Aula 104 per cromorni, flauti diritti e suoni elettronici

4to (300x210 mm). XVIII [i.e. 19], 45 [i.e. 49] leaves. Editor's printed wrappers. Some browning to the upper margin of the cover and first leaves, otherwise well-preserved. Press run of 50 copies signed by the author (this is no. 44).
Piece composed in 1976 by the debut composer for his electronics exam. The title “Aula 104” refers to the classroom at the Venice Conservatory, where Alvise Vidolin was lecturing at the time.
Italian composer of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, and multimedia works that have been performed throughout the world, Claudio Ambrosini initially studied foreign languages and literature at the University of Milan, graduating in 1972. He then studied electronic music with Alvise Vidolin at the Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello in Venice from 1972-75, where he also studied early instruments from 1975-78. In addition, he studied music history at the Università Ca' Foscari in Venice and there earned his MA in 1978. Important to his development were his meetings with Bruno Maderna and Luigi Nono. Among his honours are the Prix de Rome (1985, as the first composer from Italy) and a term as the representative of Italy to the European Year of Music (1985). He also represented Italy at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers in Paris (1986) and earned the Leone d'Oro per la Musica from the Biennale di Venezia (2007, for Plurimo [per Emilio Vedova]). He has received commissions from the Accademia Filarmonica Romana, the Biennale di Venezia, the government of France, RAI, the festival Spaziomusica, the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, and WDR, among other organisations. His music has been featured at many festivals, including a portrait concert at the festival Milano Musica in 1995. He is also active in other positions. He has worked on computer music at the Centro per la Sonologia Computazionale in Padua since 1976. In addition, he founded the Centro Internazionale per la Ricerca Strumentale in Venice in 1983 and has since served as its director. As a conductor, he founded the Ex Novo Ensemble in Venice in 1979 and has served as its conductor since 1979 (cf. The Living Composers Project, Claudio Ambrosini, online).