Composers

Walter Boudreau

Written by srm30 on Monday 13 October 2008

Walter Boudreau (b. 1947) is a Quebecois composer, saxophonist and conductor. He is best known as the artistic director of the SMCQ, an important new music organisation in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, a position he has held since 1988. His compositions are essentially post-modern and include reinterpretations of

Walter Boudreau (Sorel, 1947 -) is a Quebecois composer, saxophonist and conductor. In 1969, he founded the group L’Infonie with Raoul Duguay, which dissolved in 1973. Since 1988, he has been the artistic director of the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec in Montreal. He was a principal collaborator in the Symphonie du Millénaire which took place in Montréal in 2000.

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Roberto Carnevale

Written by neopoiesis on Monday 13 2008

Roberto Carnevale. Italian pianist, composer and conductor. He studied under Roberto Bianco (Piano), Angela Giuffrida and Franco Donatoni (Composition), Salvatore Enrico Failla (Musicology), Ferdinand Leitner (Conducting). He obtained Diploma in the piano and he took a Degree in Arts at the Catania University. He attended the Accademia Musicale Chigiana summer courses.
Editor of musicological series for Neopoiesis publishing, in 1996 he was the editor of «CD Classica» and «Orfeo – Il mensile di musica barocca» magazines.
In 1994 he was appointed Professor of History of Music at the Catania Musical Institute “Vincenzo Bellini”. In 2001 was appointed Assistant Headmaster at the Catania Musical Institute “V. Bellini”, and in 2003 Headmaster at the CEU. In 2004 he was appointed Professor of History and Aesthetics of Music and History and Analysis at the Catania Musical Institute “V. Bellini”. He composed about 200 works played all over the world [Accademia Musicale Chigiana (Siena), Teatro “La Fenice” (Venice), Foerstr Hall (Prague), Aula Magna Università “Bocconi” (Milan), Teatro Nazionale (Vilnius), A. Rubinstein Hall, Casa de Las Américas (L’Avana), Teatro Massimo (Palermo), Festival Internazionale (Birzai), The Tower Tavern (London), “Gaudeamus” Contemporary Music Center (Amsterdam), Amici della Musica (Palermo), Amici della Musica (Agrigento), Amici della Musica (Pistoia), Amici del Quartetto (Grosseto), Teatro “Carlo Felice” (Genova), Auditorium “Colbe” (Varese), Associazione Musicale Etnea (Catania), Orestiadi (Gibellina), Luglio Musicale Trapanese, Filarmonica Laudamo (Messina), Accademia Filarmonica (Messina), Chiostro del Bramante (Roma), Teatro Greco (Siracusa), Aula Magna Università Statale (Lecce), “Siculorum Gymnasii Musica” Catania University, RAI RadioTelevisioneItaliana (Naples), etc.].
Roberto Carnevale has worked together with prestigious musicians and orchestras (Clementi, Donatoni, Benigni, Brendel, Petrassi, Milella, Menotti, Pennisi, Pollini, Sanzogno, Antonelli, Sollima, Betta, Battista, Risaliti, Bennici, Beths, Guittart, Magnanensi, Leonardi, Schweitzer, Logos Ensemble, Ensemble Octandre, L’Offerta Musicale Ensemble, Soloists of “Santa Cecilia Academy”, Soloists of “Teatro La Fenice”, Soloists of ORT, London Chamber Group, Ensemble Foriani, Ensemble Belliniano, West Chester University Orchestra, Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, Filarmonica of Ploesti, Orchestra di Stato di Vilnius, etc.). His works are published by LIM, Suvini-Zerboni, Nuove Edizioni Neopoiesis, Maimone Editore, CULC and has recorded for Carrara (Bergamo), Pongo Records (Paris), Suvini-Zerboni (Milan), CIMS (Palermo), Pagano (Naples), Union-Records (New York), NEN-CD Classica (Florence), etc. In 1988 Roberto Carnevale was awarded the international prize “Council of Europe” (Rome). Roberto regularly performs with his musical partner, the Italian pianist Graziella Concas

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Andersen Viana

Written by admin on Monday 13 2008

Composer-conductor, arranger, music producer and professor. He was born in Belo Horizonte city-Brazil and has studied in courses and seminars about music in several official institutions with: Ennio Morricone,Luca Salvadori,Radamés Gnatalli, Max Rostal, Oilliam Lanna, S.Vianna, Manuel Veiga, Paulo Lima (Accademia Chigiana di Siena, Reale Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna, Arts Academy of Rome, Royal College of Music - Stockholm, UFMG, UFBA), among others. 253 works composed and five CD’s recorded, two of it recorded in Europe. Nineteen national and international awards received, including the 1st prize at prestigious “1er Concours de Composition Musicale pour Orchestre d’Harmonie” in Comines - Belgium and other two prizes at “Lambersart-France 2006″. He has also composing, conducting and producing music for the following films: The Fortuneteller, 3:00:AM, Burning Hearts, The Adam Children, The Next Step, Gun’s Speech, Lost in Abbey Road, Vivalma, Manuelzão e Bananeira, Ofélia, Playing for Tomorrow, Ghost Train, The Man of Head of Paper, Minas Portuguesa, Near Evil and Condenados. Andersen is a professor at Palácio das Artes and Escola Livre de Cinema in Belo Horizonte - Brazil, pursuing his Doctoral Degree in Music Composition at Federal University of Bahia. He has printed his first book of tales for cinema.

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Roberto Carnevale

Written by neopoiesis on Wednesday 1 October 2008

Roberto Carnevale (Catania, 1966). Italian pianist, composer and conductor. He studied under Roberto Bianco (Piano), Angela Giuffrida and Franco Donatoni (Composition), Salvatore Enrico Failla (Musicology), Ferdinand Leitner (Conducting). He obtained Diploma in the piano and he took a Degree in Arts at the Catania University. He attended the Accademia Musicale Chigiana summer courses.

Editor of musicological series for Neopoiesis publishing, in 1996 he was the editor of «CD Classica» and «Orfeo – Il mensile di musica barocca» magazines.

In 1994 he was appointed Professor of History of Music at the Catania Musical Institute “Vincenzo Bellini”. In 2001 was appointed Assistant Headmaster at the Catania Musical Institute “V. Bellini”, and in 2003 Headmaster at the CEU. In 2004 he was appointed Professor of History and Aesthetics of Music and History and Analysis at the Catania Musical Institute “V. Bellini”. He composed about 200 works played all over the world [Accademia Musicale Chigiana (Siena), Teatro “La Fenice” (Venice), Foerstr Hall (Prague), Aula Magna Università “Bocconi” (Milan), Teatro Nazionale (Vilnius), A. Rubinstein Hall, Casa de Las Américas (L’Avana), Teatro Massimo (Palermo), Festival Internazionale (Birzai), The Tower Tavern (London), “Gaudeamus” Contemporary Music Center (Amsterdam), Amici della Musica (Palermo), Amici della Musica (Agrigento), Amici della Musica (Pistoia), Amici del Quartetto (Grosseto), Teatro “Carlo Felice” (Genova), Auditorium “Colbe” (Varese), Associazione Musicale Etnea (Catania), Orestiadi (Gibellina), Luglio Musicale Trapanese, Filarmonica Laudamo (Messina), Accademia Filarmonica (Messina), Chiostro del Bramante (Roma), Teatro Greco (Siracusa), Aula Magna Università Statale (Lecce), “Siculorum Gymnasii Musica” Catania University, RAI RadioTelevisioneItaliana (Naples), etc.].

Roberto has worked together with prestigious musicians and orchestras (Clementi, Donatoni, Benigni, Brendel, Petrassi, Milella, Menotti, Pennisi, Pollini, Sanzogno, Antonelli, Sollima, Betta, Battista, Risaliti, Bennici, Beths, Guittart, Magnanensi, Schweitzer, Logos Ensemble, Ensemble Octandre, L’Offerta Musicale Ensemble, Soloists of “Santa Cecilia Academy”, Soloists of “Teatro La Fenice”, Soloists of ORT, London Chamber Group, Ensemble Foriani, Ensemble Belliniano, West Chester University Orchestra, Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, Filarmonica of Ploesti, Orchestra di Stato di Vilnius, etc.). His works are published by LIM, Suvini-Zerboni, Nuove Edizioni Neopoiesis, Maimone Editore, CULC and has recorded for Carrara (Bergamo), Pongo Records (Paris), Suvini-Zerboni (Milan), CIMS (Palermo), Pagano (Naples), Union-Records (New York), NEN-CD Classica (Florence), etc. In 1988 Roberto Carnevale was awarded the international prize “Council of Europe” (Rome). Roberto regularly performs with his musical partner, the Italian pianist Graziella Concas.

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Category: C, Composers

Marina Leonardi

Written by neopoiesis on Wednesday 1 2008

Marina Leonardi (1970) is an Italian woman composer and pianist. She studied under Oria Dell’Angelo (Piano), Giovanni Ferrauto, Alexander Mullenbach, Eliodoro Sollima e Alessandro Solbiati (Composition). She obtained Diploma in the Piano and in the Choral Music.

In 1994 Marina Leonardi was appointed Professor of Composition at the Catania Musical Institute “Vincenzo Bellini”. She composed about 40 works played all over the world.

Some recent Works:

Postludio (da Bach-BW V887) for piano (2008)
Interludio for 2 pianos (2008)
Tre Pezzi for orchestra (2007)
Duo for piano & percussions (2007)
Rubaijat (II vers.) for S & flute (2006)
Itinera for ensemble (2006)
Giochi for violin & piano (2005)
Rubaijat for ensemble (1996)

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