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Sollima, Giovanni (b. 1962, Palermo). Italian composer of mostly stage, orchestral and chamber works that have been performed throughout the world; he is also active as a cellist.
Mr. Sollima is the son of the composer Eliodoro Sollima (b. 1926 - d. 2000). He studied cello with Giovanni Perriera and composition with his father at the Conservatorio di Palermo from 1973-80, where he graduated with highest honors. He also studied cello with Antonio Janigro at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart and Salzburg Mozarteum from 1980-85 and composition with Milko Kelemen at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart from 1980-84.
Among his honors are an Interforum Prize for cello in Budapest (1981) and First Prize at the International Jazz Meeting in Messina (1984). Violist Yuri Bashmet, pianist Bruno Canino, guitarist Larry Coryell, violinist Gidon Kremer, and conductor Riccardo Muti are among the performers who have commissioned and performed his works, which have also been commissioned by the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Venice Biennale.
As a cellist, he has often played his own music and works by other living composers and has worked with the conductors Claudio Abbado and Giuseppe Sinopoli and pianists Martha Argerich and Jörg Demus, among others. He founded the Giovanni Sollima Band in 1995 and has since served as its cellist and director.
Sonzogno publishes most of his music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: matteofailbravo@tin.it
Street address: Mr. Giovanni Sollima, Piazza Giuseppe Verdi 53, I - 90138 Palermo, Italy
Telephone: + 390 9133 3852
Cellular phone: + 3934 8381 3029
Websites: http://www.auralit.com, http://www.sonzogno.it
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Notti di Grazia (1 act melodrama, text by Dario Oliveri), lyric soprano, soprano leggero, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, small orchestra (15 players), 1991; Cenerentola Azzurro (fairy tale, text by Dario Oliveri), speaker, 2 flutes (both + piccolo), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, timpani, percussion, string orchestra, 1994; Mittersill 101 (variazioni sul caso Anton Webern, video opera, libretto by Dario Oliveri, after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe), baritone, flute, clarinet, cello, 2 synthesizers, film installation (by Roberto Andò), 1996; Casanova (dance music, choreography by Karole Armitage), 2 flutes (both + piccolo), 2 oboes, bass guitar/sampler, sampler, string orchestra, 2000 (section of collective work Casanova; may be performed separately); B song (dance music, choreography by Carolyn Carlson), cello, live electronics, 2001 (may be performed as a concert work); Ellis Island (2 act opera, libretto by Roberto Alajmo), popular-rock female voice, 2 tenors, bass-baritone, actor, children's chorus, mixed chorus, piano, large orchestra, 2002 (one section may be performed separately: Bêri)
ORCHESTRAL: Concerto grosso, string orchestra, 1976; I concerto per archi, string orchestra, 1978; II concerto per archi, string orchestra, 1979; Le Paradis Submergé, 1981; Due Notturni, 1984 (each of its two sections may be performed separately: Notturno n. 1, piano, string orchestra; Notturno n. 2, cello, string orchestra); Musivum, 1987; Le notti bianche, string orchestra, 1988; The Columbus Egg, string orchestra, 1990; Concerto per violoncello, cello, small orchestra (2 oboes, 2 French horns, strings), 1992; Africa, string orchestra, 1992; Violoncelles, vibrez!, 2 celli, string orchestra, 1993 (also versions for 8 celli; 2 celli, ensemble [6 celli]); Sinfonia in luoghi aperti, small orchestra, 1994; MW, 1994; Angeli, string orchestra, 1994; Adagio, electric guitar, orchestra, 1995; Lam e Dan, 1998; Guitar chemistry (vocalise), mixed chorus ad libitum, electric guitar, orchestra, 1999; Intersong I, small orchestra (15 players), 1999 (version of chamber work); Contrafactus, flute, string orchestra, 2000 (also version for flute, string quartet, double bass); Tempeste e ritratti, 2001
CHAMBER MUSIC: Maithuna, flute, piano, 1981; La luna, cello, 1986; Variazioni su un plastico, cello, piano, 1986; Violoncelles, vibrez!, 8 celli, 1993 (version of orchestral work; also version for 2 celli, ensemble [6 celli], 1993); The Songlines, cello, 1993; Spasimo, amplified cello, amplified ensemble (violin, viola, cello, synthesizer, percussion), 1995; Sento il canto in curva, amplified ensemble (piccolo, electric guitar, violin, viola, cello, synthesizer, percussion), 1995; Il Tracciato di Marta, flute, cello, amplified ensemble (violin, viola, cello, synthesizer, percussion), 1995; Voyage, clarinet, violin/viola, piano, 1995; Studio per Aquilastro, harp, piano, 1997; Lam, clarinet, viola, piano 4 hands, 1997 (also version for clarinet, cello, piano, 2003); Yafù, cello, piano, 1997; Aquilarco (text by Christopher Knowles), cello, amplified ensemble (flute, electric guitar, violin, viola, cello, bass guitar ad libitum, synthesizer, percussion), CD, 1997-98; Lamentatio, cello, 1998 (also version for viola, 1998); Reperto n. 12 (after fragments by Franz Schubert), violin, cello, piano, 1998; S'ota love dance, cello, live electronics, 1998; Concerto rotondo, cello, live electronics ad libitum, 1998; I canti, amplified cello, amplified ensemble (flute, electric guitar, violin, viola, synthesizer [+ sampler], percussion), 1998
CHAMBER MUSIC: The meetings of the waters, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1999; Millennium Bug, 4 percussion, 1999; Intersong I, flute, 2 pianos, 4 percussion, 1999 (also version for small orchestra [15 players]); Subsongs, piano 4 hands/2 pianos, percussion, 1999 (version of piano work); Leonardo's ornithoptherus, 9 saxophones, 1999; Alone, cello, 1999; Hell (text by Dante Alighieri), amplified cello (+ voice), amplified ensemble (flute, electric guitar, violin [+ voice], viola, cello [+ voice], 2 samplers), 2000; Contrafactus, flute, string quartet, double bass, 2000 (version of orchestral work); Il Tracciato, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, violin, cello, double bass, percussion, 2000; Intersong II (text from a popular Sicilian rhyme), soprano ad libitum, flute, violin, cello, piano 4 hands, 2001; B song, cello, live electronics, 2001 (concert version of stage work; also concert versions of three sections for 6 celli: Terra Aria; Terra Danza; Cello Tree, 2003); Vram (text by Alessandro Baricco), cello, CD, 2002; Pillole, electric guitar (with loop machine), 2002
CHORAL: Alleluja, mixed chorus, 2 clarinets, tenor saxophone, 2 bassoons, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, organ, string orchestra, 1999 (section of collective work Missa Solemnis Resurrectionis; may be performed separately); Canti rocciosi (texts by Dino Buzzati, Dante Alighieri, Ernest Hemingway, popular Italian, Ladino, Sicilian rhymes), Alpine chorus, string orchestra, 2001
VOCAL: Agnus Dei, tenor, orchestra, 1993 (section of collective work Requiem per le vittime della mafia; may be performed separately); John Africa (vocalise), voice, flute (+ piccolo), cello, piano, 1996; Viaggio in Italia (texts by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Giordano Bruno, Francesco Borromini), voice, cello, string quartet, 2000
PIANO: Orgy, piano 10 hands, 1982; In Si, 1991; Subsongs, piano 4 hands, timpani ad libitum, 1999 (also version for piano 4 hands/2 pianos, percussion); Bêri, 2002 (section of Ellis Island; may be performed separately); L'interpretazione dei sogni (album), 1999–
DISCOGRAPHY
Studio per Aquilastro. Harp and Piano (BMG: 74321457522, 1997)
Aquilarco. Robert Wilson, voice; Giovanni Sollima, cello; Giovanni Sollima Band (Point Music: 462 546, 1998)
Violoncelles, vibrez! Mario Brunello, Giovanni Sollima, celli; Mario Brunello/Orchestra d'Archi Italiana (Agorà: AG 155.1, 1998)
John Africa. Ensemble Sentieri Selvaggi (Sensible Records: SSB 012, 1999)
Spasimo; Il Tracciato di Marta; Sento il canto in curva. Luigi Sollima, flute; Giovanni Sollima, cello; Ensemble Soni Ventorum (Agorà: AG 158.1, 1999)
Millennium Bug. Tetraktis Percussioni (Rara: PHM 990330 TP, 2000)
Viaggio in Italia. Giovanni Sollima, voice, cello; Lark Quartet (Agorà: AG 259.1, 2000)
Violoncelles, vibrez! Sol Gabetta-Timacheff, Marta Subrada, celli; Gidon Kremer/Kremerata Baltica (Nonesuch: 79601, 2001)
Casanova. Art Zoyd/Musiques Nouvelles Ensemble (Subrosa: SR 192, 2002)
Violoncelles, vibrez! Mario Brunello, Giovanni Sollima, celli; Mario Brunello/Orchestra d'Archi Italiana (JVC, 2002)
B song. Giovanni Sollima, cello (Warner Brothers, due in 2003)
(Last updated on July 13, 2003)
