Composer · b. 1978
Giacomo Monica
Biography
Giacomo Monica, born in 1951, is an Italian violinist, choral conductor and composer associated with Parma. His choral writing draws on the melodic and linguistic traditions of the surrounding region.
His Ninna nanna di Trefiumi, recorded on Puer Natus, takes its inspiration from a traditional Emilian mazurka that he collected in Trefiumi in September 1975. Written in the mountain dialect of the Val di Cedra, it transforms this material into a lyrical choral lullaby.