Bo Sonia (1960)
Italia
Composer, was born in Lecco.
English
Bo, Sonia (b. March 27, 1960, Lecco). Italian composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, organ, and electroacoustic works that have been successfully performed across Europe and in Asia and the USA.
Ms. Bo received her diploma in piano in 1981 and in choral music and conducting in 1983. She studied composition under Renato Dionisi and Azio Corghi at the Conservatorio di Milano, where she received her diploma with full marks in 1985. In 1988, she completed the postgraduate studies at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome with Franco Donatoni.
She has received many awards, including First prizes at the Guido d’Arezzo Composers Competition (1985, for Frammenti da Jacopone), the composition competition of the European Cultural Foundation (1985, for Da una lettura di Husserl) and the composition competition G. Savagnone in Rome (1986, for Quartetto). In addition, she has received First Prize at the international composition competition Alpe Adria Giovani in Trieste (1988, for Due Bagatelle) and a gold plate at the international Premio Città di Trieste (1995, for Synopsis).
She has also earned many acknowledgments in international and national competitions, such as the Okanagan Music Festival for Composers (Canada, 1983) and the prizes Friuli (1985), Ennio Porrino (1985), Franco Evangelisti (1987), and Valentino Bucchi (1989).
Her compositions have been performed at many international and national festivals, such as Spaziomusica (Cagliari), Traiettorie sonore (Como), the Teatro Comunale and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Florence), the Teatro alla Scala (Milan), the Nuova Consonanza and Nuovi Spazi Musicali (directed by Ada Gentile) (Rome), the Antidogma (Turin), and the Biennale (Venice). In addition, Festival Focus at Juilliard (New York), the Almeida (London), Nieuwe Muziek (Middelburg), Musica Nova (Sofia), and Europhonia (Zagreb) festivals have featured her music, which has also been broadcast in Europe and abroad.
Since 1997, she has taught composition at the Conservatorio di Milano and has previously taught at universities in Ferrara, Verona, Pesaro, and Piacenza.
Ricordi is the principal publisher of her works, while Curci, Edipan and Rugginenti also publish some of her works.
She is married to the composer Giuseppe Colardo.
Web: http://www.composers21.com/compdocs/bosonia.htm (2010)
Ms. Bo received her diploma in piano in 1981 and in choral music and conducting in 1983. She studied composition under Renato Dionisi and Azio Corghi at the Conservatorio di Milano, where she received her diploma with full marks in 1985. In 1988, she completed the postgraduate studies at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome with Franco Donatoni.
She has received many awards, including First prizes at the Guido d’Arezzo Composers Competition (1985, for Frammenti da Jacopone), the composition competition of the European Cultural Foundation (1985, for Da una lettura di Husserl) and the composition competition G. Savagnone in Rome (1986, for Quartetto). In addition, she has received First Prize at the international composition competition Alpe Adria Giovani in Trieste (1988, for Due Bagatelle) and a gold plate at the international Premio Città di Trieste (1995, for Synopsis).
She has also earned many acknowledgments in international and national competitions, such as the Okanagan Music Festival for Composers (Canada, 1983) and the prizes Friuli (1985), Ennio Porrino (1985), Franco Evangelisti (1987), and Valentino Bucchi (1989).
Her compositions have been performed at many international and national festivals, such as Spaziomusica (Cagliari), Traiettorie sonore (Como), the Teatro Comunale and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Florence), the Teatro alla Scala (Milan), the Nuova Consonanza and Nuovi Spazi Musicali (directed by Ada Gentile) (Rome), the Antidogma (Turin), and the Biennale (Venice). In addition, Festival Focus at Juilliard (New York), the Almeida (London), Nieuwe Muziek (Middelburg), Musica Nova (Sofia), and Europhonia (Zagreb) festivals have featured her music, which has also been broadcast in Europe and abroad.
Since 1997, she has taught composition at the Conservatorio di Milano and has previously taught at universities in Ferrara, Verona, Pesaro, and Piacenza.
Ricordi is the principal publisher of her works, while Curci, Edipan and Rugginenti also publish some of her works.
She is married to the composer Giuseppe Colardo.
Web: http://www.composers21.com/compdocs/bosonia.htm (2010)
Composizioni (3)
| Titolo | Editore | Strumentazione | Anno |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUE BAGATELLE | RICORDI | fl, guit | 1988 |
| IL DITTATORE (section of «Filastrocche del cavallo parlante», text by Gianni Rodari, may be performed separately) (2 guit+reciter) |6'30| | SCONFINARTE | 2001 | |
| IL GENTILUOMO DI LIVORNO (section of «Filastrocche del cavallo parlante», text by Gianni Rodari) | non pubblicata | voice, 4 fl, 8 guit, 4 vl, pno, 3 perc | 2001 |