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Fausto Romitelli - Biography
Gorizia, 1963 - 2004
Gorizia, 1963 - 2004
Natura morta con fiamme
for string quartet and electronics (1992)
He obtained his diploma in composition at the "Giuseppe Verdi" Conservatory of Milan and then specialized at Accademia Chigiana, Siena and Scuola Civica, Milan. In 1991 he moved to Paris so as to study the new technologies and to attend the course of music informatics held by IRCAM, the institute with which he also collaborated in 1993 and 1995 as "compositeur en recherche".
His works were selected and awarded prizes in various international competitions (Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Graz, Milan, Stockholm, Siena). In 1989 he won first prize in the "Alfredo Casella" International Composition Competition of Siena.
His compositions have been programmed by numerous European festivals (Strasbourg Musica-Festival; Ars Musica, Brussels; ISCM Festival, Frankfurt and Stockholm; Festival Présences, Radio France; Saison Ircam-InterContemporain, Paris; Saison Musicale du Centre Pompidou, Paris; Royaumont Festival; Musiques en Scène, Lyon; Styrian Autumn Festival, Graz; Gaudeamus Festival, Amsterdam; Gulbenkian Festival, Lisbon; Filarmonisch Season, Brussels; Venice Biennial; Milano Musica; Nuove Sincronie, Milan; Di Nuova Musica, Reggio Emilia; Romaeuropa Festival; Accademia di Francia, Villa Medici, Rome; Ferienkurse, Darmstadt; Salle Patiño, Geneva; CDMC and Autumn Festival, Madrid; Time of Music Festival, Helsinki; Hungarian Radio Festival, Budapest) and by orchestras and ensembles (L'Itinéraire, Courtcircuit, InterContemporain, Ensemble FA, 2E2M, Ictus, Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, Recherche, Nieuw Ensemble, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Alter Ego, Hungarian Radio Children's Choir, Orchestra Toscanini, Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Orchestre Philarmonique de Radio France).
He has had music commissioned by: the French Ministry of Culture (Acid Dreams & Spanish Queens and Professor Bad Trip: Lesson I), the Austrian State, Romaeuropa Festival, Association ORCOFI pour l'Opéra, la Musique et les Arts (Mediterraneo), Radio France (Cupio Dissolvi), IRCAM (En trance), Gulbenkian Foundation (The Nameless City), Fondation Royaumont (Lost), Milano Musica (The Poppy in the Cloud), Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles (Professor Bad Trip: Lesson II), Ictus (Professor Bad Trip: Lesson III), L'Itinéraire (Blood on the Floor, Painting 1986).
Future projects include commissions from the Orchestre Philarmonique de Radio France, the Orchestra Toscanini, the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Agon, Manca Festival of Nice, Royaumont Festival.
Updated to 03/2005 His works were selected and awarded prizes in various international competitions (Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Graz, Milan, Stockholm, Siena). In 1989 he won first prize in the "Alfredo Casella" International Composition Competition of Siena.
His compositions have been programmed by numerous European festivals (Strasbourg Musica-Festival; Ars Musica, Brussels; ISCM Festival, Frankfurt and Stockholm; Festival Présences, Radio France; Saison Ircam-InterContemporain, Paris; Saison Musicale du Centre Pompidou, Paris; Royaumont Festival; Musiques en Scène, Lyon; Styrian Autumn Festival, Graz; Gaudeamus Festival, Amsterdam; Gulbenkian Festival, Lisbon; Filarmonisch Season, Brussels; Venice Biennial; Milano Musica; Nuove Sincronie, Milan; Di Nuova Musica, Reggio Emilia; Romaeuropa Festival; Accademia di Francia, Villa Medici, Rome; Ferienkurse, Darmstadt; Salle Patiño, Geneva; CDMC and Autumn Festival, Madrid; Time of Music Festival, Helsinki; Hungarian Radio Festival, Budapest) and by orchestras and ensembles (L'Itinéraire, Courtcircuit, InterContemporain, Ensemble FA, 2E2M, Ictus, Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, Recherche, Nieuw Ensemble, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Alter Ego, Hungarian Radio Children's Choir, Orchestra Toscanini, Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Orchestre Philarmonique de Radio France).
He has had music commissioned by: the French Ministry of Culture (Acid Dreams & Spanish Queens and Professor Bad Trip: Lesson I), the Austrian State, Romaeuropa Festival, Association ORCOFI pour l'Opéra, la Musique et les Arts (Mediterraneo), Radio France (Cupio Dissolvi), IRCAM (En trance), Gulbenkian Foundation (The Nameless City), Fondation Royaumont (Lost), Milano Musica (The Poppy in the Cloud), Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles (Professor Bad Trip: Lesson II), Ictus (Professor Bad Trip: Lesson III), L'Itinéraire (Blood on the Floor, Painting 1986).
Future projects include commissions from the Orchestre Philarmonique de Radio France, the Orchestra Toscanini, the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Agon, Manca Festival of Nice, Royaumont Festival.