Giulio Castagnoli is an Italian composer.

Castagnoli graduated in literature (Turin University), piano and composition (Turin Conservatory) before postgraduate degrees in composition at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg

Hochschule für Musik Freiburg

The Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Freiburg is a public music academy subsidized by the State of Baden-Württemberg for academic research and artistic and pedagogical training in music.-History:The Hochschule was initially founded as a municipal institution in 1946 under the direction of Gustav...

 with Brian Ferneyhough

Brian Ferneyhough

Brian John Peter Ferneyhough is an English composer. His music is characterized by the extensive use of complex rhythmic tuplet notation which features in all his works...

 (1986), and at Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world, based in Italy.It is based at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, and was founded by the papal bull, Ratione congruit, issued by Sixtus V in 1585, which invoked two saints prominent in Western...

 in Rome with Franco Donatoni

Franco Donatoni

Franco Donatoni was an Italian composer.Born in Verona, he started studying violin at the age of seven, and frequented the local Music Academy...

(1987). He is currently professor of composition at the Turin Conservatory.

Castagnoli collaborates with RAI-Radiotelevisione Italiana as a musicologist in programs on contemporary music, leads a concert series in Turin, and is the editor of the musical review "Quaderni di Musica Nuova". He won several international composition contexts. His one act radio-opera "To the Museum" got a special mention of the Jury at 1991 Prix Italia . He was selected in many other events, like the World Music Days of the ISCM in Hong Kong in 1988. Luciano Berio

Luciano Berio

Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental work and also for his pioneering work in electronic music.-Biography:Berio was born at Oneglia Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian...

 conducted his music. Castagnoli has also received commissions from Radio France

Radio France

Radio France is a French public service radio broadcaster.-Mission:Radio France's two principal missions are:* To create and expand the programming on all of their stations; and...

, RAI-Italian Radio, the City of Geneva

Geneva

Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

, Stamford Chamber Orchestra (U.S.A.), Radio Suisse Romande

Radio Suisse Romande

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, and from festivals, soloists and ensembles including the Elision Ensemble, Melbourne, Nieuw Ensemble, Amsterdam, Divertimento Ensemble, Milan, Xenia Ensemble, Turin. Castagnoli was invited by DAAD – Senate of Berlin as composer in residence 1998-99 and in summer 2003. As a musicologist, he obtained scholarship from the Paul Sacher Foundation, Basel in 1999. Luciano Berio

Luciano Berio

Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental work and also for his pioneering work in electronic music.-Biography:Berio was born at Oneglia Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian...

 commissioned from him his Concerto per Violoncello e Doppia Orchestra, for Santa Cecilia 2002 which had a 3 concert season in Rome.

List of works

1. "Qui conta come Narcis" ... per pianoforte e voce recitante ad libitum (1982) ( 6') (Ricordi). Tortona
   Tortona
   Tortona is a comune of Piemonte, in the Province of Alessandria, Italy. Tortona is sited on the right bank of the Scrivia between the plain of Marengo and the foothills of the Ligurian Apennines.-History:...
   
   , Teatro Municipale, 18/02/1983, Livia Conte
2. "Quasi una fantasia" (sopra un finale) (1983) (8') per pianoforte solo (Ricordi). Torino, 17/03/1984, Conservatorio, Francesco Cipolletta
3. "Le ore e le lune" opera da camera on a libretto by Sergio Liberovici, for soprano, flute (or ottavino), clarinet (or clarinet bass), guitar (or mandolin), violoncello (1984). Turin, 3/05/1984, Salone Ippolito Nievo
   Ippolito Nievo
   Ippolito Nievo was an Italian writer, journalist and patriot. His Confessioni d'un italiano is widely considered the most important novel about the Italian Risorgimento.-Life:...
   
   , Luisa Castellani, voce, Mara Armanni, violoncello, Sergio Delmastro, clarinetto, Davide Ficco, chitarra, Claudio Montafia, flauto
4. "Ricercare sopra un tema di Francesco Geminiani" per oboe
   Oboe
   The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
   
    e clavicembalo (1984) (6') Saint Vincent, Sala dei Congressi, 26/04/1985, Silvano Scanziani, oboe, Maria Grazia Bertocchi, clavicembalo
5. "Serenata après l'11.ème étude de Villalobos" per chitarra (1984) (6') (Edipan)(disco PAN3009 e disco Oliphant CNTP 00991. Freiburg
   Freiburg
   Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain...
   
   , Musikhochschule
   Hochschule für Musik Freiburg
   The Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Freiburg is a public music academy subsidized by the State of Baden-Württemberg for academic research and artistic and pedagogical training in music.-History:The Hochschule was initially founded as a municipal institution in 1946 under the direction of Gustav...
   
   , 8/01/1986, Jürgen Ruck
6. "Partita " per contrabbasso (1984, rev.1993) (4')
7. "Uqbar", trio d'archi per 7 sopra una canzone famosa per ottavino, clarinetto basso, percussioni, pianoforte, violino, viola
   Viola
   The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
   
    e violoncello (1984) (15') (Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
   Suvini Zerboni
   Suvini Zerboni Italian music publishing house founded in 1907 in Milan, taking its name from the theater society of the same name. The ESZ catalogue included, besides operetta favourites, the best of Italian contemporary music, such composers as Goffredo Petrassi, Luigi Dallapiccola, Luciano...
   
   )(Disco Happy New Ears-Compositori Associati,Ca 912) Graz, Steirisches Herbst, Musikprotokoll, 24/10/1986, Pro Arte Ensemble Graz, direttore Adolf Hennig
8. "Quartetto per archi" (note ad A Bao A Qu) (13') (1985) Milano, 1/10/1985, Auditorium di Porta Vigentina, Quartetto Arditti
9. "Finzione" per ottavino, oboe
   Oboe
   The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
   
   , clarinetto basso, clavicembalo, percussioni, violino, viola e violoncello (8')(1985) Roma, 21/06/1985, Villa Medici, Gruppo Musica d’Oggi, direttore Gino Lanzillotta
10. "Limber Jack" per sassofoni soprano, tenore e baritono (5' opp.10', opp.15 ')(1985) Ferrara
    Ferrara
    Ferrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north...
    
    , Aterforum, 5/06/1985, Alfredo Ponissi, sassofoni
11. ""L'inutil precauzione"" (aria del cembalo), per ottavino, sassofono tenore, tromba e clavicembalo ( 7')(1985) - Torino, Settembre Musica, Teatro Nuovo, 19/09/1985 Maria Luisa Pacciani, clavicembalo, Renato Cugno, tromba, Claudio Montafia, ottavino, Alfredo Ponissi, sassofono
12. "Finzione II" - concerto per violoncello e orchestra (14') (1985) (piccola orchestra
    Orchestra
    An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
    
    ) Freiburg, 10/07/1986, Carola Drexler, violoncello
13. "Klang per archi", omaggio a Giacinto Scelsi
    Giacinto Scelsi
    Giacinto Scelsi , Count of Ayala Valva was an Italian composer who also wrote surrealist poetry in French....
    
     (7')(1986) (Casa Musicale Sonzogno)(Disco Happy New Ears- Compositori Associati CA912) Maiano , 4/10/1986, Haydn Philarmonia, direttore Ezio Rojatti
14. "Trio per violino", violoncello e pianoforte (9') (1986) (Edizioni Suvini Zerboni)(Disco Happy New Ears-Compositori Associati, CA 912) Roma, Auditorium
    Auditorium
    An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens.- Etymology :...
    
     del Foro Italico, 31/10/1986, Mario Buffa violino, Luigi Lanzillotta violoncello, Giancarlo Simonacci, pianoforte
15. "Duo per violino solo" (8') (1986) (Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
    Suvini Zerboni
    Suvini Zerboni Italian music publishing house founded in 1907 in Milan, taking its name from the theater society of the same name. The ESZ catalogue included, besides operetta favourites, the best of Italian contemporary music, such composers as Goffredo Petrassi, Luigi Dallapiccola, Luciano...
    
    ). Amsterdam
    Amsterdam
    Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
    
    , Concertgebouw
    Concertgebouw
    The Concertgebouw is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch term "concertgebouw" literally translates into English as "concert building"...
    
    , 18/04/1987, Cécile Huijnen, violino
16. "Trio II" per flauto, clarinetto basso e arpa (10) (1986) (Edizioni Suvini Zerboni) ( Disco Happy New Ears- Compositori Associati, CA 912). Amsterdam
    Amsterdam
    Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
    
    , 12/11/1987, Gaudeamus Music Week, Waalse Kerk, Harry Sparnaay, clarinetto basso, Harrie Staareveld, Flauto, Masumi Nagasawa, arpa Altra versione: Trio II b per flauto, clarinetto basso e pianoforte (1986/87) (10') (Edizioni Suvini Zerboni)(Disco Happy New Ears - Compositori Associati, CA911) Amsterdam, De Ijsbrecker, 18/03/1988, Het Trio: Harry Sparnaay, clarinetto Basso, Harrie Starreveld, flauto, René Eckhardt, pianoforte
17. "Trio per quattro" per flauto, clarinetto basso, chitarra e pianoforte (altra versione di Trio II) (10')(1986/87)(Edizioni Suvini Zerboni) (Disco ADDA 590014 AD 184) Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
    
    , Teatro Colon, 10/08/1987, Antidogma Musica, direttore Enrico Correggia
18. "Secondo quartetto con voci" per quartetto d'archi, soprano, attrice e nastro magnetico (14') (1987) (Edizioni Suvini Zerboni) (Disco Happy New Ears - Compositori Associati, CA 912) RaiRadiotre, 8/06/1987
19. "Bestiario", otto studi per trio di fiati per flauto, clarinetto e fagotto (15') (1987) (Edizioni del “Premio Valentino Bucchi
    Valentino Bucchi
    Valentino Bucchi was an Italian composer.-Biography:Bucchi was the son of musicians...
    
    ”, Roma) - Torino, Settembre Musica, 20/09/1987, Marco Bruno, flauto, Walter Frezzato, clarinetto, Rodolfo Passuello, fagotto
20. "Numeri", concerto per orchestra
    Orchestra
    An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
    
     (20') (1987) per grande orchestra 31/5/1993 Bucarest, Sala della Radio, Festival di Musica Contemporanea, Orchestra della Radio di Stato Rumena, direttore Gheorghe Costin
    Gheorghe Costin
    Gheorghe Costin is a Romanian conductor and composer.A disciple of Constantin Bugeanu in Bucharest's Music Academy, he spent two years at the head of the Târgu Mureş Philharmonic before he was appointed Principal Conductor of the Iaşi State Philharmonic, where he would remain for thirteen years...
    
    
21. "Doppio Quintetto" per flauto
    Flauto
    Flauto can refer to:*a recorder if flauto dolce, flauto a becco or flauto diritto*a flute if flauto traverso...
    
     (anche ottavino e flauto in sol), (anche clarinetto piccolo e basso), corno, chitarra, pianoforte, e quintetto d'archi (13') (1988) (Edizioni Stradivarius) (Disco Stradivarius, STR 33572). Parigi
    Parigi
    Parigi is a village and a mandal in Anantapur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. -Demographics:According to Indian census, 2001, the demographic details of Parigi mandal is as follows:* Total Population: 52,852 in 11,187 Households...
    
    , Grande Salle Centre Pompidou, 17/03/1988, Antidogma Musica, direttore Enrico Correggia
22. "Due stanze giapponesi" per trombone
    Trombone
    The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
    
     solo (7') (1988) (Ricordi) (Disco RCA CCD 3003) Versione 1992 "Tre stanze giapponesi": Al sole; In un tempio; All'ombra, per trombone solo (Ricordi)Torino, 8/05/1993 Goethe - Institut Turin, Roberto Zucca
23. "Doppio Trio" per flauto, clarinetto basso, arpa, violino, violoncello e pianoforte (8')(1988) (Edizioni Suvini Zerboni). Cremona
    Cremona
    Cremona is a city and comune in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po River in the middle of the Pianura Padana . It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local City and Province governments...
    
    , Spazionovecento, 12/11/1988, Gruppo Musica Insieme, direttore Pietro Antonini
24. "Black out" per sax baritono e pianoforte (altra versione per clarinetto basso e pianoforte) (7') (1988). Roma, S. Margherita in Trastevere, Federico Mondelci, sassofono, Oscar Pizzo, pianoforte
25. "Quartetto per clarinetto", violino, violoncello e pianoforte (13') (1989) (Quaderni Perugini di Musica Contemporanea). Perugia
    Perugia
    Perugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....
    
    , 12 maggio 1989, Aula Magna Università per Stranieri, Gabriele Mirabassi, clarinetto, Gabriele Raspanti, violino, Ulrike Brand, violoncello, Meret Kammer, pianoforte
26. "Sei Haiku" per nove strumenti e soprano (flauto, clarinetto — anche clarinetto basso, percussioni, mandolino, chitarra, arpa, violino, viola e contrabbasso) (eseguibili anche in due cicli di tre pezzi ciascuno) (28') (1989) (Ricordi) (Disco RCA CCD 3011) Commissioned by Elision Ensemble-Melbourne. 15/7/1990 Melbourne
    Melbourne
    Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
    
    , Melba Hall-University of Melbourne, ELISION Ensemble
    ELISION Ensemble
    The ELISION Ensemble is a chamber ensemble specialising in contemporary classical music,concentrating on the creation and presentation of new works....
    
    , direttore Sandro Gorli
27. "Monk & sphere" per clarinetto basso solo (6') (1990) (Ricordi) (Disco DDT 19203) Torino, Festival Antidogma, 30/09/1991, Rocco Parisi
28. "Cinque Madrigali" per undici archi (6 violini, 2 viole, 2 violoncelli e 1 contrabbasso) ( 15') (1990) Commande de la Ville de Gèneve. Gèneve, Hotel de Ville, 9/07/1990 Antidogma Ensemble, direttore Andrea Molino Nuova versione: 23/11/1992 Bologna, Teatro Comunale, Accademia Bizantina, direttore Luciano Berio
29. "Tre Tanka" dallo "Hiakunin Isshu" per flauto e pianoforte (10') (1990) (EDIPAN) (disco PAN 3039). 10/5/1991 Roma, Villa Medici, Manuel Zurria, flauto, Oscar Pizzo, pianoforte
30. "Quattro Notturni" per quartetto d'archi (terzo quartetto), da "in forma di Haiku" di Carlo Cignetti (13') (1990) (Ricordi). Torino, Tempio Valdese, 9/05/1991, Quartetto d’archi di Torino
31. "Al Museo in volo & a zompi" opera buffa
    Opera buffa
    Opera buffa is a genre of opera. It was first used as an informal description of Italian comic operas variously classified by their authors as ‘commedia in musica’, ‘commedia per musica’, ‘dramma bernesco’, ‘dramma comico’, ‘divertimento giocoso' etc...
    
     radiofonica in un atto e dodici quadri per soprano leggero, mezzosoprano, bass barytone, voci recitanti, coro, orchestra e nastro magnetico opera commissionata da Radiotre per il Prix Italia 1991) (45') (1991) (Edizioni Nuova Fonit Cetra, Disco Fonit Cetra CTD16)
32. "Miles" per clarinetto basso e violoncello (6') (1991) (Ricordi). Roma, 23/01/1992, Ciro Scarponi, clarinetto basso, Gino Lanzillotta, violoncello
33. "Cloches en noir et blanc" per flauto, clarinetto, corno, percussioni, sintetizzatore, pianoforte, violino e violoncello (1991) (14') (Edizioni Stradivarius) (Disco Stradivarius, STR 33572) 24/1/1992 Paris
    Paris
    Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
    
    , Présences 92, Maison de la Radio, Ensemble TM+, direttore Laurent Cuniot
34. "Canti per orchestra" (14') (1991) (Edizioni Ricordi) Commission of the Stamford Chamber Orchestra. 20/6/1992 Stamford Con. (U.S.A.), Stamford Chamber Orchestra, direttore Laurence Gilgore
35. "A due voci" per soprano
    Soprano
    A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
    
    , quintetto di fiati e pianoforte (11') da "Ottava Fuga" di Umberto Saba
    Umberto Saba
    Umberto Poli was an Italian poet and novelist, born in the cosmopolitan Mediterranean port of Trieste when it was the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Poli assumed the nom de plume "Saba" in 1910, and his name was officially changed to Umberto Saba in 1928. From 1919 he was the...
    
    (1992) (Ricordi). Cosenza
    Cosenza
    Cosenza is a city in southern Italy, located at the confluence of two historic rivers: the Busento and the Crathis. The municipal population is of around 70,000; the urban area, however, counts over 260,000 inhabitants...
    
    , Aula Magna dell’Università della Calabria, Barbara Lazotti, soprano; Gruppo Musica d'Oggi, direttore Gino Lanzillotta
36. "Tre musiche a china" per flauto
    Flauto
    Flauto can refer to:*a recorder if flauto dolce, flauto a becco or flauto diritto*a flute if flauto traverso...
    
     (in do e in sol), clarinetto basso, percussioni e pianoforte (10') (1992) (Ricordi). 7/10/1994 Paris, IRCAM
    IRCAM
    IRCAM is a European institute for science about music and sound and avant garde electro-acoustical art music. It is situated next to, and is organizationally linked with, the Centre Pompidou in Paris...
    
    , Elementi dell’Orchestra Sinfonica Emilia-Romagna, direttore Bruno Garbarino
37. "Al Maestro" per ensemble
    Ensemble
    Ensemble may refer to:* Musical ensemble* Ensemble cast * Dance ensemble* Statistical ensemble ** Quantum statistical mechanics, the study of statistical ensembles of quantum mechanical systems...
    
     (1992) (2’) (Ricordi) 13/3/1993 Bruxelles, Festival Ars Musica, Nieuw Ensemble di Amsterdam
    Amsterdam
    Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
    
    , direttore Ed Spanijard
38. "Una lettera a china" per violoncello e pianoforte (1992) (2’) (Ricordi)
39. "Cloches blanches et noires" per grande orchestra
    Orchestra
    An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
    
     (1992/93) (16')
40. " Oltre lo stretto vuoto" per pianoforte ed amplificazione (1992/93)( 8') (Ricordi) (Disco RCA 74321-16229-2). 5/10/1993 La Habana, Festival di Musica Contemporanea, Oscar Pizzo
41. "Vana - Evanescente - Invano" , tre pezzi per orchestra
    Orchestra
    An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
    
     (1993) (12') (Ricordi) 18/2/1993 San Remo, Orchestra Filarmonica di San Remo, direttore Daniele Agiman
42. "Quattro canti di Omar Khayyam", per sestetto d'archi (1993) (18') 29/9/1993 Torino, Festival Antidogma Musica, Auditorium Rai, Sextuor à cordes de L'A.I.E.C. - Lille
43. "Tre liriche d'Oriente", per flauto dolce basso e basso di viola (1993) (15') versione 1998 per violoncello e flauto in sol 22/2/1994 Lausanne
    Lausanne
    Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
    
    , Maison de la Radio, Kees Boeke, viola da gamba, Antonio Politano, flauto dolce basso
44. "Quattro poemetti", per violoncello ed amplificazione (1993) (18') Commande de Radio France (disco Happy new ear CA9810) 31/1/1994 Paris, Présences 94, Maison de la Radio , Salle Messiaen, Alain Meunier, violoncello, Sy.Te.R du G.R.M.
45. "Tà paràthura (Le finestre)"- da "Un Quaderno di Kostantinos Kavafis", per violino solo (1994) (10'). Torino, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, 25/06/1995, Enzo Porta
46. "Epéstrephe (Ritorna)"- da "Un Quaderno di Kostantinos Kavafis", per viola d'amore e chitarra a dodici corde (1994) (12') - Roma, 23/6/1996, Acquario, Luca Sanzò, Viola d'amore
    Viola d'amore
    The viola d'amore is a 7- or 6-stringed musical instrument with sympathetic strings used chiefly in the baroque period. It is played under the chin in the same manner as the violin.- Structure and sound :...
    
    , Stefano Cardi, chitarra
47. "Toù plòiou (A bordo)" - da "Un Quaderno di Kostantinos Kavafis", per arpa (1994) (10') Torino, 8/06/1994, Gabriella Bosio
48. "Hedoné" (Alla voluttà), da "Un Quaderno di Kostantinos Kavafis", per voce, violino e pianoforte (1994)(12'). Faenza
    Faenza
    Faenza is an Italian city and comune, in the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, situated 50 km southeast of Bologna.Faenza is noted for its manufacture of majolica ware glazed earthenware pottery, known from the name of the town as "faience"....
    
    , Teatro Comunale, 5/11/1994, Barbara Lazotti, voce, Sabina Moretti, violino, Bo Price, pianoforte
49. "Phonés (Voci)",da "Un Quaderno di Kostantinos Kavafis", per voce
    Voce
    Voce was a premium Mobile Virtual Network Operator using the AT&T GSM network sold by Neiman-Marcus and created by Japanese company Faith Communications. During the month of January 2008, ownership was transferred to SunCal Midwest...
    
     e sonagli (1994)(12'). 24/10/1996 Beijing
    Beijing
    Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
    
     Conservatory, Luisa Castellani, soprano
50. "I toni della notte", per clavicembalo a tre tastiere con amplificazione ad libitum (1995) (10'). 13/9/1995 Tokyo
    Tokyo
    , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
    
    , Tsuda Hall, Natsu Yoko - clavicembalo
51. "Tre canti ebraici" per due violoncelli (1995) (10') Casale Monferrato, Sinagoga, 10/04/1995, Renzo Brancaleon e Erica Patrucco, violoncelli
52. "Tre poesie T'ang" per pianoforte e gruppi di strumenti (flauto - anche ottavino e flauto in sol, oboe - –anche corno inglese, clarinetto - anche clarinetto piccolo, clarinetto basso, corno, 2 percussioni, arpa, 2 violini, viola, violoncello e contrabbasso) (1995) (18')(Disco Stradivarius, STR 33572) 22/7/1995 Venezia, La Biennale Musica, Divertimento Ensemble, direttore Sandro Gorli
53. "Sarabanda, Sarabanda fiorita, Sarabanda sfiorita" per violoncello solo (6’) (1995) Colma di Rosignano, 11/06/1995, Erica Patrucco
54. "Threnos" per trio
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    Trio is generally used in any of the following ways:* A group of three musicians playing the same or different musical instrument.* The performance of a piece of music by three people.* The contrasting section of a piece in ternary form...
    
     d'archi (1996) (12') 24/4/1999 Taskent, Festival di Musica Nuova, Xenia Ensemble
55. "Il lago notturno/il cielo stellato" (12') secondo trio per violino, violoncello e pianoforte (1996) (disco Moto Perpetuo, Pescocostanzo 1996) - Pescocostanzo
    Pescocostanzo
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    , 23/07/1996, Steven Neugarten Trio
56. "Le azzurre campane della sera" (12') per 17 archi (1996) Torino, 27/09/1996, Conservatorio di Torino, Antidogma Musica, direttore Guido Guida
57. "Fioriture" (18') per Gu Q'in e 11 strumenti ( flauto, oboe - anche corno inglese, clarinetto - anche clarinetto basso, corno, percussioni, arpa, 2 violini, viola, violoncello e contrabbasso) (1996)- Milano, 28/10/1996 Sala Puccini - La Scala, Divertimento Ensemble, Luca Bonvini, Gu Q’in, direttore Sandro Gorli
58. "Fioriture II" (18') per viola solista e 11 strumenti soprano ( flauto, oboe - anche corno inglese, clarinetto - anche clarinetto basso, corno, percussioni, arpa, 2 violini, viola, violoncello e contrabbasso) (1996/97) (Disco Stradivarius, STR 33572) Mosca, 24/1071997 Moscow Conservatory, Rachmaninov Hall, Giovanni Cavalli, viola, Orchestra dell'OSER, direttore Giorgio Bernasconi
59. "5 Trakl-Lieder" (10') per mezzosoprano e pianoforte (1997) Manta, 22/09/ 1997, Festival di Antidogma Musica, Marinella Tarenghi- pianoforte, Elena Custer - mezzosoprano
60. "Cantico Notturno" (12') per 12 voci e percussioni (1997) Milano, 21/10 1998, Festival Milano Musica-La Scala, Camerata Polifonica, direttore Ruben Jais (Edizioni Nuova Stradivarius) (Disco Stradivarius 33858)
61. Il Re - monodramma su testo di Carlo Cignetti, per recitante, flauto ( e flauto in sol), clarinetto basso, violino, violoncello, chitarra, pianoforte e mezzosoprano ad lib.(18') (1997) Roma, 10/5/1999, Accademia Filarmonica Romana
    Accademia Filarmonica Romana
    The Accademia Filarmonica Romana is an orchestra based in Rome, Italy. It was established in 1821....
    
    , Freon Ensemble e Burattinmusica
62. "Sciofar" per fagotto (8’) (1998)
63. "Due moti d’acqua" per due pianoforti (1995–1998) (15’) Sermoneta, 4/07/1998, Festival Pontino, Duo Notarstefano-Risaliti
64. "Isole" livre pour violoncelle (e nastro ad lib.) (25’) (1998) (disco I concerti di Brunnenburg, Merano TR CD001, 1999) - Berlino
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    , 27/9/1999, Festival Musica Elettronica, Francesco Dillon - violoncello, Folkmar Hein - elettronica dal vivo
65. "Itaca è questa..." per canto e pianoforte, su testo dall’Ulisse
    Ulisse
    Ulisse is an opera in a Prologue and two acts composed by Luigi Dallapiccola to his own libretto based on the legend of Ulysses. It premiered at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin on 27 November 1968 conducted by Lorin Maazel with Erik Saedén in the title role. Ulisse was Dallapiccola's last opera and...
    
     di Claudio Monteverdi
    Claudio Monteverdi
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     (4’) (1998). Roma, 13/11/1998, Villa Medici
    Villa Medici
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    , Festival Roma Europa, Rosa Ricciotti, voce, Felice Venanzoni, pianoforte
66. "Costellazioni" per chitarra solista e gruppo di strumenti (1999) (15’) (inedito) (Disco Stradivarius, STR 33572). Berlino
    Berlino
    Berlino, an anthropomorphic bear, was the mascot for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics held in Berlin, Germany, noted for his hyperactivity and celebrations with various athletes during the Championships.Up until now, Berlino appears to be mute...
    
    , 15/06/1999 SFB, Kleine Saal: Portät Konzert Giulio Castagnoli, Divertimento Ensemble, Elena Casoli chitarrista, direttore Sandro Gorli
67. "Un raga" per due violini (1998) (6’) Merano, 14/07/1998, Biblioteca Civica, Giacomo Agazzini e Umberto Fantini
68. "Un canto" per violoncello e pianoforte (1999) (2’)
69. "...pour vous dire..." per pianoforte solo (1999–2004) (4’)
70. "Je reprends la plume..." per controtenore e trio d’archi, su testo tratto da una lettera di Puskin (1999)(7’). Roma, 17/10/1999, Ambasciata Britannica, David James - controtenore e Xenia Ensemble
71. "Laudi per doppio coro e orchestra" (testi: dai Salmi
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     e da Sant’Ambrogio) (1999) (15’) (Disco Stradivarius, STR 33576). Milano, 29/11/1999, Sant’Ambrogio, Camerata Polifonica di Milano, Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicali, direttore Sandro Gorli
72. "Finale (il mare)" per sette strumenti ed elettronica (1999)(8’) Milano, 22/11/1999, Palazzo Reale, Freon Ensemble diretto da Stefano Cardi
73. "Maqam, eine Vervanderung fuer Bruno Canino", per pianoforte solo Milano, 16/05/2000, Bruno Canino
    Bruno Canino
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74. "Chet" per tromba, percussioni (3 piatti sospesi, vibrafono), contrabbasso (2001) (8’) Colonia
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    , 23/03/2001, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Freon Ensemble
75. "Ritorna" per violoncello con sordina di legno, vibrafono con archetto e tamburo in re (o darabukka) (2001) (8’). Lucca
    Lucca
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    , 15/06/2001, Associazione Musicale Lucchese,
76. "Concerto per violoncello e doppia orchestra" (2001–2002) (40’) Commissione dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia - Fondazione, Roma 30/11/2002, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Enrico Dindo, violoncello, direttore Stefan Anton Reck
    Stefan Anton Reck
    Stefan Anton Reck is a German orchestra conductor. He was born on 26 April 1960 in Baden-Baden, Germany.- Biography :After having won 1st International Arturo Toscanini competition for conducting in 1985, and subsequently the first prize in the International Gino Marinuzzi competition in...
    
    
77. "Madrigale guerriero e amoroso", per sei voci e sei strumenti cinesi di tradizione, su testo di Francesco Petrarca (2002) (12’) (anche in versione per sei voci a cappella s., s., c., t., b., b.). Melbourne
    Melbourne
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    , 30/10/2002, Melbourne
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     Festival, The Song Company-Sidney e Hong Kong Virtuosi, direttore Roland Peelman (Edizioni Nuova Stradivarius) (Disco Stradivarius 33858)
78. "Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra" (2003) (26’) Torino, 10/06/2003, Accademia Stefano Tempia, Francesco Cipolletta,pianoforte, direttore Massimo Peiretti
79. Note del tuono per violoncello e clavicembalo (2003) (6’) Palermo, 25/05/2003, Anna Damiani, clavicembalo, Francesco Dillon, violoncello
80. Terzo Trio (note del tuono) per violino, violoncello e pianoforte preparato con fogli di carta Zagrabia, 20/04/2007, Biennale, Trio Debussy
81. Pasi but but per elettronica (2003) (4’) Cagliari, Spazio Musica, 7/06/2003
82. Anna e Davide, opera da camera per bambini attori e cantori, attrice, attore, chitarra e violoncello da pagine di diari di bambini deportati nei Lager (libretto dell’autore) (50’) (2003) Casale Monferrato, 14/09/2003, Sinagoga, L’Opera dei Ragazzi, Erica Patrucco,violoncello, Oscar Casares, chitarra
83. Notturno (Wasserklavier II) per fl. (e fl. in sol), cl.basso, v.no., vlc., pianoforte preparato con fogli di carta (2003) (14’) Bologna, 7/02/2004, Accademia Filarmonica, Ensemble dell’Associazione Musicale Lucchese, direttore Fabio Neri
84. Vago, vago augelletto per Di-zi (fl.cinese), Sheng (organo a bocca cinese) e trio d’archi (2003) (6’) Caraglio, 11/12/2003 Il Filatoio, The Hong Kong Virtuosi e Trio Xenia
85. Un dragone in gabbia, opera per attore, sei voci madrigalistiche, gruppi di strumenti ed elettronica (libretto dell’autore, dai Pisan Cantos di Ezra Pound nella versione di Mary de Rachewiltz) (2004) (85’) Torino, 20/05/2004, Piccolo Regio, Syryn Ensemble- Stoccolma, Riccardo Balbinutti, elettronica realizzata alla Technische Universität Berlin, direttore Carlo Pavese
86. Canti Pisani, per quattro voci, quattro strumenti e pianoforte (testo tratto dai Pisan Cantos di Ezra Pound nella versione italiana di Mary de Rachewiltz) (2005) (15’) Saarbrücken, Radio del Saarland,7/05/2005, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart (Edizioni Nuova Stradivarius) (Disco Stradivarius 33858)
87. Arco, per violoncello concertante e orchestra d’archi (2006) (16’) Torino, 27/03/2006, Dario Destefano, violoncello, Orchestra Stefano Tempia, Massimo Peiretti, direttore
88. Missa Sancti Evasii, per coro ed orchestra di strumenti barocchi (testi: Ordinarium Missae) (2007) (25’) Casale Monferrato, Duomo, 6/10/2007 Coro Ruggero Maghini, Orchestra Barocca Academia Montis Regalis, direttore Claudio Chiavazza (Edizioni Nuova Stradivarius) (Disco Stradivarius 33858)
89. Altre stelle, per fl. In sol, chitarra, vibrafono e tabla (o pakhawaj, o darabuqqa) (2008) (12’) Milano, Palazzina Liberty, 5/05/2008, Divertimento Ensemble, direttore Sandro Gorli
90. Sagittario, per fl. in sol, cl.basso, violino e violoncello (2008) (3’) Terni, 7/09/2008, Ensemble In Canto, direttore Fabio Maestri
91. Due canti antichi per violino e shamisen (2008) (9’) Osaka, 19/12/2008, Saji Keizo Memorial Hall, Osaka University Nakanoshima Center, Francesco D’Orazio, violino, Rokunobu Kineya e Nobuzo Kineya, shamisen
92. Canto antico per violino solo (2009) (6’) Torino, 14/09/2009, Settembre Musica, Massimo Marin
93. Quarto Trio (Kaddish) per violino, violoncello e pianoforte (2009) (9’) Torino, 14/09/2009, Settembre Musica, Teatro Gobetti, Francesco Cipolletta, pianoforte, Dario Destefano, violoncello, Massimo Marin, violino
94. Musiche per il Castello del Monferrato, musica elettronica (Casale Monf., 13/10/2009) (15’)
95. Raga Rimirar le Stelle, per violoncello solo (Torino, 8/12/2009, SS.Pietro e Paolo, Dario Destefano) (10’)
96. Come una fantasia triste, per 6 violoncelli (Torino, 31/10/2010, Politecnico, CelloConsort) (6’)
97. "Kaddish", per violoncello solo (Torino, 25/01/2011, Dario Destefano, violoncello) (4')
98. "Laudate pueri" per coro di voci bianche (2011) (5')

Short Discography

• Giulio Castagnoli (disco monografico), CD Adda Records (1990)
• Al Museo in volo & a zompi (opera buffa completa), CD Nuova Fonit Cetra (1991)
• 900 Musica - Elision Ensemble, CD RCA BGM/Ariola (1992)
• Giulio Castagnoli (disco monografico), CD Stradivarius (2000)
• LmcsL Messa, CD Stradivarius (2001)
• Giulio Castagnoli, Missa Sancti Evasii e musica vocale (disco monografico), CD Stradivarius(2010) The Song Company, Hong Kong Virtuosi, Syrin? Ensemble, Stockholm, Orchestra Barocca Academia Montis Regalis

Essays on Giulio Castagnoli's work, interviews

• Adriano Cremonese, Suono e segno: alcune note sul Quartetto 1989 di Giulio Castagnoli, in "Quaderni Perugini di Musica Contemporanea", n.25, 1989
• Gian Paolo Minardi, Comporre il mistero, in "La Gazzetta di Parma", 30/4/1992
• Luciana Galliano, Giulio Castagnoli: sculture sonore tra witz ed elegia, in "Sonus", annoIV, nn.1/2 (maggio 1992)
• Susanna A. Forchino, Giulio Castagnoli - intervista , in "La musica italiana oggi: le poetiche delle ultime generazioni", tesi di laurea, Università di Torino, a.a. 1990/91
• Catia Pazzaglini, Giulio Castagnoli in "La musica oggi negli spettacoli di prosa", Tesi di Laurea, Università di Urbino (a.a. 1993/94)
• Angela Ida De Benedictis, Quattro poemetti, in “Di nuovo musica”, Reggio Emilia 1997
• Martin Wilkening, Giulio Castagnoli, «DAAD Letter», n.2, Bonn 1999
• Anna Maria Morazzoni, «The New Growe Dictionary of Music & Musicians», vol. 2, 2000
• Angela Ida De Benedictis, Giulio Castagnoli, in MGG, vol.3, 2000
• Rita Gaiozzi, Il violoncello solo nella musica contemporanea, tesi di laurea, Università di Pisa (a.a. 2000/01)
• Alberto Bosco, Il mio concerto per pianoforte, tradizione popolare trasfigurata, in: Sistema Musica, anno V, n.6/2003
• Alberto Bosco, Castagnoli: Pound, un dragone in gabbia, in Sistema Musica, anno VI, n.5/2004
• Mirco Rizzotto, Al Museo in volo e a zompi, tesi di laurea, Università di Torino- Multidams (a.a. 2005/06)
• Guido Viale, Intervista a C.Castagnoli, in: Mosaico – C.E.M., 20/12 /2005

Books

• Al Museo in volo e a zompi (con Ugo Nespolo
  Ugo Nespolo
  Ugo Nespolo is an Italian painter and sculptor, particularly known for his experimental films, his applied arts works and his artistic collaborations in advertising, theater and literature.-Life and works:...
  
  ), Milano, Nuova ERI, 1989
• Klang und Prozess in den Quattro pezzi per orchestra(1959) von Giacinto Scelsi, Saarbrücken, Pfau Verlag, 1995
• Trasparenze (con Marco Gastini), Milano, Vanni Scheiwiller Editore, 1998
• Le forme della musica, Casale Monferrato, Edizioni Sonda, 2009

Essays

• Gesto, figura, nostalgia , in "I quaderni della Scuola Civica di Musica di Milano", n.13, dicembre 1986
• Il compositore d’oggi e la musica per banda, in “Piemonte Musicale”, n.2, II Semestre 1986
• Suono e processo nei Quattro pezzi per orchestra (1959) di Giacinto Scelsi, in "Quaderni di Musica Nuova ", n.1, Torino 1987
• Portrait, note su Franco Donatoni, in "Quaderni di Musica Nuova", n.2, Torino 1988
• Un Adieu, in "MusikTexte", n.26, Ottobre 1988
• La scrittura del suono, in "Quaderni Perugini di Musica Contemporanea", n.33, 1989
• Note a Paolo Castaldi, in "Quaderni di Musica Nuova", n.3, Torino 1989
• Il percorso dei "Quaderni di Musica Nuova" di Torino, in "Sonus", anno II, n.4 (1990)
• Riflessioni sulla musica alla radio, in "Sonus", anno V, n.3/4 (1993)
• Giulio Castagnoli - uno sguardo al futuro, tavola rotonda di Sonus, in "Sonus", anno VI, n.1 (1994)
• La conscience aigüe - note sullo scriver musica oggi, in La conscience aigue, "Quaderni di Musica Nuova" , nn.4/5, Torino 1994.
• Cloches en noir et blanc, Tre poesie T’ang, in “L’ora di là del tempo”, catalogo 46.a Biennale di Venezia, Ricordi 1995
• L’attesa, l’ascolto, il richiamo. Un’interpretazione di alcuni canti schumanniani, in I Lieder di Schumann, "Quaderni di Musica Nuova" n.6, Torino 1996
• A proposito di Three pieces for piano di Brian Ferneyhough, in “Catalogo del Concorso Pianistico “Micheli”, Milano 1997
• I compositori romantici e quelli d’oggi, in “ L’indice “, giugno 1998
• La musica vera, in “Nc news, bollettino di Nuova Consonanza”, ottobre 1998
• Berio, il tempo e l’armonia, in Enzo Restagno (ed.) “Sequenze per Luciano Berio”, Milano, Ricordi, 2000
• G. Kurtág: un ritratto per frammenti, in G. Castagnoli (ed.), “Materiali per leggere Kurtag”, Torino 2001
• Gilberto Bosco, voce della M.G.G., Baerenreiter Verlag, 2001
• Paolo Castaldi, voce della M.G.G., Baerenreiter Verlag, 2001
• Sergio Liberovici, voce della M.G.G., Baerenreiter Verlag, 2002
• La lezione di Scelsi, Il Giornale della Musica, gennaio 2005
• Sculture di suono, Il Monferrato, 28/10/2005
• Musica scritta o musica orale? le riflessioni di un compositore, Sistema Musica, anno VII n.10/2005

Music editions

Giulio Castagnoli's works are published by:

• BMG-Ricordi, Milano
• Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, Milano
• Casa Musicale Sonzogno, Milano
• Edipan, Roma