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Magnanensi, Giorgio (b. August 5, 1960, Bologna). Italian composer, now resident in Canada, of mostly orchestral, chamber and multimedia works that have been performed throughout Europe and elsewhere; he is also active as a conductor.
Mr. Magnanensi studied composition and conducting at the Conservatorio G.B. Martini in Bologna, the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, and the Salzburg Mozarteum from 1976-88. He earned diplomas in choral music and conducting (Bologna, 1982) and composition (Bologna, 1986 and Rome, 1989), as well as the Diploma di Merito (Siena, 1987).
He has received numerous awards, including First Prize in the competition of the Zagreb Biennale (1987), two special mentions in the A. Casella competition in Siena (1987, 1989) and First Prize in the competition of the European Biennale in Italy (1988). More recently, he received First Prize in the Gino Contilli string quartet competition in Italy (1991), the Government of Canada Award (1997) and the Japan Foundation Fellowship (1998). His works have been performed throughout Europe, as well as in Canada, Japan and the USA.
As a conductor, he served as principal conductor of the Rossini Chamber Orchestra in Busto Arsizio from 1986-91, the Ensemble NYM in Bologna from 1988-95, the Ensemble Octandre in Bologna from 1990-95, and the Ensemble Musica Attuale in Bologna in 1994-95. He has served as principal conductor of the Vancouver New Music Ensemble since 2000. As a guest conductor, he has conducted in Ireland (1983), France (1984), Japan (1996), and Syria (1998).
He is also active in other positions. He has worked on numerous multimedia projects, in cooperation with soloists such as Kees Boeke, Nanni Canale, François Houle, David Moss, Ron Samworth, Douglas Schmidt, and Walter Zanetti, as well as with many ensembles, and co-founded the electroacoustic studio Musica Musicisti e Tecnologie in Milan in 1992.
Mr. Magnanensi taught counterpoint and harmony at conservatories in Ferrara in 1985-86, Rovigo from 1987-90 and Parma from 1990-99 and also served as assistant to Franco Donatoni at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena from 1991-98 and lectured at the College of Music in Tokyo in 1996 and 1998. He has lectured at the University of British Columbia since 2000, where he is now a Sessional Lecturer.
He has lived in Canada since 1999.
BMG, Edipan, Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, and Ricordi publish most of his early works, but works written after 1994 are self-published.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: giorgio@sfu.ca
Street address: Mr. Giorgio Magnanensi, 2053 Charles St., Vancouver, BC V5L 2V1, Canada
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Áous, 1986; Trema, 1989; Fliessend, 11 strings, 1992; Il ghiaccio, il calore, l'autunno, il tessuto, 1998; fliessend (b), 21 strings, 2003
CHAMBER MUSIC: Nátel, 2 violins, 1985; Quartetto per archi, string quartet, 1985; ...y rayada..., alto flute, bass flute, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, 3 violas, cello, double bass, 1985; Elséliar, harp, 1986; Rasgos, guitar, 1986; Onda, bass clarinet, vibraphone (+ marimba), 1987; Alate, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, vibraphone (+ marimba), 1987; Aire, flute (+ alto flute), 1987; Nid, 2 flutes, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 celli, 2 double basses, 2 percussion, 1988; Äon, flute (+ piccolo), bass clarinet, cello, celesta, marimba, 1988; Ethuiá, violin, 1988; Nim, violin, cello, piano, 1988; Secondo Quartetto per archi, string quartet, 1989; '...poi che del ver...', flute, harp, 1989; Trims, flute/violin, bass clarinet, piano, 1989; Alia, cello, 1990; Liànas, marimba, 1990; Max, baritone saxophone, piano, percussion, 1990; Al bianco cielo, cello, 1990; Ethuiá II, violin, 1991; Es soll alles schweben, flute (+ piccolo), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, cello, piano, 1991; Ein Wort, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, double bass, 1991; Tâmas, timpani, 1991; Tâmas II, amplified double bass, percussion, 1991; Se dell'eterne idee, recorder, flute (+ alto flute), harp, 1992; Color temporis, amplified alto saxophone (+ baritone saxophone), amplified prepared piano, 1992; Le temps comme temps, 2 oboes, English horn, tape, live electronics, 1992; Ameyá II, flute, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, cello, prepared piano, 1993; Nè il vento la luna, alto flute (+ bass flute), prepared piano, 1993; Integer valor, alto recorder (+ bass recorder), tape, live electronics, 1993; Dragma, alto recorder (+ bass recorder), French horn, trombone, string quartet, double bass, live electronics, 1993; Biauté parfaite, bass recorder, contrabass recorder, tape, live electronics, 1993
CHAMBER MUSIC: Early reflections, 2 electric guitars, 1994; Noise gate, amplified viola, tape, 1994; Ethuiá IV, electric guitar, sampler, live electronics, 1994; Helmax, electric guitar, sampler, live electronics, 1994; Yombè, 3 percussion, tape, 1995; CHFL, recorder, electric guitar, live electronics, 1995; Aura, contrabass recorder, electric guitar, 1996; Already fading, sampler, live electronics, live mixing, 1997; And yet know I how Heather looks, sampler, live electronics, 1997; Lalìt, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 1998; Tâmas III, shamisen (3-string lute), Japanese percussion, 1998; Miki, koto, sampler, live electronics, live mixing, 1998; A daisy and a rose, guitar, sampler, percussion, live electronics, 1999 (each of its three sections may be performed separately: Yet stars are not so pure as their spheres are; A land not mine still forever memorable; Blazing in gold); Ipsa Venus (nota polare La), guitar, violin, live mixing, 1999; Raw meat and butterflies, accordion, live electronics, live mixing, 2000 (collaboration with Douglas Schmidt); Early one morning, accordion, live electronics, live mixing, 2000 (collaboration with Douglas Schmidt); Shadow, accordion, live electronics, live mixing, 2000 (collaboration with Douglas Schmidt); When I get the shakes, accordion, live electronics, live mixing, 2000 (collaboration with Douglas Schmidt); Come inutile ornamento, clarinet, live electronics, live mixing, 2001; ...per essere fresco, violin, prepared piano, 2004
CHORAL: Besamìm, 6 female voices, flute (+ alto flute), clarinet, harp, cello, stone percussion, 1990; Comme si, mixed chorus, 1991; Fractio modi Tinctoris, 5 female voices, small orchestra, 1994
VOCAL: Ameyá, voice, cello, 1993; Aureolus, voice, electric guitar, tape, live electronics, 1994; Sere, voice, sampler, live electronics, 1997
PIANO: Ethuiá III, 1988; Extensio modi, amplified prepared piano, tape, live electronics, 1993
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Il piacere dell'incertezza, 2 soundscape CDs, 1999
MULTIMEDIA/PERFORMANCE: Lo vedi come sono in ansia (text by Luigi Gozzi), 2 actors, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, piano, percussion, bird whistles, 1992; MU, piano, live electronics, live mixing, film (by David Murphy, Hans Samuelson), 1998; Nimue (dance music), sampler, live electronics, live mixing, 1999; Vanilla die scream, amplified bass clarinet, cello, prepared piano, live mixing, film, 2001; aila, dancer, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, cello, piano (+ prepared piano), percussion, live electronics, live mixing, 2002
DISCOGRAPHY
Alate. (1988) (LP)
Tâmas. (1991)
Es soll alles schweben. (1992)
Se dell'eterne idee. (BMG, 1993)
Ethuiá III. (Sincronie, 1993)
Extensio modi. (Ricordi, 1994)
Sere. (Earsay, 1998)
MU. (Earsay, 1999)
(Last updated on August 20, 2004)
