Luca Antignani

Luca Antignani is graduated in piano, orchestral conducting, electronic music and composition at the Scuola Civica "Claudio Abbado" in Milan, at the Accademia Nazionale of Santa Cecilia in Rome and at the IRCAM in Paris. His pieces had been committed by prestigious institutions and performed in several international music festivals as the Biennale (Venice),{{Cite news|url=http://www.artribune.com/attualita/2015/09/biennale-musica-venezia-ivan-fedele/|title=Biennale Musica di Venezia, tra memoria e futuro {{!}} Artribune|last=Parpinel|first=Davide|date=29 September 2015|work=Artribune|access-date=14 June 2018|language=it-IT}} Teatro dell’Opera, MiTo,{{Cite web|url=http://smarch.to.cnr.it/islandora/object/smtextlib:18517#page/3/mode/2up|title=Libretto di sala – 2004/051 – Ensemble Europeo Antidogma Musica {{!}} Torino Milano Festival Internazionale della Musica|website=smarch.to.cnr.it|access-date=14 June 2018}} Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome), Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (Montréal), Opéra Comique, Radio France, Présences, Résonances and Agora (Paris), Orchestra della RAI (Turin), Orchestre des Pays de Savoie (Annecy), Opéra, Orchestre National, Société de Musique de Chambre, Festival Biennale en Musiques, Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain and Chœur Britten (Lyon), Musica (Strasbourg), Les Musiques, Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée (Marseille), Dresdner Musikfestspiele (Dresde) and several city as San Francisco, Philadelphia, Bloomington, Ithaca (USA), Tallinn (Estonia) and Rostock{{Cite web|url=http://www.cimbalom.eu/styled-7/styled-13/|title=2007|website=cimbalom.eu|access-date=15 June 2018}} (Germany). His works have been broadcast and telecast by RAI and by a lot of national radios (like Radio France and Radio Canada).

Actually he teaches orchestration at the CNSMD of Lyon (France) and contemporary music and orchestration at the HEM of Lausanne (Suisse). His scores are edited by Edizioni Suvini Zerboni (Milano).{{Cite web|url=http://www.esz.it/it/cataloghi/musica-contemporanea/36-antignani-luca|title=Antignani Luca|website=ESZ – Edizioni Suvini Zerboni|language=it-it|access-date=12 June 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cidim.it/cidim/content/314648?id=273513&cd_brd=Compositori|title=dettaglio nome {{!}} CIDIM – COMITATO NAZIONALE ITALIANO MUSICA|website=www.cidim.it|language=it|access-date=12 June 2018}}

• Winner of the international composition competition GRAME / EOC of Lyon (France) (2008)
• 3rd prize in the international composition competition Molinari of Montréal (Canada) (2006){{Cite news|url=https://quatuormolinari.qc.ca/projects/concours/3e-edition-concours-composition/|title=3e-edition-concours-composition {{!}} Quatuor Molinari String Quartet|work=Quatuor Molinari String Quartet|access-date=12 June 2018|language=fr-FR}}
• Winner of the international composition competition Barlow Prize (USA) (2005){{Cite news|url=https://news.byu.edu/news/italys-luca-antignani-wins-years-byu-barlow-endowment-prize|title=Italy's Luca Antignani wins this year's BYU Barlow Endowment Prize|date=11 September 2005|publisher=Brigham Young University|access-date=12 June 2018}}
• 2nd prize in the international composition competition Méditerranéen Music Centre of Lamia (Greece) (2004)
• 1st prize in the international composition competition Città di Como (Italy) (2003)
• 1st prize in the international composition competition Fattoria Paradiso (Italy) (2002)
• 2nd prize (1st prize not assigned) in the international composition competition Guido d’Arezzo (Italy) (2001)

Selected works include:

• Azulejos (2014) for harp
• Il canto della pietra (2004) for cello
• Reiten, reiten, reiten (2004) for guitar
• Overlook Hotel (2002) for accordion and live electronics
• The icy light of the moon (1998) for piano
• Là et ailleurs (2003) for choir and orchestra{{Cite book|url=http://opac.sbn.it/opacsbn/opaclib?nentries=1&resultForward=opac/iccu/full.jsp&do_cmd=search_show_cmd&searchForm=opac/iccu/error.jsp&db=solr_iccu&saveparams=false&rpnlabel=+Nomi+=+REAV098992+&rpnquery=%2540attrset+bib-1++%2540attr+1%253D5032+%2540attr+4%253D1+%2522REAV098992%2522&&fname=none&from=1|title=OPAC SBN – Là et ailleurs: per coro e orchestra (2003)|last=|first=|date=2003|publisher=s.n.|isbn=|location=S.l|pages=}}
• Und dieses einen Weges kamen sie (1998) for guitar
• Un regard dans l’onde (2013-2014) for soprano, flute and accordion
• As the fainting Bee (2014) for soprano, violin, viola and cello
• Batte botte (2013) for children (or women) choir
• Litanie briganti (2015) for flute, oboe, clarinet, basson, horn, trumpet, trombone and piano
• Trio del sogno e del gabbiano (2014) for violin, cello and piano
• Etude sur "La vie" (2012) for cimbalom, flute, clarinet, violin, viola and cello
• Nix et nox (2012) for flute, clarinet, violin and cello
• Il re della foresta (2008) for string quartet
• Il Giuoco delle perle di vetro (2006) for 2 flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, 2 percussions, harp, piano, 2 violins, 2 viole, cello and double bass
• Giselle... (2021) transcription of Giselle by Adolphe Adam for 1 flute, 1 harpe, 1 violin and 1 saxophone for François Gremaud's theater production Giselle...{{Cite web |title=Giselle... |url=https://2bcompany.ch/production/giselle/ |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=2bcompany |language=fr-FR}}
• Carmen. (2023) transcription of Carmen by Gerges Bizet for 1 flute, 1 harpe, 1 violin, 1 saxophone and 1 accordeon for François Gremaud's theater production Carmen.{{Cite web |title=Carmen. |url=https://2bcompany.ch/production/carmen/ |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=2bcompany |language=fr-FR}}

Selected recordings include:

• Frasi nella luce nascente on Ema, Vinci
• Azulejos on Continuo Classics
• Forum 2000/2002 on Atma
• Voix de Strass
• Concourse Molinari 2005/2006

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• [https://www.lucaantignani.net/ Official page]

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Category:21st-century Italian composers

Category:21st-century Italian classical composers