Aldo Clementi

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Aldo Clementi (born May 25, 1925 in Catania, Italy) is an Italian composer.

He studied the piano, graduating in 1946. His studies in composition began in 1941, and his teachers included Alfredo Sangiorgi and Goffredo Petrassi. After receiving his diploma in 1954, he attended the Darmstadt summer courses from 1955 to 1972. Important influences during this period included meeting Bruno Maderna in 1956, and working at the electronic music studio of the Italian radio broadcaster RAI in Milan.

Poesia de Rilke (1946) was the first work of his to be performed (Vienna, 1947). Of more significance was the premiere of Cantata (1954), which was broadcast by Hamburg Radio in 1956. In 1959 he won second prize in the ISCM competition with Episodi (1958), and in 1963 he took first prize in the same competition, with Sette scene da "Collage" (1961).

He taught music theory at the University of Bologna from 1971 to 1992.

[edit] Selected works

• Episodi (1958) for orchestra
• Ideogrammi n. 1 (1959) for 16 instruments
• Triplum (1960) for flute, oboe and clarinet
• Collage (1961) - stage work
• Informel 2 (1962) for 15 performers
• Collage 2 (1962) for electronics
• Informel 3 (1961-63) for orchestra
• Intavolatura (1963) for harpsichord
• Variante A (1964) for mixed chorus and orchestra
• Concerto (1970) for piano and 7 instruments
• Concerto (1975) for piano, 24 instruments and carillons
• Clessidra (1976) for chamber orchestra
• L'orologio di Arcevla (1979) for 13 performers
• Dodici variazioni (1980) for solo guitar
• Fantasia su roBErto FABbriCiAni (1980-81) for flute and tape
• Es (1981) - stage work
• Parafrasi (1981) 18 voice canon realized with processor
• Adagio (1983) for quintet with prepared piano
• Ouverture (1984) for 12 flutes
• Concerto (1986) for piano and 14 instruments
• Fantasia (1987) for 4 guitars
• Tribute (1988) for string quartet
• Berceuse (1989) for orchestra
• Romanza (1991) for piano and orchestra
• The Plaint (1992) for female voice and 13 instruments
• Sonate Y. (2002) for solo violin