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Furgeri, Biancamaria (b. October 6, 1935, Rovigo). Italian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works that have been performed throughout Europe and elsewhere.
Ms. Furgeri studied at the Conservatorio di Padova and privately in Venice and Milan. Her teachers included Giuseppe Piccioli (piano), Wolfgango Dalla Vecchia (organ, composition), Bruno Coltro (harmony, counterpoint, fugue), and Giorgio Federico Ghedini and Bruno Bettinelli (composition).
Among her many honors are Third Prize in an organ competition in Magadino (1964, for Sonata), First Prize in the National Sacred Music competition in Varese (1973, for Messa) and First Prize in the GEDOK competition in Mannheim (1985, for Tre Episodi). In addition, she received First Prize in the International Competition for Women Composers in Zürich (1987, for Levia). She has received acknowledgments in the National Piano competition in Treviso (1965) and the Contemporary Music Review in Naples (1985), as well as five mentions in the Guido d'Arezzo competition in Arezzo (1974–75, 1984–85, 1992) and two in the Henryk Wieniawski competition in Poznań (honorable mention, 1985; third of ten finalists, 1990). Her works have been performed in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain, and Switzerland.
Ms. Furgeri taught music theory and vocal and instrumental practice for children in Ferrara and harmony in Padua in the 1960s and has taught as a professor of counterpoint and harmony at the Conservatorio G.B. Martini in Bologna since 1969. She formerly served as headmaster of the Conservatorio F. Venezze in Rovigo.
Agenda, Edizioni Edi.Pan, Edizioni Rugginenti, Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, Edizioni Zanibon, and Ricordi publish her music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: biancafurgeri@libero.it
Street address: Ms. Biancamaria Furgeri, Via Miani 28, 45100 Rovigo, Italy
Telephone: + 390 4252 5298
Fax: + 3904 2542 3253
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Antifonie, piano, orchestra, 1975; Moods, 1983; Levia, string orchestra, 1987; Intarsi, string orchestra, 1989; Erzählung, violin, string orchestra, 1990
CHAMBER MUSIC: Consonanze, 9 players, 1975; Duplum, violin, piano, 1981; Tre Episodi, string quartet, 1985; Il canto sognato, flute, 1989; Trasparenze, guitar, 1990; Flügel, flute, piano, 1990; Immagini fluttuanti, flute, harp, viola, 1990; Farben, flute, violin, piano, 1990; Sequenza, guitar, 1992; Voci dell'Es, flute, harp, violin, viola, cello, 1995; Dedicato a un sogno, violin, viola, cello, 2003
CHORAL: Messa, voice, mixed chorus, organ, 1973; Discanto (texts by Giuseppe Ungaretti, Charles Baudelaire), mixed chorus, 1974; Voci del tempo (text by Eugenio Montale), female chorus, 1975; Allor dirò la donna mia (text by Dante Alighieri), mixed chorus, 1984; Là dove autunni e primavere (text by Tao Yun), 12 mixed voices, 1985; Fragmenta (text from the Book of Isaiah), mixed chorus, string orchestra, 1987; Solo e pensoso (text by Francesco Petrarca), mixed chorus, 1993; Un tenue lume (text by Yu Che-nan), 8 female voices, 1993; Canto del Ricordo (texts from The Book of Wisdom, Li Po), mixed chorus, 1995; Sereno (text by Giuseppe Ungaretti), 7 mixed voices, 1996; Per lo soave tempo (text by Bondie Dietaiuti), mixed chorus, 1998; L'ombra dei cieli (text by Vittorio Gelsomino), female chorus, 2000; Lamento (text from a Hungarian folksong), mixed chorus, 2000; Invito (text by Enrico Camaggi), mixed chorus, 2001; Ad te levavi oculos meos, mixed chorus, 2002; Rosa rorans, mixed chorus, organ, 2002
VOCAL: Pars mea Dominus (text from the Book of Isaiah), soprano, organ, 1983; Cantico (text from the Song of Solomon), soprano, flute, harp, 1983 (also version for soprano, piano, 1993); Ulisse (text by Wole Soyinka), soprano, speaker, piano, 1988; Parabola (text by Franz Kafka), soprano, bass, speaker, organ, 1990; Cantico a Mathilda (text by Donizone), soprano, mezzo-soprano, string orchestra, 1991; Sette Liriche (text by Giorgio Segato), soprano, flute, violin, cello, 1994; Alba (text by Giorgio Segato), soprano, orchestra, 1994; Tre Liriche (text by Giorgio Segato), soprano, piano, 1998; Piccola Cantata (text by Rainer Maria Rilke), soprano, tenor, baritone, ensemble, 1999; A Mysterious Song, soprano, flute, violin, viola, cello, piano, 2002
PIANO: Sonata, 1958; Suite, 1961; Suite per Gioconda, 1965; Iuvenilia, piano 4 hands, 1980; Sequenza 2a, 1992; Quasi una rapsodia, 2000; Sette Piccoli Pezzi, piano 4 hands, 2002
ORGAN: Sonata, 1963; Toccata and Ricercare, 1968; Opposizioni, 2 organs, 1986; Magdalena flos sanctitatis, 2000
DIDACTIC MUSIC: Piccoli Musici (2 volumes), 1970–71; Il libro dei ritmi e dei suoni, 1972; Il fuggitivo – Canzone del pastore – Cavallino Bianco e nero (texts from Hungarian folksongs), children's chorus, 1977; Ritorno (text by Chang-Fung), children's chorus, 1985; Otto Piccoli Pezzi, piano 4 hands, 1986; Antologia di brani per flauto, flute, 1990; Antologia di brani per violino, violin, 1990; La chitarra oggi, guitar, 1996; 8 Piccoli Pezzi per Ilaria (5 works for piano and 3 works for piano 4 hands), 2002; ...Con ali lievi... (work for children's/female chorus, 3 works for female chorus, work for 4 mixed voices, 2 works for 4 male voices, 3 works for 7 mixed voices, texts by Chan Fung-shen [Italian translation], the Song of Solomon, Dante Alighieri, Yu Che-nan [Italian translation], Bondie Dietaiuti, Giacomo Leopardi, A.V. Arnault, Francesco Petrarca, the Book of Matthew, the Book of Psalms, the Book of Jerusalem [Italian paraphrases]), 2002–03; Otto schizzi musicali per Federico (4 works for piano and 4 works for piano 4 hands), 2003
DISCOGRAPHY (note that when referring to broadcast archives, the radio network is given in parentheses)
Immagini fluttuanti; Sette Liriche; Il canto sognato; Voci dell'Es; Farben. Barbara Vignudelli, soprano; Anna Maria Morini, flute; Armos Ensemble; ACTIO Ensemble (Teatro del Guerriero: MU 001, 1996)
Levia. O. Géczy/La Gioia International Orchestra (MRK: 497) (cassette)
Il fuggitivo. G. Mazzucato/I Piccoli Cantori di S. Bortolo (Edizioni Paoline: SRC 30.27)
Levia. (Österreichischer Rundfunk; Süddeutscher Rundfunk; Radio Oasi, Bologna)
Erzählung. Jarosław Żołnierczyk, violin; Agnieszka Duczmal/Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio (Polish Radio)
Cantico. (Private)
Cantico a Mathilda. M.P. Piscitelli, soprano; K. Litting, mezzo-soprano; N. Conti/Chamber Orchestra of Mantova (private)
Intarsi. E. Porta/Milano Classica (private)
Intarsi. M. Zuccarini/A. Pedrollo Chamber Orchestra (private)
Pars mea Dominus. R. Consiglio, soprano; Wolfgango Dalla Vecchia, organ (private)
Ritorno. G. Mazzucato/Città di Rovigo (private)
Sequenza 2a. L. Trabucco, piano (private)
Ulisse. (Private)
Voci del tempo. F. Salce/Kalicantus (private)
Piccola Cantata. M. Rasori, soprano; G. Caltagirone, tenor; M. Leoni, baritone; P. Veneri/Teatro Comunale (private recording by the Teatro Comunale in Bologna)
Alba. Barbara Vignudelli, soprano; N. Conti/Band Is Woman Orchestra (private recording by the Teatro del Guerriero)
Magdalena flos sanctitatis. A. Barbarossa, organ (Radio Cosenza)
Duplum. M. Wormsbächer, violin; M. Schute, piano (Radio Oasi, Bologna)
Tre Episodi. I Solisti di Roma (RAI)
Quasi una rapsodia. Esther Flückiger, piano (RSI, Lugano)
Sonata (organ). (RSI, Lugano)
Suite per Gioconda. (RSI, Lugano)
(Last updated on April 10, 2007)
