Pièce sélectionnée aux Ateliers de Compositeurs 2021
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne,
Baldur Brönnimann, direction

Musica Absoluta

Music by Aram Bajakian, Heather Leigh, Woo, Opez, Kikagaku Moyo, Fabiano do Nascimiento, Bruno Pitruzzella & others.

Diva Futura -  Atmospheres Of Strings vol. 1

Piccolo pezzo composto al volo, come momento di colonna sonora di film di Giuseppe Schillaci.  È una sorta di "ipervariazione" da piccolo frammento d'una delle Variazioni che il palermitano Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) compose per cembalo sul "Tema della Follia" (una specifica sequenza di note e/o accordi, molto diffusa in tutta Europa dal Medioevo a oggi. Per esempio, restando all'oggi, su questo Tema è il pezzo principale delle musiche di Vangelis per il film di Ridley Scott "1492 - Conquest of Paradise", o sempre su questo stesso Tema è anche, che so, "Oops, I did it again" di Britney Spears!).
Il pezzettino qui è arricchito dalle raffinate preziosità delle spazzole di Antonio Leta alla batteria, e del basso di Luca la Russa (il resto - cioè marimba, cembalo, celesta, fagotto, clarinetto, flicorno, synth - l'ho purtroppo suonato io con suoni campionati).
Una precedente versione di questo pezzo la realizzai, ovviamente in altro modo, per le musiche del videogioco "The Great Palermo" di We Are Müesli, il primo videogame a entrare nella selezione annuale del "Compasso d'oro", il più antico e autorevole premio mondiale di design.

"Jeux d'enfants" | Rough Mix

She,
In the dark,
Found light
Brighter than many ever see.
She,
Within herself,
Found loveliness,
Through the soul's own mastery.
And now the world receives
From her dower:
The message of the strength
Of inner power. 
-Langston Hughes

Piece by Kaitlyn Raitz.
Recorded at McGill University on September 29, 2015. 
Sheet music available at: www.kaitlynraitz.com/sheetmusic/2015/9/30/she-in-the-dark-found-light-solo-cello

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She, In The Dark, Found Light (for solo cello)

Composition (one)[year](later) for Chinese instruments is a result of nearly two-year-long collaboration with Forbidden City Chamber Orchestra from Beijing. The piece is composed for counter tenor, flute, erhu, pipa, guzheng, yangqin and percussion and was composed between 2012-2014.
I must admit that learning the secrets of the traditional instruments and familiarizing myself with their sounds was a painstaking process: hours of improvisation, touching and testing the instruments, sound recording, searching for their musical identity—often without satisfying results. 
During my first visit to Beijing, I developed an intense fascination for the poetic thoughts and observations of Ai Weiwei. I began to explore his philosophy and artistic strategy. I came across a text he wrote after his release from prison, where he had been detained without a proper trial, allegedly for a “tax fraud.” In that article, he asks a question that in a sense became the starting point for my piece: “If you don’t know how you lost something, how can you protect it?” 
       Our days pass by; life sometimes falls to such small pieces that there is nothing left to pick up—only smithereens, particles and the whirling dust that rises at the moment of breaking. In one of his most iconic works Ai Weiwei drops an ancient Chinese vase, destroying something relatively priceless—he commits an irreversible act. I used that gesture and its consequences as the motto of my piece and the main inspiration for its sound. At some places (one)[year](later) becomes a contemplation of falling apart, of permanent, recurring destruction, but also an exploration of the “forbidden places” of traditional Chinese instruments.

Album

(one)[year](later)

Inspired by the compositional techniques of the Franco-Flemish school of the 15th & 16th centuries, Wēven explores the idea of approaching musical material as if it were fabric. The piece is structured around two intertwining melodies which are pulled apart to create complex and dense textures and then woven back together again, revealing the underlying material.

Performed by Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Composers Orchestra (22.02.19), conducted by Daniele Rosina

Wēven

Tea Time_ Entire Soundtrack

Gaslight - A short movie directed by Louisa Weichmann and produced by Amy Perera

Music by Enrico Fallea

Why the Tears

April's Theme (revisited)

Fol Isolement | for piano trio

dirty live jamm @ the dirty lavanderia all alone party gathering 2021

dirty laundry

Composer, record producer.
Co-founder of http://almendramusic.bandcamp.com 

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EDUCATION:
Graduated summa cum laude in 'Music and Technology' at Conservatory "V.Bellini", Palermo (ITALY).

Electroacoustic composition and analysis with M° Giuseppe Rapisarda [http://www.rapisarda.org/giuseppe/bioeng.htm].

Music with M° Dimitri Nicolau [http://www.dimitrinicolau.it/].

Composition with M° Eliodoro Sollima [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliodoro_Sollima].

Composition with M° Marco Betta [http://www.marcobetta.it]

CONTACTS:
iosonoiltricheco @ gmail.com
Gianluca Cangemi
via Kennedy 10/5
90046 Monreale (PA)
ITALY

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Hereafter two recent examples of my work as  arranger for outstanding acts of Italian indie music:
- http://soundcloud.com/annathegrannyrecords/unepassante_more-than-one-in-number_01-wreckage (2009)

- http://soundcloud.com/annathegrannyrecords/both-with-thee (2010)

"Jeux d'enfants" | Rough Mix

Gianluca Cangemi

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