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Gregoretti, Lucio (b. 1961, Rome). Italian composer of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, and vocal works that have been performed in Europe.
Mr. Gregoretti studied composition with Mauro Bortolotti at the Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia in Rome from 1981-90 and there obtained his diploma. He also studied conducting privately with Giampiero Taverna in Milan from 1983-86 and with Franco Ferrara at the Accademia O. Respighi in Assisi in 1984.
He has received commissions from numerous organizations, including the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, RAI, the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, and the Teatro Sociale in Rovigo, as well as from the festivals Cosmophonies, Emergenze, Nuovi Spazi Musicali, Sonora, and Todi Music Fest. His music has been performed in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Serbia and Montenegro.
In addition to the works listed below, Mr. Gregoretti has written much incidental music and numerous film scores since 1983, including works for Henryk Baranowski, John Crowther, Marco Mattolini, Gigi Proietti, Claudio Remondi and Riccardo Caporossi, and Lina Wertmüller.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: luciogre@tiscali.it
Street address: Mr. Lucio Gregoretti, Via San Francesco a Ripa 22, 00153 Rome, Italy
Telephone/fax: + 390 6581 7575
SELECT LIST OF WORKS (for stage works, the date given is that of the première)
STAGE: Una favola per caso (2 act opera with prologue, libretto by Albertina Archibugi), 1999 (collaboration with Nicola Sani); Il gioco dei mostri (2 act opera with prologue, libretto by Paolo Fallai), 1999 (collaboration with Nicola Sani); Il nuovo pianeta (2 act ballet, scenario by Vittorio Pavoncello, choreography by Alessandra Di Segni), 2000; Il piccolo cantore (1 act opera, libretto by Ugo Gregoretti), 2005
ORCHESTRAL: Concertante, guitar, vibraphone, orchestra, 1990; Sinfonia, large orchestra, 1992; Bobok, string orchestra, 1993
CHAMBER MUSIC: Serenata, flute, 1989; Abend und Kerker, 2 harps, 1993; Sirventese caudato, flute, oboe, bass clarinet, French horn, piano, string quartet, 1995; Sogno, avvertenza sugli scrupoli della fantasia, clarinet, 1996; Horizontal Blue, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 2000; Metatem, 3 accordions, 2003; Conseguenze, flute, violin, 2-track tape, 2003
VOCAL: Faust Suite No. 1, female voice, baritone, small orchestra, 2-track tape, 1997 (suite from Faust, poema radiosinfonico); Tre poesie di Lù Leone, soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 1999; Cavallo in un' isola (text by Jacques Prévert [translated by the composer]), speaker, orchestra, 1999; Faust Suite No. 2, female voice, baritone, small orchestra, 2-track tape, 1999 (suite from Faust, poema radiosinfonico); Aforisma (text by Oscar Wilde [translated by the composer]), speaker, orchestra, 2000; La topina commedia (texts by Dario Buzzolan, Paola Catella, Giobbe Covatta), speaker, cello, percussion, orchestra, 2002
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Tico Suite, 8-track tape, 2003
RADIO PRODUCTION: Faust, poema radiosinfonico (2 act radio opera, libretto by the composer, after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe), female voice, baritone, small orchestra, 2-track tape, 1993 (2 suites were arranged)
ARRANGEMENT: Spiritual Songs (American spirituals, American folksongs), female voice, children's chorus, orchestra, 2001
(Last updated on March 14, 2005)
