New piece (2024/2025) – For Orchestra
Commissioned by County Hall Arts in the framework of Symphony San Sebastián Concours (London); Final round: 28.02.2025
Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (2 players), harp and strings (12.10.8.6.4 players)
Duration: 20'
General (2024) – For Voice and 3 Instruments
Commissioned by 61° Festival di Nuova Consonanza (IT)
Instrumentation: female voice, clarinet, percussion and cello
First performance: Rome, 12.2024; Ensemble Accroche Note of Strasbourg
Duration: 10'
Amo, soffro, lotto (2024) – For Quintet
Commissioned by Synesthesia Lab / Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (RU)
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello
First performance: Kazan, 21.10.2024; Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble
Duration: 8'
Cries and Whispers (2022/2023) – For Symphony Orchestra
Finalist of the First Edition of the Unanimes! Composition Competition – Section: Symphonic Orchestra (AFO – Association Francaise des Orchestres)
Instrumentation: 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion (2 players), harp and strings (14.12.10.8.6 players)
First performance: Toulouse, 13.09.2024; Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse (conductor: Bruno Mantovani)
Duration: 10'
Retour à Tipasa (2022) – For Large Ensemble
Commissioned by Mizzou International Composers Festival 2022 (US)
Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet I, clarinet II, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion (2 players), piano, violin I, violin II, viola, cello and double bass
First performance: Columbia, MO 30.07.2022; Alarm Will Sound of New York (conductor: Alan Pierson)
Duration: 9'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Geometrie sospese (2022) – For 4 Percussionists
Commissioned by Tetraktis Percussioni (IT)
Instrumentation: percussion (4 players)
First performance: Foligno, 28.08.2022; Tetraktis Percussioni
Duration: 5'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Nove liriche su testi di Dante (2021) – For Voice and Piano
Commissioned by German Embassy in Rome (DE)
Selected for the Festival Osmose 2022 (BE)
Text: Dante Alighieri
Instrumentation: female voice and piano
First performance: Florence, 03.10.2021; Theresa Kronthaler (mezzo-soprano), Mirella Vinciguerra (piano)
Duration: 27'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Miniatura No. 3 (2021) – For Piano
Commissioned by Divertimento Ensemble - in the framework of project Affresco (IT)
Instrumentation: piano
First performance: Milan, 14.11.2021; Maria Grazia Bellocchio
Duration: 30"
La terra e la morte (2020/2021) – For Mixed Choir and 7 Instruments
Commissioned by Fondazione Lirico Sinfonica Petruzzelli e Teatri di Bari (IT)
Text: Cesare Pavese, Extracts from La terra e la morte
Instrumentation: mixed choir; harp, percussion, violin I, violin II, viola, cello and double bass
First performance and recording: Bari, 15.06.2021; Instrumentalists of the Orchestra and Choir of the Teatro Petruzzelli (choir master: Fabrizio Cassi) – Stream due to Covid-19
Duration: 20'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Mit Worten und Gesten (2020/2021) – For 4 Instruments
Commissioned by Ars Nova Ensemble (FR)
Instrumentation: clarinet, saxophone, violin and cello
First recording: Paris, 25.06.2021; Ars Nova Ensemble of Poitiers
First performance: Paris, 23.10.2021; Ars Nova Ensemble of Poitiers
Duration: 9'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Ex abrupto (2020) – For Double Bass
Commissioned by Ars Nova Ensemble in the framework of projet Mosaïque (FR)
Selected for the Verdant Vibes Call for Scores (US)
Instrumentation: double bass
First performance: YouTube, 02.01.2021; Tanguy Menez
Duration: 1'30"
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Mit wechselndem Schlüssel (2020) – For 2 Instruments
Selected for a performance by the jury of the O/Modernt Composition Award 2020 (SE)
Instrumentation: cello and piano
First performance: Birmingham, 22.11.2020; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group – Live Stream due to Covid-19
Duration: 7'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Il varco che tu ti apristi (2020) – For Wind Quintet
Commissioned by Ars Nova Ensemble with the support of the SACEM (FR)
Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn
First performance: Bibracte, 04.08.2021; Ars Nova Ensemble of Poitiers
Duration: 11'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
A rebours – Tosca su Tosca (2020) – For Narrator and Piano
Commissioned by 66th Puccini Festival (IT)
Instrumentation: voice and piano
First performance: Torre del Lago, 14.07.2020; Stefania Sandrelli (narrator), Orazio Sciortino (piano)
Duration: 13'-15'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Le voci della terra (2019/2020) – For Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned by MusAnima 2020 – Istituzione Sinfonica Abruzzese (IT)
Winner of the First Prize in the I International Composers Competition Musikverein – The New Symphony (AT)
Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, percussion (1 player) and strings
First performance: Italy, 05.2020; Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese – Postponed due to Covid-19
Duration: 10'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
In cerchi concentrici (2019) – For Trumpet and Orchestra
Commissioned by SIAE – Classici di Oggi 2018/2019 (IT)
Instrumentation: 2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, timpani, percussion (1 player), trumpet in C and strings
First and second performance: Pisa, 24.10.2019 and Florence, 25.10.2019; Orchestra della Toscana of Florence (conductor: Daniele Rustioni; soloist: Donato De Sena)
Duration: 12'
Instrumentation: 2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, timpani, percussion (1 player), trumpet in C and strings
First and second performance: Pisa, 24.10.2019 and Florence, 25.10.2019; Orchestra della Toscana of Florence (conductor: Daniele Rustioni; soloist: Donato De Sena)
Duration: 12'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Mono no aware (2019) – For 4 Percussionists
Winning project of the open call Della morte e del morire (IT)
Winning project of the open call Della morte e del morire (IT)
Instrumentation: percussion (4 players)
First performance: Lucca, 22.06.2019; Blow Up Percussion of Rome
Duration: 12'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Ad sidera vultus (2019) – For 14 Instruments
Commissioned by Aldeburgh Festival (UK) in cooperation with Ulysses Network
Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, violin I, violin II, viola, cello and double bass
First performance: Aldeburgh, 14.06.2019; Ulysses Ensemble (conductor: Geoffrey Paterson)
Duration: 6'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
La via isoscele della sera (2018) – For String Orchestra
Winner of the IV Concorso Nazionale di Composizione Francesco Agnello (IT; President of the Jury: Ennio Morricone)
Honourable mention at the Fourth Edition of Amadeo Prize 2022 (IT)
Winner of the Third Call for Scores related to the Tuns Contemporans Biennale für Neue Musik Graubünden (CH)
Winner of the Open Call for Efferent Verb: Strings, Vol. I (US)
Instrumentation: string orchestra
First performance: Genova, 20.01.2020; Solisti Aquilani of L'Aquila
Duration: 10'
Publisher: Edizioni Curci
First performance: Genova, 20.01.2020; Solisti Aquilani of L'Aquila
Duration: 10'
Publisher: Edizioni Curci
Senza ristoro d’ombra (2018) – For 2 Instruments
Winner of the I International Composition Competition María de Pablos (ES)
Instrumentation: cello and piano
First performance: Segovia, 24.11.2018
Duration: 8'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Die Brücken hinter uns (2018) – For 6 Instruments
Commissioned by Riot Ensemble (UK)
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, sax, violin, cello and double bass
First performance: London, 31.10.2018; Riot Ensemble of London (conductor: Aaron Holloway-Nahum)
Duration: 12'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Commissioned by Riot Ensemble (UK)
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, sax, violin, cello and double bass
First performance: London, 31.10.2018; Riot Ensemble of London (conductor: Aaron Holloway-Nahum)
Duration: 12'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
From Wonder into Wonder. Green Steps to the Sky (2017/2018) – For Symphony Orchestra
Finalist of the 2018 BIMCC (PH)
Instrumentation: 3 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes (also english horn), 2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion (3 players), piano and strings (12.10.8.6.4 players)
First performance: Manila, 25.07.2018; Tofarm Festival Orchestra of Manila (conductor: Chino Toledo)
Duration: 13'
Miniatura No. 2 – Deux oiseaux et leur parade amoureuse (2017) – For 2 Instruments
Commissioned by 54° Festival di Nuova Consonanza (IT)Instrumentation: violin and piano
First performance: Rome, 12.12.2017; Ardorè Duo of London
Duration: 3'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
La verità ricurva (2017) – For 9 Instruments
Commissioned by Musiques Nouvelles / [‘tactus] Young Composers’ Forum (BE)
Winner of the 44th Irino Prize for Chamber-Orchestral Work (Tokyo)
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, trombone, percussion, guitar, piano, violin, viola and cello
First performance: Mons, 29.09.2017; Musiques Nouvelles of Mons (conductor: Jean–Paul Dessy)
Duration: 10'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
You Can't See The Forest For The Trees (2017) – For 13 Instruments
Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, 2 percussionists, piano, violin I, violin II, viola and cello
First performance: Rome, 20.06.2017; Selected students of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia of Rome (conductor: Carlo Rizzari)
Duration: 12'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Another part of the heath. Storm still. (2016/2017) – For 5 Voices and 10 Instruments
Commissioned by Divertimento Ensemble with the sustain of Ernst von Siemens Foundation / Franco Donatoni International Meeting for Young Composers – IV edition (IT)
Text: William Shakespeare, Extracts from King Lear - Act III, Scene II
Instrumentation: soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone and bass; oboe, clarinet, sax, percussion, piano, accordion, violin I, violin II, viola and cello
First performance: Milan, 03.05.2017; Neue Vocalsolisten and Divertimento Ensemble (conductor: Sandro Gorli)
Duration: 8'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Rilettura della Variazione 23 [dalle Variazioni Diabelli di Ludwig van Beethoven] (2016) – For 6 Instruments
Commissioned by Divertimento Ensemble / Rondò 2017 [40th Anniversary of DE] (IT)
Instrumentation: clarinet, bassoon, horn, viola, cello and double bass
First performance: Milan, 18.01.2017; Divertimento Ensemble (conductor: Sandro Gorli)
Duration: 1'30''
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Funeral Play (2016) – Chamber Opera for 4 Voices and 8 Instruments [Libretto: Sara Cavosi]
Commissioned by Biennale di Venezia / The Biennale College – Music Project 2016 (IT)
Voices: soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and bass
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, trombone, percussion, piano, violin, viola and cello
First performance: Venice, 16.10.2016
Director, Set Design, Costumes: Valentina Rosati; Video: Francesco Mori
Aika – soprano: Kurumi Yanagi; Tadashi – tenor; Kim Hun; Kiku – mezzosoprano: Alicia Paredes; Iwao – bass: Xiao Shengtao
Ensemble Biennale College – Musica (conductor: Alessandro Cadario)
Duration: 30'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
La hora de los sentidos (2016) – For 2 Instruments
Selected for the Festival Osmose 2016 (BE)
Instrumentation: cello and piano
First performance: Brussels, 02.12.2016; Bruno Ispiola (cello), Fabio Schinazi (piano)
Duration: 4'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Il dubbio della marionetta (2016) – For Quintet
Selected for the Gaudeamus Muziekweek – GMW Academy (NL)
Selected for the Versipel New Music Call for Scores (US)
Honourable mention at the Noosa ISAM Pierrot Ensemble Composition Competition (DE)
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello
First performance: Utrecht, 04.09.2016; Ensemble Oerknal! (conductor: Gregory Charette)
Duration: 3'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Dédalo y Sensación (2016) – For Piano Trio
Winner of two commissions for string orchestra after a contest at the end of IMCNM COURSE (UA)
Instrumentation: violin, cello and piano
First performance: Lviv, 19.03.2016; Ensemble Nostri Temporis
First performance of the complete version: Rome, 15.05.2016; Federica Severini (violin), Gianluca Pirisi (cello), Ben Cruchley (piano)
Duration: 7'30''
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Deux (2015) – For Saxophone Duo
Commissioned by SaxArt
Instrumentation: 2 saxophones
First performance: Aschaffenburg, 27.09.2015; SaxArt (Christine Heim & Christoph Heeg)
Duration: 9'30''
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Filigrane Scarlatte (2015) – For Piano
Commissioned by Centro Culturale San Fedele / Premio San Fedele per giovani compositori 2015 (IT)
Winner of the Third Prize in the New Vision Composition Competition (US)
Selected for the XIV IMYF - International Forum Music of Youth 2016 – The Solo Piano Project (UA)
Selected for the Concrete Timbre – Salon3 (US)
Instrumentation: piano
First performance: Rome, 10.05.2015; Ben Cruchley
Duration: 5'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Und wie Früchte sind wir (2014/2015) – For 7 Instruments
Commissioned by World Exposition 2015 / Feeding Music – Music for EXPO 2015 (IT)
Winner of the Seventh Edition of [‘tactus] Young Composers’ Forum – Chamber Music Session (BE)
Selected for the 27th International Review of Composers in Belgrade (RS)
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola and cello
First performance: Milan, 21.09.2015; Divertimento Ensemble (conductor: Sandro Gorli)
Duration: 10'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Oscuro Pintado (2014) – For 8 Instruments (or 9 Instruments)
Commissioned by Fondazione Spinola Banna per l’Arte. Progetto Musica 2015 (IT)
Winner of the Franco Donatoni International Meeting for Young Composers – IV edition (IT)
Finalist of the International Competition of the Moscow Conservatory for Young Composers New Classics (RU)
Winner of the Third Prize at the I International Competition of Composers New Music Generation 2019 - Section: Chamber music (Nur Sultan, KZ)
Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet, (timpani), percussion, piano, violin, viola and cello
First performance: Banna, 16.05.2015; Ensemble Mosaik (conductor: Fabio Nieder); broadcast on RAI – RadioTre
Duration: 12'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Il passo alla danza (2014) – For 2 Instruments
Selected for the XV IMYF - International Forum Music of Youth 2017 – World Dances (UA)
Selected for the Concrete Timbre – Salon3 (US), for the Reconsil’s concert cycle 2018 (AT)
Selected for the Gnesin Contemporary Music Week 2019 (RU)
Instrumentation: flute and cello
First performance: Karlsruhe, 18.04.2015; Ensemble Tema
Duration: 8'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Lo strappo nel cielo di carta (2014) – For Quintet
Commissioned by Festival Pontino 2014 (IT)
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello
First performance: Sermoneta, 04.07.2014; Ensemble Alternance
Duration: 6'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Ansia de estatua (2014) – For Harpsichord
Instrumentation: harpsichord
First performance: Madrid, 10.05.2014; Ruggero Laganà
Duration: 4'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
AaNEen (2013/2014) – For 7 Instruments
Commissioned by Divertimento Ensemble / Stagione Rondò 2014 (IT)
Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin and cello
First performance: Milan, 09.04.2014; Divertimento Ensemble (conductor: Sandro Gorli)
Duration: 11'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Du, der ichs nicht sage (2013) – For Female Voice and 2 Instruments
Selected for the 25th International Review of Composers in Belgrade (RS)
Instrumentation: female voice, piano and percussion
First performance: Sermoneta, 15.07.2013; Laura Catrani (voice), Maria Grazia Bellocchio (piano), Lorenzo D’Erasmo (percussion)
Duration: 8'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Mistral (2013) – For Accordion
Instrumentation: accordion
First performance: Rome, 09.03.2013; Samuele Telari
Duration: 6'
Publisher: SZ Sugar