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Sonia Bo (born 27 March 1960) is an Italian pianist, conductor and composer.

Life

Sonia Bo was born in Lecco, Italy, and studied with Renato Dionisi and Azio Corghi at the Milan Conservatory, where she graduated in 1985. In 1988 she continued her studies with Franco Donatoni at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.

After completing her studies, she taught music at universities in Ferrara, Verona, Pesaro and Piacenza. In 1997 she took a position teaching composition at the Conservatorio di Milano. She married composer Giuseppe Colardo.

Honors and awards

• First prize, Guido d’Arezzo Composers Competition (1985)
• First prize, composition competition of the European Cultural Foundation (1985)
• First prize, composition competition G. Savagnone in Rome (1986)
• First Prize, the international composition competition Alpe Adria Giovani in Trieste (1988)
• Gold plate, the international Premio Città di Trieste (1995)
• Acknowledgment, Okanagan Music Festival for Composers (1983)
• Friuli Prize (1985)
• Ennio Porrino Prize (1985)
• Franco Evangelisti Prize (1987)
• Valentino Bucchi Prize (1989)

Works

Bo composes orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, organ, and electroacoustic works. Selected compositions include:

• Frammenti da Jacopone
• Da una lettura di Husserl
• Quartetto
• Due Bagatelle
• Synopsis
• Concerto for chamber orchestra