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Lucia Ronchetti
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Lucia Ronchetti in 2011
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| Born | 3 February 1963 Italy
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| Occupation | Composer |
| Awards | Dimitri Mitropoulos International Composition Prize |
Lucia Ronchetti (born 3 February 1963) is a talented Italian composer. She creates many different kinds of music, including operas, orchestral pieces, and music for voices. Her works have been performed by famous groups and theaters around the world.
About Lucia Ronchetti
Lucia Ronchetti studied how to compose music and use computers for music at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome. She also learned from famous composers like Sylvano Bussotti and Salvatore Sciarrino.
She studied humanities at Sapienza University of Rome, finishing her degree in 1987. Later, she earned another degree in Paris, focusing on how music makes you feel. She also studied music history in Paris and wrote about the orchestral styles of Ernest Chausson and Wagner.
In Paris, she continued to learn about composing from Gérard Grisey. She also took courses at IRCAM, a famous music research center. In 2005, she was a special visiting scholar at Columbia University in New York City.
Lucia Ronchetti's music has been published by well-known companies. Her pieces have been played and ordered by many important places. These include the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Konzerthaus Berlin, and the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Turin. Her music has also been heard at festivals like MaerzMusik in Berlin and the Munich Biennale.
Her Musical Creations
Since 1998, Lucia Ronchetti has worked on many projects at the Technical University of Berlin. In 2003, she started working at the Experimentalstudio of Freiburg. There, she created a series of pieces that explore the sound of the viola, a string instrument. This collection, called Xylocopa Violacea, was presented in 2007.
She often works with voices in her music. She has collaborated closely with the Neue Vocalsolisten of Stuttgart, a group of singers. Together, they have created eight different productions. These include Studio detto dei venti for four voices and Anatra al sal, a "harmonic comedy" for six voices.
Lucia Ronchetti has also created many music theatre projects. These projects often explore ideas about society. For example, she has looked at themes like being an outsider or living in difficult places. She also explores ideas about borders and mental health in her works. Some of her projects focus on city life, like Rumori da monumenti.
For her music theatre projects, she has worked with writers like Ivan Vladislavic. She has also teamed up with artists and sound designers. Her opera Inferno is based on Dante's famous poem, Divine Comedy. This opera was first performed in 2021 in Frankfurt.
Types of Compositions
Lucia Ronchetti has written many different kinds of music:
- Music Theatre
- Inferno (2020), an opera based on Dante's Divine Comedy
- Lezioni di tenebra (2010) for voices and instruments
- Narrenschiffe (2009–2010)
- Der Sonne entgegen (2007–2009) for 14 voices and instruments
- Last Desire (2004) for voices and viola
- L'ape apatica (2001) for voices and instruments
- Le tentazioni di Girolamo (1995) for an actor, solo singers, and live electronics
- Musikfässli (1994) for an actor, solo singers, and live electronics
- Theatrical Concert Works
- Prosopopeia (2009) for vocal and instrumental groups
- Rumori da monumenti (2008) for recorded voice and instruments
- Le Voyage d'Urien (2008) for 5 voices and instruments
- Xylocopa Violacea (2007) for solo viola and live electronics
- Albertine (2007) for female voice and whispering audience
- Hamlet's Mill (2007) for soprano, bass, viola, and cello
- Pinocchio, una storia parallela (2005) for four male voices
- Hombre de mucha gravedad (2002) for vocal quartet and string quartet
- BendelSchlemihl (2000) for recorded voices, accordion, and live sound
- Anatra al sal (1999) a "harmonic comedy" for six voices
- Orchestral Music
- Arborescence (2004)
- Déclive-Étude (2002)
- Quaderno gotico (1999)
- Schiffbruch mit Zuschauer (1995, revised 1999)
- Die Sorge getht über den Fluss (1995) for flute, clarinet, and orchestra
- Chamber Music
- Rosso pompeiano (2010) a short piece for instruments
- Studio detto dei venti (2010) for 6 voices
- Like winter moving backwards (2009) for one piano, four hands
- Le nuove musiche di Giulio Caccini detto Romano, 1601, a lesson for solo voice (2008)
- Coins and crosses (2007) for vocal group
- In Shape of Anxieties (2005) for instruments
- The Glazed Roof (2005) for instruments
- Opus 100 (2005) for violin, cello, and piano
- Il sonno di Atys (2004) for viola and live electronics
- Geographisches Heft (2001) for instruments
- Audio Plays
- Sebenza e-mine (2010) with Philip Miller
- Il Castello d'Atlante (2007)
- Rivelazione (1998) with Ermanno Cavazzoni
Awards and Recognition
Lucia Ronchetti has received many awards for her work:
- 2008: Music Theatre Now Prize from the International Theatre Institute
- 2006: Composer in residence at Yaddo, New York
- 2005–06: Composer in residence with the Berliner Künstlerprogramm
- 2005: Visiting scholar (Fulbright Fellow) at Columbia University, New York
- 2003–04: Composer in residence at Staatsoper Stuttgart
- 2003: Composer in residence at The MacDowell Colony, U.S.
- 2000–01: Composer in residence at Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
- 2000: Composition Prize of the Federazione Cemat, Rome
- 1997: Fellowship of the Fondation des Treilles, Paris
- 1997: Dimitri Mitropoulos International Composition Prize, Athens
- 1997: Erato-Farnesina Fellowship from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1995: Progetto Dionysos Composition Prize from the Italian Ministry of Culture
- 1993: Composer in residence at Fondation Nadia Boulanger, Paris
- 1988–92: Doctoral studies fellowship from the Italian Ministry of Universities
