Giovanni Damiani: Macchina per salutare l'aurora, for Female Voice and Piano

Giovanni Damiani
The first complete compositions of Giovanni Damiani were written in 1982, and were realised by himself on magnetic tape. Among others, he studied with Aldo Clementi in Rome, and attended courses by Nono, Bussotti, Lachenmann and seminars of Stockhausen. In 1990 F. Pennisi invites him at the Festival of Nuova Consonanza as pupil. At the fourth Conferenza Mediterranea he represented the italian composers among 12 countries and 12 composers. He works often with Virgilio Sieni, one of the greatest italian choreographers for custom new productions with live performances. In ‘98 his drama Salve follie precise is performed for the Teatro Massimo of Palermo with an ensemble surrounding the listener. Also often performed is Matrice organon, a sui generis concertante symphony for synthesizer and full orchestra. Invited with a commission at the Darmstadter Ferienkurse 1994; Degree in piano in ‘90; Bachelors of Arts in ’92, from 1994 he is chair of Score Reading at the Conservatorio of Palermo, and organises masterclasses as these with E.Torquati and M.Angius. He organises regulary as teacher and pianist meetings with worldl premieres of new generations as well as decouvertes of treasures of Lybrary of Conservatorio of Palermo (e.g. Raimondi, Pasculli, Incardona, Soriano).
His works, more than eighty and of remarkable engagement, have been performed at the festivals of Traiettorie, Nuova Consonanza, Di Nuovo Musica, Ferienkurse of Darmstadt, Warsaw Autumn, SIMC, and in New York, Buenos Aires, Paris, Wien, Saint Petersburg, Basel, Amsterdam, by musicians such as Angius, Brand, Anna Clementi, Coladonato, Damerini, Dillon, Fabbriciani, Filidei, Formenti, Mondelci, Orvieto, Pizzo, Morini, Porta, Scotese, Zurria. Many of his compositions are published and recorded on CD or multichannel DVD; many dissertation on his music, amongst Autobiography of the musics (L’Epos), a monography with essays, scores and CD.