Luca Antignani
Italian composer born in 1976.
Born in Italy in 1976, Luca Antignani studied piano, composition, orchestral conducting, and electronic music, at the Scuola Civica de Milan, where he studied with Alessandro Solbiati) and then with Azio Corghi at the the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, from which he graduated in 2001. That same year, he took part in Cursus, IRCAM’s composition and computer music course.
In 2002, Antignani was chosen to represent Europe in the International Forum of Young Composers, co-sponsored by the University of Montreal and the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, which resulted in a commission from the Ensemble. He has also received commissions from Radio France, both for the Festival Présences and a series of pieces for the musical program “Alla Breve.” In 2003, the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra commissioned a piece for choir and orchetra to be performed on their European tour. In 2004, he collaborated with the Ensemble intercontemporain for the Festival Acanthes. In 2005, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and the Venice Biennale commissioned a work for large orchestra from him.
Antignani’s work has been performed around the world and at many different festivals including Settembre Musica, Milano Musica, the Dresden Music Festival, Nuova Musica, and the Festival Musica. Some of his pieces have been recorded and broadcast by RAI (Italy’s national public broadcasting company) and as well as by other radio broadcasting companies outside of Italy.
He is also a musicologist, and contributed articles on contemporary and electronic music to the 2003 edition of the De Agostini Encyclopedia.
From 2007 to 2009, Antignani was composer-in-residence at the Conservatoire d’Annecy, in co-production with the organization Musique Inventive d’Annecy (MIA) and the Conservatoire de Chambéry. In March 2010, a new piece for ensemble and electronics (a commande d’état, or commission, from the French Ministry of Culture) was premiered by the Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain in Lyon (electronics produced in the GRAME studios).
Antignani teaches orchestration at the CNSMD of Lyon (France) and contemporary music and orchestration at the HEM of Lausanne (Switzerland). His scores are edited by Edizioni Suvini Zerboni (Milan).
- 1st prize, Fattoria Paradiso Composition Competition
- Winner, Ente Concerti Castello Di Velveglio Composition Competition
- 1st Prize, Città di Como Composition Competition
- Alfredo Casella Composition Prize
- ICOMS Composition Prize
- 2nd Prize (1st Prize not awarded), Guido d’Arezzo Composition Awards (2002)
- Barlow Prize (2005)
- Third Place, Prix Quatuor Molinari Composition Competition (2005)
- Winner, GRAME/EOC of Lyon Composition Competition (2008, Jury: Jean-Paul Dessy (Mons-Musiques), Brice Duval (EOC), Henry Fourès (CNSMD of Lyon), Pierre-Alain Jaffrennou (GRAME), Daniel Kawka (EOC), Sabine Malnoury-Gamet (ENM of Villeurbanne), Kaija Saariaho, composer)
© Ircam-Centre Pompidou, 2010
Sources
- Site personnel du compositeur (voir ressources documentaires)
- Éditions Suvini Zerboni-SugarMusic S.p.A.
- Solo (excluding voice)
- Und dieses einen Weges kamen sie for solo guitar (1997), 10 mn, Inédit
- The icy light of the moon for solo piano (1998), 5 mn 30 s, Suvini Zerboni
- elec ircam Ircam cursus Overlook Hotel for accordion and electronics (2002), 12 mn, Suvini Zerboni [program note]
- Il canto della pietra for solo cello (2004), 8 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Reiten, reiten, reiten for solo guitar (2004), 11 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Chamber music
- Trio for violin, cello and piano (1999), 15 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- In vacuum A-perire for baroque violin and percussion (2000), 7 mn 30 s, Inédit
- R.O.T.A.S. for string quartet (2002), 10 mn
- Hommage à Henze for string quartet (2003), 60 s, Suvini Zerboni
- Spira mirabilis for trombone and piano (2003), 11 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Die eitle Blume for saxophone quartet (2004), 10 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Requiem per una Maschera for string quartet (2004), 10 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Instrumental ensemble music
- Far-away for ensemble (1998), 7 mn 30 s, Inédit
- Angelo e la marionetta for orchestra (1999), 12 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- La Radice di cristallo for fifteen instruments (1999), 10 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Il Sacro Occhio for large orchestra (2000), 14 mn, Inédit
- Il magnifico burattinaio for fifteen musicians (2002), 17 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- In-Canto Perduto for ensemble (2002), 12 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Les Murs de Jean for ensemble (2002), 10 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Morceaux d’un palais futur for twelve musicians (2004), 7 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- La Fontana della giovinezza for orchestra (2005), 10 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Il Giuoco delle perle di vetro for ensemble (2006), 15 mn about , Suvini Zerboni
- Il viaggio di Humbert for eight instruments (2007), 18 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Concertant music
- elec stage The pit and the pendulum ballet in three scenes, two interludes, prologue and epilogue, for cymbalum, orchestra and live electronics (2008), 60 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Vocal music and instrument(s)
- Sonar Cieco for actress-singer, violin, cello, clarinet and percussion (2001), 12 mn, Inédit
- O-di pietra o-di for soprano and ensemble (2002), 8 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- ...Ed il mare rispose in eco for female voice, choir and orchestra (2003), 8 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Là et ailleurs for choir and orchestra (2003), 18 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Pater noster for baritone and string quartet (2003), 9 mn, Inédit
- Poèmes écartés for vocal quintet, violin, piano and small percussions (2005), 7 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- elec Vier Lieder nach Thomas Bernhard for soprano, violin and cymbals (2005), 15 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- A cappella vocal music
- Die Worte des Engels for sixteen solo voices and two children's voices (2001), 10 mn
- Veggio senz’occhi for a cappella choir (2004), 8 mn 30 s, Suvini Zerboni
- Electronic music / fixed media / mechanical musical instruments
- 2008
- elec stage The pit and the pendulum ballet in three scenes, two interludes, prologue and epilogue, for cymbalum, orchestra and live electronics, 60 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- 2007
- Il viaggio di Humbert for eight instruments, 18 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- 2006
- Il Giuoco delle perle di vetro for ensemble, 15 mn about , Suvini Zerboni
- 2005
- La Fontana della giovinezza for orchestra, 10 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Poèmes écartés for vocal quintet, violin, piano and small percussions, 7 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- elec Vier Lieder nach Thomas Bernhard for soprano, violin and cymbals, 15 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- 2004
- Die eitle Blume for saxophone quartet, 10 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Il canto della pietra for solo cello, 8 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Morceaux d’un palais futur for twelve musicians, 7 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Reiten, reiten, reiten for solo guitar, 11 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Requiem per una Maschera for string quartet, 10 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Veggio senz’occhi for a cappella choir, 8 mn 30 s, Suvini Zerboni
- 2003
- ...Ed il mare rispose in eco for female voice, choir and orchestra, 8 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Hommage à Henze for string quartet, 60 s, Suvini Zerboni
- Là et ailleurs for choir and orchestra, 18 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Pater noster for baritone and string quartet, 9 mn, Inédit
- Spira mirabilis for trombone and piano, 11 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- 2002
- Il magnifico burattinaio for fifteen musicians, 17 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- In-Canto Perduto for ensemble, 12 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Les Murs de Jean for ensemble, 10 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- O-di pietra o-di for soprano and ensemble, 8 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- elec ircam Ircam cursus Overlook Hotel for accordion and electronics, 12 mn, Suvini Zerboni [program note]
- R.O.T.A.S. for string quartet, 10 mn
- 2001
- Die Worte des Engels for sixteen solo voices and two children's voices, 10 mn
- Sonar Cieco for actress-singer, violin, cello, clarinet and percussion, 12 mn, Inédit
- 2000
- Il Sacro Occhio for large orchestra, 14 mn, Inédit
- In vacuum A-perire for baroque violin and percussion, 7 mn 30 s, Inédit
- 1999
- Angelo e la marionetta for orchestra, 12 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- elec Dichotomy for electronics, 12 mn 30 s, Inédit
- elec I want for electronics, 6 mn, Inédit
- La Radice di cristallo for fifteen instruments, 10 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- Trio for violin, cello and piano, 15 mn, Suvini Zerboni
- 1998
- elec Estuaries for tape, 10 mn, Inédit
- Far-away for ensemble, 7 mn 30 s, Inédit
- The icy light of the moon for solo piano, 5 mn 30 s, Suvini Zerboni
- 1997
- Und dieses einen Weges kamen sie for solo guitar, 10 mn, Inédit
- elec Vacuum for electronics, 6 mn 50 s, Inédit
Discographie
- Luca ANTIGNANI, Il magnifico burattinaio, dans « 5th-6th International Forum for Young Composers, 2000/2002 » (avec également des œuvres de Dominik Karski, Brian Current, Luis Tinoco, Christopher Tonkin…), Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, direction : Lorraine Vaillancourt, CD ATMA Classique, 2003, n° ACD22328.
- Luca ANTIGNANI, Il funerale del carnevale, dans « Concours Molinari 2005-2006 » (avec également des œuvres de José Luis Hurtado, Kazutomo Yamamoto, Stephen Yip), Quatuor Molinari, CD ATMA Classique, 2009, n° ACD22368.
Liens Internet
- Site personnel : http://www.lucaantignani.com (lien vérifié en mars 2010).
- Site des Editions Suvini Zerboni-SugarMusic S.p.A : http://www.esz.it/ (lien vérifié en mars 2010).