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Frontero, Gisella (b. 1960s, Liguria). Italian composer of mostly chamber, vocal, piano, and multimedia works that have been performed in Europe and North America; she is also active as a pianist.
Ms. Frontero studied composition with Gaetano Luporini and piano with Giancarlo Cardini at the Conservatorio Cherubini in Florence, where she graduated with a diploma in piano. She also studied Butoh dance with Ko Murobushi in 1992 and in Ravenna in 2003 and with Masaki Iwana in Paris in 2002 and studied voice privately with Liliana Poli in 2003 and 2005.
As a pianist, she has worked with and performed music by many Italian composers, including Sylvano Bussotti, Luigi Ceccarelli, Giuseppe Chiari, Luca Lombardi, Giacinto Scelsi, Giuliano Zosi, and others. She is also a specialist in the works of John Cage and has performed them alongside her own works and other modern pieces in Austria, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the USA.
She has collaborated with Jonathan Faralli, Tim Kotowich, Maurizio Ben Omar, Michael Smith, and Anthony Sydney and has worked on sound installations with the Japanese-Italian visual artist Takeda Katsuya since 1999.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: moonmusic@libero.it
Telephone: + 3903 4760 89818
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Terry B. (opera project), voice, children's chorus, flute, percussion, string orchestra, CD, large mirrors, monitors, 1989
ORCHESTRAL: Barcelona, piano, bandoneón, large orchestra, 2003–07
CHAMBER MUSIC: La Stanza, harp, guitar, celesta, glockenspiel, xylophone, 1981; Carillon, celesta, carillon, glockenspiel, 1988; Armenia Colorata, cello, 1988; Quaderni di Venezia, flute, percussion, 1988; Happy Island, electric guitar, CD, 1990; Les Nuages, flute, violin, viola, cello, piano, CD, 2004; for guitar and piano, 2006
VOCAL: KHLA, soprano, 5 percussion, 1984; China, voice, 2 percussion, sound objects, white shells, 1988; La Casa di Hänsel e Gretel, soprano, cello, double bass, piano, 1988; Su un ramo di Ciliegio, voice, piano, 1988; Il pianeta sarà delle farfalle, voice, piano, small wind chimes/small bongo cymbals, 2002; Pour tous les noirs du monde, female voice, piano, 2002; Africa, female voice, piano, 2004
PIANO: Falling Star, 1986; Schizzi per Terry B., piano, shells, CD, 1989; Blue China...pensando a John Cage, prepared piano, 1992; Steps On, 1998; In Giardino stampe, 1999; Florence, 2004; Prélude Toi et Moi, 2004; New York Prelude, 2004; Argentine Prelude, 2004; French Italian Prelude, 2004; Prelude T You and Me, 2004; Koto Music, 2006; September – April – July (suite), 2007
MULTIMEDIA: At Sea (sound installation), film (by the composer), 1986–88; Amazzonia, voice, flute, 20 percussion, lights, 1989; Musica d'inverno, piano, CD, lights, 1990; A Thomas per l'Oriente...da...lontano, piano, CD, photographs, 1990; No War, voice, drawings, 1995; One Day, piano, CD, lights, 1998; Voices (texts by Aida Mitsuo, the composer [also translated by Takeda Katsuya]), any number of amplified voices, amplified CD, lights, 1999; Japanese Garden (sound installation), piano, CD, lights, photographs, sand, shells, 1999–2000; India, piano, bandoneón, slides, 2001; Alessio e Giacometti, Butoh dancer, 2 players, drawings, sculpture, slides, tape, live electronics, 2001; Songs (texts by the composer, Gabriel García Márquez [Italian translation]), piano (+ voice), CD, live electronics, lights, 2001–02 (one section may be performed separately: Dream House La Monte [omaggio a La Monte Young]); Barcelona, piano, amplified bandoneón, CD, lights, Internet, 2003–
(Last updated on September 26, 2007)
