Caprioli, Alberto
Caprioli, Alberto
Caprioli, Alberto, Italian composer, conductor, teacher, and writer on music; b. Bologna, Nov. 16, 1956. He studied composition with Margóla (1973–79) and Togni (diploma, 1983) and conducting with Guarino (1977–78) at the Padua Cons. He also studied conducting with Tito Gotti at the Bologna Cons, (diploma, 1979), with Kondrashin in Hilversum (1978), and with Suitner (1979–83) and Cerha (diploma, 1983) at the Vienna Academy of Music. His training in composition was completed with Schaeffer at the Salzburg Mozarteum (1986–88). He also pursued studies in the humanities at the Univ. of Bologna (Ph.D.). In 1980 he became a teacher of conducting at the Bologna Cons., where he held that chair from 1989. From 1990 he was one of the collaborators on the critical edition of Maderna’s works. In 1992 he founded the Progetto Esperia in Bologna, a new music laboratory. His writings have appeared in various publications, and range from studies on Schumann and Hòlderlin to Nono and Boulez. In his music, Caprioli has followed a contemporary path which includes the use of tape and live electronics.
Works
chamber: Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello (Austrian Radio, Salzburg, Sept. 28, 1984); del celeste confine for String Quartet (1985; Kraków, April 7, 1987); Serenata per Francesca for 6 Players (Austrian Radio, Salzburg, Sept. 27, 1985); A la dolce ombra for Violin, Cello, and Piano (1985; Perugia, Jan. 28, 1987); Dialogue for Double Bass and 2 String Quartets (Undine, Oct. 2, 1986); Symphoniae I/II (Salzburg, May 5, 1988) and III (Salzburg, Aug. 4, 1989) for Violin; Due Notturni d’obliò for Chamber Ensemble (Stuttgart, Sept. 10, 1988); ...il vostro pianto aurora o luna for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Guitar, and Vibraphone (Paris, Dec. 11, 1988); Intermedio I for Amplified Flute and Live Electronics (Klagenfurt, March 9, 1989); Vor dem singenden Odem (alla memoria di Luigi Nono) for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano (Perugia, May 31, 1990; rev. version, Bologna, April 8, 1992); “John-Cage”-Variations for Bass Flute, Bass Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano (Trieste, Sept. 25, 1991); À quinze ans for Cello (Bratislava, Oct. 22, 1991); Anges, paraphrase after Schumann, for Alto Flute, Viola, and Harp (Siena, Aug. 26, 1993); Folâtre (Notturno di rosa) for 2 Guitars (1993); Evaernesto, duo concertante for Flute, Clarinet, and Chamber Ensemble (Vienna, Oct. 28, 1995); Elegia per Carlo Michelstaedter for Oboe and Instruments (Bologna, Feb. 25, 1998); Era for Alto Saxophone and Brass Quintet (Berlare, March 6, 1999). keyboard: piano:Elegia (1974; Ravenna, Feb. 22, 1987); Sette Frammenti dal diario (1974; South German Radio, Stuttgart, June 24, 1987); Les Adieux de vent (1974; Bologna, Sept. 6, 1988); Per lo dolce silentio de la notte for Piano and Tape (Salzburg, May 25, 1987). vocal:Abendlied (omaggio a Gustav Mahler) for Soprano and Orch. (1977; Parma, May 5, 1978); Sonetti di Shakespeare for Voice and Chamber Ensemble (Austrian Radio, Salzburg, Oct. 4, 1983); Sette frammenti dal Kyrie per Diño Campana for Soli, Chorus, and Orch. (Stuttgart, Aug. 25, 1991); L’ascesa degli angeli ribelli for Voice and Instruments (Bologna, Feb. 8, 1994); Dittico baciato for Chorus and Orch. (Bologna, Nov. 15, 1994); Canto for Reciter and Orch. (Bologna, May 18, 1998).
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire