Nicola Campogrande
Nicola Campogrande (born 9 October 1969 in Turin) is an Italian composer, also a music journalist. He is the artistic director of the Turin Philharmonic Orchestra and editor of the monthly publication Sistema Musica. He writes on the newspaper Corriere della Sera.
Biography
Campogrande was born in Turin and graduated in composition from the Milan Conservatory where he studied (with Azio Corghi), and the Paris Conservatory.
He is particularly interested in the new ideas that exist in musical theatre. In his work — from Macchinario to Lego to Cronache animali to Quando piovvero cappelli a Milano to Alianti — the great classical tradition alongside jazz, songs, electronic explorations and memoirs.
His attitude allowed him to exceed the norm of the cultured musical fashions of the 20th and 21st centuries; this granted him a position within the world of international composition. As Michael Antony wrote about Campogrande's 'Urban Gardens' in the Star Tribune in September 2014, "there are touches of Ravel in the writing for piano, but the sound and style is something new and original."[1]
His music is recorded on various monographic discs and is published by Universal, Ricordi, Casa Musicale Sonzogno, and RaiTrade.
He is the artistic director of the Turin Philharmonic Orchestra and editor of the monthly magazine Sistema Musica. He runs the TV program Contrappunti on Classica HD Channel and the radio program Radio3 Suite for RAI; Nicola Campogrande teaches at the Holden School of Narration Techniques and was a professor at the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
Selected works
Stage
- Il ventre del mare, words by Alessandro Baricco (1994)
- Macchinario, words by Dario Voltolini (1995)
- Capelas imperfeitas, words by Dario Voltolini (1997)
- Cronache animali, on lyrics by Toti Scialoja (1998)
- Quando piovvero cappelli a Milano, words by Gianni Rodari (from Tante storie per giocare) (2000)
- Lego, words by Dario Voltolini (2000)
- Alianti, words by Dario Voltolini (2001)
- Tempi burrascosi, words by Dario Voltolini (2009)
- Opera italiana, words by Elio and Piero Bodrato (2010)
Orchestral (with and without soloists)
- Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra (2002) from the Concerto per cembalo e archi BWV 1052 (Bach)
- Sinfonietta (2004)
- Absolut – Concert for cello, bass and string orchestra (2004)
- Tre piccolissime musiche notturne (2006)
- Alta tensione – for electric violin and string orchestra (2006)
- Soffio blu – Concert for flute and string orchestra (2006)
- Warm trip – Concert for cello and string orchestra (2007)
- Absolut new version – Concert for cello, bass and orchestra (2007)
- Paganini, Paganini! Concert for violino and orchestra (2011)
- Urban Gardens Concert for piano and orchestra (2012)
- R (un ritratto per pianoforte e orchestra) Concert for piano and orchestra (2012)
- Banksy Promenade for orchestra (2013)
- Magia nera for orchestra (2013)
Chamber music
- La voce delle nuvole che non-ci sono più for bass clarinet and voice (1992)
- Torino, una sigla for flute, violin and cello (1993)
- Tutto il mondo for violin, cello and piano (1994)
- Macchina per aspettare che sia pronto il the for four instruments (1995)
- Arrivano i nostri for violin, cello and piano (1998)
- Tililadodin for harp and piano (2000)
- Blu tranquillo, for eight instruments (2002)
- Danze del riso e dell'oblio for accordion and piano (2004)
- Esterno di edificio for string quintet (2 violins, viola, cello, double bass) (2005)
- Follie for 2 violins, theorbo, cello and harpsichord (2005)
- Effetto Kreutzer for violin and piano (2007)
- Danze della signorina Olivia for violin and piano (2008)
- Danza delle mele azzurre for bassoon and cello (2009)
- Istruzioni per il cielo for clarinet, viola and piano (2010)
- Rimedi per l'anima string quartet (2011)
Choral and vocal music
- Dipingendo for baritone and tea-box (1995)
- La testa del chiodo for boys' chorus, words by Gianni Rodari (1996)
- Hölderlied for soprano and ensemble (1996)
- Canto dell'animale senza nome for voice and piano, words by Dario Voltolini (2000)
- Il mare è un grande latte for boys' chorus, words by Dario Voltolini (2002)
- Agnus Dei for mixed chorus (2011)
Solo instruments
- Modicomò for flute (1993)
- Il Finale, for piano (1994)
- Passa di qui for clarinet (1997)
- Tichitachitac for marimba and hi-hat (1997)
- Preludi a getto d'inchiostro for guitar (2001–2003)
- Bach Werke Variation for piano (2003)
- La dolce Italia for piano (2003)
- Progetto per una notte di stelle for harp (2006)
- Momento musicale for piano (2007)
- Ludwig van Gotlibovich for viola (2011)
Exhibitions and incidental music
- Modigliani per la mostra "Modigliani. L'angelo dal volto severo". Milano, Palazzo Reale, 2003.
- Africa, capolavori da un continente per la mostra omonima. Torino, Galleria d'arte moderna, 2003 – 2004.
- Il nome della rosa (2005) Commissione di Rai Radio Due per la versione radiofonica realizzata da Giuseppe Venetucci
- Giovanna d'Arco (1998) Commissione del Teatro Stabile di Torino
- Antenati (1997) Commissione del Teatro Settimo
- I corvi (1997) Commissione di Rai Radio Tre – Progetto "Teatri alla radio"
- Dal matrimonio al divorzio (1996) Commissione del Teatro Stabile di Torino
- Una pallida felicità (1995) Commissione del Teatro Stabile di Torino
Discography
- La voce delle nuvole che non-ci sono più, DDT (1992)
- Mosorrofa, o dell'ottimismo (su testi di Dario Voltolini), DDT (1993)
- Il finale, DDT (1994)
- Capelas imperfeitas – Diciotto canzoni senza tetto su testi di Dario Voltolini, DDT (1997)
- Cronache animali – Pocket opera per attrice che canta e cinque strumenti su testi di Toti Scialoja, DDT (1998)
- Africa. Capolavori da un continente, DDT (2004)
- Danze del riso e dell'oblio, STRADIVARIUS (2005)
- Tango del vento? e Bossa del vento? in Luz, VELUT LUNA (2005)
- Progetto per una notte di stelle, VELUT LUNA (2006)
- Preludi a getto d'inchiostro, VELUT LUNA (2006)
- Skin, ACME (2007)
- Promenade des petites notes, STRADIVARIUS (2007)
- Melodie per preparare la carta, VELUT LUNA (2007)
- Valzer (original soundtrack), CAM (2007)
- La voce delle nuvole che non-ci sono più, BA (2007)
- Musica per Sebastiano del Piombo, HUKAPAN (2008)
- Musica per Palladio, HUKAPAN (2008)
- Just married, OFT LIVE (2008)
- Tililadodin, DECCA (2008)
- Campogrande in jazz, DDT (2009)
- Danze della signorina Olivia, DDT (2010)
- Tutto il mondo, NUOVA ERA
- Passa di qui, DATUM
- La testa del chiodo, PCT
- Tango, MARRERO