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

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.

Teacher and Composer

Born in Palermo in 1983, Giuseppe Gammino attended at the Conservatory of Music “V. Bellini” of Palermo, where got a bachelor degree in violin. He attended at the University of Palermo, where he  got his master degree (laurea magistrale) in musicology under the guidance of Massimo Privitera. He played in a lots of orchestras, he collaborates with the press area of the Massimo Theatre of Palermo and the press area of “Musicheria Magazine On-Line”. He attended at the music composition degree course at the Conservatory of Music “C. Monteverdi” of Bolzano, under the guidance of Heinrich Unterhofer. In 2013 his composition Quasi un divertimento for violin and flute, received several praises and positive remarks, at the musical contest Un “divertimento” per la convivenza, organized by the Collegium Musicum of Bolzano. His composition per aspera Ad Astra (2013) for bass clarinet, viola and live electronics, was performed at the Museion, Museum of modern and contemporary art of Bolzano; while the piece Connection failed was performed in November 2014 at the 40th Contemporary Music Festival. In 2016 he was selected among the best three composers as part of the "Residence for Composers" project, organized by the Municipality of Salorno and the "C. Monteverdi ”in Bolzano at the“ Sculpture garden ”of Pochi di Salorno. In July 2016, the piece Siddhartha I was ranked second from the competition organized by the Südtiroler Künstlerbund (SKB) in the context of “Settimane Mahleriane di Dobbiaco”. In 2019 the contemporary music festival of Bolzano commissioned him a piece, Pelle II, performed by the percussionist quartet conTakt on 11/13/2019.