Marco Stroppa
Encyclopedia
Marco Stroppa is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
) is an Italian composer who writes computer music
Computer music
Computer music is a term that was originally used within academia to describe a field of study relating to the applications of computing technology in music composition; particularly that stemming from the Western art music tradition...
as well as music for instruments with live electronics.
Biography
Marco Stroppa studied piano, composition, choral direction and electronic musicElectronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
at the conservatoires of Verona, Milan and Venice. From 1980 to 1984, Stroppa collaborated with the Centro di Sonologia Computazionale of the University of Padua, before moving to the USA where he continued his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
supported by a grant from the Fulbright Foundation until 1986. At MIT he took courses in cognitive psychology
Cognitive psychology
Cognitive psychology is a subdiscipline of psychology exploring internal mental processes.It is the study of how people perceive, remember, think, speak, and solve problems.Cognitive psychology differs from previous psychological approaches in two key ways....
, computer science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
and artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
.
At the invitation of Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez is a French composer of contemporary classical music, a pianist, and a conductor.-Early years:Boulez was born in Montbrison, Loire, France. As a child he began piano lessons and demonstrated aptitude in both music and mathematics...
, Stroppa moved to Paris where he led the department for musical research at 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...
from 1987 until 1990. In 1987, Stroppa founded the composition and computer music course at the International Bartók Festival in Szombathely
Szombathely
Szombathely is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
. Following teaching posts at the conservatoires of Lyon and Paris, Stroppa currently holds the post of Professor of Composition at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart
State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart
The State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart is a professional school for musicians and performing artists in Stuttgart, Germany...
, where he succeeded Helmut Lachenmann
Helmut Lachenmann
Helmut Lachenmann is a German composer associated with musique concrète instrumentale.-Life and works:...
in 1999.
Awards
- 1985 ASCAP Prize
- 1990 Cervo Prize for New Music
- 1996 Composition prize of the Salzburg Easter FestivalSalzburg Easter FestivalThe Salzburg Easter Festival is an annual festival of opera and classical music held in Salzburg, Austria during Easter week. Herbert von Karajan founded this festival in 1967 as a means of expanding the traditional Salzburg Festival during the summer...
Selected works
- 1982 - 1984 Traiettoria for piano and computer-synthesized tape
- 1987 Puisazioni
- 1987 - 1988 Spirali for string quartet
- 1993 - 1994 Hiranyaloka for orchestra
- 1989 - 1998 élet...fogytiglan for ensemble
- 1994 - 1999 Zwielicht for electronics
- 1996 - 1999 From Needle's Eye for trombone and ensemble
- 1991 - 2002 Miniature estrose Vols. 1 & 2 (14 pieces for solo piano)
Discography
| Works Recorded | Performer(s) | Year of Release | Label Record label In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,... |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traiettoria | Pierre-Laurent Aimard Pierre-Laurent Aimard Pierre-Laurent Aimard is a French pianist. He was born in Lyon, where he entered the conservatory. Later he studied with Yvonne Loriod and with Maria Curcio.... (piano), Marco Stroppa (sound projection) |
1992 | Wergo WER 2030-2 |
| Due Miniature Estrose | Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) | 1992 | ADES 202282 |
| Hiranyaloka | Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra The Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra is a radio orchestra located in the German cities of Baden-Baden and Freiburg... , Michael Gielen Michael Gielen -Professional career:Gielen was born in Dresden, Germany, to opera director Josef Gielen. Through his mother, Rose, he is the nephew of Eduard Steuermann and Salka Steuermann Viertel. He began his career as a pianist in Buenos Aires, where he studied with Erwin Leuchter and gave an early... (conductor) |
1994 | Col Legno WWE 3CD 31882 |
| Spirali | Arditti String Quartet, Marco Stroppa (multitrack mixing) | 1995 | Auvidis/Montaigne MO 782042 |
| Miniature Estrose, Vol. 1 | Florian Hölscher (pianoforte) | 2004 | Stradivarius STR 33713 |
Literature
- Jean-Noel von der Weid, Die Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts, Frankfurt & Leipzig, 2001, p. 729. ISBN 345817068-5