Sergio Rendine
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Sergio Rendine is an Italian composer of opera
s, symphonic, ballet and chamber music.
(1890–1977).
He was pupil of Domenico Guaccero at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and of Giuseppe Agostini at Pesaro Conservatory.
Professor at the Conservatorio "A.Casella" in L'Aquila
., he sat on the board of directors of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
and artistic director of the Teatro Marrucino in Chieti
from 1997 to 2007.
His works were commissioned by BBC London, Suddeusher Rundfunk Studtgard, Northdeuth Rundfunk Hamburg, Koln Philharmonie, Montecarlo Opera House, Rome Teatro dell'Opera, Naples Teatro San Carlo,Bologna Teatro Comunale, Arena di Verona, La Scala, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Italy, Salzburg Music Festival, Strasbourg Festival, Swetzingen Festspiele.
His compositions have been performed by famous artists as Vladimir Ashkenazy
, José Carreras
, Carla Fracci
,Lindsey Kemp, Katia Ricciarelli
, Gianluigi Gelmetti
, Salvatore Accardo
, Richard Stoltzman
, [Marzio Conti]]
John Neschling
. Together with Yoritsune Matsudaira
, Gian Carlo Menotti
, Krzysztof Penderecki
and Alfred Schnittke
, Rendine was commissioned by the Nobel Peace Prize
Committee to compose the Mass for Peace, which was performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert
in Oslo
on 11 December 1995.
Is artistic director of the Fondazione Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana.
He won Prix Italia
and Premios Ondas
with "Alice" in 1987 - 1988.
, Casa Sonzogno
, B & W Italia (Bideri & Warner Music), and Edipan. He has composed over 200 works, including:
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
s, symphonic, ballet and chamber music.
Biography
Rendine started his musical studies at the age of five with his father, Furio Rendine (1920–1987) and his grandfather Salvatore PapaccioSalvatore Papaccio
Salvatore Papaccio was a tenor and an exponent of Canzone Napoletana.-Biography:Born in Naples on last decade of 1800, Salvatore Papaccio early began to demonstrate his predisposition to the music. During the years and with the strengthening of his voice, his success began to spread...
(1890–1977).
He was pupil of Domenico Guaccero at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and of Giuseppe Agostini at Pesaro Conservatory.
Professor at the Conservatorio "A.Casella" in L'Aquila
L'Aquila
L'Aquila is a city and comune in central Italy, both the capital city of the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 73,150 inhabitants, but has a daily presence in the territory of 100,000 people for study, tertiary activities, jobs and tourism...
., he sat on the board of directors of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world, based in Italy.It is based at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, and was founded by the papal bull, Ratione congruit, issued by Sixtus V in 1585, which invoked two saints prominent in Western...
and artistic director of the Teatro Marrucino in Chieti
Chieti
Chieti is a city and comune in Central Italy, 200 km northeast of Rome. It is the capital of the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region...
from 1997 to 2007.
His works were commissioned by BBC London, Suddeusher Rundfunk Studtgard, Northdeuth Rundfunk Hamburg, Koln Philharmonie, Montecarlo Opera House, Rome Teatro dell'Opera, Naples Teatro San Carlo,Bologna Teatro Comunale, Arena di Verona, La Scala, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Italy, Salzburg Music Festival, Strasbourg Festival, Swetzingen Festspiele.
His compositions have been performed by famous artists as Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy is a Russian-Icelandic conductor and pianist. Since 1972 he has been a citizen of Iceland, his wife Þórunn's country of birth. Since 1978, because of his many obligations in Europe, he and his family have resided in Meggen, near Lucerne in Switzerland...
, José Carreras
José Carreras
Josep Maria Carreras i Coll , better known as José Carreras , is a Spanish Catalan tenor particularly known for his performances in the operas of Verdi and Puccini...
, Carla Fracci
Carla Fracci
Carla Fracci is a ballet dancer and actress. Her career highlights include Nijinsky, Giselle , Complete Bell Telephone Hour Performances: Erik Bruhn 1961-1967.-FAO Ambassador:...
,Lindsey Kemp, Katia Ricciarelli
Katia Ricciarelli
-Biography:Born at Rovigo, Veneto, to a very poor family, she struggled during her younger years when she studied music.She studied at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, won several vocal competitions in 1968, and made her professional debut as Mimì in La bohème in Mantua in 1969,...
, Gianluigi Gelmetti
Gianluigi Gelmetti
Gianluigi Gelmetti is an Italian conductor and composer.He studied conducting with Franco Ferrara, Sergiu Celibidache and Hans Swarowsky. He first conducted an orchestra in Siena at age 16....
, Salvatore Accardo
Salvatore Accardo
Salvatore Accardo is an Italian violin virtuoso and conductor.He is highly regarded for his interpretations of Paganini, J. S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, contemporary works, chamber music, and opera conducting....
, Richard Stoltzman
Richard Stoltzman
Richard Stoltzman is an American clarinetist. Born Richard Leslie Stoltzman in Omaha, Nebraska, he spent his early years in San Francisco, California and Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating from Woodward High School in 1960. Today, Stoltzman is part of the faculty list at the New England Conservatory...
, [Marzio Conti]]
John Neschling
John Neschling
John Neschling is a Brazilian orchestral and operatic conductor.He has been member of the Brazilian Academy of Music since 2003 and lives in São Paulo....
. Together with Yoritsune Matsudaira
Yoritsune Matsudaira
was a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music.Matsudaira was descended, on his father's side of the family, from the Matsudaira clan, related to the Tokugawa clan who ruled Japan as shogun during the Edo Period , and on his mother's side of the family from the Fujiwara family, who were...
, Gian Carlo Menotti
Gian Carlo Menotti
Gian Carlo Menotti was an Italian-American composer and librettist. Although he often referred to himself as an American composer, he kept his Italian citizenship. He wrote the classic Christmas opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors, among about two dozen other operas intended to appeal to popular...
, Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki , born November 23, 1933 in Dębica) is a Polish composer and conductor. His 1960 avant-garde Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for string orchestra brought him to international attention, and this success was followed by acclaim for his choral St. Luke Passion. Both these...
and Alfred Schnittke
Alfred Schnittke
Alfred Schnittke ; November 24, 1934 – August 3, 1998) was a Russian and Soviet composer. Schnittke's early music shows the strong influence of Dmitri Shostakovich. He developed a polystylistic technique in works such as the epic First Symphony and First Concerto Grosso...
, Rendine was commissioned by the Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
Committee to compose the Mass for Peace, which was performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert
Nobel Peace Prize Concert
The Nobel Peace Prize Concert has been held annually since 1994 on 11 December, one day after the date of Alfred Nobel's death, to honour the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The award ceremony on 10 December takes place in the Oslo City Hall, while the concert is in the Oslo Spektrum Arena, with the...
in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
on 11 December 1995.
Is artistic director of the Fondazione Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana.
He won Prix Italia
Prix Italia
The Prix Italia is an international Italian television, radio-broadcasting and Website award. It was established in 1948 by RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana in Capri...
and Premios Ondas
Premios Ondas
The Premios Ondas have been given since 1954 by Radio Barcelona, a subsidiary of Cadena SER, in recognition of professionals in the fields of radio and television broadcasting, the cinema, and the music industry.Past winners have included R.E.M., U2, The Corrs, Eric Clapton, the Red Hot Chili...
with "Alice" in 1987 - 1988.
Compositions
Rendine's compositions are published by Casa RicordiCasa Ricordi
Casa Ricordi is a classical music publishing company founded in 1808 as G. Ricordi & Co. by violinist Giovanni Ricordi in Milan, Italy...
, Casa Sonzogno
Edoardo Sonzogno
Edoardo Sonzogno was an Italian publisher.A native of Milan, Sonzogno was the son of a businessman who owned a printing plant and bookstore; when he inherited the business upon his father's death he set about turning it into a publishing house, Casa Sonzogno, which opened in 1874...
, B & W Italia (Bideri & Warner Music), and Edipan. He has composed over 200 works, including:
- Alice, "radiophonic opera" in 126 episodes based on Alice in Wonderland, 1986–1987, commissioned by RAI Radio 1 and RAI Radio 3
- Hermes 594" for great orchestra, premiered 1987 London BBC Symphony OrchestraBBC Symphony OrchestraThe BBC Symphony Orchestra is the principal broadcast orchestra of the British Broadcasting Corporation and one of the leading orchestras in Britain.-History:...
- Un segreto d'importanza, ovvero La faticosa vecchiaia di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, opera buffaOpera buffaOpera buffa is a genre of opera. It was first used as an informal description of Italian comic operas variously classified by their authors as ‘commedia in musica’, ‘commedia per musica’, ‘dramma bernesco’, ‘dramma comico’, ‘divertimento giocoso' etc...
in 1 act to a libretto by Lorenzo Arruga, premiered 6 March 1992, Opéra de Monte-CarloOpéra de Monte-CarloThe Opéra de Monte-Carlo is an opera house located in the principality of Monaco.With the lack of cultural diversions available in Monaco in the 1870s, Prince Charles III, along with the Société des Bains de Mer, decided on the construction of an opera house. Initially, it was Charles III's... - Missa de beatificatione in onore di Padre Pio da Pietrelcina, Mass for the beatificationBeatificationBeatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name . Beatification is the third of the four steps in the canonization process...
of Pio of PietrelcinaPio of PietrelcinaSaint Pio of Pietrelcina was a Capuchin priest from Italy who is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. He was born Francesco Forgione, and given the name Pio when he joined the Capuchins; he was popularly known as Padre Pio after his ordination to the priesthood. He became famous for his ...
, premiered 2 May 1999, Vatican CityVatican CityVatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...
, Sala Nervi - Passio et Resurrectio, cantataCantataA cantata is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir....
for solo voices, chorus and orchestra, premiered 13 April 2000, Cattedrale di San Giustino, ChietiChietiChieti is a city and comune in Central Italy, 200 km northeast of Rome. It is the capital of the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region...
. - Romanza, una favola romana, opera in three acts to a libretto by Egale Cerroni, premiered 21 November 2002, Opera di Roma
- Symphony No. 2 "Andorrana", premiered 2007, Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid
- Cadens revixit – Vita nuova di Paolo di Tarso, oratorioOratorioAn oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias...
to a libretto by Roberto Mussapi, premiered 2009 at San Paolo fuori le Mura in Rome .
Notable performers of Rendine's works
Performers of Rendine's works include:- "Alleluia", Messa per la Pace, Nobel Peace Prize ConcertNobel Peace Prize ConcertThe Nobel Peace Prize Concert has been held annually since 1994 on 11 December, one day after the date of Alfred Nobel's death, to honour the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The award ceremony on 10 December takes place in the Oslo City Hall, while the concert is in the Oslo Spektrum Arena, with the...
, Oslo 1995: Vladimir Ashkenazi (conductor) and MilvaMilvaMaria Ilva Biolcati , known as Milva, is an Italian singer, actress and television personality. She is also known as 'La Rossa', , due to the colour of her hair, and additionally as the 'Panther of Goro', which stems from the Italian press having nicknamed the three most popular Italian female...
(vocal soloist) - World premiere of Missa de beatificatione in onore di Padre Pio da Pietrelcina, 1999: José CarrerasJosé CarrerasJosep Maria Carreras i Coll , better known as José Carreras , is a Spanish Catalan tenor particularly known for his performances in the operas of Verdi and Puccini...
(tenor soloist) - World premiere of Romanza, una favola romana, 2002: Will Humburg (conductor), Amii StewartAmii StewartAmy 'Amii' Paulette Stewart is an American contemporary R&B/disco/dance-pop singer, dancer and actress most famous for her hit disco record "Knock on Wood". Stewart is the stepsister of actress-singer Miquel Brown and aunt to Brown's actress-singer daughter Sinitta.-Career:Amy Stewart was the...
(Maria), and Vittorio GrigoloVittorio GrigoloVittorio Grigolo is an Italian singer.Grigolo was born in Arezzo, but raised in Rome.He began singing by the age of four...
(Aniel) - World premiere of Orlando (ballet), 1997: Carla FracciCarla FracciCarla Fracci is a ballet dancer and actress. Her career highlights include Nijinsky, Giselle , Complete Bell Telephone Hour Performances: Erik Bruhn 1961-1967.-FAO Ambassador:...
(Orlando) - World premiere of Alice (ballet), 1988: Lindsay KempLindsay KempLindsay Kemp is a British dancer, actor, teacher, mime artist and choreographer.Born in South Shields on May 3, 1938, Kemp's father, a seaman, was lost at sea in 1940. According to Kemp, he danced from early childhood: "I'd dance on the kitchen table to entertain the neighbours. I mean, it was a...
(choreographer and dancer) - World premiere of Un segreto d'importanza. 1992: Gianluigi GelmettiGianluigi GelmettiGianluigi Gelmetti is an Italian conductor and composer.He studied conducting with Franco Ferrara, Sergiu Celibidache and Hans Swarowsky. He first conducted an orchestra in Siena at age 16....
(conductor) - Gala concert for the 50th birthday of Sergio Rendine, 2004: Michele CampanellaMichele CampanellaMichele Campanella is an Italian pianist who specialises in the music of Franz Liszt, and is also a conductor.Campanella was born in Naples in 1947. He won the Alfredo Casella Prize at age 19, after studying with Vincenzo Vitale...
(pianist) and Katia RicciarelliKatia Ricciarelli-Biography:Born at Rovigo, Veneto, to a very poor family, she struggled during her younger years when she studied music.She studied at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, won several vocal competitions in 1968, and made her professional debut as Mimì in La bohème in Mantua in 1969,...
(soprano) - World premiere of Ludwig, 2004: Daniele GattiDaniele GattiDaniele Gatti is an Italian conductor.Official website: He is currently Music Director of the Orchestre National de France, a role he assumed in September, 2008 , and also Chief Conductor of the Zurich Opera, a position he began in September, 2009; his contract is for three seasons, after which...
(conductor)
External links
- Official website
- Sergio Rendine on the official website of Casa RicordiCasa RicordiCasa Ricordi is a classical music publishing company founded in 1808 as G. Ricordi & Co. by violinist Giovanni Ricordi in Milan, Italy...
- Crisigiovanni, Paola, Sergio Rendine, ovvero il coraggio della musica, Editoriale Pantheon
- Naxos RecordsNaxos RecordsNaxos Records is a record label specializing in classical music. Through a number of imprints, Naxos also releases genres including Chinese music, jazz, world music, and early rock & roll. The company was founded in 1987 by Klaus Heymann, a German-born resident of Hong Kong.Naxos is the largest...
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