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Poce, Antonio (b. 1950, Ferentino). Italian composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, and piano works that have been performed throughout Europe.

Mr. Poce initially studied classics, but then studied composition with Domenico Guaccero and Ennio Morricone and earned a diploma in 1981. He also attended courses with Salvatore Sciarrino.

He has earned numerous honors, including ones from the V. Bucchi (Rome, 1985), the ICONS (Torino, 1990), the G.B. Viotti (Vercelli, 1991), the ENDAS (Perugia, 1991), and the Città di Udine (2002) competitions. He has also earned the Music Today Composition Award (Tokyo, 1985) and the IBLA Grand Prize (USA, 2002).

Since 1994, he has been artistic director and organizer of the Europa Festival and in 1997, he founded the studio HERMES, for the creation of intermedia projects.

Since 1991, he has been a lecturer in composition at the Conservatorio Licinio Refice in Frosinone and is active as a choral conductor.

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail address: a.poce@libero.it

Street address: Mr. Antonio Poce, 130 Via Antiche Terme, I - 03013 Ferentino FR, Italy

Telephone/fax: + 077 539 5766

Cellular phone: + 328 572 2486

COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS

STAGE: Seme del tempo (flash opera), speaker, flute, clarinet, harp, violin, cello, 2 percussion, tape, 1996; Vedo dove vado (flash opera), soprano, speaker, flute, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, trumpet, percussion, tape, 1998; La casa dei misteri (flash opera), soprano, 2 speakers, flute, clarinet, bassoon, percussion, tape, 1999; Jack Kerouac Opera (flash opera), soprano, speaker, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion, tape, 2000

ORCHESTRAL: Exaltatio utriusque mundi, 1997

CHAMBER MUSIC: Fluxus, flute, bassoon, French horn, 1983; Flamen, flute, bassoon, French horn, 1984; Fanes, oboe, 1985; Ilinx, clarinet, 1985; Lievi ombre e rotte, violin, 1985; Preludio in forma di rosa, oboe, 1986; La stanza del té, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1986; I fantasmi del giovane Achille, flute, 1990; Lazzurro giardino di ninfa, recorder, flute, harp, harpsichord, 1991; Chi mai, flute, 1992; ‘Forse è soverchia maninconia’, bass clarinet, 1994; Umbra Videtur, alto saxophone, 1995; Nudo il bagliore, clarinet, 1999; Azzurro, catrame, baritone saxophone, 2000; Certo dinquieti sogni, string quartet, 2000; Visiones utriusque mundi, clarinet, 2001

CHORAL: Una via crucis (4 stations, intermezzo), soprano, alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1991-93; Come materia pura, mixed chorus, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1993

PIANO: Memoria, 1987

(Last updated on January 17, 2003)