Lorenzo Ferrero
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| Born | November 17, 1951  Turin, Italy |
| Genre(s) | Classical, musical theatre |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, conductor, artistic director |
| Years active | 1974 to present |
| Label(s) | BMG Agora, Naxos Records, Nuova Era, ORF, Philips, Ricordi |
| Website | www.LeonardBernstein.com |
Lorenzo Ferrero (b. 1951) is a contemporary Italian composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works and music for the theatre. He was initially self-taught. From 1969 to 1972, he studied composition with Massimo Bruni and Enore Zaffiri at the Conservatorio di Musica di Torino (Turin music conservatory). He then earned a degree in aesthetics at the Università di Torino in 1974, with a thesis on John Cage.
Lorenzo Ferrero did research on electronic music at the experimental studio of Bourges in 1972-3 and at the Musik-Dia-Licht Film Gallery in Munich in 1974.
Lorenzo Ferrero has received commissions for works performed at numerous festivals and institutions. His particular interest is the theatre. He is also an active conductor of opera and other arts events. He has served as artistic director of the Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago (from 1980-84); the Unione Musicale in Turin (1983-87); the Arena di Verona (1991-94); the Musica 2000 fair; the Venice Biennale, and (since 1999) the Festa della Musica, a showcase of classical, jazz, and world music, held in Milan.
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[edit] Works summary
In addition to the works listed below and other original self-contained musical works, including choral and vocal works and pieces for solo piano, for organ and for harpsichord, in 1994 Ferrero completed the orchestration of the third version of La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini. He has also written incidental music for stage productions.
[edit] Ballet
- Invito a nozze (1978)
[edit] Operas
- Rimbaud, ou le fils du soleil (1978)
- La figlia del mago (1981)
- Mare nostro (1985)
- Night (1985)
- Salvatore Giuliano (1986)
- Charlotte Corday (1989)
- Le bleu-blanc-rouge et le noir (1989) (a marionette opera with libretto by Anthony Burgess after Jean-Pierre Carasso)
- The Birth of Orpheus (1996)
The Conquest (2005)
[edit] Orchestral works
- Ellipse IV (Waldmusik) (1974)
- Adagio cantabile (1977)
- My blues (1982)
- Thema 44 (ad honorem J. Haydn) (1982)
- Portella della Ginestra (1986)
- Four Modern Dances (1990)
- Zaubermarsch (1990)
- Concerto for piano and orchestra (1991)
- Paesaggio con figura (1994)
- Concerto for violin, cello, piano, orchestra (1994-95)
- Palm Beach Overture (1995)
- Capriccio for piano and string orchestra (1996)
- Three Baroque Buildings (1997) for bassoon, trumpet, and orchestra
- Championship Suite (1997)
- La Nueva España (1992-99), a set of six symphonic poems
- La Noche Triste (1996)
- La ruta de Cortes (1992)
- La memoria del fuego (1998)
- Presagios (1999)
- El encuentro (1999)
- La matanza del templo mayor (1999)
- Rastrelli in St. Petersburg (2000) for oboe and string orchestra
- Two Cathedrals in the South (2001) for trumpet and string orchestra
[edit] Instrumental works
- My rock (1985) (versions for piano and for big band)
- Canzoni d’amore for voice and 9 instruments (1985)
- Ostinato for six cellos (1987)
- Parodia for 14 instruments
- Storie di neve (music for the opening ceremony of the World Ski Championship at Sestrières)
- Movimento americano (1992) for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, string quartet
- Five Easy Pieces (1994) for flute and piano (version of a piano work)
- Portrait (1994) for string quartet
- Tempo di quartetto(1996-98) for string quartet
- Glamorama Spies (2000) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
- Sonata for viola and piano (2000)
- Moonlight Sonata (2001) for 5 percussion instruments
