Davide Remigio

Davide Remigio (born 1963) is an Australian-Italian contemporary composer known for founding the compositional technique known as Quaternary Music. He has worked as a composer, lecturer, and theorist, with a catalogue of works spanning orchestral, choral, chamber, opera, and electronic genres, and has been active internationally since the 1980s.

Biography

Remigio was born in Melbourne to Italian parents and returned to Italy in 1969, where he began his musical studies at an early age. He studied violin and music theory as a child and composed his first work, Giga for solo violin, at age 11. He later continued formal studies in composition, conducting, ensemble instrumentation, and electronic music at the Conservatorio di Musica “Luisa D’Annunzio” in Pescara and the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome , where he completed a Master of Music in composition in 1992 under the direction of Franco Donatoni. In 1991, he also studied music for film at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena with Ennio Morricone.

Career Remigio has held teaching positions in music composition at several Italian conservatories, including those in Potenza, Bari, and L’Aquila, and currently teaches composition at the Conservatorio di Musica “Giuseppe Verdi” in Milan.

His works have been performed at major Italian and international venues, including the National Academy of Santa Cecilia and Auditorium Rai in Rome, the Teatro Comunale in Modena, the Ravello Festival, and on Dutch and Belgrade radio broadcasts, among others. Performances have also taken place in Australia and at centers for classical music in New York City. for piano 1977 - Capriccio, for violin 1979 - Convesso, for timpani 1980 - Orizzonti Sonori for narrator, soprano, 2 pianos and 2 percussionists 1980 - Studio, for piano 1980 - Absolute schreibschrift, for piano 1982 - Foglio d'album II, for violin and piano 1982 - Lamento, for voice and piano 1985 - Tesi, for violin, cello, and piano 1988 - Il naso di Lulu, for sopran and piano 1989 - Hyades, for guitar 1989 - Soft, for violin, viola, cello, contrabass 1989 - Tejat, for piano 1991 - Antares for solo clarinet 1992 - LEM, for two violins 1992 - Tuc, for glockenspiel 1993 - Studi moderni, for accordion 1994 - Minimal, for piano 1995 - Brevis for mixed choir and piano 1997 - Alla Mamma, for piano and soprano 1997 - Divertimento, harp and guitar 1998 - Ardo si, ma non t'amo, for two violins, cello and harpsichord 1999 - European Songs for children's choir and orchestra 2000 - Cosentine Wind for sopran and wind orchestra 2001 - Il piccolo Elian, for narrator and ensemble 2004 - Auf dem berge for Sopran and piano 2005 - Teak, for contrabass 2005 - Celestino V (Davide Remigio-composer, Ignazio Silone-author of literary source, Davide Remigio-text author) 2005 - Cartolina a Mozart, for symphony orchestra 2008 - Canti lucani, for soprano, wind orchestra 2009 - Courage, for soprano and piano 2011 - Polish Landscape, for piano 2012 - Prelude, for flute, cello and accordion 2013 - Hands, for piano four hands 2013 - Alcor for oboe 2014 - Bari Prom, for piano 2015 - Autumn, for chamber orchestra 2016 - Transformation, for violin and cello 2017 - Ritual, for guitar 2018 - Garderns, for sax quartet and four percussionists 2020 - La dolce Mila, for soprano, flute, cello and piano 2021 - Singing the silence, for soprano, alto, tenor and bass

Discography

Italian National Music Committee, Davide Remigio works page, Universal Edition, Davide Remigio personal web-site, discography page.

External sources

Davide Remigio - Official Website , Universal Edition, Sonzogno page, Italian national music committee - Davide Remigio, Davide Remigio, Composizione | Operabase, Remigio Davide-Petruci Music Library , Artisti - Remigio davide | Il Saxofono Italiano .