La Conquista 2005 opera in two acts Le piccole storie Ai margini delle guerre 2007 chamber opera in one act Risorgimento 2011 opera in one actBallet Edit Invito a nozze 1978 ballet Lotus Eaters 1985 ballet Franca Florio regina di Palermo 2007 ballet in two actsOrchestral music Edit Ellipse IV Waldmusik 1977 for folk ensemble ad libitum Romanza seconda 1977 for bassoon and strings Arioso 1977 for orchestra and live electronics Arioso II 1981 for large orchestra Balletto 1981 for orchestra My Blues 1982 for string orchestra Thema 44 ad honorem J Haydn 1982 for small orchestra Ombres 1984 for orchestra and live electronics The Miracle 1985 suite for orchestra Intermezzo notturno from Mare nostro 1985 for small orchestra Intermezzo Portella della Ginestra from Salvatore Giuliano 1986 for orchestra Four Modern Dances 1990 for small orchestra Zaubermarsch 1990 for small orchestra Concerto for Piano and Orchestra 1991 Paesaggio con figura 1994 for small orchestra Concerto for Violin Cello Piano and Orchestra 1994 95 Palm Beach Overture 1995 for orchestra Capriccio for Piano and String Orchestra 1996 Three Baroque Buildings 1997 for bassoon trumpet and strings Championship Suite 1997 for large orchestra Storie di neve 1997 music for the Alpine World Ski Championships opening ceremony La Nueva Espana 1992 99 a set of six symphonic poems La ruta de Cortes 1992 La noche triste 1996 Memoria del fuego 1998 Presagios 1999 El encuentro 1999 La matanza del Templo Mayor 1999 Rastrelli in Saint Petersburg 2000 for oboe and string orchestra Two Cathedrals in the South 2001 for trumpet and string orchestra Five Easy Pieces 2002 transcription for orchestra Guarini the Master 2004 for violin and strings DEsCH 2006 for oboe bassoon piano and orchestra Quattro variazioni su un tema di Banchieri 2 Agosto Prima variazione 2008 for organ and orchestra Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 2 2009 Fantasy Suite No 2 2009 for violin and orchestraChamber and instrumental music Edit Primavera che non vi rincresca 1971 electronic tape piece Ellipse III 1974 for any 4 players ensembles Siglied 1975 for chamber orchestra Romanza senza parole 1976 for chamber ensemble Adagio cantabile 1977 for chamber ensemble Variazioni sulla notte 1980 for guitar Respiri 1982 for flute and piano Soleils 1982 for harp Ellipse 1983 for flute Onde 1983 for guitar My Rock 1985 versions for piano and for big band Empty Stage 1985 for 4 clarinets and piano My Blues 1986 for flute and piano Passacaglia 1986 for flute clarinet and string quartet Ostinato 1987 for 6 violoncelli Parodia 1990 for chamber ensemble Discanto sulla musica sull acqua di Handel 1990 for flute oboe clarinet bass clarinet French horn and percussion Cadenza 1990 for clarinet and marimba Musica per un paesaggio 1990 for small orchestra Movimento americano 1992 for oboe clarinet bassoon and string quartet Ostinato 1993 for two violoncelli and strings Portrait 1994 for string quartet Seven Seconds 1995 for clarinet violin and piano Shadow Lines 1995 for bass flute and live electronics My Piece of Africa 1996 for violin viola violoncello and contrabass Five Easy Pieces 1997 for flute and piano version of a piano work Tempi di quartetto 1996 98 for string quartet Glamorama Spies 1999 for flute clarinet violin violoncello and piano Sonata 2000 for viola and piano Moonlight Sonata 2001 for 5 percussion instruments Three Baroque Buildings in a Frame 2002 for flute and string quartet Macuilli Mexihcateteouch Five Aztec Gods 2005 for string quartet Haring at the Exhibition 2005 ambient piece Fantasy Suite 2007 for flute violoncello and piano Freedom Variations 2008 for trumpet and chamber ensemble Tourists and Oracles 2008 for eleven instruments and piano four hands Three Simple Songs 2009 for flute clarinet violin violoncello and piano Venice 1976 A Parody 2013 for flute clarinet violin violoncello and piano Country Life 2015 for saxophone and piano A Night in Nashville 2015 for saxophone and pianoPiano music Aivlys 1977 My Rag 1982 My Blues 1982 My Rock 1983 Rock my Tango 1990 Five Easy Pieces 1994 Seven Portraits of the Same Person 1996 Op 111 Bagatella su Beethoven 2009 Organ and harpsichord Ellipse II 1975 for harpsichord clavichord A Red Wedding Dress 1998 for organChoral and vocal music Edit Fawn 1969 70 for voice and live synthesizer Immigrati 1969 70 for voice and live synthesizer Ellipse III 1974 for any 4 voices choruses Ghost Tantra 1975 for voice and synthesizer Missa brevis 1975 for five voices and two synthesizers Le Neant ou l on ne peut arriver 1976 for solo voices mixed chorus and orchestra Non parto non resto 1987 for mixed chorus Introito part of the Requiem per le vittime della mafia 1993 for chorus and orchestra Night of the Nite 1979 aria from Marilyn for soprano and piano Canzoni d amore 1985 for voice and chamber ensemble La fuga di Foscolo 1986 for 4 soloists speaker and small orchestra Poi andro in America 1986 aria from Salvatore Giuliano for voice and orchestra Ninna nanna 1986 for tenor and piano La Conquista 2006 symphonic choral suite Canti polacchi 2010 for female chorus and orchestra Senza parole 2012 for mixed chorusIncidental and theatre music Edit Nebbia di latte 1987 for flutes and live electronics La cena delle beffe 1988 stage music for Carmelo Bene Maschere 1993 for Le Massere by Carlo Goldoni for string quartet Lontano dagli occhi 1999 for one actor 4 voices and piano quartet Mozart a Recanati 2006 for one actress 1 voice string trio clarinet and pianoFilm score Edit AnemiaBooks and book contributions Edit Ferrero Lorenzo 2007 Manuale di scrittura musicale Torino EDT Srl Ferrero Lorenzo ed 2008 Lo studio dell orchestrazione Torino EDT Srl Capellini Lorenzo 1987 Nascita di un opera Salvatore Giuliano Bologna Nuova Alfa Editoriale Ostali Piero ed 1990 Il Piccolo Marat Storia e rivoluzione nel melodramma verista Atti del terzo convegno di studi su Pietro Mascagni Milan Casa Musicale Sonzogno Harpner S ed 1992 Uber Musiktheater Eine Festschrift Munich Ricordi Jacoviello Marco 1998 Il suono e l anima Il paesaggio invisibile del melodramma Udine Campanotto Jacoviello Marco 2015 Al favor della notte Notturni nel teatro di Mozart Perugia Morlacchi Editore Pozzi S ed 2002 La musica sacra nelle chiese cristiane Bologna Alfastudio Donati P and Pacetti E eds 2002 C erano una volta nove oscillatori Lo studio di fonologia della Rai di Milano nello sviluppo della nuova musica in Italia Teche Rome RAI Teche Milano Scuole civiche di Milano Fondazione di partecipazione Accademia internazionale della musica Istituto di ricerca musicale Rome RAI ERI Maurizi P ed 2004 Quattordici interviste sul nuovo teatro musicale in Italia Perugia Morlacchi Editore Hugony Fabrizio 2010 Galileo e il segreto dei Maya Milan NR No music book has ever succeeded in miraculously replacing the listening experience Lorenzo Ferrero 8 Discography EditYear Title Genre Label1991 Lorenzo Ferrero Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra Parodia Ostinato Canzoni d amore Classical Nuova Era1992 Lorenzo Ferrero Mare nostro Classical Ricordi1998 Lorenzo Ferrero Different Views La ruta de Cortes La noche triste Championship Suite Palm Beach Overture Classical BMG Ricordi1999 Lorenzo Ferrero Capriccio per pianoforte e archi Concerto per violino violoncello pianoforte e orchestra Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra Classical BMG Ricordi2000 Lorenzo Ferrero La Nueva Espana Classical Naxos2013 Lorenzo Ferrero Tempi di quartetto Classical Klanglogo2020 Lorenzo Ferrero A Life in Waves Four Modern Dances Intermezzo Notturno Parodia Paesaggio con Figura My Blues Classical Klanglogo2021 Lorenzo Ferrero Baroque Revisited Rastrelli in Saint Petersburg Tree Baroque Buildings Guarini the Master Two Cathedrals in the South Classical KlanglogoYear Title Genre Label1972 Musica Elettronica Computer Music Immigrati Fawn Electronic Compagnia Editoriale Pianeta1972 Les Saisons Primavera che non vi rincresca Electronic IMEB1976 Steirischer Herbst Ferrero Neuwirth Ruhm Le Neant ou l on ne peut arriver Classical ORF1983 Marco Fumo Piano in Rag My Rag Classical Fonit Cetra1983 Fantasia su Roberto Fabbriciani Ellipse Classical Philips1987 Steirischer Herbst Musikprotokoll 1987 Ostinato Classical ORF1991 Davide Ficco Autori Italiani Contemporanei Onde Classical Oliphant1994 Flavio Cucchi Italian Guitar Music Onde Classical Arc Music1995 Dominique Visse Songs for Seven Centuries Mi palpita il cuore part of the song cycle Canzoni d amore Classical King Records2002 Sentieri Selvaggi Bad Blood Glamorama Spies Classical Sensible Records2003 Saxophone Colours Italian amp French music for saxophone and piano My Blues Classical Stradivarius2004 L arte del funambolo new Italian music for saxophone amp piano My Blues Classical Stradivarius2006 Sentieri Selvaggi AC DC Glamorama Spies Classical Cantaloupe Music2009 Ex Novo Ensemble Ex Novo Ensemble Three Simple Songs Classical Stradivarius2011 Duo Alterno La voce contemporanea in Italia Canzoni d amore Classical Stradivarius2012 Alberto Mesirca ALBORADA Musica di autori italiani contemporanei Onde Classical dotGuitar It2017 Mimmo Malandra NOVOSAX Great Composers for Mimmo Country Life Classical Sterling RecordsYear Title Genre Label1982 Zeitgenossische Musik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1970 80 Glas Spiele as performer Electronic Harmonia mundi1986 Josef Anton Riedl Klangfelder Klangsynchronie II Reaktion auf Komposition fur Elektronische Klange Nr 2 Epiphyt II as performer Electronic Loft2009 Josef Anton Riedl Klangregionen 1951 2007 Mix Fontana Mix Klangsynchronie I as performer Electronic Edition RZ2010 Josef Anton Riedl vielleicht perhaps peut etre Glas Spiele as performer Electronic NeosYear Title Genre Label1995 Christmas in Vienna III Hark The Herald Angels Sing Noel d autrefois When A Child is Born Carol of the Bells The Twelve Days of Christmas Kumbaya and A Very Private Christmas arrangements by Lorenzo Ferrero Christmas carols Sony Classical1997 A Tenors Christmas A Very Private Christmas arrangement by Lorenzo Ferrero Christmas carols Sony Classical1997 Placido Domingo The Domingo Collection The Student Prince I ll walk with God arrangement by Lorenzo Ferrero Christmas carols Sony Classical1998 The Best of Christmas in Vienna Noel d autrefois When a Child is Born Carol of the Bells The Twelve Days of Christmas Kumbaya My Lord arrangements by Lorenzo Ferrero Christmas carols Sony Classical1998 I ll be Home for Christmas Hark The Herald Angels Sing A Very Private Christmas The Twelve Days of Christmas Kumbaya My Lord arrangements by Lorenzo Ferrero Christmas carols Sony Classical2000 Christmas All Over The World Hark The Herald Angels Sing arrangement by Lorenzo Ferrero Christmas carols Sony Classical2006 Weihnachtszeit mit Holger Wemhoff Hark The Herald Angels Sing When a Child is Born arrangements by Lorenzo Ferrero Christmas carolsSee also EditItalian opera List of historical opera characters Classical music written in collaboration DSCH motif Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire Music of Italy Glamorama 1985 in musicNotes Edit Vitelli Un bel di vedremo Il festival di Giacomo Puccini 2016 pp 155 66 EDT Manuale di scrittura musicale EDT Lo studio dell orchestrazione CIAM website The New Grove Dictionary of Opera 1997 Vol 2 p 166 The New Penguin Opera Guide 2001 p 273 The New Grove Dictionary of Opera 1997 Vol 2 p 167 Lorenzo Ferrero interview from December 2008References EditCresti Renzo 2019 Musica presente Tendenze e compositori di oggi pp 33 39 Lucca Libreria Musicale Italiana ISBN 978 88 5543 001 2 Holden Amanda ed 2001 The New Penguin Opera Guide London Penguin Books ISBN 0 14 051475 9 Sadie Stanley ed 1992 2002 The New Grove Dictionary of Opera London Macmillan Publishers ISBN 0 19 522186 9 Vitelli Niclo 2016 Un bel di vedremo Il festival di Giacomo Puccini Cronaca di un incompiuta Florence Firenze Leonardo Edizioni ISBN 978 88 6800 040 0Further reading EditAnon 1982 83 Lorenzo Ferrero Marilyn Anmerkungen zur Oper In Neuland Ansatze zur Musik der Gegenwart edited by Herbert Henck Vol 3 pp 142 146 Bergisch Gladbach Neuland Musikverlag Herbert Henck ISBN 3 922875 04 1 Arciuli Emanuele 2006 Rifugio intermedio Il pianoforte contemporaneo tra Italia e Stati Uniti Monfalcone Teatro Comunale Bagnoli Giorgio ed 1993 The La Scala Encyclopedia of the Opera New York Simon amp Schuster ISBN 0 671 87042 4 Baransky Zygmunt G West Rebecca J 2001 The Cambridge Companion to Modern Italian Culture Cambridge and New York Cambridge University Press ISBN 0 521 55034 3 Boccadoro Carlo 2007 Lunario della musica Einaudi ISBN 88 06 18858 5 Budden Julian 2002 Puccini His Life and Works Oxford and New York Oxford University Press ISBN 0 19 517974 9 Bussotti Sylvano 1982 I miei teatri Palermo Edizioni Novecento ISBN 88 373 0027 1 Donati Paolo and Ettore Pacetti eds 2002 C erano una volta nove oscillatori lo studio di fonologia della Rai di Milano nello sviluppo della nuova musica in Italia Teche Rome RAI Teche Milano Scuole civiche di Milano Fondazione di partecipazione Accademia internazionale della musica Istituto di ricerca musicale Rome RAI ERI ISBN 88 397 1206 2 Enciclopedia della musica 1996 entry Lorenzo Ferrero Turin UTET ISBN 88 02 05381 2 Fearn Raymond 1998 Italian Opera since 1945 London Routledge ISBN 90 5755 001 6 Gasperini Nicoletta 1985 Lorenzo Ferrero in Panorama 25 August ISSN 0553 1098 Gelli Piero ed 2007 Dizionario dell Opera 2008 entries Lorenzo Ferrero La conquista Marilyn Salvatore Giuliano Milano Baldini Castoldi Dalai editore ISBN 978 88 6073 184 5 Gerhartz Leo Karl Oper Aspekte der Gattung Laaber Laaber Verlag ISBN 3 921518 63 6 Girardi Enrico 2000 Il teatro musicale italiano oggi La generazione della post avanguardia Turin De Sono Paravia ISBN 88 395 9129 X Gruhn Wilfried ed 1989 Das Projekt Moderne und die Postmoderne Die neue Tonalitat bei Lorenzo Ferrero by Theo Hirsbrunner Kassel ISBN 3 7649 2379 2 Henze Hans Werner 1983 Die englische Katze ein Arbeitstagebuch 1978 82 Frankfurt Fischer Verlag ISBN 3 10 032604 0 Killinger Charles 2005 Culture and Customs of Italy Westport CT Greenwood Press ISBN 0 313 32489 1 Lanza Andrea 1980 Il secondo novecento Turin EDT Srl ISBN 88 7063 115 X Larousse Dictionnaire de la musique 2005 entries Lorenzo Ferrero Live electronic music Paris Larousse ISBN 2 03 575040 7 Moliterno Gino ed 2000 Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Italian Culture London and New York Routledge ISBN 0 415 14584 8 Nelson Peter and Stephen Montague 1991 Live Electronics Chur and Philadelphia Harwood Academic Publishers ISBN 3 7186 5116 5 Peyser Joan ed 2006 The Orchestra A Collection of 23 Essays on its Origins and Transformations Milwaukee Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation ISBN 1 4234 1026 2 Randel Don Michael ed 2003 The Harvard Dictionary of Music Harvard University Press ISBN 0 674 01163 5 Russo Marco 1988 Moderno post moderno neo romanticismo orientamenti di teatro musicale contemporaneo Il Verri Vol 2 Schreiber Ulrich 2005 Opernfuhrer fur Fortgeschrittene Barenreiter Verlag ISBN 3 7618 1437 2 Salzman Eric and Thomas Desi 2008 The New Music Theatre Oxford and New York Oxford University Press ISBN 0 19 509936 2 Stoianova Ivanka 2005 Entre determination et aventure essais sur la musique de la deuxieme moitie du XXeme siecle Paris L Hartman ISBN 2 7475 7131 9 Wignall Harry James 1990 Current Trends in Italian Opera Perspectives of New Music 28 no 2 312 26 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons 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