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Caprioli, Alberto (b. November 16, 1956, Bologna). Italian composer of mostly stage and chamber works that have been performed throughout Europe and elsewhere; he is also active as a conductor and writer.
Mr. Caprioli studied composition with Franco Margola and Camillo Togni and conducting with Piero Guarino at the Conservatorio A. Boito in Parma from 1975-83 and choral conducting with Tito Gotti the Conservatorio G.B. Martini in Bologna from 1977-79. He then studied conducting with Otmar Suitner at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna from 1979-83, on a scholarship from the Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung, and attended composition masterclasses with Boguslaw Schaeffer at the Salzburg Mozarteum from 1985-87. He later studied humanities with Ezio Raimondi at the Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia of the Università di Bologna from 1993-97, where he earned his doctorate.
His honors include a mention in the Avignon competition (1985, for A la dolce ombra). His music has been performed in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, and the USA. He has received commissions from numerous Italian theatres, including the Teatro Comunale in Bologna, as well as from the Centre de Création Musicale Iannis Xenakis in Paris, the Internationale Bachakademie in Stuttgart, the Warsaw Autumn and Wien Modern festivals, and the Wiener Konzerthaus, among other festivals, organizations and theatres. Portrait concerts have been given at the Aspekte in Salzburg (1989) and Begegnungen in Innsbruck (2001) festivals, as well as at the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste in Munich (2003).
As a conductor, he has led performances of classical and contemporary music with ensembles and orchestras in Austria, Germany, Italy, and The Netherlands. As a writer, he has written numerous articles on literature and music for publications in Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Poland, and the USA. He has also served on the board of directors of the Società Italiana di Comparatistica Letteraria at the Università di Firenze since 1994.
He has taught orchestral training and served as chair of this department at the Conservatorio G.B. Martini in Bologna since 1989.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: alberto.caprioli@inwind.it
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Sonetti di Shakespeare, child speaker, 2 flutes (1st + piccolo, 2nd + alto flute), oboe, clarinet (+ E-flat clarinet), violin, viola, cello, harpsichord, 1983; L'ascesa degli angeli ribelli (melodrama, text by Marcello Fois), actress, flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, 2 French horns, trumpet, string quartet, double bass, 1994; ...Verweile (danza notturna) (texts by Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Charles Baudelaire, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Torquato Tasso, Giacomo Leopardi), actor/actress, flute, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 2001
ORCHESTRAL: Canto (text by Giacomo Leopardi), male speaker, large orchestra (minimum 72 players), 1998; Elegia per Carlo Michelstaedter, oboe (+ oboe d'amore), small orchestra (13 players), 1998; Fiori d'ombra, 16 or more strings, 2001; Stelle assenti, small orchestra (14 players), 2004
CHAMBER MUSIC: Trio, violin, cello, piano, 1984; del celeste confine, string quartet, 1985; Serenata per Francesca, flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), oboe, guitar, violin (+ viola), piano, percussion, 1985; A la dolce ombra, violin, cello, piano, 1985; Dialogue, double bass, ensemble (2 string quartets), 1986; Symphonia II, violin, 1988; Due notturni d'oblìo, viola d'amore, ensemble (alto flute, bass flute, oboe d'amore, bass clarinet, basset horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass), 1988; ...il vostro pianto aurora o luna (fragment for interlude IV of Aminta, play by Torquato Tasso), flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), clarinet, French horn, guitar, vibraphone, 1988; Symphonia I, violin, 1988; Symphonia III, violin, 1989; Vor dem singenden Odem (alla memoria di Luigi Nono), flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, cello, piano, 1990 (also version for flute [+ piccolo], clarinet [+ bass clarinet], violin, viola, cello, piano, 1992); John Cage Variations, bass flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 1991; À quinze ans, cello, 1991; Anges (parafrasi in sogno, da Schumann), alto flute, harp, viola, 1993; Folâtre (Notturno di rosa), 2 guitars (2nd tuned in microtones), 1993; Eværnesto (duo concertante), bass flute, contrabass clarinet, ensemble (3 echo brass [French horn, trumpet, trombone], 4 strings [violin, viola, cello, double bass; around hall], percussion [moving around hall]), 1995; Era, alto saxophone, ensemble (French horn, flügelhorn, F-trumpet, trombone, tuba), 1999
CHORAL: Sette frammenti dal 'Kyrie per Dino Campana' (texts from the Novus Ordo Missae, the Tropoi ad Kyrieleison, Dino Campana), soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, mixed chorus (minimum 36 voices), small orchestra (minimum 25/29 players), 1991; Dittico baciato su 'Je ne vis onques', 1994 (each of its two sections may be performed separately: Capriccio a cinque [text by Giacomo Leopardi], mixed chorus, small orchestra [10 winds, minimum 16 strings]; PLENI SVNT CÆLI [text from the Novus Ordo Missae], mixed chorus [minimum 32 voices], orchestra)
VOCAL: Abendlied (omaggio a Gustav Mahler) (text by Friedrich Hölderlin), soprano, orchestra, 1977
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Per lo dolce silentio de la notte, piano, computer, 1987; Intermedio I, amplified flute, computer, 1989; Gilles pour Violon et Live Electronics, amplified violin, computer, 2002
ARRANGEMENT: Solo (Sylvano Bussotti; all players also sing), flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), clarinet, French horn, guitar, vibraphone, 1989
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