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Gentile, Ada (b. July 26, 1947, Avezzano). Italian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and vocal works that have been performed throughout the world.
Ms. Gentile studied music at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome, where she obtained degrees in piano in 1972 and in composition in 1974. She had post-graduate studies in composition with Goffredo Petrassi at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome in 1975–76.
Her honors include a prize in the Gaudeamus Muziekweek (1982, for In un silenzio ordinato), the Award for Cultural Merit from the Polish Ministry of Culture (1988, for her advocacy of Polish music in Italy) and honorary membership in the organization Amici dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia (1997). She has received commissions from the Biennale München, the Ministry of Culture of France, the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Vatican City, and other institutions and orchestras.
Ms. Gentile is also active in other positions. She has served as artistic director of the annual contemporary-music festival Nuovi Spazi Musicali in Rome since 1978 and served as artistic director of the Orchestra de Camara Goffredo Petrassi from 1986–88. She then served as a member of the board of directors of the Biennale di Venezia from 1993–97, as artistic director of the lyric theatre V. Basso in Ascoli Piceno from 1996–99 and as organizer of the Festival of New Italian Music in Beijing from 2001–03.
She has given lectures throughout Europe, as well as in China and the USA, and served as vice-director of the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia from 1999–2005.
Ricordi publishes most of her music from 1978–2000 and RAITrade publishes her music written after 2000.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: ada.gentile@tin.it
Website: http://www.adagentile.it/
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola di Alcina (chamber opera, reconstruction of work by Francesca Caccini), boy soprano/high soprano, high soprano, low soprano, alto, 2 high tenors, bass, female chorus (6 sopranos), 24 or more mixed voices, flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), oboe (+ oboe d'amore), 3 clarinets (2nd + bass clarinet, 3rd + E-flat clarinet), tenor saxophone, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, amplified guitar, harp, piano (+ celesta), violin, viola, viola d'amore, cello, double bass, 2 percussion, 1992; Il flauto di Vertebre (piccola azione teatrale, text by Vladimir Mayakovsky [translated by I. Ambrogio]), speaker, flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, violin, percussion, 1994
ORCHESTRAL: Veränderungen, orchestra (7 winds, 7 brass, harp, timpani, vibraphone, xylorimba, tubular bells, percussion, strings), 1976; Flighty, orchestra (flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, French horn, trumpet, trombone, piano, harpsichord, 2 percussion, strings), 1982; Criptografia, viola, orchestra (8 winds, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, piano, 2 percussion, strings), 1985; Why not?, orchestra (8 winds, 6 brass, 2 percussion, strings), 1985; Shading, guitar, orchestra (5 winds, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, harp, piano, celesta, 4 percussion, strings), 1988; Concertante, flute, guitar, large orchestra (2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 3 bassoons [3rd + contrabassoon], 11 brass, harp, piano, celesta, 5 percussion, 52 strings), 1989; Concerto (Veni Lumen Cordis), clarinet, orchestra (2 flutes [2nd + piccolo], oboe, clarinet, 6 brass, harp, piano ad libitum, timpani/percussion ad libitum, strings), 1993 (version of vocal work); Adagi, string orchestra, 1993–94 (each of its three sections may be performed separately: Adagio; Adagio Primo; Adagio Secondo); Concerto, clarinet, orchestra (4/6 winds, 7 brass, harp, piano, timpani, 4 percussion, strings), 1995; Piccolo concerto, small orchestra (flute, clarinet, percussion, strings), 1995; Musica per scena, orchestra (5 winds, French horn, trumpet, harp ad libitum, piano ad libitum, timpani, percussion ad libitum, strings), 1996; Adagio per un'estate, flute, string orchestra, 1998; Improvviso, string orchestra, 2000; Monodia, small orchestra (flute, oboe, clarinet, timpani, bass drum, strings), 2005; Il tema della Memoria, small orchestra (flute, oboe, clarinet, timpani, bass drum, strings), 2007; Ho scritto una canzone, string orchestra, 2008 (also versions for piano; clarinet, piano, bayan)
CHAMBER MUSIC: Similarity, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, 1978; Misty, flute, French horn, 1979; Quartetto I, string quartet, 1980; Bagamoyo, flute, oboe, clarinet, timpani, vibraphone, string quartet, 1982; In un silenzio ordinato, flute, clarinet, violin, piano, 2 percussion, 1982; Solo, in Trio, clarinet, violin, viola, 1982; Ab imis, French horn, 1983; Come dal nulla, clarinet, 1983 (also longer version for bass clarinet, 1991); Quartetto II, string quartet, 1983; Quintettino, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1983; Trio, flute, clarinet, French horn, 1983; Around, flute, clarinet, viola, 1984; Flash back, flute, cello, 1984; Insight, 2 violins, viola, 1984; Small points, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1984; Perviolasola, viola, 1987; Pour Pierre-Yves, flute, 1987; Rarefatte aggregazioni, 4 guitars, 1987 (tablature by Luigi Sini); Perelision, flute, clarinet, violin, percussion, 1989; Quartetto, flute, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, 1989; Canzon prima, E-flat clarinet, 3 clarinets, 1990 (version of vocal work); Quick moments, flute, guitar, 1990; Ricordando un suono, flute, clarinet, 5-string double bass, piano, 2 percussion, 1990; Landscapes of the mind, clarinet, string quartet, 1991 (also longer version as Paesaggi della mente); Dal profondo, baritone saxophone, 1992; Momenti veloci, flute, harp, 1992; Petit piece, guitar, 1994; Sax quartet, 4 saxophones, 1995; Zapping, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, 1995; Pervioloncellosolo, cello, 1996; Scaglie di mare, harp, 1996; A gift for you, clarinet, 1998; Quartetto III, string quartet, 2000; Il vasaio e l'argilla, flute, organ, 2000; Crazy duck, bass clarinet, 2001; Atiso, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 2002; Staccato dal mondo, clarinet, piano, bayan, vibraphone, 2003; Perviolinosolo, violin, 2005; Ho scritto una canzone, clarinet, piano, bayan, 2008 (version of work for string orchestra)
CHORAL: Cantata per la pace (texts by Salvatore Quasimodo, Lionello Cammarota, Giuseppe Mannino), male speaker, mixed chorus, large orchestra, 2000; Nobilissimo ballo, mixed chorus, 8 saxophones, timpani, 2008; Un'ansia di Pace, male speaker, mixed chorus, orchestra, 2008
VOCAL: Due episodi, female echo voice, organ, large orchestra (2 flutes [2nd + piccolo], oboe, clarinet, 6 brass, 4 percussion, 52 strings), 1988; Canzon prima, high female voice, 3 clarinets, 1990 (also version for E-flat clarinet, 3 clarinets); Paesaggi della mente, female voice, string quartet, 1991 (longer version of Landscapes of the mind); Concerto (Veni Lumen Cordis), female voice, orchestra (2 flutes [2nd + piccolo], oboe, clarinet, 6 brass, harp, piano ad libitum, timpani/percussion ad libitum, strings), 1993 (also version for clarinet, orchestra); Animali di Stranalandia (text by Stefano Benni), speaker, baritone saxophone, 1995; Come fiumana, speaker, string quartet, 2000; Supplica a mia madre, speaker, orchestra, 2000; La giornata di Betty Boop (text by Sandro Cappelletto), female speaker, piano, 2006; Madre ragazza (text by Dacia Maraini), female speaker, timpani, string orchestra, 2007; Notti di gatto (text by Franzina Ancona), soprano, bayan, 2008
PIANO: Trying, 1980; Appena accennato, 1981; Gli studietti di Betty Boop (album pianistico per principianti), 1992; Piccolo studio da concerto, 2004; Ho scritto una canzone, 2008 (version of work for string orchestra)
HARPSICHORD: Nonsense, 1994
DISCOGRAPHY
Small points; Trio. Flavio Emilio Scogna/Gruppo di Roma (BMG/Ariola)
Come dal nulla (second version). Rocco Parisi, bass clarinet (DDT: 19203)
Momenti veloci; Bagamoyo; Perviolasola; Canzon prima (second version); Dal profondo; Quartetto; Landscapes of the mind. Manuel Zurria, flute; Massimo Mazzoni, baritone saxophone; Claudia Antonelli, harp; Augusto Vismara, viola; Quartetto Claravoce; Quintetto Scarponi; Ensemble Musicanovecento (Dischi Ricordi Oggi: CRMCD 1028)
Adagio; Adagio primo. Flavio Emilio Scogna/Orchestra Pro Arte Marche (DME Master/Marciano di Romagna)
Quartetto I–II; Similarity; Trying. Bruno Canino, piano; Quartetto Nuova Cameristica; Gruppo Musica d'Oggi (Edizioni Edi.Pan: PAN-PRC S20-60)
Canzon prima (original version). Donatella Debolini, high voice; Gruppo Musica Aperta (Gruppo Editoriale Tirreno: IEM 20001)
In un silenzio ordinato. Barrie Webb/Firebird (Metier Records: MSV CD 92018)
Gli studietti di Betty Boop. Thomas Hlawatsch, piano (MIDI Music Actaeon)
Quartetto III. Paul Klee Quartet (NIC: 1047)
Misty. Mario Ancillotti, flute; Domenico Ceccarossi, French horn (Penta-Phon: MCF 15013)
Concerto (Veni Lumen Cordis) (second version). Paolo Lepore/Orchestra Sinfonica di Bari (Psicoanalisi Contro)
Quartetto II. Éder Quartet (Tirreno: TIR 023)
In un silenzio ordinato. Lorraine Vaillancourt/Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (UMMUS: UMM102)
Criptografia; Shading. Luigi Sini, guitar; Augusto Vismara, viola; Isaac Karabtchewsky/Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della RAI; Lev Markiz/Orchestra A. Scarlatti di Napoli della RAI (UNIQUM/UNI: 173)
(Last updated on March 1, 2009)
