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La Licata, Francesco (b. 1957, Palermo). Italian
composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and vocal works that have been
successfully performed throughout Europe and also in the Americas and Asia; he
is also active as a conductor.
Mr. La Licata began
his musical education at the Palermo Conservatory, where he studied composition
with Eliodoro Sollima and also harpsichord and piano and received a diploma in
piano in 1978. In 1982-83, he studied conducting in London and Geneva and
received a diploma in composition from the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in
Rome in 1983. Since then, he has devoted himself to composing and conducting
new music.
In 1981, he
participated in the Venezia Opera Prima Festival organized by La Fenice Theatre
in Venice and there met Aldo Clementi, who had a profound influence on his
music. In 1987, he worked as an assistant to Iannis Xenakis at the première of
his Oresteia and in 1988, he founded
the Zephir Ensemble in Palermo, which focuses on new music and with which he
organizes the Musica su più dimensioni multimedia workshops.
His works have been
performed throughout Italy at most major festivals, as well as abroad in
Bergen, Buenos Aires, Geneva, Lausanne, Munich, Paris, Reykjavík, St.
Petersburg, Salzburg, Tokyo, Warsaw, and Zürich by many leading ensembles and
orchestras.
Mr. La Licata now lives in Bologna, teaches score reading at the Cesena Conservatory and is a participant in the preparation of a critical edition of the works of Bruno Maderna.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: don1005@iperbole.bologna.it
Street address: Mr. Francesco La Licata,
1 Via dell’uccellino, 40141 Bologna, Italy
Telephone: + 051 483 0149
Fax: + 051 483 8353
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Nel paese d’altomare (1 act children’s opera, libretto by Cesare Orselli, after
Jules Supervielle), 3 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, young female voice/soprano
leggero, young female voice, tenor leggero, tenor, comic bass, high mixed
chorus (30 voices), 8 recorders, flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, 8 violins, 3
violas, 3 celli, piano, celesta, Orff percussion, 1988; L’Angelo e il Golem
(variazioni scenico musicali, texts by Marguerite Yourcenar, the Talmud, E.T.A.
Hoffmann, Fabrizio Lupo, Gershom Scholem, Wallace Stevens), soprano,
mezzo-soprano, tenor, speaker, actors, double bass recorder, distant ensemble
(saxophone, trumpet, violin, accordion), ensemble (clarinet [+ A-clarinet],
bass clarinet [+ clarinet], alto saxophone [+ soprano saxophone], bassoon,
French horn [+ harmonica], trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, 2 celli, 5-string
double bass, piano [+ electronic keyboard], accordion, percussion),
projections, 1997-2000
ORCHESTRAL: Poema della notte, piano, orchestra,
1981; The Island of the Fay, 1985; Le diable amoureux, clavichord,
orchestra, 1989; Dans un bois, 1989; Studi su fondo blu, small orchestra (13
players), 1992; Les ombres errantes,
small orchestra (22 players), 1992; Chant
pour un équinoxe, viola, small orchestra (2 oboes, 2 French horns, 20
strings), 1999 (arrangement of work for viola)
CHAMBER MUSIC: Improvviso, double bass, 1977; Come…preludi,
flute, harp, viola, piano, celesta, 1977; Composizione
seconda, flute, clarinet, French horn, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1979; Sonatina liquida, flute, piano, 1981; Les tentations…ou Eros, Plutus et la Gloire,
2 flutes, alto flute, viola, vibraphone, 1982; Sonata…a tre, flute,
violin, cello, piano, 1985; Peter Pan nei
giardini di Kensington, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, 2 French
horns, trombone, string quartet, double bass, piano, 1985; Le Città invisibili, percussion ensemble, 1986 (also arranged for
flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1989); Nella stanza di Van Gogh, violin, 1987; Variazioni arabesque, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon,
piano, 1988; Tres Estampas del cielo,
harp, 1990; Chant pour un équinoxe,
viola, 1991 (also arranged for viola, ensemble [alto flute, oboe, clarinet,
bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, double bass, percussion],
1991; A-clarinet, viola, 1993; viola, small orchestra, 1999); Les nuances du prisme, clarinet, harp,
cello, piano, percussion, 1991; Ce pur
fragment d’espace, oboe, English
horn, A-clarinet (+ clarinet), bass clarinet (+ clarinet), bassoon, 2 French
horns, viola, cello, double bass, piano (+ cowbells), 1992; Coincidenze, secondo studio sul blu, violin, piano, 1994; La laguna, una luce (omaggio a Giuseppe Zigaina), string
quartet, 1995; Sei Frammenti per Dino
Campana, speaker ad libitum, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, viola,
cello, double bass, accordion, 1996; L’essenza e il soffio, amplified ensemble
(bass recorder, double bass recorder, violin, viola, cello), 1997 (also
arranged for bass flute, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano,
vibraphone, 1999); Paysage avec F.P., flute, clarinet, bassoon, French
horn, violin, viola, cello, piano, 2001; Due
Studi nella geometria della differenza (da
Chopin), clarinet, cello, piano, 2001; Purcell
per Schakespeare, bass flute, clarinet, electric guitar, violin, viola,
cello, vibraphone, 2001
CHORAL: Scena ultima (text by Federico García
Lorca), dramatic soprano, 3 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, bass, mixed chorus,
children’s chorus, orchestra, 1983; Noël
sous les palmiers, high mixed chorus, piano 4 hands, 1983
VOCAL: Pan d’Arcadie (text by Leconte de Lisle), mezzo-soprano, alto flute,
English horn, bassoon, French horn, harp, string quartet, double bass, piano,
celesta, 1980; Nocturnos de la ventana,
voice, ancient ensemble (2 recorders, harp, lute, tenor viol, bass viol,
cymbals), 1982; Le réveil d’Hélios (text by Leconte de Lisle), mezzo-soprano,
orchestra, 1983; Due Melodie (text by
Susanne Kittel-Haböck), soprano, piano, 1984; Già vidi uscir di l’onde una
matina (text by Matteo Maria Boiardo), soprano, piano, 1987; Andrem pel lito silenti (text by
Gabriele D’Annunzio), baritone, clarinet, piano, 1988; Gli occhi del silenzio, 3 sopranos, 2 altos, flute (+ piccolo),
clarinet (+ bass clarinet), bassoon (+ contrabassoon), 2 French horns, harp,
viola, percussion, 1987-89; Due Poemetti
arabi, voice, flute, clarinet, harp, viola, cello, percussion, 1989; Tre Lettere di Nicolas de Staël,
speaker, alto flute, bass clarinet, trombone, 1994; Episodi lirici da Erasmo, soprano, orchestra, 1994; A Poem of John Keats, voice, clarinet,
piano, 1995; Necessary Angel of Earth
(text by Wallace Stevens), voice, alto flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn,
bassoon, string quartet, 5-string double bass, 2001
PIANO: Due Preludi, 1981-82; 24 Bagatelle, 1986; Da un sonetto di John Keats, 1994
ORGAN: Un’eco
dal Ballo della battaglia, organ (+ handbells), 1996; L’orologio nero di Cézanne,
1999
ARRANGEMENTS: Polka from The Golden Age (Dmitry Shostakovich), violin, ensemble (flute,
clarinet, French horn, violin, viola, cello, piano), 1989; La stanza dei bambini (Modest Mussorgsky), voice, flute, clarinet,
harp, string quartet, 1990 (also arranged for voice, orchestra, 1992-94); Per una riscrittura da Maderna (Bruno
Maderna), flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, harp, violin, vibraphone, 1993; Due Lieder, Op. 91 (Johannes Brahms),
voice, viola, small orchestra, 1997; Four
Easy Pieces (Igor Stravinsky), flute (+ piccolo), clarinet (+ bass
clarinet), violin, viola, cello, piano, 2000
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Phantasie über Erlkönig, tape, 1998; Flatus Vocis, double bass recorder,
tape, live electronics, 1999
FILM SCORES (DIRECTOR): Coincidence, violin, 1994 (Guglielmo Melloni); Intorno ai cortili di Palermo, violin, viola, cello (Salvo Cuccia);
Story Board, tape (Jonathan Degani)
DISCOGRAPHY
Chant pour un équinoxe (viola, small
orchestra version). Placido Carini, viola; Julian Jacobson/European Union
Chamber Orchestra (Città di Palermo: REGCD 135)
Le Città invisibili. Gianni
Cannioto/I Percussionisti del Conservatorio V. Bellini di Palermo (BMG: Ariola
CCD 3006)
Un’eco dal Ballo della battaglia. Diego
Cannizzaro, organ (CIMS Archivio: 005)
(Last updated on August 17, 2002)
