Composers

STUDIES
- 2003: Degree in Philosophy (Aesthetics) at the State University of Milan
- 1996-1997: Studies of conducting in Rome, Milan and Hungary
- 1985-1990: Composition courses with Brian Ferneyhough and Gerard Grisey
- 1989: Degree in Composition at Milan Conservatory "G.Verdi"
- 1979: High school diploma in classical studies

TEACHING IN CONSERVATORIES
- 2002 tenure as Professor of Composition and Music Analysis at Trapani Conservatory "A. Scontrino" (Sicily).
- 1990-2002: teaching Composition, Harmony and Counterpoint in several Italian Conservatories.

SEMINARS  IN UNIVERSITIES
- February 2009: Listening to music: between sensaton and imagination (Séminaire Esthétique et Cognition, Université de Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne/CNRS)
- May 2008: Percorsi di senso all'interno del Marteau sans maître di P. Boulez (Università di Palermo, Cattedra di Storia della musica contemporanea);                                                                                                                              
- April 2008: Rhetorical figures and musical thought: some practicable XX century path (University of Helsinki, 12th International Doctoral and Postdoctoral Seminar on Musical Semiotics);                           
- October 2007: Interpretazioni musicali della poetica simbolista: Debussy e oltre (Università degli Studi di Milano, Dip. di Filologia moderna);                                                                                         
- May 2005: Sul concetto di ornamento in musica, architettura, retorica  (Università di Palermo, Cattedra di Storia della musica contemporanea)

MEMBERSHIPS
- Member of the Permanent Seminar of Music Philosophy, founded by G. Piana at the University of Milan.
- Member of the SIdAM (Italian Society of Musical Analysis) board.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
- relationships between music and other arts;
- phenomenology of sound and music;
- analysis and composition methodology;
- aural training.

PUBLICATIONS
- Rhetorical figures and musical thought: some practicable 20th century paths
  in Acta Semiotica Fennica [under review], University of Helsinki,
- Riflessioni di un compositore sul rumore.
   in "De Musica", Anno XII, 2008, (http://users.unimi.it/~gpiana/dm12idxrd.htm)
- Educazione dell'orecchio? Cambiare rotta!
    in "Lunarionuovo/musica" n.1 - Prova d'Autore Ed.. Catania, 2006
- Pensare  globalmente. Agire localmente. L'esperienza dell'educazione dell'orecchio al Conservatorio di Trapani.
   "Spectrum" n. 12, Curci,  Milan, 2005
- Osservazioni sull'ascolto.
   in "Spectrum" n. 4, quadrimestrale della SIdAM, Curci, Milan, 2003
- Il concetto di ornamento in musica. Tensioni ed estensioni.
   in "De Musica", Anno VII, 2003
- Intorno al senso dell'op.10 di Anton Webern.
  in "Quaderni della Civica Scuola di Musica" n. 23-24, December ‘93;
- Su alcuni  nostri problemi: riflessioni e invito alla discussione.
  in Musica / Realtà n. 41, August ‘93.

PAPERS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
- Forme della retorica e pensiero musicale: intersezioni del XX secolo
 International Conference "Strategie retoriche nel linguaggio musicale", Conservatory of Trapani, March 2008
- Interdisciplinarietà della Composizione.
 National Conference of SIdAM "Una riforma incompiuta: gli studi musicali al bivio", October 2005
- Sulla centralità dell'Analisi per la didattica compositiva.
 3rd International Conference of SIdAM, Gubbio, July ‘92.

COMPOSING ACTIVITY
Since 1983 his music has been performed in Italy, in concert seasons organised by contemporary music institutions in Rome, Venice, Turin, Perugia, Cagliari, Catania, and Milan (Teatro alla Scala, and Teatro Studio), where he received a commission by CRT (Center for Theatrical Research).
He has been invited to many festivals, such as Amsterdam Holland Festival ('86), Darmstadt Ferienkurse für Neue Musik ('88), Nagasaki Music Space "il Milione" (‘95), Mexico City Centro National de las Artes ('96) Barcellona Centre de Cultura Contemporania (2004).
His music has been broadcast by RAI (National Italian Radio-Television), and performed by famous contemporary interpreters and conductors, such as Roberto Fabbriciani, Annamaria Morini, Enzo Porta, Georg Mönch, Anton Martynov, Michiko Hirayama, Mary Lindsay, Ciro Scarponi, Maurizio Benomar, Tapio Tuomela, Emilio Pomarico, Sandro Gorli.
His works are published by BMG-Ricordi (Milan),  Edipan (Rome),  ArsPublica (Pisa).