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De Rossi Re, Fabrizio (b. August 1, 1960, Rome). Italian composer of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works that have been performed throughout the Americas, Asia and Europe; he is also active as a pianist.
Mr. De Rossi Re studied composition with Mauro Bortolotti at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome.
As a pianist, he often participates in experimental projects of improvisations with many other soloists.
Mr. De Rossi Re is also active in other positions. He has been a member of the artistic committee of the ensemble Nuova Consonanza in Rome since 1987.
He teaches elements of composition for music teachers at the Conservatorio G.B. Pergolesi in Fermo and educational techniques in composition and improvisation at the Scuola di Specializzazione of the Università del Lazio.
In addition to the works listed below, he has composed numerous scores for films and theatre productions.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: f.derossire@libero.it
Street address: Mr. Fabrizio De Rossi Re, Via Acherusio 16, 00199 Rome, Italy
Telephone: + 3906 8621 2594
Website: http://www.fabrizioderossire.com/
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Biancaneve, ovvero il perfido candore (chamber opera, libretto by the composer), soprano, mezzo-soprano, countertenor, flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), trumpet, harp, violin, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, tape, 1993; Nocturnàlia (dance music), female dancer, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, 1993; Paracelso, dal trattato delle Ninfe, Silfi, Pigmei, Salamandre ed altri esseri (text by the composer, after Paracelsus), speaker, flute, tape, 1994; L'ombra dentro la pietra (ballet, choreography by Paola Rampone), tape, 1996; La comunione dei beni (text by Edoardo Albinati), soprano, voice, actor, harp, double bass, piano (+ synthesizer), 1996–97; Cantopinocchio, la fatina che canta (azione musicale, text by Adriano Vianello), voice, actress, clarinet, saxophone, piano, percussion, 1997; La stanza del corpo dipinto (performance), soprano (+ cowbell), flute, clarinet, guitar, violin, cello, piano, 1999 (incorporates sections of Astarte Syriaca; Mare obscuritatum); Cesare Lombroso o il corpo come principio morale (azione musicale, text by Adriano Vianello), voice, actor, mime, saxophone, French horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, tape, 2000; Négritude, female voice, 2 actors, violin, viola, cello, 2001; Il canto dell'odio (melologo grottesco, text by Lorenzo Stecchetti), female voice-actress, piano, 2002; Musica senza cuore (azione musicale grottesca, texts by Francesca Angeli, Paola Cortellesi, after Edmondo de Amicis), female voice, actress, flute, double bass, piano, percussion, live electronics, 2003; Mysterium Cosmographicum, un viaggio nei sogni e nei ricordi di Keplero (azione musicale, text by Francesca Angeli, after Johannes Kepler), female voice, 2 actors, flute, 5 saxophones, piano, tape, 2004; Radiopanico (breve notturno lunare, text by Carlo Lucarelli), 2 actors, live electronics, 2005
ORCHESTRAL: Grandebanda, symphonic band, 1984; Nero, nero II, piano, string orchestra, 1984 (version of Nero, nero); Aria di strèpito, tenor saxophone, orchestra, 1992; Épaves I, 11 strings, 1992; Spaventàti dalla Tempesta, 1992; Concerto, harp, orchestra, 1998; Imaginary Portrait, 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 French horns, string orchestra, 1998 (also version for 4 French horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, string orchestra, 2000); An Imaginary Portrait (il vero antico, il nuovo falso), ancient-instrument orchestra, 2000; Slow Dance, accordion, orchestra, 2001; Valse, small orchestra (16 players), 2005
CHAMBER MUSIC: Paludes, string quartet, 1984; Attila, 4 guitars, 1985; Fregi notturni, flute, harpsichord, 1985; Wunderkammern, die Angst, piccolo, flute, clarinet, 1985 (also version for flute [+ piccolo], oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, piano, 2000); Allegro nero, 4 saxophones, 1986; Direful Monster, whose Skin Clings, to His Strong Bones, flute, 1986; Sophie, guitar, 1986; An Optical illusion too?, flute, piano, 1987 (also version for flute, 6 pianos [all + synthesizer], 1998); Krono e gli altri dèmoni e dèi, clarinet, viola, 1987; Palus Epidemiarum, viola, cello, double bass, 1988; Ribes nero, clarinet, 1988; Appunti dal nero, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 1989; Fulmini, alto flute, 1989; Studi di nuvole, alto flute, 1989; Vampyr, alto saxophone, 1989; Si colmi il calice, 4 clarinets, 1990 (also version for 4 saxophones, 1994); Eulalie (dagli occhi lucenti), oboe, guitar, 1991; Lacus Fulminis, piccolo (+ alto flute), bass clarinet, violin, cello, 1991; Mare obscuritatum, flute (+ bass flute), clarinet, guitar, violin, cello, 1991 (sections also incorporated into La stanza del corpo dipinto); Les Tourbillons, flute (+ piccolo), harpsichord, 1991; Cain (a mystery), flute, tape, 1991; Laus Veneris, violin, piano, 1991–92; Astarte Syriaca, cello, piano, 1992 (sections also incorporated into La stanza del corpo dipinto); Quarto nero (visione dell'Angelo), trumpet, organ, 1992
CHAMBER MUSIC: A Bop be bounce, recorder, flute, harp, harpsichord, 1993; Pescate un numero con Lea la maltese, flute (+ piccolo), bass clarinet, piano, string quartet, 1993; Salse per gru, anatre, pernici, tortore, colombacci, colombi e diversi uccelli, alto recorder, tape, 1993; Nocturnàlia II, recorder, flute, saxophone, 1994–96; L'Alfabeto delle Nuove Rovine, flute (+ piccolo), bass clarinet, violin, piano, harpsichord, 1997; Felix Culpa, flute, piano, 1997 (version by Tommaso Landolfi of vocal work); Nocturnàlia III (You are a Tiger!), alto saxophone, trombone, 1997; Ritratto dell'artista da giovane, alto saxophone, cello, piano (+ melodica), percussion, 1997; Three pieces for films by Hans Richter, recorder, piano, accordion, percussion, 1997; My sweet Georgia Brown, harp, 1998; La stanza dei paesaggi artificiali (Il Viridario), flute (+ piccolo), alto saxophone (+ soprano saxophone), percussion, 1998; To Autumn (after John Keats), cello, piano, 2002; Erato, amore mio (after Luca Conti), viola, piano, 2002; Venus 'Song' (after Venus du und dein Kind by Matthias Waissel), flute, clarinet, guitar, 2003; Ricercare primo, harp, string quartet, 2004; Ricercare secondo, harpsichord, string quartet, 2004
CHORAL: Lauda (text by Elio Pecora), mezzo-soprano, mixed chorus, flute, cello, piano, orchestra, 1990; Iguanas (divertimento, text by Edoardo Albinati), 4 mixed voices, 1999; Terra trémuit, tenor, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1999; Rappresentatione (Urbs Imaginaria), 2 female voices, 2 male voices, mixed chorus, ancient-instrument ensemble (flutes, cornetti, harp, lute, violin, violas da gamba, violoni, harpsichord), orchestra, tape, live electronics, 2003
VOCAL: Il diario del marinaio scalzo, female voice, 1982 (collaboration with Leonardo Gensini); La mano che firmò il trattato (text by Dylan Thomas), female voice, guitar, 1983; Che lunga notte, female voice, piano, 1984, revised 1985; As long as the thunder (text by Sheila Concari), voice, alto saxophone, 2 guitars, 1987; Và via (text by Edoardo Albinati), female voice, harp, 1994; Felix Culpa (Thank you, Catholic girls!), Omaggio a Frank Zappa, baritone, flute (+ piccolo), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), alto saxophone (+ soprano saxophone), electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, synthesizer, drumkit, 1997 (also version by T. Landolfi for flute, piano); Laus Crucis (text by Clemente Terni), soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, 1999; Mura Marmo e Mare (canzone, text by Gianluca Favetto), amplified female voice, flute, clarinet, violin, piano, 2001; The Lost War, male voice, harmonium, melodica, 2002
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Bad Dance, tape, 1996
PIANO: Naufragio Bösendorfer, 1984; Nero, nero, 1984 (also version as Nero, nero II); Casa dei profumi – Esperimenti sul gusto, moltiplicazioni degli odori, 1993 (both of its sections may be performed separately: I profumi della nonna; My flower madame); November Sea Scape (breve studio), piano (+ voice), 2002; Hurucane, piano, tape, 2005; Kinderszenen, 2 pianos, 2005
RADIO PRODUCTIONS: Terranera, un viaggetto nel proto-Lazio (radiofilm, text by Valerio Magrelli), 3 soloists, male speaker, recorder, flute, piano, tape, 1994; Orti di guerra (text by Edoardo Albinati), tape, 1995; Diario giapponese I, male voice (+ percussion), tape, 1997; Tre per una, per non dire l'Ernani (text by Vittorio Sermonti), soprano, male speaker, clarinet, piano, 2001
FILM SCORE (FOR SILENT MOVIE) (DIRECTOR): L'éclipse du soleil en pleine lune, flute (+ bass flute), violin, cello, vibraphone, 2004 (Georges Méliès)
DISCOGRAPHY
Appunti dal nero. Alicia Terzián/Grupo Encuentros de Música Contemporánea (ADDA Records: CCS 590014)
Lacus Fulminis. Alter Ego (BMG/Ariola: CCD 3007)
Spaventàti dalla Tempesta. Flavio Emilio Scogna/Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese (BMG Ricordi: 74321.17516)
A Bop be bounce. Alter Ego (BMG Ricordi: 74321.16229)
Terranera, un viaggetto nel proto-Lazio; Paracelso, dal trattato delle Ninfe, Silfi, Pigmei, Salamandre ed altri esseri. Roberto Fabbriciani, flute (Edizioni Edi.Pan: 3057)
Vampyr. Federico Mondelci, alto saxophone (BMG Ricordi: 74321.25171)
Cain (a mystery). Manuel Zurria, flute (Edizioni Edi.Pan: 3039)
Quarto nero (visione dell'Angelo). Mauro Maur, trumpet; Luigi Celeghin, organ (BMG Ricordi: 74321.16825)
Terra trémuit. Francesco Marcacci, tenor; Fabio Maestri/chorus and orchestra of the Sagra Musicale Umbra (Octacorda/Sonzogno)
Ritratto dell'artista da giovane. Toni Germani, alto saxophone; Bernardino Penazzi, cello; Fabrizio De Rossi Re, piano, melodica; Mauro Orselli, percussion (IREC: DDQ 128039)
(Last updated on May 13, 2008)
