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Giuseppe Gavazza, born on the 8th of October 1957, live in Turin

Studies

• 1976: Scientific Baccalaureat at Liceo Scientifico Nizza Monferrato

• 1975-1982: studies of composition, harmony & counterpoint, piano, direction at Music Conservatories of Alessandria and Torino.

• 1977-1983: Studies and final Degree in Pharmacology, Turin University;

• 1983-1985: Studies in Musical Analysis and Composition Diplome, Milan Music Conservatory with Azio Corghi, P.Castaldi, M.De Natale

• 1985-1986 Studies and Diploma in Electronic Music, EMIT, Milan

• 2013-2018: PhD ACROE-ICA, Ingénierie de la Création Artistique, Institut National Polytechinque Grenoble, France

Collaboration and invitation as composer and researcher

• 1985-1986 with CSC (Centro di Sonologia Computazionale) of Padua University

• 1986-1988 with LIM (Laboratorio d’Informatica Musicale) of Milan University

• 1991-1996 with Experimental Studio der Südwestfunk, H.Strobel Stiftung, Freiburg

• 1993, 1994 and 1996 grants as composer and researcher of De Sono, Turin

• 1995-1997 studies, research and production at IRCAM-Centre George Pompidou, Paris

• 1998 till now: composer in residence at ACROE-Politechnique de Grenoble

• 2000, 2003 artist in residence at Chateau de La Napoule Art Foundation, Mandelieu, France

• 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2018 invited at META Museum, Black Mountain College, NC, USA

• 2002, 2005, 2012, 2014 artist in Residence at Kulturhuset USF, Bergen, Norway

• 2004, 2008 artist in residence, Le cheminement des sculptures, Gigondas, France

• 2006, 2011 artist in residence at Liguria Study Center for the Arts and Humanities, Bogliasco, Italy

• 2006, artist in residence, La Charbonniere, Chalon sur Saône, France

• 2006, artist in residence, Asilo Bianco, Ameno, Italy

• 2018, 2021, 2023, invited artist at Colloque de Cerisy, Chateau de Cerisy, France

• 2020, 2025artist in residence Café Tissardmine, Sahara, Morocco

• 2020 till now: permanent Researcher AAU Cresson, ENSAG, Grenoble, France

• 2023, 2024, 2025, artist in residence at Spitsbergen Kunstsenter, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Prize and nomination in composition competitions

• 1990 Premio Valentino Bucchi, Roma with string quartet “Tre stanze d’ascolto”

• 1991 Ensemblia Moenchengladbach, with “Knoot” for bass clarinet, flute and piano

• 1992 Irino Prize, Tokyo, with “Il silenzio che si rinnova” for soprano and ensemble

• 1993 Irino Prize, Tokyo with string quartet “Memoria occidentale”

• 1993 Accademia Briccialdi, Terni with “Nodi” for violin, bass clarinet and piano

Teaching

Tenure professor of composition, analysis, pedagogics music theory in National Music Conservatory from 1985 to 2024 in Milan, Vicenza, Turin and Cuneo Conservatories where collaborate with METS (Electronic music and sound engineering) and Didactic and musical pedagogy departments.

Performances

Festival and concert seasons: Antidogma Musica, Artifex, ArsNova Ravensburg, Bacau Music Festival, Bartok Festival Budapest, Cabaret Voltaire, Camerata Strumentale Alfredo Casella, Castello di Manta, Civica Scuola di Musica di Milano, Ensems Valencia, Ensemblia Moenchengladbach, Eté musicale Geneve, Experimental Studio SWF Freiburg, Festival Aix Musique, Fondazione Arkad Seravezza, Il Sogno Di Cocteau GAM Torino, Ircam Paris, Meta Black Mountain College, Music Biennale Berlin, Neue Musik Leipzig, Nuova Consonanza Roma, Phonurgia Nova Sonoscope, Pomeriggi di musica nuova Torino, Pulse Field Atlanta, Quaderni Perugini di Musica Contemporanea, Risonanze Mestre, Rive Gauche Concerti, Semaine de l’art et de science Grenoble, Settembre Musica Torino, Traiettorie Sonore Como, Unione Culturale Torino, USF Bergen Norway, Vocemusica Faenza, Vor-echo Freiburg, Zagreb Festival, EASTN EU network, Biennale de l’Innovazione-Venezia, Statisticalla-Treviso, EASTN-DC EU networkZKM Kahrlruhe, Manchester University, Cité de la Musique Romans-sur-Isère, Miso Music Lisboa, Agora Grenoble, Festival Between Stockholm, l’Enchantement qui revient and L’atelier du rêve, Cerisy

Where

Auditorium Rai Torino, Centro Candiani Mestre, Conservatorio G.Verdi Torino, Black Mountain College NC-USA, Cafè Procope, Centre Culturel Français de Turin, Chateau de La Napoule Cannes, Circolo degli Artisti Torino, Concert Hall Bacau, Conservatorio di Torino, Espace Projection Ircam Paris, Experimental Studio SWF Freiburg, Galleria Persano Torino, GAM Torino, Gazi Atene, Goethe Institut Turin, MAMAC Nice, Museo d’arte Contemporanea Castello di Rivoli, Sala dei Notari Perugia, Schauspielhaus Berlin, Schworsaal im Waaghaus Ravensburg, Teatro Carignano Torino, Teatro Comunale Faenza, Teatro Goldoni Venezia, , Teatro Toselli Cuneo, Teatro Juvarra, Teatergarasjet Bergen Norway, Woodruff Park Atlanta, Palais de Tokyo-Paris, Cinémathèque de Tours, Cinemathèque de Grenoble, ZKM Kahrlsruhe, Salle Olivier Messiaen Grenoble, KMH Stockholm, Danish Royal Academy of Music, Chateau de Cerisy la Salle

Who

Antidogma Ensemble, Alain Lafuente, Alessandro Commellato, Annamaria Morini, Barbara Lazotti, Camerata Strumentale Casella, Antidogma Musica Ensemble, Coro Magnificat, Dario Vagliengo, Dolci Aure Consort, Donatienne Michel-Dansac, Edmondo Tedesco, Elisabet Baudry, Enzo Porta, Francesco Dillon, Francoise Rivalland, Freon Ensemble, Gabriella Bosio, Het Trio, J.F. Cottet, Linda Campanella, Luisa Castellani, Manuel Zigante, Mathiis Bunschoten, Quartetto d’archi di Torino, Rheinisches Bach Collegium, Solisti dei Compositori Associati, SvenThomas Kiebler, Rocco Parisi, Het Trio, Zagreb String Quartet, Mark Foster, Paolo Borsarelli, Giorgio Li Calzi.

Collaborations

Sergio Liberovici in many projects of music theater for children, 1983-1991;
Mauro Chessa, painter, 1985;
Walter Malosti, theatre director, dramaturgist, 1993;
Giulio Castagnoli, composer, 1985-1995;
Luciano Berio, orchestration of Liberovici opera “Maelzel o delle macchinazioni” 1992-96;
Roberto Piumini, writer, 1990 and 1995;
Alfredo Romano, sculptor and painter, different sound installation’s project, 1998-2005;
Dan Perjovski, drawer, writer, 2000;
Licia Lucchese, Maria Cristina Madau, Jean-François Barotte, 2001-2002
Daniel Firman, visual artist, performer, 2002;
Magali Claude, video artist, 2001-2002;
MAP3 (Music Architecture, Painting) Monica Trevisan and Deanna Sirlin, 2002-2006;
Johannes Pfeiffer, visual artist, several projects 2004-20022;
Jennifer Wofford, Kayla Allen, Sandra Bermudez, drawer, painter, film director 2003;
Folkert de Jong, painter, sculptor, 2003;
Emmanuelle Delle Piane, dramatist, 2003-2004;
Christine Sefolosha, painter, drawer, 2004;
Gayle Tustin, sculptor, 2004;
Vittorio Messina, painter, visual artist, film director, 2004;
Françoise Murcia, choreographer, dancer, 2003-2005;
Giuseppe Armenia, painter, concept artist, 2006;
Marguerite Kahrl, painter, visual artist, 2006;
Alessandro Sciaraffa, sound-artisti and performer: several collaboration 2012-2022;
Nicolas Tixier, Pascal Amphoux, Bruno Queysanne: 2015-2023.
Eugenio Pini, 2023-2025

Scores published

Ricordi, BMG Ariola, Semar, Edipan

Articles in musical magazines

Musica Domani, Musica Realtà, Quaderni di Musica Nuova, Il Giornale della Musica, Interlinea, The Art Section, Terpress

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