THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT  

Giuseppe Colardo

(b. 1953, Campobasso).

Italian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and vocal works that have been performed throughout Europe.

Mr. Colardo studied piano with Piero Rattalino at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan and graduated in 1975. He then studied composition there with Azio Corghi and Renato Dionisi and graduated in 1980. He later had postgraduate studies in composition with Franco Donatoni at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, where he received his diploma with high honours in 1982.

Among his honours are First Prize in the competition of the Okanagan Music Festival in British Columbia (1983), First Prize in the competition of the ensemble ALEA III in Boston, Massachusetts (1985), Primo Premio in the competition of the Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali Giulio Briccialdi in Terni (1985), and Premier Prix in the competition of the Florilège vocal de Tours (1985).

He has taught composition at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi since 1983 and previously taught at the Conservatorio Lucio Campiani in Mantua.

He is married to the composer Sonia Bo.

His primary publishers are Edizioni Edi.Pan, Edizioni Sconfinarte and Rugginenti Editore.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Website: http://www.giuseppecolardo.eu/

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

Piccolo concerto, D-/E-flat clarinet, string orchestra, 2012

CHAMBER MUSIC:

Fog Waves, flute, clarinet, violin/viola, cello, piano, 1978

Cinque Piccoli Pezzi, viola, piano, 1979 (also version 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, whistle, flute, 1995

Visions I, guitar, 1995

Chiari mattini, bass clarinet, harp, cello, fixed media, live electronics, 1996

Espressivo, percussion, 1996

Visions II, 3 guitars, 1997

'Scintille azzurre ardono', violin, piano, 2000

Synthesis, viola, 2001

Tre Studietti, 2 clarinets, piano, 2003

Ballata per Aung San Suu Kyi, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, 2007

Quartetto, string quartet, 2006–09

Dedica, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, 2013

Due Pezzi, trombone, 2016

CHORAL:

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

'El pover Luisin' (text from a folk song from Lombardy), mixed chorus, 2013

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 Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi), soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 2001

'...sgorge dalle ferite' (text by Rossana Brambilla), soprano, clarinet, cello, piano, 2004–05

PIANO:

Spettri, 1981

Cenere, 1999

Re...si, 2000

Studi (Primo libro) (6 studies), 2009–15

DISCOGRAPHY

Mistral. (Edizioni Edi.Pan: PAN PRC S20-47) (LP)

Fog Waves. (Edizioni Edi.Pan: PAN PRC S20-62) (LP)

D'Improvviso. (Edizioni Edi.Pan: PAN CDC 3012)

Espressivo. (Rivoalto: CRR 2013)

Spettri. (Rusty Records: Rus 555013)