1990-92

Adagio für Glasorchester

for:

orchestra

2.2.2.2./2.2.0.0./perc.I.II./cel., harp and strings (10.8.5.5.3.)

duration:

about 5'30" (1st vers.); about 11' (2nd vers.)

first performance:

1st version: May 1991, Florence, ORT's Musical Season, Orchestra Regionale Toscana, conductor Donato Renzetti 2nd version: 16.11.92, Vienna, Wien Modern, ORF Symphonieorchester, conductor Bernhard Kontarsky

prizes:

2nd prize at the International Competition Mozart 1991 in Vienna

1989

An

for:

alto flute, clarinet and string trio

duration:

about 11'

first performance:

22.11.90, Milan, Nuove Sincronie, Ensemble Recherche

2003

Anadromus Coda

for:

one percussion player

duration:

about 16'

commission:

Deutschland Radio-Berlin

first performance:

23.1.03, Berlin, UltraSchall - Das Festival für neue Musik, Christian Dierstein

1992

Animato

for:

eight instruments (flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, violin, viola and cello)

duration:

about 7'30"

first performance:

18.10.92, Milan, Nuove Sincronie, Ensemble L'Itinéraire, conductor Philippe de Chalendar

1999

Antiterra

for:

twelve instruments

flute, hobo, clarinet, percussion, guitar, mandolin, piano/celesta, harp, violin, viola, cello and double-bass

duration:

about 13'

commission:

Milano Musica and the Nieuw Ensemble Amsterdam

first performance:

25.10.99, Milan, Teatro dell'Arte, Milano Musica - Percorsi di Musica d'Oggi, Nieuw Ensemble, conductor Renato Rivolta

2005-07-11

Aster Lieder

for:

soprano, violin, viola and cello

duration:

15'

commission:

Domaine de Kerguéhennec (for the songs Im Herbst, Im Winter, Im Sommer)

first performance:

7.5.11, Witten, Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Natalie Raybould, L’Instant Donné string trio (previous version as "Drei Aster Lieder": 17.6.07, Paris, Ircam, Festival Agora, Melody Louledjian, L’Instant Donné)

1997

Atemseile

Hommage à Schumann-Celan

for:

obbligato string trio and three echo trios

flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, percussion, piano and string quintet

duration:

about 17' 30"

commission:

Milano Musica

first performance:

15.10.97, Milan, Milano Musica - Percorsi di Musica d'Oggi, Ensemble Alter Ego, conductor Renato Rivolta

1995

Bleu jusqu’au blanc

for:

six percussion players

duration:

about 14'

commission:

the French Ministry of Culture

first performance:

25.9.96, Strasbourg, Musica, Les Percussions de Strasbourg

2007

Busque Amor novas artes, novo engenho

for:

countertenor, oboe and trombone

duration:

8’30”

commission:

Contrechamps

first performance:

3.10.07, Strasbourg, Festival Musica, Kai Wessel, Béatrice Zawodnik and Jean-Marc Daviet

2001

chhamp

for:

flute and eleven couples of musicians

solo flute, 2.2.0.0./2.2.2.0./perc. I.II/ 2 pianos (a grand piano and an upright piano) and strings (2.2.2.2.2.)

duration:

about 23'

commission:

Contrechamps, Geneva

first performance:

11.12.01, Geneva, Bâtiment des Forces Motrices - Salle Théodore Turrettini, Ensemble Contrechamps, flute Mario Caroli, conductor Heinz Holliger

2007-2008/2009-2010

Com que voz

a song concert upon sonnets by Luís Vaz de Camões and fados by Amália Rodrigues

for:

fado singer, baryton, large ensemble and live electronics

flute (also piccolo and G-Ffute), oboe (also English horn), clarinet in B flat (also basset horn and bass clarinet), bassoon (also Contrabassoon), horn in F, trumpet in B flat (also piccolo trumpet in B flat), trombone (also bass trumpet in B flat), percussion I, percussion II, Cimbalom and Percussion III, Portuguese guitar, Spanish guitar, harp, accordion, piano (also celesta - five octaves), violin I, violin II (also played with e-bow), viola, violoncello, double-bass and live electronics

duration:

about 1h 20'

commission:

Ircam, Casa da Música (Porto), Ensemble Modern and Radio France (1st version); Nieuw Ensemble (2nd version)

first performance:

first version: 17.2.08, Porto, Casa da Música, Cristina Branco, voice, Frank Wörner, baritone, Ensemble Modern, conductor Franck Ollu; revised version: 10.2.10, Utrecht, Vredenburg Leidsche RIjn, Cristina Branco, voice, Frank Wörner, baritone, Nieuw Ensemble, conductor Etienne Siebens.

1989-90

Concertino per contrabbasso

for:

double-bass and ensemble

solo double-bass, 1.0.2.1./0.0.0.0./perc.I.II.III./guitar, alto and cello

duration:

about 6'

first performance:

7.9.90, Amsterdam, International Gaudeamus Music Week, NOS Radio Kamer Orkest, double-bass Thom de Ligt, conductor Elgar Howarth

1989-93

Concertino per voce e fischietti

for:

voice and ten players

duration:

about 3'

1994-95

Concerto pour alto

for:

viola and fifteen musicians

solo viola, 1.1.1.1./1.1.1.0./perc. I.II/piano and cel. (1 player), harp and strings (1.0.1.1.1.)

duration:

about 26'

first performance:

(revised version): 5.7.95, Venice, Biennale Musica, Klangforum Wien, viola Geneviève Strosser, conductor Beat Furrer

1993

Dal belvedere di non ritorno

for:

ensemble

1.0.1.0./1.0.0.0./2 perc./piano, violin and cello

duration:

about 17'

commission:

French Ministry of Culture

first performance:

15.2.94, Paris, Radio France, Présences 1994, Ensemble FA, conductor Dominique My

1995

descdesesasf

for:

violin, viola and cello

duration:

about 15'

commission:

WDR - Köln

first performance:

22.4.95, Witten, Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Recherche String Trio

1989-90

Dialogo del fischio nell’orecchio e di un rospo

for:

flute, voice, ensemble and tape

obbligato flute and soprano, 1.1.2.1./2.1.1.0./perc.I.II.III./cel., harp, strings (3.0.2.1.1.) and tape

duration:

about 14'

first performance:

21.10.90, New York, Settembre Musica, OSER "A. Toscanini" Instrumental Ensemble, soprano Victoria Schneider, flute Sandor Nagy, conductor Giuseppe Garbarino

1985 (rev. 2003)

Die Aussicht

for:

voice, clarinet, viola and three percussion players

duration:

about 13'

first performance:

12.2.03, Geneva, Salle Communale de Plainpalais, Ensemble Contrechamps, soprano Rosemary Hardy, conductor Stefan Asbury

2003-04

Dir

for:

double string trio

duration:

about 22'

commission:

WDR Köln for Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik 2004

first performance:

24.4.04, Witten, Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Arditti String Quartet, Trio Recherche

2003-10

Dir - in dir

for:

vocal sextet and string sextet

duration:

about 40'

first performance:

6.5.11, Witten, Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Exaudi, L’Instant Donné, conductor James Week

1994

Due poesie francesi d’Ungaretti

for:

voice, flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello

duration:

about 7'

first performance:

20.10.94, Paris, Festival d'Automne à Paris, Ensemble Contrechamps, conductor Zolt Nagy

prizes:

1st prize at the 11. Internationalen Kompositionswandtbewerbs/Kompositionsseminars Boswil 1995

1995

Due poesie francesi di Beckett

for:

voice, bass flute, viola and percussion

duration:

about 5'

commission:

Archipel 1996 Festival in Geneva

first performance:

12.3.96, Geneva, Archipel, Ensemble Contrechamps, soprano Luisa Castellani, conductor Giorgio Bernasconi

2009-10

Due poesie francesi di Luca

for:

voice and ensemble

duration:

8'

commission:

French Ministry of Culture

1995-96

Due poesie francesi di Rilke

for:

voice, flute, clarinet, percussion, piano and string quartet

duration:

about 9'

first performance:

5.10.95, Strasbourg, Musica, Ensemble Recherche, mezzo Katherine Ciesinski, conductor Pascal Rophé (revised version): 12.3.96, Geneva, Archipel, Ensemble Contrechamps, soprano Luisa Castellani, conductor Giorgio Bernasconi

1991

Due voci

for:

flute and violin

duration:

about 9'

first performance:

6.10.92, Trieste, Civico Museo Revoltella, Annamaria Morini, Enzo Porta

2004

Epicadenza

for:

percussion, double trio and cymbalom

solo percussion and cymbalom, flute, clarinet, horn, viola, cello, double-bass

duration:

about 23'

commission:

Contrechamps, Geneva

first performance:

7.12.04, Geneva, Salle Communale de Plainpalais, Ensemble Contrechamps, percussion François Volpé, cymbalom Luigi Gaggero, conductor Jurjen Hempel

1989

Equale

for:

clarinet quartet

duration:

about 8'30"

first performance:

26.9.89, Assisi, Seconda Rassegna di Musica Moderna e Contemporanea, Claravoce Clarinet Quartet

1999-00

Eyeing

for:

seven instruments

alto flute, clarinet, trombone, violin, viola, cello and double-bass

duration:

12'

commission:

L'Itinéraire, Paris

first performance:

19.2.00, Paris, Radio France, Présences 2000, Plural Ensemble, conductor Mark Foster

2005

Fantasia

for:

piano and orchestra

solo piano, 2.2.2.2./2.2.2.0./perc. I.II.III.IV, harp and strings (12.10.8.6.4.)

duration:

about 10'

commission:

Fondazione Concorso Internazionale Ferruccio Busoni - Bolzano festival Bozen

first performance:

24.8.05, Bolzano, Nuovo Teatro Comunale, Bolzano Festival Bozen, Massimiliano Damerini, Orchestra Haydn, conductor Ola Rudner

1998-2007

Far niente

for:

double-bass and seventeen instruments

solo double-bass, 1.1.2.1./1.1.1.1./3perc./harps/string quintet

duration:

about 16'

commission:

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival 1998; musikFabrik (for the final version)

first performance:

(version 1998): 22.8.98, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Klangforum Wien, double-bass Frédéric Stochl, conductor Sylvain Cambreling (final version 2007): Köln, WDR, musikFabrik, double-bass Michael Tiepold, conductor Etienne Siebens

2011

Froward

for:

string trio, brass trio and percussion

cor, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin, viola and cello,

duration:

about 15'

commission:

"Pèlerinages" Kunstfest Weimar

first performance:

27.8.11, Weimar, Weimarhalle, Kunstfest Weimar 2011, Festival "Pèlerinages", Klangforum Wien, conductor Sylvain Cambreling

2002

Godspell

for:

mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, percussion, piano/celesta and string quintet

duration:

about 10'

commission:

WDR Köln for Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik 2002 and Ensemble Cikada

first performance:

28.4.02, Witten, Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Ensemble Cikada, Loré Lixenberg, Christian Eggen

2009

Gramigna

for:

cimbalom and ensemble

duration:

10'

commission:

Spectra Ensemble

first performance:

28.9.09, Venice, 53th Biennale Musica, Spectra Ensemble, cimbalom Luigi Gaggero, conductor Filip Rathé

prizes:

XXIX Premio Abbiati della Critica Musicale Italiana

2008-11

Horrido

for:

seven voices

2 sopranos, alto, 2 tenors, baritone, bass

duration:

about 13'

commission:

Commissioned by WDR, supported by Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung and SACEM, for the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik

first performance:

7.5.11, Witten, Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Schola Heidelberg, conductor Walter Nußbaum

2003-04

In dir

for:

vocal ensemble

soprano, mezzosoprano, countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass

duration:

about 23'

commission:

French Ministry of Culture

first performance:

24.9.03, Stuttgart, Musik der Jahrhunderte im Theaterhaus Pragsattel, Neue Vocalsolisten

1987

In Eile zögernd III

for:

symphonic orchestra

3.3.3.3./4.3.3.1./perc. I.II.III.IV./piano, harp and strings (14.12.10.8.6.)

duration:

about 14'50"

first performance:

August 87, Parma, Teatro Farnese, OSER "A. Toscanini" Symphonic Orchestra, conductor Olaf Henzold

prizes:

3rd prize at the 2nd International Competition Goffredo Petrassi in Parma, 1987

2001

In nomine R.

for:

eight instruments

flute, English horn, clarinet, percussion, piano and string trio

duration:

5'

commission:

Ensemble Recherche

first performance:

15.11.01, Paris, Festival d'Automne à Paris, Ensemble Recherche

2006

Irrene Stimme

for:

piano and symphonic orchestra

solo piano, 3.3.3.3./4.3.3.1./perc. I.II.III.IV, 2 harps, cymbalom and strings (14.12.10.8.6.)

duration:

about 14'

commission:

OSN RAI Orchestra (RAI National Symphonic Orchestra)

first performance:

26.10.06, Torino, Auditorium RAI, Symphonic Season 2006 - 2007, Jenny Lin, OSN RAI Orchestra, conductor Lothar Zagrosek

1992-1994/2005

L’ingenuo

for:

soprano, euphonium, horn and live electronics

duration:

about 15'

commission:

IRCAM, Paris

first performance:

provisional version: 26.2.94, Paris, IRCAM, Luisa Castellani, Gérard Buquet final version: 20.1.06, Paris, Grande Salle du Centre Pompidou, Claire Booth (soprano), Jens McManama (horn), Arnaud Boukhitine (euphonium), Thomas Goepfer (IRCAM computer music production)

1991-92/1993-2003

Least Bee

for:

voice and chamber ensemble

1st version: soprano, flute, trumpet, percussion, harp and cello; 2nd version: soprano, flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello

duration:

about 15'

first performance:

of the 1st (incomplete) version: 24.10.92, Cologne, Ensemble Avantgarde, conductor Steffen Schleiermacher / of the 1st (complete) version: 21.4.94, London, Purcell Room, Capricorn Ensemble, Sarah Leonard / of the 2nd (incomplete) version: 29.1.93 New York, Focus! The new Europeans, the New Juilliard Ensemble, conductor Joel Sachs / of the 2nd (complete) version: 2.11.03, Brussels, Théàtre Marni, Festival Europalia, Divertimento Ensemble, soprano Margherita Chiminelli, conductor Sandro Gorli

1994

Lilolela

for:

twenty-three musicians (Vagabonderia severa for)

2.1.2.1./2.1.1.1./perc.I.II.III./piano, harp and strings (1.1.2.2.1.)

duration:

about 19'

commission:

Ensemble InterContemporain, Paris

first performance:

23.1.95, Paris, IRCAM, Ensemble InterContemporain, conductor Markus Stenz

1991

Macchina del baccano sentito

for:

six percussion players

six percussion players

duration:

about 11'

first performance:

17.5.91, Amsterdam, Slagwerkgroep Den Haag

2009

Masques et Berg

for:

violin and viola

duration:

11'

commission:

Domaine de Kerguéhennec

first performance:

31.5.09, Bignan (France), Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Muriel Cantoreggi, Geneviève Strosser

2002-03

Metà della ripa

for:

orchestra

2.2.2.2./2.2.2.0./perc. I.II.III.IV/cel., harp and strings (12.10.8.6.4)

duration:

about 17'

commission:

Radio France

first performance:

4.11.06, Milano, Sala Verdi del Conservatorio "G. Verdi", Milano-Musica 2006, OSN RAI Orchestra, conductor Lothar Koenigs

2010-11

Nube obbediente

for:

trombone and percussion

duration:

13'

commission:

Contrechamps, Geneva

first performance:

10.5.11, Geneva, Studio Ernest-Ansermet, Jean-Marc Daviet, François Volpé

2011

Nube obbediente

versione concertante

for:

trombone, percussion and ensemble

duration:

16'

commission:

Contrechamps, Geneva

first performance:

10.5.11, Geneva, Studio Ernest Ansermet, Jean-Marc Daviet, trombone, François Volpé, percussion, Ensemble Contrechamps, conductor Michael Wendeberg

1996

Parola

for:

sixteen instruments

2.1.0.1./2.0.0.0./perc.I.II./accordion, piano, harp and string quintet

duration:

about 11'

commission:

Festival d'Automne à Paris - Contrechamps

first performance:

29.11.96, Geneva, Cité Bleue, Ensemble Contrechamps, conductor Emilio Pomarico

1998-99

Pas si

for:

two singers-actors and an accordionist

duration:

about 15'

commission:

XVIIth Musik-Biennale, Berlin

first performance:

8.12.08, Paris, Université Paris VIII, Symphosium "Pour une scène actuelle", double world premiere by Antoine Gindt (T&M) and Nicholas Till (Electric Voice Theatre by Frances Lynch)

2009-10

Phanes

for:

flute

duration:

9'

commission:

Mr. Luca Innocenti

first performance:

13.9.10, Bergamo, Serate Musicali del Teatro alle Grazie, Vanessa Innocenti

2009

Prato prima presente

for:

ensemble

flute, oboe, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola and cello

duration:

23'

commission:

Lodovico e Angioletta Meneghetti

first performance:

13.6.09, Monza, Italy, Rondò 2009, Teatrino di Corte della Villa Reale, Divertimento Ensemble, direction Sandro Gorli

2008-10

Prés

first book (I-VI)

for:

piano

duration:

about 12'

1988

Quattro voci

for:

soprano, flute, clarinet and piano

duration:

about 13'

first performance:

25.2.89, Berlin, XII Musik Biennale, Micromégas Ensemble, soprano Gladys de Bellida

2000

Ravine

for:

flute

duration:

15'

commission:

Mr. Mario Caroli

first performance:

25.9.00, Strasbourg, Musica, Mario Caroli

2005

Recercar Cromaticho post il Credo

for:

string quartet

duration:

7'30"

first performance:

8.10.05, Bologna, Accademia Filarmonica, Quartetto Prometeo

2008

Reconnaissance

for:

orchestra

4.4.4.4./8.4.4.2./2 harps and strings (16.14.12.10.8.)

duration:

18'

commission:

Suntory Limited for Suntory Hall International Program for Music Composition 2008

first performance:

29.08.08, Tokyo, Suntory Hall, Suntory Music Foundation's Summer Festival 2008 "Music Today 21"

2000

Rigirio

for:

baritone saxophone, percussion and piano

duration:

14'30"

commission:

Südwestrundfunk Baden-Baden for the Donaueschinger Musiktage

first performance:

21.10.00, Donaueschingen, Donaueschinger Musiktage 2000, Trio Accanto

2011

Se taccio, il duol s’avanza

madrigali per dodici voci soliste e violino

for:

twelve solo voices and violin

S I,II,III A I,II,III T I,II,III B I,II,III

duration:

about 13'

commission:

KlangForum Heidelberg and Milano Musica

first performance:

24.10.11, Milan, Teatro Elfo Puccini, Festival di Milano Musica, Schola Heidelberg, violin Lina Uinskyte, conductor Walter Nussbaum

1989

Sensibile

for:

symphonic orchestra

3.3.3.3./4.3.3.0./perc. I. II. III. IV. /cel., harp and strings (14.12.10.8.6.)

duration:

about 7'30"

first performance:

13.9.89, Parma, Teatro Farnese, OSER "A. Toscanini" Symphonic Orchestra, conductor Hubert Soudant

prizes:

2nd prize at the 3rd International Competition Goffredo Petrassi in Parma, 1989

2005-06

Six lettres à l’obscuritè (und zwei Nachrichten)

for:

string quartet

duration:

27'

commission:

WDR Köln for Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik 2006

first performance:

7.5.06, Witten, Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Arditti String Quartet

1999-00

Sonata sopra Sancta Maria

for:

orchestra

2.2.2.2./2.2.0.0./perc.I.II./ strings (8.6.6.4.4.)

duration:

7'

commission:

Mrs. Mariuccia Rognoni

first performance:

6.5.00, Milan, Sala Verdi del Conservatorio, Musical Season of the Pomeriggi Musicali, "I Pomeriggi Musicali" Orchestra, conductor Andrea Pestalozza

2001

Strada non presa

for:

string quartet

duration:

22'

commission:

ProQuartet-Centre Européen de Musique de Chambre and Fondation Royaumont, Paris

first performance:

15.9.01, Paris, Royaumont, Voix Nouvelles, Quartetto Prometeo

1998-99 (01)

Studio di disabitudine

for:

piano

duration:

about 13'30"

commission:

Ms. Jenny Lin and Mr. Luca Sabbatini

first performance:

22.3.00, Brussels, Ars Musica, Jenny Lin

1991

Su un arco di bianco

Sinfonietta per flauto e violino concertanti

for:

flauto e violino concertanti e ensemble

1.1.2.1./1.1.1.0./1 perc., cel. and string quintet

duration:

about 15'30"

first performance:

28.11.91, Montreal, Forum 91, Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, conductor Lorraine Vaillancourt

prizes:

1st prize at the International Competition Forum 91 in Montréal recording: Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, L. Vaillancourt, in Forum

2005-06

Sviete tihi

Capriccio dopo la fantasia

for:

two pianos and two percussionists

duration:

14'

commission:

Arditi Foundation, Geneva

first performance:

20.5.06, Geneva, Contrechamps, Radio Suisse Romande, Studio Ernest-Ansermet, Quatuor Makrokosmos

1992

Tre intermezzi

for:

recorder, flute, harp and harpsichord

duration:

9'

1992-93 1988-94 1989

Trittico grave

(Tornasole - Vigilia - Terzo paesaggio senza peso)

for:

viola (Tornasole); cello (Vigilia); double-bass (Terzo paesaggio senza peso)

three solo pieces; trio version (viola, cello and double-bass)

duration:

about 13' (Tornasole); about 8'30" (Vigilia); about 5' (Terzo paesaggio senza peso); duration of the trio version: about 16'

commission:

Collegium Novum Zurich (for the trio version)

first performance:

17.2.98, Geneva, Conservatoire, Isabelle Magnenat (Tornasole) 24.10.95, Roma, Nuova Consonanza, Pierre Morlet (Vigilia) October 1989, Palermo, participants in the 2nd National Competition for String Players (Terzo paesaggio senza peso) trio version: 11.5.00, Zurich, Musikhochschule, Collegium Novum (Trittico Grave)

2003

Un leggero ritorno di cielo

for:

twenty-two strings

strings (6.6.4.4.2.)

duration:

about 13'

commission:

Internationale Stiftung Preis E. Balzan-Fonds, Zurich

first performance:

4.7.03, Zurich, Tonhalle, Zürcher Festspiele 2003, Zürcher Kammerorchester, conductor Howard Griffiths

1988

Un recitativo

for:

voice and nine instruments

soprano, 1.1.1.1./1.0.0.0./string quartet

duration:

9'30"

first performance:

10.9.88, Cernobbio (Como), Festival Lario Musica, Quintetto Arnold, Arditti String Quartet, soprano Luisa Castellani, conductor Emilio Pomarico

prizes:

1st prize at the International Competition Premio Lario Musica 1988 in Como

2007

Whisper Not

tre studi per viola e live electronics (Étude d'altitude - Étude de solitude - Étude de similitude)

for:

viola and live electronics

duration:

13'

commission:

SO.GE.DA-Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Montecarlo

first performance:

15.04.07, Monte Carlo, Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Geneniève Strosser