Fabio Cifariello Ciardi
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Fabio Cifariello Ciardi (born 15 August 1960) is an Italian
composer
of acoustic and electroacoustic music.
He studied composition, electronic music and musicology at Rome Conservatory of Music and Bologna University. He studied with Tristan Murail
, Philippe Manoury
(IRCAM), Franco Donatoni
(Accademia S.Cecilia). In 1991 he won the selection for the Cursus de Informatique Musicale at IRCAM
. In 1995 he has been invited at EMS (Stockholm) as composer in residence.
In the field of both instrumental and electroacoustic music he has developed theories and methods on the possible relationship between sonic universes and the long-term memory of the listeners.
His compositions have been awarded prizes at various international competitions: "Ennio Porrino 1989" (Cagliari) , "L. Russolo 1992" (Varese), "MusicaNova 1993" (Praha - Czech), "ICMC Cd selection 1993" (Tokyo - Japan), "Olympia 1993" (Athens - Greek), "Spectri Sonori93" (Tulane - USA), XXV Concours Int. de Musique Electroacoustique 1998 (Bourges - France), Valentino Bucchi 1999 (Roma - Italy), ICMC selection 2000 (Berlin - Germany), Premio Nuova Musica - 39° Concorso Internazionale di Canto Corale C.A.Seghizzi (Gorizia - Italy), "VideoEvento d'Arte 2000" (Torino - Italy), ICMC selection 2002 (Göteborg - Sweden), HK.5 Rimusicazioni Film Festival 2003 (Bolzano - Italy).
His music is published and recorded by Raitrade (Rome, Milan), Edipan (Rome), RivoAlto-Casier (Treviso), Symposium-CAT (Trento), International Computer Music Association (San Francisco, USA), AIMI-Associazione Italiana d’Informatica Musicale (Gorizia), Unesco CIME-Cultures Electroniques (Bourges, France).
His works for orchestra have been commissioned and performed by Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo, Orchestra MilanoClassica, Orchestra Sinfonica di Perugia , Orchestra di Roma e del Lazio, Orchestra Haydn di Trento e Bolzano. He has collaborated with performer such as Magnus Andersonn, Guido Arbonelli, Corrado Canonici , Stefano Cardi, Mario Caroli, Diego Conti, Roberta Gottardi, Mari Kimura, Massimo Laura, Carin Levine, Michele Lo Muto.
He has developed software for dissonance calculation and sound spatialization. In 2003 he patented sMax, a toolkit for financial data sonification.
Cifariello Ciardi collaborated with the Department of Psychology of “La Sapienza” University in Rome and is a member of ECONA-Interuniversity Center for Research on Cognitive Processing in Natural and Artificial Systems (http://studens.psi.uniroma1.it). He has published several works dedicated to music analysis, psychology and policy of music. As a musicologist, he has collaborated with the Research Institute for Music Theatre, Rome and with RAI-Radio3.
He teaches composition and analysis at Perugia Conservatory and has founded, together with other composers, the Edison Studio (http://www.edisonstudio.it) for producing and diffusing electroacoustic music.
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composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
of acoustic and electroacoustic music.
He studied composition, electronic music and musicology at Rome Conservatory of Music and Bologna University. He studied with Tristan Murail
Tristan Murail
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, Philippe Manoury
Philippe Manoury
Philippe Manoury is a French composer.-Biography:Philippe Manoury was born in Tulle. His first composition studies were at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, with Gérard Condé and Max Deutsch. He continued his studies from 1974 to 1978 at the Conservatoire de Paris with Michel Philippot, Ivo...
(IRCAM), Franco Donatoni
Franco Donatoni
Franco Donatoni was an Italian composer.Born in Verona, he started studying violin at the age of seven, and frequented the local Music Academy...
(Accademia S.Cecilia). In 1991 he won the selection for the Cursus de Informatique Musicale at IRCAM
IRCAM
IRCAM is a European institute for science about music and sound and avant garde electro-acoustical art music. It is situated next to, and is organizationally linked with, the Centre Pompidou in Paris...
. In 1995 he has been invited at EMS (Stockholm) as composer in residence.
In the field of both instrumental and electroacoustic music he has developed theories and methods on the possible relationship between sonic universes and the long-term memory of the listeners.
His compositions have been awarded prizes at various international competitions: "Ennio Porrino 1989" (Cagliari) , "L. Russolo 1992" (Varese), "MusicaNova 1993" (Praha - Czech), "ICMC Cd selection 1993" (Tokyo - Japan), "Olympia 1993" (Athens - Greek), "Spectri Sonori93" (Tulane - USA), XXV Concours Int. de Musique Electroacoustique 1998 (Bourges - France), Valentino Bucchi 1999 (Roma - Italy), ICMC selection 2000 (Berlin - Germany), Premio Nuova Musica - 39° Concorso Internazionale di Canto Corale C.A.Seghizzi (Gorizia - Italy), "VideoEvento d'Arte 2000" (Torino - Italy), ICMC selection 2002 (Göteborg - Sweden), HK.5 Rimusicazioni Film Festival 2003 (Bolzano - Italy).
His music is published and recorded by Raitrade (Rome, Milan), Edipan (Rome), RivoAlto-Casier (Treviso), Symposium-CAT (Trento), International Computer Music Association (San Francisco, USA), AIMI-Associazione Italiana d’Informatica Musicale (Gorizia), Unesco CIME-Cultures Electroniques (Bourges, France).
His works for orchestra have been commissioned and performed by Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo, Orchestra MilanoClassica, Orchestra Sinfonica di Perugia , Orchestra di Roma e del Lazio, Orchestra Haydn di Trento e Bolzano. He has collaborated with performer such as Magnus Andersonn, Guido Arbonelli, Corrado Canonici , Stefano Cardi, Mario Caroli, Diego Conti, Roberta Gottardi, Mari Kimura, Massimo Laura, Carin Levine, Michele Lo Muto.
He has developed software for dissonance calculation and sound spatialization. In 2003 he patented sMax, a toolkit for financial data sonification.
Cifariello Ciardi collaborated with the Department of Psychology of “La Sapienza” University in Rome and is a member of ECONA-Interuniversity Center for Research on Cognitive Processing in Natural and Artificial Systems (http://studens.psi.uniroma1.it). He has published several works dedicated to music analysis, psychology and policy of music. As a musicologist, he has collaborated with the Research Institute for Music Theatre, Rome and with RAI-Radio3.
He teaches composition and analysis at Perugia Conservatory and has founded, together with other composers, the Edison Studio (http://www.edisonstudio.it) for producing and diffusing electroacoustic music.
Selected works
Main works include:- Ankaa for clarinet and orchestra
- Trame for orchestra
- Mirroshades II for orchestra
- Ab for nine instruments
- Ra for eight instruments
- s'è desta? for six pianos
- Nasdaq Voices a real time sonification of financial data
- Occhi a Maggio chamber opera
- Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari live computer soundtrack (with Edison Studio)
- Coplas for actor, soprano and 4 instruments
- Ormond Brasil 10 for actor and piano on a text of F. Dürrenmatt
- Tracce I-V for various solo instruments
- Finzioni for violin and electronics
- Pa(e/s)saggi for viola and electronics (2000)
- Games for contrabass and electronics
- Altri Passaggi for zarb, daf and electronics
- Scaenae Intimae for guitar and electronics selected contemporary repertoire for guitarSelected contemporary repertoire for guitarThis is a list of selected contemporary repertoire for guitar. The pieces in this list were composed by notable composers , or composers whose work has significance in contemporary classical music history...
- Metafore for string quartet
External links
- Official site by Edison Studio
Other sites
- http://www.cematitalia.it/servizi/bio.php?lg=eng&cat=comp&id=63
- http://brahms.ircam.fr/index.php?id=876