Roberto Carnevale
Carnevale in 2008
Born	(1966-06-15)15 June 1966 (age 59) Catania, Italy
Education	Accademia Musicale Chigiana
Occupations	Composer Conductor Pianist Academic teacher
Organizations	Conservatorio Vincenzo Bellini

Roberto Carnevale (born 15 June 1966) is an Italian composer, pianist,conductor and academic teacher.

Born inCatania, he started studying piano at the age of seven. He took a degree in Arts at theUniversity of Catania and he attended theAccademia Musicale Chigiana inSiena. He studied underRoberto Bianco (piano),Franco Donatoni^[1] (composition),Salvatore Enrico Failla (musicology) andFerdinand Leitner (conducting). He is Professor of History of Music and Assistant Headmaster at theConservatorio Vincenzo Bellini [it],^[2] and Headmaster at the CEU. In 1988, he was awarded the international prize "Council of Europe".

His composition have been played all over the world by famous musicians and orchestras (Claudia Antonelli,Giovanni Sollima,^[3]Marco Betta,Tonino Battista,Riccardo Risaliti,Aldo Bennici,Vera Beths,Henk Guittart,Maurizio Ben Omar,^[4]Gidon Kremer,^[5]Graziella Concas,Marina Leonardi,Giorgio Magnanensi,Daniel Schweitzer,Logos Ensemble,Octandre Ensemble,Ensemble Modern,Klami Ensemble,Calamus Ensemble,^[6]Keldisc Group,L'Offerta Musicale Ensemble, Soloists ofSanta Cecilia Academy, Soloists ofTeatro La Fenice, Soloists of ORT,London Chamber Group,^[7]Ensemble Foriani,Ensemble Belliniano,^[8][9]West Chester University Orchestra,Amadeus Chamber Orchestra,Ploesti Philharmonic,Vilnius State Orchestra, etc.).^[10]

He is known for his use of multiple styles or techniques of music, sometimes within the same composition, and is seen as a postmodern characteristic. He explores a number of different areas of style and tone alongside the glittering, intricate, sonically alluring idiom that announced itself so strikingly in theI miei orologi^[3] (1995) for trio, an example of his flair for an openly mediterranean approach to instrumental sonority, articulated in cascading figuration and complex metres.^[11] His music of the 1990s continued to emphasize complex mechanical rhythms, often in a less densely chromatic idiom (tending to favor displaced major and minor triads and polymodal structures); his scores make huge technical demands on performers; sometimes, as in the case ofHuaco^[12] for orchestra, creating parts that are so detailed they are likely impossible to realize completely. He views compositions as reification and formal structures of abstract ideas; but «he realises in a use of isolated sonorities, extended playing techniques, frequent silences and ironic quotation of previous music».^[13] Carnevale’s actual compositional approach rejects serialism and other generative methods of composing; he prefers instead to use systems only to create material and formal constraints. Carnevale's music combines the influences of serialism and American minimalism. His harmonic writing eschews the consonant modality of much minimalism, preferring post-war European dissonance, often crystallised into large blocks of sound.^[14]

Carnevale's music is published byLIM^[15][16][17] (Lucca),Verlag Neue Musik^[18] (Berlin),Suvini Zerboni^[19][20] (Milan),TEM-Taukay Edizioni Musicali^[21] (Udine),NEN (Palermo),CULC (Catania). His recordings appear on theEdizioni Carrara (Bergamo),Pongo Records (Paris),Suvini Zerboni (Milan), CIMS (Palermo),Pagano Editore (Naples),Union-Records (New York),NEN-CD Classica (Florence), etc.

• Elena o L’enigma della bellezza forflute, percussion, keyboard (1986),
• Herr Dr. Doppler. Studio divertimento forflute, guitar, cello,harpsichord (1987),
• Due Movimenti for piano (1987),
• Pedale forflute, violin, cello (1986),
• Cordialmente Suo… (I) for violin,viola, cello,harp, piano (1988),
• Istanze su Movil I (Omaggio ad Harold Gramatges) only to read (1989),
• Cordialmente Suo... (II) for piano 4 hands (1989),
• Hagamos un trato conFalla forharpsichord,flute,oboe,clarinet, violin, cello (1990),
• Huaco (Omaggio aPaolo Renosto) for orchestra (1990),
• Prit. Pif. Le piace Boulez? forrecorder,flute, piano (1990),
• Zona rimozione forflute, piano (1990),
• Ludo-Ismi. Invenzioni e Cantabile appassionato forrecorder, piano (1990),
• BachGoldbergVariationen. I Serie: Variationes 11, 15, 16, 14, 10 for piano foreword byFranco Donatoni (1991–1992),
• BachGoldbergVariationen. I Serie: Aria, Variationes 5 & 7 for piano (1991–92),
• Lectura BGV forflute, piano (1992),
• Strumenti (introduzione) for orchestra (1991),
• O1f9n7v5m forcelesta,vibraphone,marimba, woodblocks, cello (1991),
• Apra prima foroboe, guitar,harp,vibraphone (1992),
• Lectura 1992 forclarinet, piano (1992),
• Linae. Prima stanza for 18 instruments (1992),
• The Right Hand for S.,flute alto, piano, percussion (1992),
• È sempre la stessa cosa… for 2 violins,viola, cello, piano (1992),
• Accademia 90.91.92.93 for piano (1994),
• Aspanti… dr. (from Op. 47) for piano (1994),
• Come Inizio Molte Storie (fromVariatio VII) for piano (1994),
• If*Alla (fromVariatio VII) for piano (1994),
• Linae. Seconda stanza (con vista…) forensemble (1993),
• È gradita un’Offerta forclarinet,viola, piano (1994),
• Linae. Terza stanza (con aria condizionata) forflute alto,oboe,clarinet, cello (1994),
• Notturno-Diurno for piano (1995),
• Linae. IV stanza (con doppi servizi…) forflute,flute alto, piano,double bass, drums (1994),
• Linae interne for 2flutes, piano (1994–1995),
• Athenaeum forchoir, violin, guitar,harpsichord, piano, percussion (1995),
• I miei orologi forclarinet,viola, piano 4 hands (1995),
• Stravinsky Cinque pezzi facili arr. forclarinet,viola, piano 4 hands (1995),
• Progression-Form (frattaglie!) forclarinet, piano (1995),
• Duetto. Omaggio aDenissow for guitar, piano (1996),
• Quartuccio foroboe, violin,viola, cello (1995),
• Toccata-Parodia forharpsichord (1995),
• Domina Stella lyrics byFrancesco Tei for speaker, 2flutes, 2harps,celesta (1996),
• Exhortatio n. 1 forchoir,clarinet,viola, piano (1996),
• Quintuccio forflute,oboe,clarinet,bassoon,horn (1997),
• Quintuccio forflute,oboe,clarinet,bassoon,horn (II vers. 2001),
• Linae VI stanza (con filodiffusione) forclarinet, (also electric guitar),viola, piano 4 hands (1997),
• Seiflautidolci for 6recorders (1998),
• Traditional Jewish: Kolyn – Freylacher Bulgar – Rebn’s Waltz – Bay a Glezele Mashke arr. forclarinet, piano (1998),
• Duepertre for piano 6 hands (1997),
• Duepersei for 2 pianos 12 hands (1997),
• Quattro variazioni ancora sul tema di… for 2 piano, percussion (1998),
• Sei tavole per Corrado for piano (1998),
• La mia Sonata for piano (1999),
• Cadenze for the Piano Concert K.467 byMozart (1999),
• Carnascialesca n. 1 for piano,organ, video, tape (2000),
• Weill: I’m a stranger here myself arr. for S,clarinet, violin, cello,double bass, piano (2000),
• Bernstein – Story n. 1 arr. for S,clarinet, violin, cello,double bass, piano (2000),
• Bernstein – Story n. 2 arr. for S,clarinet, violin, cello,double bass, piano (2000),
• Moussorgsky -Quadri-Frammenti n. 1 for wind orchestra (2000),
• Shostakovic: Valzer arr. for ensemble (2000),
• Sinfonia 2001: Odissea nello… for 23 wind orchestra (2001),
• Ve lo ricordate? forflute,oboe,clarinet,bassoon,horn, 2 pianos (2001),
• Il mio quartetto for 2 violins,viola, cello (2001),
• Bellini-Fest lyrics byRiccardo Insolia for speaker, 8clarinet, 2 piano, percussion (2001),
• Movimentato n. 1 for 5clarinets (2001),
• L’elefante e la pulce lyrics byGianni Rigamonti for speaker,clarinet, violin, trumpet,trombone, piano 4 hands, percussion (2001),
• Finale per uno studio quasi da concerto for piano (2001),
• Belliniana n.1 for wind quintet, piano 4 hands (2001),
• Belliniana n. 2 for wind quintet, piano 4 hands (2002),
• Sogno d’una notte di… lyrics byRiccardo Insolia for speaker and orchestra (2002),
• Solo for cello, 3marimbas,vibraphone (2002),
• Natale lunare for ensemble (2002),
• Mediterraneo for piano (2003),
• Eco d’un battito d’ali (fromFarfalle byFrancesco Pennisi) for 2 pianos,vibraphone (2003),
• Gli animali di Carnevale forflute,clarinet, 2 violins,viola, cello, cb, 2 piano, perc.(2003),
• Volo for 2 violins (2004),
• Vocalizzo for voice and piano (2004),
• Non l’avete già udito? for 2 pianos (2004),
• Arietta S-Canzonata (fromL’elefante e la Pulce) for voice and piano (2004),
• Da-Solo for voice and piano (2004),
• Da-Mediterraneo for voice and piano (2004),
• Ennese forviola, piano, percussion (2004),
• Bach: Corale Wer nur den lieben Gott laebt walten (BWV691) arr. for piano (2004).

• Enciclopedia Italiana dei Compositori Contemporanei, edit byRenzo Cresti, Pagano editore, 1997, IIt., pp. 126–127 (sub voce),ISBN 88-87463-07-7.
• AA.VV.,«Archivio – Musiche del XX secolo», edit by Dario Oliveri, pref.Paolo Emilio Carapezza, CIMS, 1995, IV, pp. 68–75.
• Il clavicembalo nella musica contemporanea italiana, edit by D. Saviola e M.P. Jacoboni, pref.Mario Baroni, catalogo e ricerca a cura dell’Associazione Clavicembalistica Bolognese sotto l’alto patrocinio del Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali.

• Federazione CEMAT Italia
• AMIC-Archivi della Musica Italiana Contemporanea – CIDIM Comitato Nazionale Italiano Musica
• Carnevale at American Piano Society
• GAUDEAMUS – Music Center Netherlands
• Verlag Neue Musik
• Istituto Superiore di Studi MusicaliVincenzo BelliniArchived 17 December 2009 at theWayback Machine
• Classical Composers Database

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