Dodaro, Omar: Monos, for String Quartet

Composer(s)

Omar Dodaro is graduated in music theory and composition, music technology, music pedagogy at the Conservatories of music of Milan and Como. He got Master’s degree in Psychology at the University of Padua and the professional license at the University of Milan Bicocca. His works were selected in composition competitions and calls as «Today’s music» (Teatro in Scatola, Rome), «Mauricio Kagel» (3rd edition; Istitut Ludwig van Beethoven, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst; Wien), «Crisis and Rebirth» (Eutopia Ensemble, Genoa), «Feeding the music» (Expo, Milan), «Concerti di Mezzogiorno» (Orta S. Giulio), «XX Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica» («Synchresis»; Valencia e Granada), «Sergio Dragoni» (Società del Quartetto; Milan), «Pierre Schaeffer» (AMP; Pescara), «Punti di ascolto nr. 6» (CEMAT; Rome), «Vuotociclo IV – Sankta Sango» (Università Suor Orsola Benincasa; Palazzo delle Arti in Naples), «Apocalypse project» (Centro San Fedele; Milano). Some of his audio-video installations have been chosen by numerous art galleries between Italy, Switzerland and Greece. He composed the original soundtrack of movie The Merchant of Dreams, which was awarded at «Moving Picture Film Contest» and selected at «River’s Edge International Film Festival» (USA). He took part at some live audiovisual comments and realized sound direction for Fontana Mix (J. Cage) and for Aus den sieben Tagen plan, Setz die Segel zur Sonne / Intensität / Es (K. Stockhausen) (Milan).