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Mauro Porro
Mauro Porro - Biography
Cerveteri, 1956

Web: musicaxxi.freeservers.com

E-mail: [email protected]
Allemango (2000)
from "Milllennium suite"
for flute, bassoon and piano

He received his diploma in Electronic Musical Composition and Band Orchestration at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome, and a diploma in Composition at the Conservatory "L. Cherubini" in Florence.
He attended different composition masterclasses and semiinars, both in Italy and abroad, with K.Stockhausen, V.Globokar, J.Villa Rojo, L.Brouwer, G.Gandini. In 1989 he received a scholarship from the University of Granada (Spain) for the ""XX Curso Manuel de Falla".
He was won prizes and received recognition in several composition competitions such as:
Premio Valentino Bucchi Rome 1988 for Perceptible for violin and orchestra;
Premio Valentino Bucchi Rome 1991 for Interference free reception II for piano and orchestra;
Composing Competition H.Wieniawski Poznan (Poland) 1990 for Holograph for solo violin;
Concorso di composizione "G.Contilli" Messina (Italy) 1989 for Interference free reception for octet;
Concorso di composizione "Briccialdi" Terni (Italy) 1988 for  Sonatina per pianoforte;
Concorso "Castello di Belveglio" Asti (Italy) 1989 for Trio basso for viola, cello, double bass;
Concorso RAI Radio3 Rome 1988 for Capriccio per due clarinetti
His music has been performed in many festivals of contemporary music, among which we mention the most important:
Ferienkurse fur Neu Musik, Darmstadt
Festival international de musica y danza, Granada


Synthèse Festival, Bourges 2005
London, 2007
"Rassegna internazionale di musica contemporanea", Udine
"La nuova musica italiana" Concert Series, Rome
"Nuove forme sonore" Concert Series, Rome
"Nuova consonanza" Festival, Rome
"Rassegna di musica contemporanea dell'Accademia Briccialdi", Terni
"Concerti dell'Accademia Castello di Belveglio", Asti
"Concerti dell'Accademia Filarmonica Messinese", Messina
"Concerti de I Solisti di Roma"
"Progetto Musica 2000" contemporary music at the "Acquario Romano"
XVIII Festival Musica del siglo XX Bilbao.
His musical works are published by EDIPAN in Rome and by MUSICINCO in Madrid and recently broadcast by Italian radios.

Updated to 2010