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Pisati, Maurizio (b. 1959, Milan). Italian composer of stage, chamber, electroacoustic, and multimedia works that have been performed throughout Europe; he is also active as an electric guitarist.

Prof. Pisati graduated with high honors from the classes of A. Guarnieri and Giacomo Manzoni at the Conservatorio G. Verdi in Milan, where he studied analysis, composition, counterpoint, harmony, and music history. He also studied with Salvatore Sciarrino at the Accademia in Città di Castello and graduated in guitar in Milan.

His music has been performed throughout Australia, Europe, Japan, and the USA and has been broadcast in Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, and Sweden. His honors include prizes from the V. Bucchi (Rome, 1983), G. Contilli (Messina, 1983), B. Brecht (Milan, 1985), Gaudeamus (Amsterdam, 1986), ICONS (Turin, 1986), and G. Petrassi (Parma, 1989) competitions. He has also received a fellowship from the Stiftung BINZ39 (Zürich, 1987), the Stipendienpreis at Darmstadt (1992) and the Uchida Fellowship from the Japan Foundation (Tokyo, 1999).

He had a fruitful performing career as a guitarist from 1983-89, during which time he established and played in the Laboratorio Trio. He now plays in his own new music ensemble, ZONE, and in 1997, he founded his own label, LArecords.

Since 1988, he has been a professor of composition at the Conservatorio A. Steffani in Castelfranco Veneto.

Ricordi publishes his music.

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail address: maurizio.pisati@tiscalinet.it

Website: 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; LAutore 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, audio-visual track, 2001

ORCHESTRAL: 70mV, 1989; FUEYE, wind orchestra, 1997; Senti?, guitar, string orchestra, 1999; , cosè?, percussion, string orchestra, 2003

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; HACK, flute, percussion, 1996; SaxStories, 4 saxophones, 1998; ZONE-Alp, flute, guitar, 1998; TEI, koto, piano, 2000; Samblana, saxophone, guitar, 2000; Tamatebako, percussion, 2001

ELECTROACOUSTIC: 7, piano, percussion, live electronics, 1994; S, tenor saxophone, tape, live electronics, 1995; ZONE I, flute, MIDI-electric guitar, live electronics, 1995; ZONE II, voice, percussion, live electronics, 1995; ShiKaShi, 2 recorders, percussion, live electronics, 1997; Ricorda i Giochi, female voice, flute, MIDI-electric guitar, cymbals, live electronics, 1999; CATVLLVS, lute, arch-lute, percussion, live electronics, 2000; SpiegelKontaktFabrik, oboe (+ didgeridoo), tape, live electronics, 2000; PURPLE H, ensemble, tape, live electronics, 2001

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-dAmore, 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, voice, MIDI-electric guitar, percussion, film, 1998

FILM SCORE (FOR SILENT MOVIE) (DIRECTOR): Vormittagsspuk, recorder, guitar, 1997 (Hans Richter)

DISCOGRAPHY

Ab sofort. Duo Zurria-Pizzo (Edipan, 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. Michelangelo Rinaldi, oboe, didgeridoo (Ars Publica, 2001)

(Last updated on October 13, 2002)