Alfio Fazio
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Alfio Fazio is an Italian
composer
of contemporary music
.
Fazio graduated in classical guitar
and composition
at Milan
Academy of Music. He has studied guitar with Anselmo Bersano and composition in Rome
with Paolo Arcà and in Milan with Niccolò Castiglioni
, attending at the same time the Faculty of Arts in Genova
. He is one of the founders of the Young Philharmonic Orchestra of Genova and was member of its artistic committee up to 1990.
He has been active since the early 1980s as a guitarist and composer and has written works for different ensembles, varying from solo instruments to orchestra, including Iperione, for chamber orchestra (dedicated to Niccolò Castiglioni
), Wen, for chamber ensemble (mentioned at the Camillo Togni
competition in 1992) and L'albero solitario (1989), for six percussionists and piano (written for I Percussionisti di Genova). His more recent works include Corale figurato for two guitars and This is the passing of all shining things (by e. e. cummings
), for violin
, cello
and percussion.
His interest in electronic and computer music dates back to 1983, year in which he follows the
seminar organized by the Biennale di Venezia with Alvise Vidolin, Marco Stroppa
and
Giuseppe di Giugno
. Interested in computer programming since 1991, he has worked on both PC and Mac platforms developing software using languages such as MAX
, Visual Basic
, Pascal
, C
and C++
.
His compositional environment PRIE won the IMEB 4th International Musical Software
Competition at Bourges
in 1999.
Italy
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composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
of contemporary music
20th century classical music
20th century classical music was without a dominant style and highly diverse.-Introduction:At the turn of the century, music was characteristically late Romantic in style. Composers such as Gustav Mahler and Jean Sibelius were pushing the bounds of Post-Romantic Symphonic writing...
.
Fazio graduated in classical guitar
Classical guitar
The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
and composition
Musical composition
Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...
at Milan
Milan
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Academy of Music. He has studied guitar with Anselmo Bersano and composition in Rome
Rome
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with Paolo Arcà and in Milan with Niccolò Castiglioni
Niccolò Castiglioni
Niccolò Castiglioni was an Italian composer, pianist, and writer on music.Castiglioni was born and raised in Milan, where he began studying piano at the age of 7. He received his performer's diploma from the Milan Conservatory in 1952, and graduated there in composition in 1953...
, attending at the same time the Faculty of Arts in Genova
Génova
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. He is one of the founders of the Young Philharmonic Orchestra of Genova and was member of its artistic committee up to 1990.
He has been active since the early 1980s as a guitarist and composer and has written works for different ensembles, varying from solo instruments to orchestra, including Iperione, for chamber orchestra (dedicated to Niccolò Castiglioni
Niccolò Castiglioni
Niccolò Castiglioni was an Italian composer, pianist, and writer on music.Castiglioni was born and raised in Milan, where he began studying piano at the age of 7. He received his performer's diploma from the Milan Conservatory in 1952, and graduated there in composition in 1953...
), Wen, for chamber ensemble (mentioned at the Camillo Togni
Camillo Togni
Camillo Togni was an Italian composer, teacher, and pianist. Coming from a family of independent means, he was able to pursue his art as he saw fit, regardless of changing fashions or economic pressure....
competition in 1992) and L'albero solitario (1989), for six percussionists and piano (written for I Percussionisti di Genova). His more recent works include Corale figurato for two guitars and This is the passing of all shining things (by e. e. cummings
E. E. Cummings
Edward Estlin Cummings , popularly known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in lowercase letters as e.e. cummings , was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright...
), for violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
and percussion.
His interest in electronic and computer music dates back to 1983, year in which he follows the
seminar organized by the Biennale di Venezia with Alvise Vidolin, Marco Stroppa
Marco Stroppa
Marco Stroppa is an Italian composer who writes computer music as well as music for instruments with live electronics.-Biography:...
and
Giuseppe di Giugno
Giuseppe di Giugno
Giuseppe Di Giugno is an Italian physicist.-Education:He graduated in physics at Rome University in 1961.-Particle physics:...
. Interested in computer programming since 1991, he has worked on both PC and Mac platforms developing software using languages such as MAX
MAX
Max, originally an abbreviation of "Maximilian" may refer to:-Surname:*Adolphe Max, Belgian politician*Gabriel von Max, Austrian painter*Peter Max, American artist*Tucker Max, American author-Fictional characters:...
, Visual Basic
Visual Basic
Visual Basic is the third-generation event-driven programming language and integrated development environment from Microsoft for its COM programming model...
, Pascal
Pascal (programming language)
Pascal is an influential imperative and procedural programming language, designed in 1968/9 and published in 1970 by Niklaus Wirth as a small and efficient language intended to encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring.A derivative known as Object Pascal...
, C
C (programming language)
C is a general-purpose computer programming language developed between 1969 and 1973 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system....
and C++
C++
C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell...
.
His compositional environment PRIE won the IMEB 4th International Musical Software
Competition at Bourges
Bourges
Bourges is a city in central France on the Yèvre river. It is the capital of the department of Cher and also was the capital of the former province of Berry.-History:...
in 1999.