Campogrande Nicola (1969)
Italia
Composer, was born in Turin.
English
He is graduated at the conservatoires of Milan and Paris.
He is fascinated by musical theatre and most of his scores are small or big operas. Anyway, he's developing also a rich chamber music catalogue.
From july 2001 his music is published by Casa Musicale Sonzogno.
In the 2003/04 season Nicola Campogrande will be composer in residence of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Padova e del Veneto directed by Mario Brunello.
As a composer and a critic, he is a lover of the great classical tradition, but in his music he likes bringing together jazz and song, speaking voices and South American rhythms, the breakthroughs of the avant-gardes of the past and the formal structures of tradition.
He's editor of the monthly magazine Sistema Musica and he writes for La Repubblica and Musica! Rock & altro. He works as a presenter for RAI Radio Tre and for the tv magazine “Liaisons”, on the RaiSatShow channel.
He just finished a Pianoconcert (after Bach) and a european tour with his chamber opera Alianti. Now he's writing a collection of “Ink-jet preludes” for the guitarist Elena Casoli and a new piece for the AlterEgo Ensemble. (Updated to 11/2003)
Web: http://www.cematitalia.it/servizi/bio.php?lg=eng&cat=comp&id=51
He is fascinated by musical theatre and most of his scores are small or big operas. Anyway, he's developing also a rich chamber music catalogue.
From july 2001 his music is published by Casa Musicale Sonzogno.
In the 2003/04 season Nicola Campogrande will be composer in residence of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Padova e del Veneto directed by Mario Brunello.
As a composer and a critic, he is a lover of the great classical tradition, but in his music he likes bringing together jazz and song, speaking voices and South American rhythms, the breakthroughs of the avant-gardes of the past and the formal structures of tradition.
He's editor of the monthly magazine Sistema Musica and he writes for La Repubblica and Musica! Rock & altro. He works as a presenter for RAI Radio Tre and for the tv magazine “Liaisons”, on the RaiSatShow channel.
He just finished a Pianoconcert (after Bach) and a european tour with his chamber opera Alianti. Now he's writing a collection of “Ink-jet preludes” for the guitarist Elena Casoli and a new piece for the AlterEgo Ensemble. (Updated to 11/2003)
Web: http://www.cematitalia.it/servizi/bio.php?lg=eng&cat=comp&id=51