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Colardo, Giuseppe (b. 1953, Campobasso). Italian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and vocal works that have been successfully performed throughout Europe; he has also performed as a pianist.

In Italy, his works have been heard at the Autunno Musicale and Traiettorie sonore (Como), the Milano Classica, the Novurgia and the Progetto Dyonisos-Musica 2000 (Milan) and the Interensemble Week (Padua) festivals. In addition, the Accademia Filarmonica, the Nuova Consonanza, the Nuova Musica Italiana, and Nuovi Spazi Musicali (directed by Ada Gentile) (Rome), the Festival Musica 900 (Trento), the Antidogma and the Rive-Gauche Concerti (Turin), and the Sonopoli (Venice) festivals have all featured his music.

Abroad, his music has been performed at many festivals, including three times at the Gaudeamus Music Week (1980, 1982, 1984), as well as at the Almeida (London), Nieuwe Muziek (Middelburg), the Örebro (Sweden), and the Semaine de Musique Contemporaine Italienne and has also been broadcast throughout Europe.

Since 1983, he has taught composition at the Conservatorio di Milano and he previously taught at the Conservatorio di Mantua.

Edipan is the principal publisher of his works until 1992, while Rugginenti also publishes some of his early works.

He is married to the composer Sonia Bo.

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail address: giuseppe.colardo@infinito.it

Street address: Mr. Giuseppe Colardo, corso Genova 16, 20123 Milano - MI, Italy

Telephone/fax: + 028 360 077

COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS

ORCHESTRAL: ‘…di luna e di vulcani’, 1980; dolci gocce dell’alba, 1982, revised 1987; Musica da scena, small orchestra (16 players), 1990; Punte nell’arco, 11 strings, 1991; Tre Miniature, youth orchestra (flutes, clarinets, guitar, piano, percussion, violins), 2001; Inquieto, string orchestra, 2002

CHAMBER MUSIC: Fog Waves, flute, clarinet, violin/viola, cello, piano, 1978; Cinque Piccoli Pezzi, viola, piano, 1979 (also arranged for cello, piano, 1997); Sestetto, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1981; Dialoghi, violin, 1981; Mistral, 2 violins, viola, 1982; Rose d’aria, 2 flutes (both + piccolo, alto flute, triangle), 1982; Divertimento, bass clarinet (+ alto saxophone), vibraphone (+ xylorimba), 1983; Novelletta, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, 1983; Epigramma, flute, clarinet, French horn, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1984; D’improvviso, clarinet, cello, piano, 1986; Dis/in-canto, clarinet (+ E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet), violin, piano, percussion, 1992; Flautotreno, flute, whistle, 1995; Visions, guitar, 1995; Espressivo, percussion, 1996; Visions II, 3 guitars, 1997; ‘Scintille azzurre ardono’, violin, piano, 2000; Synthesis, viola, 2001

CHORAL: Antico Inverno (text by Salvatore Quasimodo), mixed chorus, 1983

VOCAL: sul filo di luce (text by Tiziana Fumagalli), soprano, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 1985; da ‘La notte misteriosa’ (text by Giorgio de Chirico), soprano, French horn, piano, 1988; da ‘Acque e terre’ (text by Salvatore Quasimodo), voice, trombone, 1988; Trio (text by Lorenzo Cimino), voice, 2 percussion, 1993; ‘Iam surgit hora tertia’, soprano, speaker, small orchestra, 1997; ‘tra ali notturne’ (text by Lorenzo Cimino), soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 1998; scende il velo lunare (text by Lorenzo Cimino), voice, violin, 1998; ‘ai limiti dell’ignoto’ (text by Lucia Antonelli), voice, saxophone, piano, 2000; ‘mi cinge un vel’ (after Giuseppe Verdi), soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 2001

PIANO: Spettri, 1981; Cenere, 1999; Re…si, 2000

ELECTROACOUSTIC: Chiari mattini, bass clarinet, harp, cello, tape, live electronics, 1996

DISCOGRAPHY

Mistral. (Edipan: PAN PRC S20-47) (LP)

Fog Waves. (Edipan: PAN PRC S20-62) (LP)

Spettri. (Rusty Records: Rus 555013)

D’improvviso. (Edipan: PAN CDC 3012)

Espressivo. (Rivoalto: CRR 2013)

(Last updated on August 17, 2002)