L'ULTIMO ORIZZONTE - rituale per l'Infinito (2019)

Miyamoto Yasuko, percussion

Recorded on 20 December 2020 at the Kusatsu Amica Hall, Shiga (Japan) as part of the Online Festival "generations - riverside of time" 2020.

L'Ultimo Orizzonte - rituale per l'Infinito

Execution on 20 July 2016, during the Mahlerian weeks, at the Mahler hall in Dobbiaco.
Director: Kasper de Roo.

The piece was second classified at the Kompositionswettbewerb des Südtiroler Künstlerbundes (SKB) - Composition Competition of the Südtiroler Künstlerbund.

https://www.kuenstlerbund.org/de/info/archiv/veranstaltungen/2016/kompositionswettbewerb-des-skb-konzert-der-finalisten-mit-preisvergabe

Siddharta I for bass clarinet, cello, piano, accordion and tam-tam

Execution of December 2013 in Bolzano at the Dominican church.

Vivamus for alto flute, clarinet and string quartet

World premiere in Bolzano.
Execution on 19 September 2013 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Museion.

Roberta Gottardi: Clarinetto basso - Bassklarinette
Gabriele Croci: Viola - Bratsche

per aspera AD ASTRA for bass clarinet, viola and live electronics

Labirinto excerpt from Sogno di Dedalo.
Piece written and performed during the "Residence for composers" Salorno, July 1-7 2016, Garden of Sculptures by Sieglinde Tatz-Borgogno.
Conductor: Giuseppe Gammino
Text taken from Sogni di Sogni, A. Tabucchi.

for the full track contact:
gigammino@gmail.com

Labirinto [excerpt from Sogno di Dedalo] for electric guitar, percussion, soprano and didgeridoo

Extract from "Pelle II", for four percussionists.
World premiere November 13, 2019 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bolzano on the occasion of the 45 contemporary music festival.
Performed by the conTakt group.
Taken from the poem by G. Rodari, Pelle.

for the full track contact:
gigammino@gmail.com

Pelle II [excerpt] for four percussionists

Corridoio excerpt from Sogno di Dedalo.
Piece written and performed during the "Residence for composers" Salorno, July 1-7 2016, Garden of Sculptures by Sieglinde Tatz-Borgogno.
Conductor: Giuseppe Gammino
Text taken from Sogni di Sogni, A. Tabucchi.

for the full track contact:
gigammino@gmail.com

Corridoio [excerpt from Sogno di Dedalo] for electric guitar, percussion, soprano and didgeridoo

Selene excerpt from Sogno di Dedalo.
Piece written and performed during the "Residence for composers" Salorno, July 1-7 2016, Garden of Sculptures by Sieglinde Tatz-Borgogno.
Conductor: Giuseppe Gammino
Text taken from Sogni di Sogni, A. Tabucchi.

for the full track contact:
gigammino@gmail.com

Selene [excerpt from Sogno di Dedalo] for electric guitar, percussion, soprano and didgeridoo

Finalist piece in the competition announced by the Collegium Musicum of Bolzano, Un “divertimento” per la convivenza.

Based on the poem by U. Saba "Quasi una moralità".

for the full track:
gigammino@gmail.com

Scherzo [III mov. of "Quasi un divertimento"] for flute and violin

Dialogo [IV mov. of "Quasi un divertimento"] for flute and violin

Prefazione [I mov. of "Quasi un divertimento"] for flute and violin

Born in Bolzano on June 20, 1989, Alessio Ferrante studied composition with Heinrich Unterhofer and Luca Macchi at the "C. Monteverdi" Conservatory in Bolzano, and later with Carlo Forlivesi at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart.

Alessio Ferrante has received recognition in international competitions, including the second prize in the “Works for Choir Organ and Voices" category at the International Composition Competition #SaintSulpice2021 and the Giacomo Leopardi Award at the International Composers' Competition “Unique Forms of Continuity in Space”. He was also a finalist in the Opera Oggi competition organized by the Theaters of the OperaLombardia Circuit in 2016, and he participated in the European Composers' Professional Development Programme in 2010.

His compositions have been performed by orchestras and ensembles at both national and international levels. Notable performers include Ensemble 10:10 conducted by Clark Rundell from Liverpool, Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento conducted by Pietari Inkinen, conTakt Percussion Group, Sequenza 9.3 vocal ensemble conducted by Catherine Simonpietri, MotoContrario ensemble, Percussion Group Moitié, and soloists such as Ulpiana Aliaj, Roberta Gottardi, Caroline Mayrhofer, Teofil Milenkovic, Roberto Gander, and Miyamoto Yasuko.

His works have been featured in prestigious concert seasons and music festivals, including the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Contemporanea (Udine), Transart, Contemporary Music Festival of Bolzano, Mittelfest (Cividale del Friuli), ReMusica Festival (Prishtina), and the concert season of the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento.

L'Ultimo Orizzonte - rituale per l'Infinito

Alessio Ferrante

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