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Valerio Sannicandro was born in Italy, but he relatively soon moved to Germany where he turned his attention more and more to contemporary music: he studied composition in Cologne with York Hรถller (dissertation: โKomposition als semiotischer Prozessโ), in Frankfurt with Hans Zender and conducting with Peter Eรถtvรถs. Ph.D. in Musicology at TU-Berlin (dissertation: โSpace and Spatialization as Discrete Parameter in Music Compositionโ).
Appearances as conductor in Cologne (Triennale Kรถln, WDR-Orchestra), Darmstadt (Ferienkurse), Spain (Festival de Canaria) and Avignon (Centre Acanthes), conducting works by Karlheinz Stockhausen (first performance of โHoch-Zeitenโ) Varรจse, Carter, Grisey, Fedele and Donatoni, among others.
He won several composition competitions in Germany (among others the Claudio-Abbado-Kompositionspreis, the MUSICA VIVA, Mรผnchen in 2002 and 2010, the Giga-Hertz-Produktionspreis in 2012) and Italy, as well as the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis 2000 of the Darmstรคdter Ferienkurse and has been invited for conferences and workshops in Paris (Ecole nationale superieure dโarchitecture). Prague (Music Academy), Berlin (Humboldt-Universitรคt), Tokyo (Kunitachi College and Nihon University), Nagoya (Aichi University) and in 2002 has been teacher during the Darmstรคdter Ferienkurse.
His compositions have been performed among others by Salome Kammer, Mario Caroli, Peter Veale, Marco Blaauw, Francesco DโOrazio, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Modern, Sharoun Ensemble, Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Ensemble Recherche, Repertorio Zero, Kroumata, AlterEgo, Musikfabrik NRW, Divertimento Ensemble, conducted by Peter Eรถtvรถs, Marco Angius, Peter Hirsch, Jonathan Stockhammer, Evan Christ, Pierre-Andrรฉ Valade, Sandro Gorli, Marco Angius and Arturo Tamayo. They have been recorded and broadcasted by the BR, HR, MDR, WDR, Radio France and RAI and performed in all Europe, Japan, USA and Canada.
He received commissions among others from Darmstรคdter Ferienkurse, Bayerische Staatsoper, Donaueschinger Musiktage, IRCAM, Biennale di Venezia. His work and his research, mainly on the aspect of spatialisation, has been supported by the Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung of SWR for the year 2003 as well as by IRCAM, where he worked in a research group on spatialisation as โcompositeur associรฉโ. Later he completed a PhD (thesis: โSpace and Spatialization as Discrete Parameter in Music Compositionโ) at TU Berlin, based on his research on resonance modes analysis.
Latest projects include โFinesterraeโ (2016) for five voices, viola and live-electronics, โIus Lucisโ (2006/2007) for two ensembles in two music halls (commissioned by IRCAM), and โForces Motricesโ a large scale work for orchestra and live-electronics. A new CD (โchamber musicโ TLS 105) conducted by the author was released by TELOS records, โIus Lucisโ (WERGO โ WER 20652) with Musikfabrik conducted by Pierre-Andrรฉ Valade.
Selected for the Rostrum of Composers 2006, during the season 2008-2009 he has been composer in residence at Staatstheater Cottbus, and from 2008 Composer in Residence at ZKM Karlsruhe (Germany) where two CDs for WERGO have been produced. From 2008 to 2015 he has been โcomposer in residenceโ first, then curator of a new music project of the Philharmonisches Orchester Cottbus (Germany).
His works are published by Edizioni Suvini-Zerboni (Milan).
www.valeriosannicandro.eu