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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; 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, audio-visual track,
2001
ORCHESTRAL: 70mV, 1989; FUEYE, wind orchestra, 1997; Senti?, guitar, string orchestra, 1999; Sì, cos’è?, 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-d’Amore, 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)
