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Bo, Sonia (b. March 27, 1960, Lecco).
Italian composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, organ, and
electroacoustic works that have been successfully performed across Europe and
in Asia and the USA.
Ms. Bo received her diploma in piano in 1981 and in choral music and conducting in 1983. She studied composition under Renato Dionisi and Azio Corghi at the Conservatorio di Milano, where she received her diploma with full marks in 1985. In 1988, she completed the postgraduate studies at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome with Franco Donatoni.
She has received many
awards, including First prizes at the Guido d’Arezzo Composers Competition
(1985, for Frammenti da Jacopone),
the composition competition of the European Cultural Foundation (1985, for Da una lettura di Husserl) and the composition competition G. Savagnone in Rome
(1986, for Quartetto). In addition,
she has received First Prize at the international composition competition Alpe
Adria Giovani in Trieste (1988, for Due
Bagatelle) and a gold plate at the international Premio Città di Trieste
(1995, for Synopsis).
She has also earned many
acknowledgments in international and national competitions, such as the
Okanagan Music Festival for Composers (Canada, 1983) and the prizes Friuli
(1985), Ennio Porrino (1985), Franco Evangelisti (1987), and Valentino Bucchi
(1989).
Her compositions have been performed at many international and national festivals, such as Spaziomusica (Cagliari), Traiettorie sonore (Como), the Teatro Comunale and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Florence), the Teatro alla Scala (Milan), the Nuova Consonanza and Nuovi Spazi Musicali (directed by Ada Gentile) (Rome), the Antidogma (Turin), and the Biennale (Venice). In addition, Festival Focus at Juilliard (New York), the Almeida (London), Nieuwe Muziek (Middelburg), Musica Nova (Sofia), and Europhonia (Zagreb) festivals have featured her music, which has also been broadcast in Europe and abroad.
Since 1997, she has taught composition at the Conservatorio di Milano and has previously taught at universities in Ferrara, Verona, Pesaro, and Piacenza.
Ricordi is the principal publisher of her works, while Curci, Edipan and Rugginenti also publish some of her works.
She is married to the
composer Giuseppe Colardo.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: sonia.bo@infinito.it
Street address: Ms. Sonia Bo, corso Genova 16, 20123 Milano - MI, Italy
Telephone/fax: + 028 360 077 COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS ORCHESTRAL: Da una lettura di Husserl, 1984; Synopsis, 1987; Di agata e di zaffiro, 1997; Un
guardo ed una voce, small orchestra (28 players), 1997 CHAMBER MUSIC: Nugae, violin, viola, cello, 1982; Quintetto, flute, oboe, clarinet, French
horn, bassoon, 1982; Tre Studi,
violin, piano, 1984; Piccolo studio,
2 clarinets, piano, 1985; Quartetto,
string quartet, 1985; D’Iride, flute, clarinet, viola, cello,
piano, percussion, 1988; Due Bagatelle,
flute, guitar, 1988; Blankes
Türkenschwert, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, string quartet,
double bass, piano, 1991; Tre Canti da
Saffo, violin, 1994; Dal ‘Libro dei prodigi’, saxophone, 1995; Pronto, chi fischia? (clarinet speaks text by Gianni Rodari), clarinet,
1995 (section of Filastrocche del cavallo
parlante; may be performed separately); Di
scogli sommersi o nerocupi, violin, cello, percussion, 1998; Di pece e di stelle pungenti, flute,
piano, 2000; Due Pezzi brevi, flute,
harp, 2000; L’arbitro, il merlo, il vaporetto che va a Ischia…, flute,
2000; Fisarmonica rossa (players
speak text by Franco Matacotta), flute, oboe, clarinet, 2001; Il dittatore (player[s] speak[s] text by
Gianni Rodari), guitar/2 guitars, 2001 (section of Filastrocche del cavallo parlante; may be performed separately;
arrangement of work for speaker, small orchestra [16 players], 2001); Dreams (omaggio a Kurosawa), ensemble,
2001-02 (each of its three sections may be performed separately: Villaggio dei mulini, flute, bass
clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 2001; La
tormenta, flute [+ piccolo, alto flute], bass clarinet [+ piccolo
clarinet], French horn, violin, cello, piano, 2001; Il tunnel, flute [+ piccolo], bass clarinet, French horn, violin,
cello, piano, percussion, 2002); …Nivee
le fila, flute, oboe, violin, viola, cello, piano, 2002; Come mani mosse dal vento,
cello, piano, 2002
CHORAL: Frammenti da Jacopone, female chorus,
1985; Lauda, soloists, mixed chorus,
speaker, orchestra, 1987; Isole di luce,
children’s/female chorus, harp, celesta, percussion, 1998; Filastrocche del cavallo parlante (text by Gianni Rodari),
children’s/female chorus, speaker, small orchestra (16 players), 1995-2001
(each of its seven sections may be performed separately: Il dittatore; Il bastimento,
children’s/female chorus, harp, string quartet, double bass, piano, 2
percussion, 2000; Come si chiamano gli
uccelli; Pronto, chi fischia?; La minestra, children’s/female chorus [+ cooking pots], speaker,
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, piano,
percussion, 1996; Il gentiluomo di
Livorno; Re Federico,
children’s/female chorus [+ balloons], speaker, small orchestra [16 players],
2000) VOCAL: Come un’allegoria (text by Giorgio Caproni), soprano, clarinet, cello,
piano, 1986; Studi ‘con testo a fronte’ (text by Paolo
Volponi), voice, 1989; Polittico,
soprano, ensemble, 1991-92 (each of its five sections may be performed
separately: Quadro primo [text by
Giambattista Marino], soprano, French horn, violin, piano, percussion, 1991; Quadro secondo [text by Ugo Foscolo],
soprano, French horn, piano, 1992; Quadro
terzo [players speak text by Teofilo Folengo], any 4 players, 1992; Quadro quarto [text by Ludovico
Ariosto], soprano, violin, percussion, 1992; Quadro quinto [text by Torquato Tasso], soprano, French horn,
violin, piano, percussion, 1991); ‘…Rosee
le fila’ (text by Ugo Foscolo), soprano, flute, piano, 1994; Come si chiamano gli uccelli (text by
Gianni Rodari), speaker, piccolo (+ alto flute), oboe, clarinet, bassoon,
French horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, piano, percussion, whistle, birdcalls,
1996 (section of Filastrocche del cavallo
parlante; may be performed separately); D’ametista (text by Eugenio Montale),
speaker, bass clarinet, harp, cello, live electronics ad libitum, 1996; Come un’allegoria II (text by Giorgio Caproni), voice, percussion, 1997; Astri e abbagli (text by Paolo Volponi),
voice, flute (+ piccolo), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, viola, cello,
piano, 1998; Sulla pedana d’autobus antica (text by Raymond Queneau
[translated by Umberto Eco]), speaker, flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), clarinet
(+ piccolo clarinet, bass clarinet), violin, cello, piano, percussion, 1998; Dentro un’antica neve (text by Paolo Volponi), female voice, small orchestra,
2000-01; Il dittatore (text by Gianni
Rodari), speaker, small orchestra (16 players), 2001 (section of Filastrocche del cavallo parlante; may
be performed separately; also arranged for 2 guitars [guitars speak text],
2001; speaker, guitar, 2001; guitar [guitar speaks text], 2001); Il gentiluomo di Livorno (text by Gianni
Rodari), speaker, whistle, small orchestra (16 players), 2001 (section of Filastrocche del cavallo parlante; may
be performed separately; also arranged for young performance: female speaker, 4
flutes, 8 guitars, 4 violins, piano 8 hands, 3 percussion, 2001); Ingelheim (text from an anonymous
medieval source), voice/speaker(s), piano, 2001; …E la corteccia soffoca le ultime parole (text by the composer,
after Ovid), speaker, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 2002 PIANO: Come nella memoria, 1996; Per umbram, 1999; Per Alda, 2000 ORGAN: In memoriam, 1997; Umbram, 2000 ELECTROACOUSTIC: ‘…Oro alle fila’ (text by Ugo Foscolo),
soprano, flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (+ piccolo clarinet, bass
clarinet), piano, percussion, live electronics, 1995; Con testo a fronte (text by Paolo Volponi), voice, live
electronics, 1996 DISCOGRAPHY D’Iride. (Edipan) (LP) L’arbitro, il merlo, il vaporetto che va
a Ischia… R. Soncini, flute (MAP: LR 082) Quartetto. Éder Quartet
(Tirreno: TIR 023) Umbram. Simonetta
Fraboni, organ (ARS: 141003) (Last updated on December 19, 2002)
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