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D'Aquila, Giovanni (b. 1966, Grotte). Italian composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, and electroacoustic works that have been performed throughout Europe and elsewhere; he is also active as a pianist.
Mr. D'Aquila studied piano privately with Vincenzo Mannino and earned a diploma at the Conservatorio V. Bellini in Palermo in 1989, where he later studied composition with Marco Betta and Alberto Giraldi and graduated in 1998. He also studied piano privately with Constance Channon-Douglass in Rome and with Ennio Pastorino in Reggio Emilia in the 1980s.
His music has been performed in Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, and the USA.
He is also active in other positions. He served as the assistant to the artistic director and musical assistant of the orchestra of the Fondazione Teatro Massimo in Palermo from 2000-02.
He taught composition at the Conservatorio A. Corelli in Messina in 1999-2000.
Mnemes and Sonzogno publish most of his music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: giovannidaquila@aliceposta.it
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Hippolytus (incidental music, play by Euripides), synthesizer, computer, 1996; Oedipus Rex (incidental music, play by Sophocles), synthesizer, computer, 1997; Le stagioni di Medea (incidental music, play by Marcella Natale), synthesizer, 1999; ...e poi non rimase nessuno (incidental music, play by Giuditta Lelio, after Dame Agatha Christie), synthesizer, 2000; Ulisse Innamorato (1 act lyric opera, libretto by Alberto Bonanno), soprano, tenor, clarinet, violin, cello, synthesizer, drumkit, 2000; La nascita di Cristo (holy representation, text by Lope de Vega [translated by the composer]), soprano, alto, tenor, bass, 2 actors, 8 mixed voices, flute, clarinet, French horn, string quartet, double bass, 2003; Giulietta (degli spiriti) (incidental music, play by Vitaliano Trevisan), 2004
ORCHESTRAL: ...under dark, deep skies..., soprano saxophone, large orchestra, 1997; Xmas cards, large orchestra, 1998; Ainulindalë, large orchestra, 2001; dawn of a black sun, double bass, string orchestra, 2002; La nave bianca, string orchestra, 2003; The great horn of Helm, Alphorn, string orchestra, 2003; Il Trionfo di Santa Rosalia, large orchestra, 2003; Through the mines of Moria, large orchestra, 2003; Pictures from the Middle Earth, large orchestra, 2003-04
CHAMBER MUSIC: Break, 2 French horns, 2 flügelhorns, 2 trumpets, tuba, 1995; Escape, 4 saxophones, 1995; Elf song, flute, English horn, harp, violin, viola, cello, double bass, 1995 (also version for flute, B-flat flügelhorn, violin, cello, piano, 1996); Alone, B-flat trumpet, 1996; Gli alberi della luce di Valinor, 2 clarinets, piano, 1997; Voices and whispers, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 1997; Inferno, canto XV, 3 synthesizers, 1998; La stanza di Charrington, clarinet, harp, cello, 1999; Flint's last run, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, 1999; Ciàula e la luna, clarinet, accordion, ensemble (4 saxophones, 2 trumpets, trombone, 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 celli, double bass, bass guitar, synthesizer, percussion), 2001; Le stanze dello scirocco, piccolo, 8 flutes, 2 alto flutes, bass flute, 2001 (also version for piccolo, 5 flutes, 2 alto flutes, bass flute, 2001); The grey havens, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, 2003; The very error of the moon, flute, harp, cello, 2003; Epitaffio, guitar, 2003; The surrenders, flute, violin, cello, 2003; Al Qasr, flute, guitar, 2003; Al Qantarah, flute, clarinet, piano, 2004
CHORAL: ...tant' è la pena mia, pena infinita... (text by Antonio Veneziano), mixed chorus, 1998-99 (each of its three sections may be performed separately: ...cuntati a la mia donna lu miù arduri; ...em'amu sulamenti perchì v'amu; ...chiangirò l'occhi e, a l'ultimu, la vita); dello spirito dell'amore dello spirito dell'amore (text by Guido delle Colonne), mixed chorus, flute, violin, cello, harpsichord, 2000
VOCAL: Dell'uomo, della morte (text by Gaius Valerius Catullus), soprano, piano, 1998; Kurdistan (text from a 19th-century Kurdish folksong [Italian translation]), soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, piano, 1998; Il più bello dei mari (text by Nazim Hikmet [Italian translation]), soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, piano, 1998; ...la guerra che verrà... (text by Bertolt Brecht [Italian translation]), soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, piano, 1998; Noctandre (text by Charles Baudelaire [Italian translation]), mezzo-soprano, 4 saxophones, 1998; Le visioni di Hildegaard (vocalise), soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, 1999; Shades in the night (text by William Shakespeare), non-lyrical female voice, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, harp, electric guitar, violin, double bass (+ bass guitar), synthesizer, percussion, 2000; Degli anelli (vocalise), soprano, clarinet, cello, piano, 2000; Della natività di Iesu (text by Jacopone da Todi), soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, glockenspiel, 2000
PIANO: Fifths, 1992; Soft, 1992; Hard, 1992; Just for you, piano 4 hands, 1993; Moonstruck, 1993; Time, please, 1993; Like Keith, 1993; Spleen, 1993; What a fun is this?, 1993; Untitled, 1993; Latin rag, 1993; Out of Breath, 1995; Il mare colore del vino, piano 4 hands, 1999; The cave, 2004
ORGAN: For a friend's marriage, 1994
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Desaparecidos, synthesizer, computer, 1995; Sgomento, synthesizer, computer, 1995; Apartheid, synthesizer, computer, 1995; Indigeni, synthesizer, computer, 1995
DIDACTIC MUSIC: Six Piano Pieces for Children, 1994-96
DISCOGRAPHY
Desaparecidos; Sgomento; Apartheid; Indigeni. Giovanni D'Aquila, synthesizers (Killer Music: KMCD 9501, 1995)
Moonstruck; Time, please; Spleen; Untitled. Giovanni D'Aquila, piano (Domani Musica: DMCD 9801, 1997)
Flint's last run. Gruppo di Roma (Domani Musica: DMCD 0013, 2001)
Le stanze dello scirocco. Cherubino Flute Ensemble (Rodaviva: RV013, 2001)
dello spirito dell'amore dello spirito dell'amore. Fabio Ciulla/Euphonia (Salvare Palermo magazine, 2001)
Al Qasr. Devis Mariotti, flute; Marco Squicciarini, guitar (Rodaviva: RV037, 2003)
(Last updated on May 15, 2004)
