Stefano Scodanibbio (18 June 1956 – 8 January 2012) was an Italian musician who reached international prominence as a double bassist and composer.[1]
Biography
editScodanibbio was born inMacerata. He studieddouble bass with Fernando Grillo and composition with Fausto Razzi andSalvatore Sciarrino. From an early age he was interested in the double bass as a solo instrument and in promoting new trends in contemporary European and American music. In 1983 he founded theRassegna di Nuova Musica[2] in Macerata. He has been described as "a tremendous bassist, a fearless improviser, and a gifted composer".[3]
The many composers who have written for him includeBrian Ferneyhough,Salvatore Sciarrino,Sylvano Bussotti,Iannis Xenakis,Fernando Mencherini,Gérard Grisey,Roberto Paci Dalò,Giacinto Scelsi,Julio Estrada.[4] He worked for a long period withLuigi Nono.[5]
He worked closely with the musicianTerry Riley,[6] as well as with choreographers and dancers such as Virgilio Sieni, Patricia Kuypers, Hervé Diasnas, the poetsEdoardo Sanguineti and Gian Ruggero Manzoni, the philosopherGiorgio Agamben, the artist Gianni Dessì and the director and playwrightRodrigo Garcia. He played regularly withRohan de Saram andMarkus Stockhausen.
From the 1990s he taught master classes and seminars at the Shepherd School of Music atRice University,University of California Berkeley,Stanford University,Oberlin Conservatory,Musikhochschule Stuttgart,Conservatoire de Paris,Milan Conservatory, etc. In 1996 he taught double bass at Darmstadt Ferienkurse.[7] He died inCuernavaca, aged 55.
Discography
edit- 1997 -Lazy Afternoon among the Crocodiles - Terry Riley & Stefano Scodanibbio (Pierrot Lunaire)
- 1998 -Voyage That Never Ends (New Albion)
- 1998 -One says Mexico
- 1999 -Postkarten - Stefano Scodanibbio & Edoardo Sanguineti
- 2000 -Geografia amorosa
- 2001 -Six Duos (New Albion)
- 2001 -Visas per Vittorio Reta
- 2004 -My new address (Stradivarius)
- 2005 -Diamond Fiddle Language - Terry Riley & Stefano Scodanibbio (Magonza/Wergo)
- 2006 -Visas per Vittorio Reta - (Le Lettere, Florence)
- 2010 -On Debussy's Piano And... - Thollem/Scodanibbio (die Schachtel)
- 2010 -Oltracuidansa (Mode Records, New York)
- 2013 -Reinventions - Quartetto Prometeo (ECM records)
- 2017 -Bass Duo (withWilliam Parker), Centering Records; recorded Udin&Jazz 2008 Festival inUdine, Italy
- 2022 -String Quartets (Kairos)
Notes
edit- ^Johan Lohse, Double Bass Guide
- ^"Rassegna di Nuova Musica - Home page".www.rassegnadinuovamusica.com. Archived fromthe original on 2014-04-13.
- ^Sequenza 21, 13 January 2012
- ^The StradArchived 2012-04-19 at theWayback Machine
- ^Scodanibbio in Discogs
- ^The Wire, 12/01/2012
- ^"Stefano Scodanibbio Profile".www.moderecords.com. Archived fromthe original on 2012-01-28.