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Pisati, Maurizio (b. 1959, Milan). Italian composer of stage, chamber and multimedia works that have been performed throughout Europe and elsewhere; he is also active as an electric guitarist.
Prof. Pisati studied analysis, composition, counterpoint, harmony, and music history with Adriano Guarnieri and Giacomo Manzoni at the Conservatorio G. Verdi in Milan, where he graduated with high honors. He also studied with Salvatore Sciarrino at the Accademia della Città di Castello and graduated in guitar in Milan.
Among his honors are prizes from the Valentino Bucchi in Rome (1983), G. Contilli in Messina (1983), Bertolt Brecht in Milan (1985), Gaudeamus in Amsterdam (1986), ICONS in Turin (1986), and Goffredo Petrassi in Parma (1989) competitions. He has also received a fellowship from the Stiftung BINZ39 in Zürich (1987), the Stipendienpreis at Darmstadt (1992) and the Uchida Fellowship from the Nippon Foundation in Tokyo (1999). His music has been performed in Australia, Europe, Japan, and the USA and has been broadcast in Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, and Sweden.
As an electric guitarist, he was most active from 1983–89, during which time he established and played in the Laboratorio Trio. He now plays electric guitar in the contemporary-music ensemble ZONE, which he founded.
Prof. Pisati is also active in other positions. He founded the label LArecords in 1997.
He taught as a professor of composition at the Conservatorio A. Steffani in Castelfranco Veneto from 1988–2005 and has taught at the Conservatorio G.B. Martini in Bologna since 2005.
Casa Ricordi publishes his music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: maurizio.pisati@tiscali.it
Website (LArecords): http://www.larecords.it/
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Umbra (music theatre work, text by Marina Tsvetayeva), ensemble, tape, live electronics, 1988; Ermengarda (music theatre work), 1989; TAXI! (music theatre work), ensemble, tape, live electronics, 1995; L'Autore a chi legge, actress, MIDI-electric guitar, percussion, live electronics, 1998; STOCK ZONE-TakuHon (music theatre work), cello, percussion, string orchestra, tape, slides, 1999; Il Copiafavole-ZONE (music theatre work), copiers, ensemble, audiovisual track, 2001
ORCHESTRAL: 70mV, 1989; FUEYE, symphonic band, 1997; Senti?, guitar, string orchestra, 1999; Sì, cos'è?, percussion, string orchestra, 2003; Microbolero, 2006
CHAMBER MUSIC: Sette Studi, guitar, 1990; Ö, tenor saxophone, trombone, 1991; Ab sofort, flute, piano, 1991; FFA, tenor recorder, flute, harp, 1993; The Running Quartet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, 1994; 7, piano, percussion, live electronics, 1994; S, tenor saxophone, tape, live electronics, 1995; ZONE I, flute, MIDI-electric guitar, live electronics, 1995; HACK, flute, percussion, 1996; ShiKaShi, 2 recorders, percussion, live electronics, 1997; SaxStories, 4 saxophones, 1998; ZONE-Alp, flute, guitar, 1998; TEI, 13-string koto, piano, 2000; Samblana, saxophone, guitar, 2000; CATVLLVS, lute, archlute, percussion, live electronics, 2000; SpiegelKontaktFabrik, oboe (+ didgeridoo), tape, live electronics, 2000 (also version for electric guitar, tape, live electronics, 2004); Tamatebako, percussion, 2001; PURPLE H (The Jimi Hendrix Reflections), ensemble, tape, live electronics, 2001; ZONEpopTRAIN, electric guitar, piano, percussion, string quartet, 2003; Passacaglia mit Albert, recorders (1 player), percussion, CD, live electronics, 2005; The Running Duo, tenor recorder, contrabass recorder, live electronics, 2005
VOCAL: ZONE II, any voice, percussion, live electronics, 1995; Ricorda i Giochi, female voice, flute, MIDI-electric guitar, cymbals, live electronics, 1999; QUESTIO (text by Thor Vilhjálmsson), male speaker, trumpet, percussion, CD, 2006
MULTIMEDIA: San Moku Sen Gan, ensemble, tape, film, 1996; ZONE-Franche (city-wide happening, Padua), cello, piano, bells, tapes, live electronics, 1996; ZONE II Suite, ensemble, tape, film, 1997; ZONE-d'Amore, any voice, MIDI-electric guitar, percussion, film (by Marcel L'Herbier), 1998; La Stanza degli Indizi Terrestri (texts by Marina Tsvetayeva, Leonardo da Vinci), ensemble, tape, film (by Marcos Jorge), 1998; 3HATSconcert, any voice, MIDI-electric guitar, percussion, film, 1998; For a Theatre of Dawn, ensemble, live electronics, film, 2006
FILM SCORE (DIRECTOR): Children's War Questions, 2005 (Max Bertolai)
FILM SCORE (FOR SILENT MOVIE) (DIRECTOR): Vormittagsspuk, recorder, guitar, 1997 (Hans Richter)
ARRANGEMENT: ZONE-Tarkus (Keith Emerson-Greg Lake-Carl Palmer), electric guitar, piano, percussion, string quartet, 2003 (collaboration with Keith Emerson)
DISCOGRAPHY
Ab sofort. Duo Zurria-Pizzo (Edizioni Edi.Pan, 1992)
FFA. Alter Ego (RCA/BMG Ariola, 1993)
The Running Quartet. Ensemble Contrechamps (Ricordi/Fonit Cetra, 1994)
S. Federico Mondelci, tenor saxophone (BMG Ricordi, 1995)
TAXI! ZONE (LArecords, 1997)
Il Copiafavole-ZONE. ZONE (LArecords, 1998)
Ricorda i Giochi. ZONE (LArecords, 1999)
SpiegelKontaktFabrik (original version). Michelangelo Rinaldi, oboe, didgeridoo (Ars Publica, 2001)
ZONE-Tarkus. Yoichi Sugiyama/Elena Càsoli, electric guitar; Aki Kuroda, piano; Maurizio Ben Omar, percussion; Quartetto Prometeo (Victor Japan, 2004)
SpiegelKontaktFabrik (second version). Elena Càsoli, electric guitar (Stradivarius, 2004)
The Running Duo. Duo Recordronik (Cavalli Records, 2006)
(Last updated on March 30, 2006)
