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Fazio, Alfio (b. 1959, Genoa). Italian composer of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have been performed in Italy and North America.
Mr. Fazio studied guitar privately with Anselmo Bersano in Genoa from 1975–83 and earned his degree at the Conservatorio G. Puccini in La Spezia in 1988. He studied composition with Paolo Arcà at the Conservatorio G. Puccini in La Spezia from 1984–87 and privately with him in Rome in 1986–87. He then studied composition privately with Niccolò Castiglioni in Milan from 1988–91 and earned his degree at the Conservatorio G. Verdi in Milan in 1990. He also attended the Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia in Genoa from 1979–84, where he studied fine arts with Corrado Maltese and Italian literature with Edoardo Sanguineti, among other subjects.
His honors include an honorable mention in the Camillo Togni competition in Brescia (1992, for Wen) and First Prize in the competition of the Quey Percussion Duo in East Hartford, Connecticut (2006, for Sonata). His music has been performed in Canada, Italy and the USA and he was featured in the Computer Music Journal (2000).
Mr. Fazio is also active in other positions. He was a founding member of the Orchestra Filarmonica Giovanile in Genoa in 1988 and served as a member of its artistic committee from 1988–90. He later worked as a software developer from 1993–2000 and received the Prix in the Computer-Assisted Musical Composition category in the IMEB musical software competition in Bourges (1999, for his environment PRIE).
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: fazio.alfio@mclink.net
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Iperione, small orchestra (4 clarinets, 2 guitars, piano, celesta, 6 percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass), 1989; Nero, large orchestra (83 players), 2000
CHAMBER MUSIC: L'albero solitario, piano, 6 percussion, 1990; Wen, flute, harp, guitar, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano (+ upright piano [with total mute pedal]), 2 percussion, 1992; Drei Welten, guitar, 1991; Drei Welten, flute, guitar, 1992; In limine, viola, 1992; Air en écho, flute, clarinet, French horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, harp, double bass, piano, percussion, 2001; Corale figurato, 2 guitars, 2002; This is the passing of all shining things, violin, cello, percussion, 2006; Sonata, vibraphone, marimba, 2006; Tre Contrappunti coreografici, guitar, piano, vibraphone, 2006
PIANO: Rocciaviva, piano (+ upright piano [with total mute pedal]), 1993
(Last updated on March 29, 2007)
