1. Announcements :AudiMozart! 2010
(Announcements )

Ciao a tutti! Vi segnalo il V CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE per l'esecuzione dei concerti di MOZART per FLAUTO, oboe, clarinetto, fagotto, corno e ORCHESTRA. Si svolgerà a Rovereto (TN) dal 21 maggio ...

2. Rossini Gioacchino
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

... nel catalogo di Rossini, in qualche elenco impropriamente denominata Serenata per grande orchestra. Il titolo rimanda alle consuetudini settecentesche della musica d'occasione, e in effetti qui Rossini ...

3. Albèniz Isaac
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Albèniz Isaac Immagine Life Formatosi musicalmente al Conservatorio di Madrid, incominciò in giovanissima età la carriera di concertista di pianoforte, tenendo tournèes in diversi ...

4. Alfano Franco
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Alfano Franco Immagine Life Alfano studiò al conservatorio di Napoli (con C. De Nardis e P. Serrao), nel 1895 si perfezionò a Lipsia con H. Sitt e S. Jadassohn; di questa sua formazione ...

5. Chàvez, Carlos
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Chàvez, Carlos Immagine Life Sostanzialmente autodidatta, viaggiò in Europa e negli Stati Uniti svolgendo intensa attività come direttore d’orchestra, conferenziere e organizzatore ...

6. Falla, Manuel de
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Falla, Manuel de Immagine Life De Falla nacque nel 1876 a Cádiz, dove iniziò gli studi musicali; successivamente mosse verso Madrid e poi a Parigi, rintrando a Madrid nel 1914. ...

7. Fano, Guido Alberto
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

... and who brought him into contact with stage-life and with directing orchestras and choirs. At the age of 16, his first teacher, always dear to him, entrusted him to the care of Cesare Pollini, director ...

8. Abe, Keiko
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

... the marimba. After forming her own trio playing commercial light classics, in 1962 she turned to the world of contemporary classical music. In the following years she was employed as an orchestral percussionist ...

9. Aber, Johann
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Aber, Johann Life Johann Aber was an Italian composer and flautist of German descent, living in Milan. In 1765 he was flautist in Sammartini’s orchestra for a concert in honour of ...

10. Abrahamsen, Hans
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

... termed "New Simplicity" that emerged in the mid sixties. Simplification and method are key concepts in Abrahamsen's work. He is one of the generation most outstanding composers, and his orchestral work ...

11. Adams, James B.
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Adams, James B. Life James B. Adams was rather obscure, and he wasn’t famous either. He was an English composer, and he is so unknown that no one even knows when he was born. For that ...

12. Adophe, Bruce
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Adophe, Bruce Life Bruce Adolphe has composed music for Itzhak Perlman, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Beaux Arts Trio, Sylvia McNair, ...

13. Alain, Jehan Ariste
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Alain, Jehan Ariste Life Jehan Ariste Alain was born into a family of organists on February 3rd, 1911 in St-Germain-en-Laye, a suburb in west Paris. His father Albert, was a composer, ...

14. Albert, Stephen
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Albert, Stephen Life Born in New York City on 6 February 1941, Albert began his musical training on the piano, French horn, and trumpet as a youngster. He first studied composition ...

15. Alfvén, Hugo
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Alfvén, Hugo Life A Swedish composer, conductor and violinist, Alfvén was born and had his musical training in Stockholm. He wrote a considerable amount of orchestral, choral, vocal ...

16. Anfossi, Pasquale
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Anfossi, Pasquale Life Pasquale Anfossi, compositor from Taggia (Liguria, Italy), takes place in a troubled moment in building his own space since there was Mozart with his successes ...

17. Arban, Jean-Baptiste
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

... salon orchestras and conducted at the Paris Opera before taking up a post as saxhorn professor at a military school. This eventually led to a professorship of the cornet, his favoured instrument, at the ...

18. Arnold, Malcolm
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Arnold, Malcolm Life Sir Malcolm Arnold was born in Northampton on 21 October 1921. After study at the Royal College of Music, London, he joined the London Philharmonic Orchestra, ...

19. Atterberg, Kurt
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

... administrator and composer. He wrote interesting orchestral music, including nine symphonies, and attractive chamber music, all in approachable style.  ...

20. Aulin, Tor
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Aulin, Tor Life Though Tor Aulin studied composition with Scharwenka, he early career focused on the violin, playing in orchestras, before forming the Aulin Quartet in 1887. It became ...