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De Rossi Re, Fabrizio (b. August 1, 1960, Rome). Italian composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, and electroacoustic works that have been performed throughout Europe; he is also active as a pianist.

Mr. De Rossi Re graduated in composition at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome, where he studied with Mauro Bortolotti. He has also attended courses with Luciano Berio, Sylvano Bussotti and Salvatore Sciarrino.

His music has been performed at many festivals in the Americas, Asia and Europe by numerous prestigious ensembles, including Alter Ego, the Freon Ensemble, the Grupo Encuentros de Música Contemporánea, the Logos Ensemble, and Ossatura. His works have also been played by the Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestra della Sagra Musicale Umbra, the Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana, the Orchestra Matthias Rex (Budapest), the Orchestra Regionale del Lazio, the Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese, the Orchestra Sinfonica ICO Tito Schipa (Lecce), and the Orchestra Toscanini (Parma).

Soloists who have performed his music include harpists Claudia Antonelli and Lucia Bova, clarinettists Guido Arbonelli, Paolo Ravaglia and Ciro Scarponi, percussionist Maurizio Ben Omar, and vocalists Sonia Bergamasco, Dagmar Krause, Joan Logue, Jana Mrazova, and Susanna Rigacci. Other soloists include saxophonists Arno Bornkamp, Toni Germani, Massimo Mazzoni, and Federico Mondelci, guitarists Stefano Cardi, Elena Casoli and Maurizio Pisati, flautists Roberto Fabbriciani, Birgit Nolte and Manuel Zurria, and recorder-players Juan Ariel Gonzalo, Antonio Politano and Verena Wuesthoff.

He has been a member of the artistic committee of Nuova Consonanza in Rome since 1987. As a jazz pianist, he often participates in experimental projects of improvisations with many other soloists, the results of which have been recorded.

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, 16 Via Acherusio, I - 00199 Rome, Italy

Telephone: + 3906 8621 2594

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), voice, soprano, actor, harp, double bass, piano (+ electronic keyboard), 1996-97; Cantopinocchio, la fatina che canta (azione musicale, libretto 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 from Astarte Syriaca, Mare obscuritatum); Cesare Lombroso o il corpo come principio morale (azione musicale, libretto 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; Canto dell’Odio (text by Lorenzo Stecchetti), voice-actress, piano, 2002; Mysterium cosmographicum (texts by R. Folicaldi, Johannes Kepler), voice, 2 actors, flute, 5 saxophones, harpsichord, 2003

ORCHESTRAL: Grandebanda, symphonic band, 1984; Nero, nero II, piano, string orchestra, 1984 (version of piano work Nero, nero); Aria di strépito, 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 orchestra, 2000; Slow Dance, accordion, orchestra, 2001

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 + electronic keyboard], 1998); Krono e gli altri démoni e déi, 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 later incorporated into La stanza del corpo dipinto); Les Tourbillons, flute (+ piccolo), harpsichord, 1991; Laus Veneris, violin, piano, 1991-92; Astarte Syriaca, cello, piano, 1992 (sections later incorporated into La stanza del corpo dipinto); Quarto nero (visione dell’Angelo), trumpet, organ, 1992; A Bop be bounce, recorder, flute, harp, harpsichord, 1993; Pescate un numero con Lea la maltese, flute (+ piccolo), bass clarinet, string quartet, piano, 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 T. 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

CHORAL: Lauda (text by Elio Pecora), mezzo-soprano, mixed chorus, flute, cello, piano, orchestra, 1990; Iguanas (text by Edoardo Albinati), 4 mixed voices, 1999; Terra trémuit, tenor, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1999

VOCAL: Il diario del marinaio scalzo, female voice, 1982 (collaboration with painter 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!), baritone, flute (+ piccolo), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), alto saxophone (+ soprano saxophone), electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, electronic keyboard, drumkit, 1997 (also flute, piano version by T. Landolfi); Laus Crucis (text by Clemente Terni), soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, 1999; Mura, marmo e mare (text by Gianluca Favetto), voice, flute, clarinet, violin, piano, 2001

PIANO: Naufragio Bösendorfer, 1984; Nero, nero, 1984 (also version for piano, string orchestra as Nero, nero II); Casa dei profumi – Esperimenti sul gusto, moltiplicazioni degli odori, 1993 (each of its sections, I profumi della nonna; My flower madame, may be performed separately)

ELECTROACOUSTIC: Cain (a mystery), flute, tape, 1991; Salse per gru, anatre, pernici, tortore, colombacci, colombi e diversi uccelli, alto recorder, tape, 1993; Rappresentatione (Urbs Imaginaria), 4 soloists, mixed chorus, ancient ensemble, orchestra, tape, live electronics, 2003

RADIO PRODUCTIONS: Terranera, un viaggetto nel proto-Lazio (radiofilm, text by Valerio Magrelli), 3 soloists, male speaker, flute, recorder, piano, tape, 1994; Orti di guerra (text by Edoardo Albinati), tape, 1995; Diario Giapponese, male voice (+ percussion), tape, 1996; Tre per una, per non dire l’Ernani (text by Vittorio Sermonti), soprano, speaker, clarinet, piano, 2001

DISCOGRAPHY

Appunti dal nero. Alicia Terzian/Grupo Encuentros de Música Contemporánea (ADDA: CCS 590014)

Lacus Fulminis. Alter Ego (BMG/Ariola: CCD 3007)

Spaventàti dalla Tempesta. Flavio E. 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 (Edipan: 3057)

Vampyr. Federico Mondelci, alto saxophone (BMG Ricordi: 74321.25171)

Cain (a mystery). Manuel Zurria, flute (Edipan: 3039)

Quarto nero (visione dell’Angelo). M. Maur, trumpet; L. 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. T. Germani, alto saxophone; B. Penazzi, cello; Fabrizio De Rossi Re, piano, melodica; M. Orselli, percussion (Irec: DDQ 128039)

(Last updated on October 13, 2002)