Useless machines

Kuopio Symphony Orchestra's Brass

Vitoldas Sokolnikas - trumpet
Tuomas Setälä - french horn
Jon Roskilly - trombone

Live recorded on September 4th 2022, Kaivos-festivaali, Outokumpu (FIN)

Macchina del vento (macchina inutile n.4) (2020) - for brass trio

Concrète [Lab] Ensemble

Teresa Costa - flute
Tiago Mourato - clarinet
Pedro Rolo - trombone
Gonçalo Flores - percussions
Rui C. Antunes - violin
Pedro do Carmo - cello
Raquel Leite - double bass

João Quinteiro - conductor

Live recorded on July 31st 2024, Miso Music Portugal, O'culto da Ajuda, Lisbon (PT) 

Mining waste (macchina inutile n.5) (2024) - for ensemble

Keiko Murakami - bass flute

Live recorded at Teatro Concordia, San Marino, 25/07/2018

Studio dei movimenti di una macchina inutile (2018) - for bass flute

Daniele Vulpiani was born in Rome in 1989.
His musical ideas are connected with architecture, philosophy and studies on perception.
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Daniele studied composition with Marialuisa Balza at PIMS in Rome and with Daniele Bravi at “U. Giordano” Conservatoire in Foggia. He also graduated in philosophy at “Roma Tre” University in Rome. He then studied at “Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia” (Rome) with Ivan Fedele (composition) and Michelangelo Lupone (electronic music). Daniele enhanced his studying experiences by attending several masterclasses with Stefano Gervasoni, Eero Hämeenniemi, Mauro Lanza, Marco Stroppa and Francesca Verunelli.
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Among some of the remarkable ensembles and soloists that have performed his music are Quatuor Diotima, Concrète [Lab] Ensemble, Blow Up Percussion, Kuopio Symphony Orchestra's Brass, Echéa Quartet, Quartetto Sincronie, Arrigoni String Orchestra and Ensemble Novecento conducted by Pasquale Corrado, h[t] DUO, Duo Dubois, pianists Anna D'Errico and Maurizio Paciariello, harpsichordist Davide Cicconi, euphonist Marina Boselli, cellist Helena Švigelj, saxophonist Alberto Napolitano and flutists Keiko Murakami, Renata Guzik and Iwona Glinka.
His music is published by Stradivarius Edizioni (Milan) and Da Vinci Publishing (Osaka).
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Daniele's work has been performed at major festivals and venues like Impuls Festival (Graz), Miso Music Portugal (Lisbon), Auditorium E. Morricone - Parco della Musica (Rome), Festival ArteScienza (Rome), Signal to Noise (Trento), Teatro Politeama Garibaldi (Palermo), Castello Sforzesco (Milan), Kaivos-festivaali (Outokumpu), Španski Borci Cultural Center (Ljubliana), An Art Artistry (Athens), Narnia Festival (Narni), Teatro Concordia (San Marino), Festival Spazio Freon (Rome), San Vito Musica Contemporanea (Pordenone), Festival Rumore Bianco (Foggia), Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music (Rome).
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He won First Prize at the VI International Competition “SIMM 2021 – nuove musiche per clavicembalo” (Milan), Second Prize (First Prize not assigned) at the “2021 Busan Maru International Music Festival Composition Competition” (Busan, KR), and Third Prize at the “ICU International Composers Contest” (Odessa).
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He is currently teaching composition at "N. Sala" Conservatoire in Benevento (Italy).