WORK IN PROGRESS
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• MASTER’S DEGREE – SECOND-LEVEL ACADEMIC DIPLOMA, TECHNOLOGICAL TRACK, IN COMPOSITION WITH ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC MEDIA
at the “Nicola Sala” Conservatory of Music in Benevento.
Grade: 110/110 with honors.
• MASTER’S DEGREE – DIPLOMA FROM THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC SCHOOL
at the S. Cecilia Conservatory of Music in Rome with Riccardo Bianchini.
• MASTER’S DEGREE – DIPLOMA IN CHORAL MUSIC AND CHOIR CONDUCTING
at the “D. Cimarosa” Conservatory of Music in Avellino.
• ADVANCED COURSE in Film Music (as a full-time student)
at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, taught by Ennio Morricone and Sergio Miceli.
• ADVANCED COURSE in Composition on Twentieth-Century Music (as a full-time student)
at G.A.M.O. in Florence, taught by Sylvano Bussotti.
• INTERNSHIP IN ELECTRONIC MUSIC
Completed during the academic year 2001/2002 at the S. Cecilia Conservatory of Music in Rome with Riccardo Bianchini.
• PIANO CERTIFICATE at the Conservatory of Music in Salerno.
• DIPLOMA AS AN ACCOUNTANT AND COMMERCIAL EXPERT Obtained at the “Alfonso Gallo” State Technical Commercial Institute in Aversa (CE).
WORK EXPERIENCE
• TEACHER of “HARMONY THEORY AND ANALYSIS” at the “A. Scarlatti” State Conservatory of Music in Palermo (from 2023 to present)
• TEACHER of “THEORY, ANALYSIS AND COMPOSITION” and “MUSICAL TECHNOLOGIES” at the Music High Schools in Aversa, Sessa Aurunca, Capua, Piedimonte Matese, Caserta, Montella, and Gesualdo (AV)
• TEACHER of “ORGANLOGY, THEORY AND SOLFEGGIO”, as part of the activities provided by the At-Risk Minors Project (pursuant to Law 216/91) managed by the Municipality of Parete (CE) from 14/12/1993 to 14/12/1994; from 01/07/1995 to 31/07/1996; and from 01/11/1996 to 03/03/1997
• TEACHER of ELECTRONIC COMPOSITION as part of the “Motu Proprio” Project implemented at the Enrico Fermi Scientific High School of Aversa during the 2003/2004 academic year
• TEACHER of ELECTRONIC COMPOSITION as part of the “Motu Proprio” Project implemented at the Enrico Fermi Scientific High School in Aversa during the academic year 2004/2005.
• COMPOSER – LECTURE/CONFERENCE entitled “All’Opera. The Risorgimento Spirit in Music” as part of the seminar series “Italy That Does Not Die: History, Current Issues, and the Imagery of Unity,” implemented at the Enrico Fermi Scientific High School in Aversa during the academic year 2011/2012.
• TEACHER (as an external expert) within the framework of the “Music and Cuisine” Project implemented by the Istituto Professionale di Stato per i Servizi Alberghieri I.P.S.S.A.RT. in Aversa during the academic year 2004/2005.
• TEACHER of Music History from Antiquity to the Present and the Evolution of Musical Notation as part of the project implemented at the Liceo Classico “Domenico Cirillo” in Aversa during the academic year 2002/2003.
• DIRECTOR of Music Courses at the “Bianca D’Aponte” Musical Association, based in Aversa, Via Nobel – 81031 (from 2006 to 2011).
• CONDUCTOR – RADIO RAI TRE (Radio 3 Suite).
• DIRECTOR of the “Niccolò Jommelli” Polyphonic Choir, from 1988 to 1993.
• CONDUCTOR of the Wind Instrument Orchestra, as part of the activities provided by the At-Risk Minors Project (pursuant to Law 216/91) managed by the Municipality of Parete (CE) from 14/12/1993 to 31/03/1997.
• PERFORMER of software and digital media, electronic live in various concerts.
PIANIST AND PERFORMER:
• Piano City Napoli (2013, 2016, 2018)
• International Festival Forum of Contemporary Music (Germany)
• Gian Paolo Cresci Lyric and Light Music Singing Competition (Roma)
• Cimarosa Celebrations (2001)
• Castello Colonna di Genazzano (Rome)
• Casa Menotti, Festival dei Due Mondi (Spoleto)
ACTOR, NARRATOR, READER in concerts and theatrical performances.
SPEAKER AND MUSICOLOGIST at:
• XVI International Violin Conference, Gorizia-Lipizer;
• International Congress, Il Libro, Senago (Milano)
• Incontro Edizioni Empirla;
• International Conference on Domenico Cimarosa: The Man and the Musician;
• Jervolino Musical Association;
• Paths Through the Twentieth Century;
• Concerts at the Sanctuary
• The Neapolitan Eighteenth Century in Music;
• Lecture at the Provincial Council Hall of Caserta;
• Lecture at the Great Hall of the University of Music in Agropoli;
• MUSIC CRITIC for the Italian daily newspaper Lo Spettro (1998–2000).
• EDITOR – MUSIC SECTION for the European Arts and Literature Magazine SUD (2004–present).
• MUSIC CRITIC for the Italian Music Research Magazine SUONO SONDA (since 2006).
• EDITOR – MUSIC SECTION for SAPERE IN CAMPANIA, a magazine on culture, enogastronomy, and tourism (since 2012).
• LECTURE at the Provincial Council Hall of Caserta (July 3, 2004, 7:30 PM). Presentation of the CD of the opera Oργή – Thirty-Two Paths of the Soul, for piano and gestural action. Listening guide curated by Sandro Cappelletto in a conversation with Luigi Esposito. Theme of the conference: The Pianistic Work of Luigi Esposito.
• CONFERENCE AND SYMPOSIUM at the International Festival Forum of Contemporary Music (Germany). Topic: Il segno alato e gli abissi sonori. Analisi sulla scrittura pittografica di Luigi Esposito (June 13-14, 2009).
• JURY MEMBER from 1999 to present of the International Flute Competition “Domenico Cimarosa” (Presidents: Maxence Larrieu, Raymond Meylan, Patrick Gallois, Pierre-Yves Artaud, Luis Bacalov, Anton Wierzbinski).
• COMPOSER of the SOUNDTRACK for the film DISSENT, directed by Helmut Dosantos (Bronze Palm Award at the Mexico International Film Festival 2012; Award of Excellence at The Indie Festival; Honorable Mention at the Los Angeles Movie Awards; Selected at the AOF International Film Festival in Monrovia, Los Angeles).
• COMPOSER of the SOUNDTRACK for the documentary YOU ARE WHERE YOU LIVE by Vincenzo Mistretta (2011).
• ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND LIGHTING TECHNICIAN for Questo Fauno by S. Bussotti at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris (January 1999); for Silvano Sylvano by S. Bussotti at RAI Radio and RAI Trade S.p.A., broadcast indirectly by RAI Radio 3 in Rome (May 2003); and for Silvano Sylvano by S. Bussotti at Castel Sant’Elmo in Naples, on the occasion of the artistic event Living Theatre (July 2003).
ARTISTIC CONSULTANCY AND COORDINATION
• International Conference “Domenico Cimarosa: A Neapolitan in Europe”, held in the G. Parente Hall – Municipal Library – in Aversa (CE) on October 25–26–27, 2001. The event was organized by the “Aversa Musica” Association in collaboration with the “Domenico Cimarosa” Conservatory of Music in Avellino and the Municipality of Aversa.
• International Flute Competition “Domenico Cimarosa” (III, IV, V, VI, VII editions), held at the Cimarosa Theater in Aversa (CE) and organized by the “Diaphonia” Musical Association in collaboration with the Rotary Club, the Province of Caserta, and the Municipality of Aversa from 1999 to present.
SEMINARS, MASTERCLASSES and WORKSHOP
• XVI International Conference on the Violin, “Gorizia-Lipizer” (1997);
• “The Second Renaissance”, International Congress “Il Libro”, Senago, Milan (1998);
• Autunno Musicale (Caserta, 2001);
• Domenico Cimarosa Foundation, Aversa (2001);
• Court Theatre of the Royal Palace of Caserta (2002);
• Campanian Museum of Capua (2004);
• University of Agropoli, International Polytechnic Scientia et Ars (2006);
• Theological Studio of the Santo, Padua (2007);
• Tor Vergata University of Rome (2008);
• International Festival – Forum of Contemporary Music (Germany, 2013–2016);
• Nomas Foundation, Rome (2012).
• Accademia Filarmonica Romana (2013)
• Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (2013)
• Conservatory of Music of Benevento (2013)
• Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Music, Rome (2014)
• Fondazione Morra, Naples (2015)
• Conservatory of Music of Salerno (2016)
• Fondazione Valenzi, Naples (2016)
• Conservatory of Music of Venice (2022)
• State Archives of Milan (2023)
• Fondazione NoMus, Milan (2023)
• National Library of Naples (2023)
• Conservatory of Music of Campobasso (2024)
Curva Minore, Palermo (2024)
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
• In 1999, his name was included in the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Composers, edited by Renzo Cresti and published by Pagano (Naples).
• In 2008, his name was included in the volume Documenta Artis: Lo stato dell’arte in provincia di Caserta.
• Rotary Club Award (2009).
• On December 5, 2009, at the Teatro Cimarosa in Aversa, he received a Recognition from the City of Aversa (with the endorsement of the President of the Republic, the Campania Region, and the Province of Caserta) for his musical and artistic contributions as a composer and jury member in multiple editions of the Domenico Cimarosa International Competition.
• Nomination at the World Music and Independent Film Festival of Washington (2012).
• On January 17, 2012, at the Teatro Cimarosa in Aversa, he received the Domenico Cimarosa International Award for his civic commitment through his composition Frantumazioni for flute, strings, and harpsichord, written to protest the collapse of the roof of Domenico Cimarosa’s birthplace in Aversa.
• Best Music Award at the Madrid International Film Festival (2013).
• First Prize at the International Prize for Non-Conventional Score Music Writing in Lucca (2016).
• Named Honorary Composer at the Cluster Association of Lucca (2016).
PUBLICATIONS MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS, BOOKS, VISUAL WORKS, MUSICOLOGICAL ESSAYS
• PulcinoElefante, Osnago (Lecco)
• Stradivarius, Milan;
• Col-Legno, Vienna;
• Loecher/Emmebi, Turin;
• Teatre of the Opera Rome (Transeuropa), Rome;
• 103, Florence;
• Terre Blu, Caserta;
• Orlando, Rome;
• Pironti, Naples;
• Spirali/Vel, Milan;
• Santabarbara, Caserta
• Pagano, Naples;
• Dante&Descartes, Naples;
• Suono Sonda, Genova;
• Lavieri, Caserta;
• Bietti, Milan;
• Maria Margherita Bulgarini, Florence.
CONCERTS AND THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES OF HIS OWN MUSICAL WORKS
• Ravenna Festival;
• Accademia Filarmonica Romana;
• Maggio Musicale Fiorentino;
• Tokyo Opera, Oji Hall, Tokyo;
• Salle Jean Renoir Martigues (France)
• GMEM of Marseille (France)
• Grand Amphithéâtre of the Pablo Picasso Conservatory of Music and Dance of Martigues (France)
• Chapelle de l’Annonciade, Martigues (France)
• University Carlos III of Madrid, Hall of Degrees of the “Padre Soler” Auditorium, Madrid;
• Teatro del Giglio, Lucca;
• International Book Fair, Turin;
• Sala Perriera, Curva Minore, Palermo;
• XII International Festival of Venice;
• UNERHÖRTE MUSIK (Germany);
• IIC Monaco;
• Museum of the Twentieth Century, Milan;
• Festival Dissonanzen 04/05;
• 29th International Festival of Ancient and Contemporary Music – ANTIDOGMA (TO);
• Piazza del Plebiscito – Fantastic Liturgies of Holy Week (Naples); Piano City Naples;
• BKA Theatre (Berlin);
• Spazio Musica Festival, Cagliari;
• Certosa di Capri;
• May of Monuments, Naples;
• Quisisana Theatre of Capri;
• Neapolitan Music Academy;
• Piccolo Theatre of Cagliari;
• Ridotto Theatre of Catania;
• Teatro delle Palme of Naples;
• Galleria Toledo Theatre of Naples;
• Autumn Musical 2000 Caserta;
• Mimmo Scognamiglio Contemporary Art (NA);
• European Music Festival (Benevento);
• Museo Campano Capua;
• Cimarosa Europe Festival;
• Cimarosa Theatre Aversa;
• Teatro Studio of Scandicci (FI);
• Caserta Musica D.O.C.;
• Ventotene Castle (Latina);
RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTS OF OWN MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS
• RADIO RAI UNO Baubarnum
• RADIO RAI TRE (Radio 3 Suite)
• RADIO RAI TRE (Momus)
• RADIO RAI UNO Contemporanea
• RAI INTERNATIONAL
• RADIO CLASSICA
• TV LUNA
• TELE ALTERNATIVA
• CANALE 10
EXHIBITIONS OF PICTOGRAPHIC MUSICAL SCORES
• Curva Minore, Palermo (2024);
• Studio Ottantuno, Mantua (2024);
• National Library of Naples (2023);
• Valenzi Foundation (Maschio Angioino – Naples, 2016);
• Il Pilastro Gallery of S.M.C.V. (2012);
• Palazzo Toledo of Pozzuoli (2011);
• Ventotene Castle (Latina (2011);
• Archaeological Museum of S.M.C.V. (2010);
• Campania Amphitheatre (2010);
• Royal Belvedere of San Leucio (2010);
• Civic Museum of S.M.C.V. (2010);
• Villa Serena, Sinapser#4, Bologna (2005);
• ARĔA Center of Palermo (2003);
• Mimmo Scognamiglio Contemporary Art of Naples (2002);
• Royal Palace of Caserta (2001);
• Campano Museum of Capua (2000).
VISUAL WORKS ON PERMANENT DISPLAY AT THE
• CASERTA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
• SANTA MARIA CAPUA VETERE CIVIC MUSEUM
• VALENZI FOUNDATION, MASCHIO ANGIOINO, NAPLES
• LUCCHESI PALLI OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NAPLES
TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES IN SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT
SIBELIUS – ADOBE AUDITION – ADOBE PHOTOSHOP – ADOBE PREMIERE PRO – OFFICE
OTHER SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
1st Dan Karate Black Belt obtained on 11/12/2005 (Federal License n. 68498 – FIJLKAM)