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COMPOSITIONS

WP = World Premiere

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1) SOLO PIANO

 

Microforme - 1992 - 5' - WP 1993-08-01 Berlin Philharmonie - F. Grasso, piano - Y

 

Suite - 1995 - 13' - WP 1996-02-28 Orléans Salle de l'Institut;

Subsequently 1996-05-30 Paris Salle Gaveau. F. Grasso, piano - Y

 

Trois images d'après Verlaine - 1998/2015 - 8'

WP 2015-04-10 Conservatorio Riva del Garda, F. Grasso, piano

1. Croquis parisien, 2. Cauchemar, 3. Nénuphars, from poems by Verlaine - Y

 

La danza segreta di Maeve - 1999 - 8' - WP 2000-03-19 Montpellier Le Corum

Subsequently 2000-07-12 Colmar Festival Michelangeli. F. Grasso, piano

Inspired by W. B. Yeats - Y

 

Jugendandacht for piano and soundtrack - 2001 - 6'

 

Berceuse méridienne 2004/2015 - 6' WP: 2004-06-18 Sigean Lieu d'Art Contemporain.

F. Grasso, piano. inspired by Lamartine. - Y

 

Blumentraum - 2006 - 6'  WP 2006-07-01 Venice German-Italian Cultural Association

F. Grasso, piano

Subsequently 2010-04-07 New York Merkin Hall. Stephen Gosling, piano

Hommage to Schumann's Blumenstück - Y

 

Les alcyons de Corinthe 2007 - 6' - WP 2007-04-22 Vercelli Sala Dugentesca

Classical Culture Convention - F. Grasso piano

Inspired by an Hellenistic poem - Y

 

Étude-Impromptu Hommage à Ligeti - 2007 - 5' WP Perpignan Festival - Letizia Michielon, piano

 

Pergamons Stele - 2010 - 4' WP 2010-06-08 Berlin BKA Theater

Letizia Michielon, piano - Y

 

Fantasia Veni Creator Spiritus - 2012 - 10' - WP 2012-02-23 Orléans, Salle de l’Institut

F. Grasso, piano - REVIEW - Y

 

Études triptyques - 2018 - 15' - WP 2018-10-25 New York University

 

Recueillement - 2019 - 5' - Virtual WP in the video-recital

Piano Tour among European Cathedrals and Churches

 

Irrlicht - 2023 - 5' - WP 2023-02-08 Conservatorio Vivaldi Alessandria

F. Grasso, piano

 

 

2) PIANO 4 HANDS

 

And never found thy likeness - 2007 - 5' - WP 2008-02-22 Vercelli Museo Borgogna

Fabio Grasso, Letizia Michielon, piano - Y

 

Suspend ton vol - 2008 - 4' - WP 2008-12-05 Venezia, Ateneo Veneto

Fabio Grasso, Letizia Michielon, piano

 

Berliner Diptychon - 2009 - 7' - WP Part 2 2009-12-06 Venezia, Teatro La Fenice.

WP entire piece 2010-06-08 Berlin BKA

Fabio Grasso, Letizia Michielon, piano - More info

 

 

3) TWO PIANOS

 

Der gefesselte Strom - 2005 - 14' - 2006-11-19 Conservatorio Piacenza

Fabio Grasso, Antonio Tarallo, pianos - READ and LISTEN

 

Trois valses oniriques - 2006 - 8' - WP 2006-11-19 Conservatorio Piacenza

Fabio Grasso, Antonio Tarallo, pianos - Y

 

 

4) SOLO PIECES FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS

 

Clinamen - for oboe - 2003 - 8'

Clinamen is a term of epicurean physics, that defines the inclination of the trajectory of the atoms, i.e. the deviation from their standard movement. That is musically interpreted as a series of strong variations on an originally uniform material.

 

 

5) CHAMBER MUSIC – up to 5 players-singers

 

Grinding sneers - for flute and violin - 1997 - 11'

WP 1997-11-16 Roma Discoteca di Stato - M. Caroli, A. Perpich

 

Due liriche di Mimnermo - for soprano and piano - 2005 - 8'

WP 2006-05-20 Conservatorio Vivaldi Alessandria - L. Lazzeri, F. Grasso

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Der Sternenkuss for soprano and string quartet - 2009 - 9'

WP 2009-10-20 Venezia, Teatro La Fenice - Text by Hölderlin

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Recondita Aulodia - for harp and piano + flute ad libitum - 2010 - 8'

Homage to Bruno Maderna

WP 2010-11-19 Venezia, Ateneo Veneto - A. Trentin, A. Segreto, F. Fiorio

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Inno per tre dee - for soprano and guitar - 2010 - 7'

WP 2011-02-23 Conservatorio Vivaldi Alessandria - L. Lazzeri, L. Dosso  - Y

 

Tháleia - for piano, flute, harp - 2011 - 10' - WP 2011-12-03 Venezia, Teatro La Fenice

C. Vendrasco, A. Trentin, F. Grasso - Homage to E. Dickinson  - Y

 

Strains - for flute + piano ad libitum - 2012 - 6'

WP 2013-04-22 Venezia Torre di Porta Nuova - Cecilia Vendrasco

 

L'Aurore au plumage noir - for reciter, cello and piano - 2012 - 6'

WP 2012-06-17 Venezia, Teatro La Fenice, Homage to Mallarmé

E. Bucci, M. Trentin, F. Grasso - Y

 

...hear thee once... - for flute and harp - 2013 - 5'

WP 2013-11-12 Venezia, Teatro La Fenice, Homage to Byron

C. Vendrasco, A. Trentin - Y

 

Océan sans grèves - for oboe, bassoon, piano - 2014 - 12'

WP Recording CD "Voci dentro il tempo" Bongiovanni 2020

In 5 movements: 1. Précession 2. Sphères 3. Accrétion 4. Rayonnement

5. Blancheurs des ténèbres

Inspired by the motions of celestial bodies and a poem by V. Hugo.

Y n. 1

 

The horizontal tree I - for sax, cello, piano - 2014 - 6'

WP 2014-11-25 Venezia, Ateneo Veneto, Homage to Mondrian

M. Vanni, M. Trentin, F. Grasso - Y

 

The horizontal tree II - for sax, violin or cello, piano - 2016 - 7'

WP 2017-08-01 Bruneck Sommerkonzerte - Trio Les Finès - Y

 

Barcarolle du rêve vespéral - for harp + piano ad libitum - 2016 - 5'

WP 2016-11-19 Venezia, Teatro La Fenice - A. Trentin, F. Grasso - Y

 

Wie Zephirstöne - for clarinet and harp - 2017 - 5'

WP 2017-10-28 Venezia, Palazzo Grassi  - E. Palatini, C. Artuso

Inspired by Hölderlin - RELATED PAGE - Y

 

As doth eternity - for clarinet, violin, cello, piano - 2018 - 11'

WP 2018-10-26 New York, WSCMS, Tenri Cultural Institute

READ and LISTEN - Y

 

Schattenbild - for reciter, flute and piano - 2019 - 15'

WP Venezia, Conservatorio B. Marcello, 2021-12-21

Hommage to Maderna and Hölderlin - F. Lotti, flute; M. Liva, piano

 

Due Notturni su liriche greche - for soprano and piano - 2020 - 5'

On classical Greek poems by Alcman and Sappho

 

Sweet waves, tears of mist - for violin and harp - 2020 - 5'

WP 2022-02-21 Venezia, Conservatorio B. Marcello - L. Mariotto, L. Cerasa

Inspired by Japanese Haiku, hommage to Andrea Zanzotto

 

Trois portraits héliconiens - for harp - 2021 - 7'

 

Farloyrn - for viola and piano - 2022 - 6'

 

 

6) CHAMBER MUSIC – more than 5 players-singers

 

La sérénade aux tristes sourires - 1996 - 12'

Fl, Ob, Cl, Bass Cl, Bassoon, Horn, 1 Perc, Harp, Vn, Vl, Cello

WP 1999-11-19 Marseille Cité de la Musique, Ensemble Télémaque, cond. Raoul Lay

1st Prize Competition "Journées de la jeune musique" - Y

 

HEX-A-GON - 1997 - 12'

Fl, Cl, Bs, Horn, Tr, Trbn, Piano, Guitar, 1 Perc,

WP 1998-09-12 Amsterdam, De Ijsbreker, Gaudeamus Music Week - Ensemble Télémaque - Y

 

Jugendblätter - 2015 - 35'

Incidental music for a tale, intended for young performers

WP 2015-12-15 Venezia, Teatro ai Frari

Subsequently 2016-01-31 Centro Candiani di Mestre, Venezia

Plurimo Ensemble Junior

 

 

7) CHORAL WORKS

 

Schöne glänzende Zeiten - for chamber choir and organ - 2017 - 6'

WP 2017-10-31 Venezia, Chiesa di San Trovaso - Corale Caminese, cond. F. Zorzini

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8) SYMPHONIC and VOCAL-SYMPHONIC WORKS

 

Variazioni per orchestra - 1992 - 10'                                 2222-222 Tp 2 Perc. Cel. Strings div. 33332                                     

 

Katoptroeidès - for guitar and orchestra - 1996 - 14'

WP 1997-11-24 Buenos Aires Teatro Colón

M. Galiano, Buenos Aires Philharm., cond. B. D'Astoli

1st Prize Ginastera Competition 1996 - Y

 

Species verna - 2011 - 11'

3333-4331 Tp 3 Perc. Harp Strings 12-10-8-6-4

Inspired by Lucretius, De rerum natura

 

The unfading threnody - for voices and orchestra - 2020 - 16'

On ancient and modern Hebrew texts

 

 

9) TRANSCRIPTIONS

 

Strawinsky Pétrouchka (3 Movements) for two pianos - Y1-2 - Y3

 

Mendelssohn Sommernachtstraum Ouverture for piano 4 hands

 

 

10) CADENZE to Piano Concertos

 

Beethoven Piano Concerto n. 4 op. 58 1st movement

1996-10-12 Orléans Scène National. Orch. d'Orléans Cond. J.-M. Cochereau - Y

 

Mozart Piano Concerto K 466 3rd movement

Mozart Piano Concerto K 467 1st and 3rd movement

                       

 

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