Composers

Ada Gentile took her piano and composition diplomas in 1972 and 1974 at "S.Cecilia" Conservatory in Rome. In 1975-76 she followed an advanced course held by Goffredo Petrassi at the "Accademia di S.Cecilia". She has won several international composition competitions (Gaudeamus 1982, I.S.C.M. Budapest 1986, I.S.C.M. Essen 1995). Her works have been performed in Europe, the U.S.A, Canada, China, Japan, Australia and South America in prestigious musical centres such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Metropolitan and Carnegie Hall in New York, Teatro Real in Madrid, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Concertgebouw, the Accademia Nazionale di S.Cecilia in Rome, the F.Liszt Academy in Budapest, the Central Conservatory of Beijing (China), the Krakow Music Academy, the "La Fenice" theater in Venice etc. She has been invited to the most important festivals of contemporary music and has got several commissions from the Radio Orchestras of Rome, Naples and Milano, from the National Academy of S.Cecilia, from the French Ministry of Culture, from the 4th Munchener Biennale etc. Her works (about 70, for soloists, chamber group, orchestra and theater) have been published mostly by Bmg-RICORDI and RAITRADE and recorded by RICORDI, EDT, NICCOLO’, UNMUS (Canada) and TIRRENO (Suisse). She has been invited to make lectures in the USA (at Columbia University, Northwestern University, Julliard School, Manhattan School of Music, Wayne State University, Florida Intern.University, Chicago University, Mannes College in NY etc.), in China (Hong Kong, Shangai, Beijing) in Cuba, Korea and all over Europe. For 3 years (2001-2002-2003) has organized, with a terrific success, the “Festival of Italian New Music” in Beijing, on account of the Italian Institute of Culture, programming works by more then 50 italian composers. Since 1978 is Art Director of the contemporary music Festival "Nuovi Spazi Musicali" in Rome; from 1993 until 1997 she has been in the board of the Venice Biennale and, from August 1996 until December 1999, Art Director of the lyric theater "V.Basso" in Ascoli Piceno.
One of her most important works, "CANTATA PER LA PACE" (for large orchestra, choir and reciter), commissioned by the Vatican, was premiered with great success in Rome on 30th December 2000 to close the series "Concerts for the Great Jubilee" and repeated in Brasilia, St. Petersburg, Seoul, Beijing, Taipei, New York, Rostov, Kiev and Ascoli Piceno. In the spring 2009 has been presented her monographic CD called “Un’ansia di pace” (published by RaiTrade) with this piece, for large orchestra, choir and reciter and another 5 pieces written in the last six years. Her last piece called “Torre del Guado”, will be premiered in NewYork on 19th February 2012 by the “North-South Chamber Orchestra” conducted by Max LIFCHITZ.