Segni di passaggio (2023) for string quartet


Arsenal-Jean-Marie-Rausch - Cité musicale-Metz 
Académie Diotima édition 2025
Concert de restitution

Live performance at 14.02.2025

Quatuor Sol 

Capucine de Bellefroid 
Julie Brau
Iris de Sousa
Léo Lena

Segni di passaggio (2023)

Segni di passaggio (2023) for string quartet

Daniele Vulpiani was born in Rome in 1989.
Brutalism, architecture, and Marxist theory permeate his whole work and research, together with a strong belief that “art for art’s sake” is a misguided concept. 

Much like most avant-garde theorists of the post-war era, Daniele sees composition as a form of class-conscious action. Following Gramsci’s notion of the “organic intellectual”, he believes that creative practice can indeed manifest the working class’ struggle, challenging capitalist and imperialist ideologies, which are now more than ever ingrained in academic, artistic, and political institutions.
With this in mind, music becomes a vehicle for expressing commitment and resistance, as well as a means to fight inaction, alienation and social divide. Daniele’s work thus aims to broaden the possibilities of music, using it as a platform for engagement and transformation.

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. He then studied at “Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia” (Rome) with Ivan Fedele (composition) and Michelangelo Lupone (electronic music). During his studies, he was also mentored by Stefano Gervasoni, Eero Hämeenniemi, Mauro Lanza, Marco Stroppa and Francesca Verunelli.

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).

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), Parco Arte Vivente (Turin), Teatro Politeama Garibaldi (Palermo), Castello Sforzesco (Milan), Alte Schmiede Kunstverein (Wien), Kaivos-festivaali (Outokumpu), Španski Borci Cultural Center (Ljubliana), 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).

He teaches composition at "L. Canepa" Conservatoire in Sassari (Italy).

Italian Composer
Born in Naples, Italy, in 1987, he studied piano and composition at the Conservatories of Naples and Salerno under Antonio Traverso and Giancarlo Turaccio. He continued his compositional studies at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart (HMDK) with Marco Stroppa, and at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome with Ivan Fedele and Michelangelo Lupone, specializing also in electronic music. He was awarded the Goffredo Petrassi scholarship, granted by the President of the Italian Republic for outstanding academic and artistic achievements.
Throughout his education, he had the opportunity to engage with renowned composers such as Helmut Lachenmann, Salvatore Sciarrino, Tristan Murail, and others. His works have been performed by prestigious ensembles and orchestras including the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, the KLK string orchestra of Lviv, Ensemble Neue Musik, and many distinguished soloists.
He has received numerous international awards, including the Théodore Gouvy Prize in 2023 and first prize at the “A. Schnittke” competition in 2019. In 2022, he released his first monographic album, Solo and Chamber Music, with Aulicus Classics. In 2023, he founded Ensemble Theia, based in Salerno, where he serves as artistic director.
His works are published by TEM – Taukay Musical Edition, Edizioni Stradivarius, and since 2023 by Edizioni Suvini Zerboni. He currently teaches Composition at the “U. Giordano” Conservatory in Foggia. 
Additionally, he holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, earned in 2019.

Segni di passaggio (2023) for string quartet

Pasquale Punzo