Composer · b. 1967
Paolo Coggiola
Biography
Paolo Coggiola was born in Milan in 1967. He studied with Bruno Bettinelli, Franco Donatoni and Paolo Vaglieri, graduating in composition, choral music and choral conducting. He also holds a degree in law.
He won the 2 Agosto International Composition Competition in Bologna. His works have been performed by the Arena di Verona Orchestra, I Pomeriggi Musicali, the Emilia Romagna Symphony Orchestra Arturo Toscanini, the European Symphony Orchestra and Sentieri Selvaggi, and at the Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte in Montepulciano, Teatro alla Scala in Milan and the Bang on a Can Marathon in New York.
He wrote monographs on Franz Schubert and Claude Debussy, both published by Skira–Corriere della Sera. Sonzogno also published his book on compositional techniques, The Abacus and the Rose. His extensive catalogue of compositions is published by Casa Musicale Sonzogno and Preludio Edizioni.
He teaches composition at the Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado in Milan.