Franco Venturini

Franco Venturini (born August 2, 1977 in Forlimpopoli, Forlì) is an Italian musician based in Paris. From the earliest age he demonstrated an uncommon attitude towards classical music, which led him to pursue a musical career. He started as a pianist, later devoting himself to composition mainly in the fields of contemporary classical music and electronic music.

Biography and career Training Venturini graduated in piano with honors from the "B. Maderna" Conservatory of Cesena; the diploma in electronic music with honors at the G. B. Martini Conservatory of Bologna; 2nd level master in music composition, theory and research at the University of Paris VIII in the piano and in the contemporary piano repertoire;

Masterclasses Master Class of piano and chamber music with:

Michele Campanella, Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Siena, 2000–2006. Fusignano, 1999; Francesco La Licata, Atelier of chamber music of the XX century, Republic of San Marino, 2002; giving concerts at the Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music, at the Brisbane Festival, at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore.

His performances and compositions have been broadcast on various radio stations (Radio France Musique, Radio Österreich 1, RaiRadio3). He has made several premieres and recordings. He has held conferences-concerts and seminars on contemporary piano music in conservatories and universities (Rome Tre, University of Burgundy, University of Paris VIII, Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris).

Compositions Partial list of compositions:

Arachne (2014) for flute in G Beati pauperes spiritu (2012) for 2 violins, viola, cello Dàimones (2013) for violin, cello, piano, Duration: 15'00 Pensées sur la mort (2011) for flute, saxophone, piano Progetto-Dante (2012), Musical journey in 12 stations on the Divine Comedy: INFERNO, descent – PURGATORY, ascent and Beatitudes – PARADISO, song and three studies on light for 2 violins, viola, cello, Duration: 60'00 Sur l'aile du tourbillon intelligent (2010) for piano

Audio-video recordings DVD Beethoven & Risonanze with Innen – M. G. Bellocchio, piano – S. Fedele Foundation. DVD Dante with Beati pauperes spiritu, beati misericordes – Prometeo Quartet – S. Fedele Foundation. DVD Unirsi al cielo with Metallomorfosi – Klangforum Wien – S. Fedele Foundation. CD with Sur l'aile du tourbillon intelligent – Franco Venturini, piano – Associazione G.E.R.M.I. Rome.

Awards 2nd award (1st not assigned), Modern recorder project – Composition Competition – Musikinstitut Darmstadt. Prix Albert Roussel and Prix SACEM, 8ème Concours International de piano d’Orléans. 2nd prize, 15th Trío di Trieste Award – Giampaolo Coral award – International Composition Competition 3rd prize, Leibniz' Harmonien – Internationaler Kompositionswettbewerb – Hannover. 1st prize, Call for Scores GERMI 2010, MusicaL Association G.E.R.M.I. – Rome. Honorable mention, 2009 Farnesina Sound Award for composers, CEMAT – Rome. Selected for the 9th forum de la jeune création musicale, S.I.M.C. – Paris. 3 "Felice and Luigi Magone" awards, Composition – Conservatory of Bologna category. 5th Review of Best Italian Graduates, CD registration of the winners.

Educational activities Piano, theory and solfeggio – music school «C. Confetta », Reggio Emilia, 2007–2008 Study of the score – School of the Italian Opera of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, 2009–2010 Analysis of the repertoire for strings – Conservatorio "G. B. Martini" in Bologna, 2011–2012 Theory, Analysis, Composition – "C. Sigonio" state musical high school, Modena, 2016–2017 Executive practice of the contemporary repertoire – Conservatorio " G. B. Martini ", Bologna, 2017–2018 – 2018–2019 Techniques of impromptu reading – Conservatory of Bologna, A.A. 2018/2019.

Pedagogical projects Venturini has created educational projects with the Parisian ensemble Soundinitiative of which he is a member, aimed at raising awareness of the practice of improvisation, group interaction and the use of information technology:

On improvisation – Saint-Gratien, Val-d'Oise (Île de France), 2016 On registration and composition by computer media – Saint-Gratien, 2017 On ensemble music – Conservatory of Étampes (Île de France), 2018 On improvisation and interaction with the video image and electronic media, at conservatories in Val-d'Oise and in Essonne (Île de France), 2018–2019.

Others activities He has also been an accompanying pianist and substitute schoolmaster for the Arturo Toscanini Foundation of Parma, the Orchestra Luigi Cherubini founded by Riccardo Muti, singing courses held by E. Dara, P. Coni and C. Forte for the Teatro Comunale di Piacenza.