About Martino Traversa
Born 1960. Martino Traversa is an Italian composer.
Martino Traversa (born 1960) is a composer of classical, electronic and electroacoustic music.
Martino Traversa has studied piano, composition, electronic music and Information Technology. He graduated in Improvisation Technique at the "Accademia di Alto Perfezionamento" in Pescara. He attended to 3-yearly summer courses in Siena. Has studied at Salzburg's Mozarteum and at CCRMA (Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustic) at Stanford University.
He studied with Luigi Nono from 1987 to 1989. In 1990, he founded and managed Ensemble Edgard Varèse, with Luigi Nono's support. In 1991, he launched "Traiettorie", an international festival of modern and contemporary music. In 1999, Martino Traversa founded the Prometeo Foundation, a resident laboratory of cultural activities, related to physiques, arts and philosophy.
He regularly composes and researches the field of electronics applied to musical acoustic. Martino Traversa is professor of music at the University of Parma.
Traversa's CDs are published by Kairos, Stradivarius, and Neos.
Selected compositions Octeur 4d Bianco, ma non troppo Rimane l'eco Manhattan Bridge Come un suono, dal suono del mondo Dopo il respiro Landscape Quadrato bianco, su sfondo bianco
Selected compositions – electroacoustic music Bianco, ma non troppo Quartetto per viola sola Fragment 1, for alto and live electronic Fragment 2, for sax and live electronic
Selected compositions – electronic music Poeme electronique Bianco Variazioni sopra un labirinto Critical_Path Esclepion NGC 253
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Martino Traversa is Italian.
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