Composers

Massimo Carlentini obtained his diploma in Pianoforte at the "A. Corelli" Conservatory of Messina and in Electronic Music with Alessandro Cipriani at the Istituto Musicale "V. Bellini" of Catania. He also studied Composition with Eliodoro Sollima and attended several masterclasses held by Ennio Morricone, Aldo Clementi, Franco Donatoni, Giacomo Manzoni, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Barry Truax, Alvise Vidolin. 

His works have been selected and performed at various national and international festivals: in Italy ("La Terra Fertile", L'Aquila 1998; "Musica Verticale", Rome 2000; Goethe Institut-Rom, Rome 2003; "Orestiadi di Gibellina, Palermo 2004), Chile (Chile University, Santiago 2000), Puerto Rico ("Paz Para Viequez", Puerto Rico 2000), Great Britain (MAXIS Festival/Symposium, Sheffield 2002), France (Cycle of Computer Music Concerts, Paris 2002; Festival Synthèse, Bourges 2002), Korea (Seoul International Computer Music Festival, Seoul 2002), USA (Ninth Biennial Symposium on Arts and Technology, New London, Connecticut 2003; "Pulse Field", Atlanta, Georgia 2003), Australia ("Hearing Place", Melbourne 2003). In addition, his compositions have been included in various musical events in collaboration with Universitites and with Istituto Musicale "V. Bellini" and Teatro Massimo of Catania.
Carlentini has collaborated as composer with visual artists, realizing the music for two videos which were presented at the multi-media festival "Suonimmagine", Catania in 2000.

He also composed an electronic opera: L'Universo dei bambini which was performed at Lecco in 2004 by pupils of the Caprino Bergamasco, Bergamo Primary School.

His compositions have been awarded prizes or honorary mentions in various international competitions, including: International "Luigi Russolo" Competition, Varese 2000 and International Computer Music Conference, Havana, 2001 (Mutamenti); International "Musica Nova" Computer Music Competition, Prague 2001 (Recycled); Concours International de Musique et d'Art Sonore Electroacoustiques, Bourges 2002 (Riflessioni di un prisma) and 2005 (riversi Mondi diversi).

His works have been published by: ARS Publica, L'Aquila 1998; Fondazione "Russolo-Pratella"/CECM, Varese 2001; ICMC, Havana, Cuba 2001; Suvini Zerboni, Milan 2001; Society for Electroacoustic Music, Prague, Czech Republic 2001; DISContact, Montreal, Canada 2003; Electronic Music Foundation, New York, USA 2005; Federazione CEMAT, Rome, 2005.