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Mario Cesa
7+ albums
gammarecitalian contemporary2juma
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Mario Cesa was born in Avellino, where he lives and works. He studied piano and composition at Naples' Conservatory and followed masterclasses on compositions with Luigi Nono and on musical dialectics in HUngary and Holland. He regularly gives lectures on contemporary music at universities in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. Dedicated to the folk music of the area around Avellino, he transcribed popular tunes of his motherland, ma his interests are mainly focused in composition: his poetics concern the restoration of collective rituals and 'Feast' sounds as typical of popular culture. Since 1969 he has been composing more than 100 works, ranging from solos to orchestral. He published with Edipan, Berben, Stradivarius, Rugginenti and Mnemes while his works appear on CD issued by Arts, Rainbow, Edipan and Stradivarius. Several books are about his poetics. His works have been performed at Biennale di Venezia, at Carnegie Hall in New York, in Spain, France, Belgium. Argentina (Teatro Colon), Germany (Muchen Gasteig), Mexico, Australia, Canada, Brazil, China and broadcasted among others by RAI, Belgian VRT. Such names as Bruno canino, Carin Levine, Federico Mondelci, Ciro Scarponi regularly play his music. Since 1982 he's artistic director of International Festival of Orchestras 'Musica in Irpinia' User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Ancienne Partiture
32Sinfonia per un quartetto: I. —
23Sinfonia per un quartetto: II. —
24Le storie di sempre
25Sinfonia per un quartetto: III. —
26Mura Murales moduli per Disklavier: No. 8
27Sinfonia per un quartetto, per flauto, clarinetto, violoncello, pianoforte
18Mura Murales moduli per Disklavier: No. 5
19I lontani misteri del nostro sogno (Da Moby Dick), per soprano leggero, flauto, clarinetto, pianoforte
110Excursus No. 2
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