Trame di sangue grigio for orchestra First prize at the 2020 Macht Orchestral Composition CompetitionFirst prize (tie) at the 2020 Virginia Carty deLillo Composition Competition (Baltimore, USA – 2018, rev.2019) 8 min. Dismayed at the unending Syrian crisis, I dedicated this work to all the human blood poured on the sacrificial altar of power. ...
dal nostro cupo sempreverde for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, harp, piano, percussion Commissioned by Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte (Montepulciano, ITALY – 2021) 10 min. The title plays with the verse “from our dark evergreen” from Rilke’s Duino Elegies. In Italian, pairing the words ‘cupo’ and ‘sempreverde’ may leave an interesting level of ambiguity. What is dark...
Three Songs f(or) a Loss Piano solo play_arrow she was foam for pipa and violoncello Commissioned by the Taipei Chinese Orchestra (Taiwan, 2025) 9 min. Foam is something amorphic. Like the Greek nymph Britomartis who, turned into sea foam, is doomed to constantly wet the shore as in an amorphic present, devoid of memory...
Meditation on pascha nostrum Orchestration of an original composition by Massimo Scapin (1.2.2.1, 2.2.0.0, timp, strings) Commissioned by M° Scapin & the Patrons of Sacred Music (Chicago, US – 2025) Vent du soir ou l’horrible festin Opera buffa by Jacques Offenbach Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Accademia del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Scuola di Musica...