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Antonio Agostini

Born in Viareggio (Italy), 07/07/1969. Guitarist, he studied composition at Conservatorio Statale “Giacomo Puccini” of La Spezia and privately with Riccardo Dapelo. He attend the improved course in composition (1996-2002) with Giacomo Manzoni, at the Fiesole’ High school of music, where he win the scholarship of the course (2001/2002). In 1999 he win the “Veretti Prize” (Rome). In 2001 is guest composer, selected by Mario Ancillotti and Enzo Porta, with Ensemble Kontra-Punkte, for the “Festa della Musica 2001”, Florence’ music Festival. Consecutively for two years (2002/2003) is guest composer for the Italian new composition’ congress “Compositori a Confronto”, at Conservatorio “Achille Peri” of Reggio Emilia. From 1992 to 2002 he follow workshops and courses of study with Karlheinz Stockhausen, Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, Salvatore Sciarrino, Adriano Guarnieri, Luca Francesconi, Sylvano Bussotti and Nicola Sani. For two years (2003/2004) is the music director of the exposition “La vita agra – L’arte del resistere”, with ten electronic music pieces and installations. From 2004 to 2010, he write the music for three theatre pieces, “Parti di Guerra” and “La mi(se)rabile storia di Bert Ichspaltung” by the Italian writer and poet Giancarlo Micheli, and “The Proceeding of the Sphenoid” by the poet and performer Daniele Poletti. In 2005 he win the first prize of the international composition competition “Dimitri Shostakovic” (“Le chant du Monde-Editions”), in Moscow. In 2008 he win the first prize of the 4th edition of the international prize of composition “Musici Mojanesi” (Treviso, Italy). In 2010 is invited, by the music department of the Medellin’ EAFIT University (Colombia) for a masterclass about his work and a concert of his music and in Berlin by Mario Mazzoli for a solo dedicated concert. In 2012 is invited in Paris at the Nova Musica Studios by violist Cornelia Petroiu and saxophonist and composer Daniel Kientzy to recording his piece “Tre Immagini del Labirinto” (edited by Nova Musicarec.). In 2013 is invited by Centro Musica Contemporanea (Contemporary Music Centre) of Milan at the “Festival Verdi, Wagner e la musica d’oggi” with a new work for ensemble. In 2014 is guest composer at the “Italian Composers Forum 2014”, in Milan. In 2016 he win the first prize of the International Call for Scores of the Sirga Festival, Catalogna, Spain. In 2017 is one of the composers in residence in Milan with the New Made Ensemble (CMC) and guest composer by Ensemble Reconsil in Vienna Festival’ Wien Modern. In 2018 is guest composer at “Festival Edison Denisov” in Tomsk, Siberia, Russia, for two composition’ masterclass and a commission for a new orchestral piece. Is finalist at “Franco Evangelisti-Nuova Consonanza” International Composition Competition. In 2019 in guest composer at Liverpool Hope University for “Angel Field Festival”, in Mexico by the “Noodus Ensemble” for Mazatlan Festival and in Naples Festival of contemporary music “Dissonanzen”. From 2018 is composer and teacher guest for Puccini International Opera Composition Course. His music, from solo instrument pieces to orchestral works, are performed in Italy and around the world and have been performed by Irvine Arditti, Rohan De Saram, Vinko Globokar, Flavio Emilio Scogna, Alexei Vinogradov, Ensemble Reconsil (Vienna), Ensemble Multilaterale ( Paris) and many others. He played, as guitarist and conductor, in various european festivals of improvised music (Stockolm, Copenhagen, Zurich). From 1999 is member of the ensemble “Le Onde Martenot”, with whom he win the “Piero Ciampi’s prize” (2001) for the best performance, the second prize of “Fabrizio De Andre’ Memorial Competition” (2002), and the second prize at “Festival Teatro Canzone-Giorgio Gaber” (2007). His works are edited and distributed by “Ars Publica Music Publisher” (scores), Aliamusica records and Nova Musica (cd’s).