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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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