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31.10.2023 Performance of Geometrie sospese in Bologna

Geometrie sospese has been performed at the Oratorio di San Filippo Neri in Bologna by Tetraktis Percussioni.

22.09.2023 Winner of the Open Call for Efferent Verb: Strings, Vol. I

I am truly happy that my piece La via isoscele della sera has been selected among over 200 submissions from around the world to be performed next year in New York. New details will be coming soon!

04.06.2023 Performance of Mit Worten und Gesten in Paris

Mit Worten und Gesten has been performed at the Musée de Montmartre in Paris by Ars Nova Ensemble.

16.04.2023 Performance of Oltre la spera che più larga gira in Brussels

Oltre la spera che più larga gira has been performed at Maison des Cultures et de la cohésion sociale de Molenbeek in Brussels by Sophie de Tillesse (mezzo-soprano) and Fabio Schinazi (piano).

31.03.2023 Performance of La via isoscele della sera in Chur

La via isoscele della sera has been performed at the Theater Chur by Kammerphilharmonie Graubünden under the baton of Philippe Bach.

28-31.03.2023 In Chur to prepare Swiss prèmiere of La via isoscele della sera

I am in Chur with Kammerphilharmonie Graubünden to prepare together the performance of my piece for string orchestra, La via isoscele della sera.

21.03.2023 Performance of Geometrie sospese in Turin

Geometrie sospese has been performed at Teatro Vittoria in Turin by Tetraktis Percussioni.

27.01.2023 Press conference tuns contemporans 2023

I am happy to talk about my life as a composer and my piece for string orchestra La via isoscele della sera during the press conference for the presentation of tuns contemporans 2023 - Biennale für Neue Musik Graubünden.
It will be a honour and a pleasure to work with Kammerphilharmonie Graubünden at the end of March.

02.12.2022 Performance of Oltre la spera che più larga gira in Brussels

Oltre la spera che più larga gira has been performed at Espace Toots in Brussels by Sophie de Tillesse (mezzo-soprano) and Fabio Schinazi (piano).

14.11.2022 Winner of the 44th Irino Prize for Chamber-Orchestral Work (Tokyo)

I am happy and honored that La verità ricurva has won the 44th Irino Prize for Chamber-Orchestral Work.
It will be played on July 2024 in Tokyo and I can't wait to be there!

13.09.2022 Winner of the Third Call for Scores related to the Tuns Contemporans Biennale für Neue Musik Graubünden (Chur)

I am delighted that La via isoscele della sera has won the Third Call for Scores related to the Tuns Contemporans Biennale für Neue Musik Graubünden – Section: String Orchestra.
It will be played on 31 March 2023 in Chur by Kammerphilharmonie Graubünden.

10.09.2022 Honourable mention at the Fourth Edition of Amadeo Prize 2022 (Imperia)

La via isoscele della sera has received an honourable mention at the Fourth Edition of Amadeo Prize 2022.

28.08.2022 Première of Geometrie sospese in Foligno

Geometrie sospese has been performed at the Auditorium San Domenico in Foligno by Tetraktis Percussioni.

30.07.2022 Première of Retour à Tipasa in Columbia, MO

Retour à Tipasa has been performed at the Missouri Theater in Columbia by Alarm Will Sound.
Mizzou International Composer Festival has been an enriching experience, thanks to all!

24.07.2022 Rehearsals of Retour à Tipasa in Columbia, MO

The rehearsals of Retour à Tipasa are starting today at Missouri Theater in occasion of my residency at MICF 2022.

22-31.07.2022 Residency at Mizzou International Composers Festival 2022 (Columbia, MO)

I am in Columbia with Alarm Will Sound to prepare together the première of my new piece for 16 players, Retour à Tipasa.
Such a pleasure to meet here gifted composers from all over the world!

08.07.2022 Selected for the Festival Osmose in Brussels

Oltre la spera che più larga gira has been selected to be performed on 2 December 2022 in Brussels.

05.05.2022 Special prize of the 41° Premio della critica musicale "Franco Abbiati" 2022 to 'Aus Italien: musical snapshots of eight Italian composers'

The festival 'Aus Italien: musical snapshots of eight Italian composers' has won the special prize of the 41° Premio della critica musicale "Franco Abbiati" 2022.

04.2022 Performance of Ex Abrupto in Portland, OR [Postponed]

The performance of Ex Abrupto in Portland has been postponed to the next season.

18.02.2022 'Aus Italien: musical snapshots of eight Italian composers' now available on DVD

'Aus Italien: musical snapshots of eight Italian composers' has become a box set to collect, a box set that includes the concerts recorded - in the presence of composers - at the Teatro Petruzzelli in 2021, when the Theaters were closed due to the health emergency.
It consists of 8 DVDs, respectively dedicated to each concert with its special contents, and a pen-drive that encloses them.
One of these DVDs is dedicated to me and my piece La terra e la morte, commissioned last year by Fondazione Lirico Sinfonica Petruzzelli e Teatri di Bari.

31.01.2022 Winner of a commission for large ensemble and a residency during the Mizzou International Composers Festival 2022 (Columbia, MO)

I am truly happy and honored that the Mizzou International Composers Festival 2022 has selected me to write a new piece for large ensemble (16 elements).
It will be played at the end of July by Alarm Will Sound of New York. The conductor will be Alan Pierson.
I am thrilled with this news and I can't wait to work with this wonderful ensemble during my residency at the University of Missouri.
The applications for this opportunity were 532 from 49 countries all over the world.

13.01.2022 Honourable mention at the Third International Composition Competition "Prof. Marin Golemov" (Sofia)

Controcorrente has received an honourable mention at the Third International Composition Competition "Prof. Marin Golemov".

30.11.2021 Selected for the Verdant Vibes Call for Scores (Providence)

Ex abrupto has been selected to be performed next april in Portland.

14.11.2021 Première of Miniatura No. 3 in Milan

Miniatura No. 3 has been broadcast at the Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan performed by Maria Grazia Bellocchio in the framework of project "Affresco".

24.11.2020 Commission for Fondazione Lirico Sinfonica Petruzzelli (Bari)

I am truly happy and honored that Fondazione Lirico Sinfonica Petruzzelli e Teatri di Bari has asked me to write a new piece for mixed choir (46 elements) and 7 instruments.
It will be played in June by Instrumentalists of the Orchestra and Choir of the Teatro Petruzzelli. The choir master will be Fabrizio Cassi.

22.11.2020 Première of Mit wechselndem Schlüssel in Birmingham [Live Stream due to Covid-19]

Mit wechselndem Schlüssel has been performed at at the CBSO Centre in Birmingham by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.
Thanks to the artistic director and the musicians for making the concert possible. It was a wonderful experience at this difficult time for live music.

22.11.2020 Commission for Ars Nova Ensemble (Poitiers)

I am delighted to collaborate again with Ars Nova Ensemble. I have to compose a new piece for clarinet, saxophone, violin and cello.
It will be played next May at Kings Place in London.

20.11.2020 Commission for Ars Nova Ensemble in the framework of project "Mosaïque" (Poitiers)

Ars Nova Ensemble has asked me to write a miniature for double bass in the framework of project "Mosaïque".
It will be played by Tanguy Menez.

22.09.2020 Selected for a performance by the jury of the O/Modernt Composition Award 2020 (Stockholm)

Mit wechselndem Schlüssel has been selected by the jury of the O/Modernt Composition Award 2020 to be performed next november in Birmingham, at the CBSO Centre.

05.08.2020 Première of Il varco che tu ti apristi in Bibracte [Postponed due to Covid-19]

The première of Il varco che tu ti apristi in Bibracte by Ars Nova Ensemble has been postponed due to Covid-19.

15.07.2020 Review of À rebours - Tosca su Tosca on 'La Gazzetta di Viareggio'

Thanks to Francesca Vatteroni for her review of my piece:
"Venerdì 14 luglio, si apre la serata con la composizione di Caterina di Cecca - À rebours - che è stata una grande rivalutazione del personaggio femminile dell'opera pucciniana, uno zoom sulla figura di Tosca. L'opera è stata un flusso di coscienza che ha ripercorso a ritroso la giornata appena trascorsa dopo il trauma vissuto dalla donna: la morte del suo amato. La musica ha saputo descrivere quel momento bloccato, quell'istante in cui ci si rende conto di aver perso qualcosa, una fissità ghiacciata che si spezza dentro di noi e da cui non vi è più ritorno. Parole e pochi suoni hanno colto nel cuore e hanno dato intensità emotiva."

14.07.2020 Première of À rebours - Tosca su Tosca in Torre del Lago

Such a pleasure to work with the famous actress Stefania Sandrelli on the character of Tosca and to write a piece especially for her, with the piano accompaniment. Thanks to Puccini Festival for this challenging commission!

16.06.2020 Winner of the First Prize at the I International Composer Competition – Musikverein The New Symphony (Wien)

My last work for orchestra, Le voci della terra, has won the First Prize at the I International Composer Competition – Musikverein The New Symphony.

11.06.2020 Broadcast of In cerchi concentrici on Rai Radio 3

In cerchi concentrici has been broadcast during the radio program Il Cartellone – Rai Radio 3 in the Orchestra della Toscana’s version (soloist: Donato De Sena; conductor: Daniele Rustioni) recorded during the concert of 25.10.2019 in Florence.

22.05.2020 Commission for 66th Festival Puccini (Torre del Lago)

I am happy and honored that the 66th Puccini Festival has asked me to write a new piece about Tosca.
It will be played in July in Italy and the narrator will be Stefania Sandrelli.

05.2020 6 Performances of Le voci della terra in Italy [Postponed due to Covid-19]

The 6 performances of Le voci della terra in 6 cities of Italy by Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese have been postponed due to Covid-19.

Spring 2020 Performance of Il passo alla danza in Moscow [Cancelled due to Covid-19]

The performance of Il passo alla danza in Moscow by Reheard Ensemble has been cancelled due to Covid-19.

04.03.2020 Performance of La verità ricurva in New York

La verità ricurva has been performed at the Italian Academy of the Columbia Universty in New York by Ensemble Échappé.
I am really grateful for this amazing acknowledgment.

04.02.2020 Performance of La via isoscele della sera in Bari

La via isoscele della sera has been performed at the Teatro Piccinni in Bari by Solisti Aquilani.

28.01.2020 Performance of La via isoscele della sera in Rome

La via isoscele della sera has been performed at the Aula Magna of the Università La Sapienza in Rome by Solisti Aquilani.
Finally I can be there to thank the musicians of their work on my piece.

25.01.2020 Performance of La via isoscele della sera in Campobasso

La via isoscele della sera has been performed at the Auditorio Ex-Gil in Campobasso by Solisti Aquilani.

24.01.2020 Performance of La via isoscele della sera in Pescara

La via isoscele della sera has been performed at the Teatro Circus in Pescara by Solisti Aquilani.

22.01.2020 Performance of La via isoscele della sera in Imola

La via isoscele della sera has been performed at the Teatro Ebe Stignani in Imola by Solisti Aquilani.

20.01.2020 Première of La via isoscele della sera in Genova

La via isoscele della sera has been performed at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova by Solisti Aquilani.
Unfortunately I could not be there.

20.01.2020 Professor of Orchestration at the Digital Records in collaboration with the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia – Master in Film scoring (Rome)

Today I begin to teach Orchestration at the Master in Film scoring at the Digital Records (in collaboration with the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia).

19.01.2020 Commission for Ars Nova Ensemble in collaboration with the SACEM (Poitiers)

I am truly happy that Ars Nova Ensemble – with the economic support of the SACEM – has asked me to write a new piece.
It will be played in August in France.

12.12.2019 Winner of the Third Prize at the International Composers Competition "Pancho Vladigerov 2019" (Sofia)

Breaths of Balkan Dances has won the Third Prize at the International Composers Competition "Pancho Vladigerov 2019" – Section: Chamber Ensemble.

29.11.2019 Review of In cerchi concentrici on 'Il Termopolio'

Many thanks to Enrico Esposito for his review of my piece:
"Traendo il proprio titolo da una poesia omonima di Rainer Maria Rilke, la composizione (“In cerchi concentrici” – Concerto per Tromba e Orchestra) si è presentata dinamica e profonda, sviluppandosi in un costante incontro tra la voce solista della tromba e la pluralità cromatica espressa dall'orchestra che inscenano la dialettica uno/tutti nelle sue molteplici sfumature. Il singolo che compie un suo percorso esplorativo, un viaggio personale intervallato con il dialogo con altre individualità e i loro mondi. Un percorso incalzante e polifonico che trasmette sogni esemplari ma anche riflessioni amare, speranze rigorose. De Sena regala una performance estrosa come da tradizione esaltando l'orchestra e la direzione di Rustioni."

25.10.2019 Performance of In cerchi concentrici in Florence

It was such a privilege that my piece for trumpet and orchestra In cerchi concentrici has been chosen to open the 2019/2020 season of the Orchestra della Toscana at the Teatro Verdi in Florence.
I was really impressed by the warm reaction of the public and it was a wonderful experience with an amazing group of musicians. A special thank to Donato De Sena for his solo performance and to Daniele Rustioni for his conducting.

24.10.2019 Première of In cerchi concentrici in Pisa

In cerchi concentrici has been performed at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa by Orchestra della Toscana (soloist: Donato De Sena; conductor: Daniele Rustioni).

21.10.2019 Commission for Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese (L'Aquila)

I am very happy that Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese has asked me to write a new piece.
It will be played several times the next spring in Italy.

19.10.2019 Winner of the Third Prize at the I International Competition of Composers "New Music Generation 2019" (Nur-Sultan)

Oscuro Pintado has won the Third Prize at the I International Competition of Composers "New Music Generation 2019" – Section: Chamber Music.

10-16.10.2019 In Bucharest for the "Bucharest Triennale 2019"

It is a pleasure to participate in the Bucharest Triennale 2019 as a member of the "Jury for Critical Discourses".

28.09.2019 Selected for the 2019/2020 season of the Ensemble Échappé (New York)

La verità ricurva has been selected to be performed next March in New York by Ensemble Échappé.

24.09.2019 Selected for the Gnesin Contemporary Music Week (Moscow)

Il passo alla danza has been selected to be performed next spring in Moscow by Reheard Ensemble.

22.06.2019 Première of Mono no Aware in Lucca

Mono no aware has been performed at Tenuta dello Scompiglio in Lucca by Blow Up Percussion.

18-23.06.2019 Residency at Tenuta dello Scompiglio (Lucca)

I am in Lucca with the Blow Up Percussion to prepare together the première of my new piece for 4 percussionists, Mono no aware.

14.06.2019 Première of Ad sidera vultus in Aldeburgh

Ad sidera vultus has been performed at Snape Maltings, Britten Studio in Aldeburgh by Ulysses Ensemble.

28.12.2018 Commission for Orchestra della Toscana sponsored by "SIAE – Classici di Oggi" (Florence)

Such a wonderful news at the end of this year: I have won the contest “SIAE – Classici di Oggi”, so I have to write a piece for trumpet and orchestra that will be premiered on 25 October 2019 in Florence by Orchestra della Toscana, conducted by Daniele Rustioni. The trumpet soloist will be Donato de Sena.

14.12.2018 Winner of the IV Concorso Nazionale di Composizione “Francesco Agnello” (Rome)

I am truly happy and honored that the jury of the IV Concorso Nazionale di Composizione “Francesco Agnello” and his president, Ennio Morricone, has decided unanimously to give the First Prize to my new piece for string orchestra La via isoscele della sera.
It will be played several times in 2020 by Solisti Aquilani.

10.12.2018 Honourable mention at the Noosa ISAM Pierrot Ensemble Composition Competition (Baden-Württemberg)

Il dubbio della marionetta has received an honourable mention at the Noosa ISAM Pierrot Ensemble Composition Competition.
The applications were 100 from all over the world.

29.11.2018 Commission for Ulysses Ensemble (Aldeburgh)

The Aldeburgh Festival has kindly asked me to write a piece for 14 instruments that will be premiered on 14 June 2019 in Aldeburgh by Ulysses Ensemble, conducted by Geoffrey Paterson.

24.11.2018 Première of Senza ristoro d’ombra in Segovia, winner of the First Prize in the I International Composition Competition “María de Pablos”

Senza ristoro d’ombra has been performed at La Cárcel_Segovia Centro de Creación in Segovia for the Final Round of the I International Composition Competition “María de Pablos”.
I am delighted that it has won the first prize.

18.11.2018 Performance in Moscow

Oscuro Pintado has been performed by Studio for New Music at the Rachmaninov Hall of the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory for the Gala Concert of the International Competition of the Moscow Conservatory for Young Composers “New Classics”.

17.11.2018 Performance in Moscow

Oscuro Pintado has been performed in Moscow by Studio for New Music at the Arkhipovsky Salon for the Final Round of the International Competition of the Moscow Conservatory for Young Composers “New Classics”.

16.11.2018 Winner of the Third Prize at the “New Vision” Composition Competition (New York)

Filigrane Scarlatte has won the Third Prize at the “New Vision” Composition Competition.
The applications were 74 from all over the world.

10.11.2018 Selected as one of the finalists of the International Competition of the Moscow Conservatory for Young Composers “New Classics” (Moscow)

I am happy and honored to be one of the finalists of the International Competition of the Moscow Conservatory for Young Composers “New Classics”.
The applications were 823 from 35 countries of the world.

09.11.2018 Proposal of a commission for Orchestra della Toscana (Florence) sponsored by "SIAE - Classici di Oggi"

The Orchestra della Toscana has kindly asked me to participate in the contest of “SIAE – Classici di Oggi” to compose a new piece for them.

31.10.2018 Première of Die Brücken hinter uns in London

Die Brücken hinter uns has been performed at the Warehouse, Waterloo in London by Riot Ensemble.
It was a wonderful experience with an amazing group of musicians.

19.10.2018 Riot Ensemble interview about me and my future projects

Tim Rutherford-Johnson, internal writer and member of the artistic council of the Riot Ensemble, has asked me some questions in view of the Riot Ensemble’s concert at the end of the month where my music will be played.

16.10.2018 Selected as one of the three finalists of the I Concurso de Composición “María de Pablos” (Segovia)

The jury of the I International Composition Competition “María de Pablos” has chosen my piece Senza ristoro d’ombra as one of the three finalists.
I am invited to participate in the Final Round of the Competition, which will take place in Segovia on November, 24th.

10.10.2018 Performance in Wien

Il passo alla danza has been performed at the REAKTOR in Wien by Ensemble Reconsil.

04.10.2018 Performance in Belgrade

Und wie Früchte sind wir has been performed at the Students’ Cultural Center, Great Hall in Belgrade by Ensemble Metamorphosis.

07.09.2018 Invitation as a member of the Jury at the Triennale 2019 in Bucharest

Arhitext Design Foundation, the Architects Order of Romania and the University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu” has kindly invited me to participate in the Bucharest Triennale 2019 as a member of the "Jury for Critical Discourses".
I will be in Bucharest from 16 to 20 October 2019.

31.07.2018 – 05.08.2018 In Brădulet to deliver a lecture about Composition

It is a pleasure to take part in the International Creation Camp “Memory and Imaginary” with a lecture on Composition.
My paper, entitled Creativity of time, memory and imagination in music, will be published in the “5th Issue of Revista Arhitext”.

25.07.2018 Performance of From Wonder into Wonder. Green Steps to the Sky (Manila)

From Wonder into Wonder. Green Steps to the Sky has been performed at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) in Manila by Tofarm Festival Orchestra.

18.07.2018 Première of From Wonder into Wonder. Green Steps to the Sky (Banaue)

From Wonder into Wonder. Green Steps to the Sky has been premiered at the Entry Hall of Banaue Hotel in Banaue by Tofarm Festival Orchestra.

07.05.2018 Selected for the 2018 BIMCC in Manila

From Wonder into Wonder. Green Steps to the Sky for symphony orchestra has been selected for the 2018 BIMCC.
From 9 to 27 July I will be in the Philippines as one of the chosen Composer-Fellows.
The applications were 84 from all over the world.

27.04.2018 Selected for the 27th International Review of Composers in Belgrade

Und wie Früchte sind wir has been selected to be performed the next October in Belgrade.
The applications were 400 from all over the world.

23.04.2018 Selected for a residency in 2018/2019 at the Tenuta dello Scompiglio (Lucca)

My project in collaboration with Blow Up Percussion, Mono no aware, has been selected to be performed after a residency at the Tenuta dello Scompiglio the next year in Lucca.
The applications were 504.

12.04.2018 In Brădulet, Arges County, from 31 July to 5 August 2018 for the International Creation Camp "Memory and Imaginary"

The International Creation Camp "Memory and Imaginary" has kindly invited me to their Summer Camp to deliver a lecture about Composition, between 31 July and 5 August 2018.
This project is being developed in partnership with Romanian Architects Order Arge? Territorial Branch, National University of Arts of Bucharest – UNARTE, National University of Music Bucharest – UNMB, Polytechnic University Timisoara – UPT, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca – UTCN, Technical University "Gheorghe Asachi" Iasi – UTI, National School of Political and Administrative Studies – SNSPA, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism.
It is co-funded by the National Cultural Fund Administration – AFCN.

09.04.2018 Selected for the Riot Ensemble Call for Scores (London)

The Riot Ensemble has selected my music after a Call for Scores and has asked me to write a sextet that will be premiered on 31 October 2018 in London.
The applications were 291, from 44 countries of the world.

11.11.2017 Selected for the Reconsil's concert cycle 2018

Il passo alla danza has been selected to be performed the next October in Wien by Ensemble Reconsil.
The applications were over 200.

23.10.2017 Performance in Reggio Emilia (Festival Aperto)

Rilettura Variazione 23 [dalle Variazione Diabelli di Ludwig van Beethoven] has been performed at the Teatro Cavallerizza in Reggio Emilia by Divertimento Ensemble.

29.09.2017 Première of La verità ricurva in Mons ([‘tactus] Young Composers’ Forum)

La verità ricurva has been performed at the Grand Salle of the Arsonic in Mons by Musiques Nouvelles. Thanks again to the organization: it was a wonderful experience.

17.09.2017 Performance in New Orleans (Surface Grammars)

Il dubbio della marionetta has been performed at the Marigny Opera House in New Orleans by Versipel New Music.

08-11.09.2017 In Bucharest for the George Enescu Festival 2017

The George Enescu Festival organization kindly invited me to the George Enescu Festival 2017, after the winning of their competition last year. It was a real pleasure to take part to this great event.

10.08.2017 Selected for the Versipel New Music Call for Scores (New Orleans)

Il dubbio della marionetta has been selected to be performed at the Marigny Opera House in New Orleans, LA by Versipel New Music.
The applications were more than 200.
Here is the presentation of the concert:
"Versipel New Music kicks off its fourth season with an evening of stunning contemporary chamber music from around the world. These works touch on a number of complex musical grammars. From the delicate, almost brittle, textural introspections of Caterina Di Cecca’s quintet Il Dubbio Della Marionetta to the obsessively fragmented counterpoint of William Cole’s trio Bind Weave Spin, this collection of works reflects upon grammars of recent past as well as points towards new ways of instrumental gesture and interaction."

20.06.2017 Winner of the Seventh Edition of [‘tactus] Young Composers’ Forum (Mons)

I am happy and honored to be the winner of the Seventh Edition of [‘tactus] Young Composers’ Forum – Chamber Music Session.
I will have a performance of a new piece for 9 instruments by Musiques Nouvelles in Mons.

20.06.2017 Première of You Can’t See The Forest For The Trees in Rome (Diploma of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia)

You Can’t See The Forest For The Trees has been performed at the Sala Sinopoli of the Parco della Musica in Rome by selected students of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - conductor Carlo Rizzari.

17.05.2017 In the shortlist of semifinalists of the Lake George Music Festival Composition Competition (New York)

I am in the shortlist of semifinalists of the Lake George Music Festival Composition Competition.
The applications were 162.

11.05.2017 A review of "Another part of the heath. Storm still." by Amadeus Online

The music magazine Amadeus has put online the Emanuele Lavizzari’s review of my piece performed by Neue Vocalsolisten and Divertimento Ensemble:
"Il programma si chiude con Another part of the heath. Storm still. di Caterina Di Cecca.
La composizione prende nome dall’indicazione di scena che precede il monologo contenuto nel III atto del King Lear di William Shakespeare.
Voci e strumenti intrecciano le proprie parti, talvolta si inseguono e in altri passaggi si amalgamano, fino a sfociare in un crescendo che culmina nel climax finale.
Un’esecuzione davvero intensa quella dei Neue Vocalsolisten e di Divertimento Ensemble, che ha saputo trasmettere in maniera efficace tutta la tensione sperimentatrice di questi giovani compositori."

03.05.2017 Première of Another part of the heath. Storm still. in Milan (Rondò 2017)

Another part of the heath. Storm still. has been performed at the Teatro Litta in Milan by Neue Vocalsolisten and Divertimento Ensemble.

23.04.2017 Performance in Trento (MotoContrario)

Filigrane Scarlatte has been performed at the Sala Caritro in Trento by Cosimo Colazzo.

21.04.2017 Performance in Brussels (Festival Osmose)

La hora de los sentidos has been performed at the Salle Maene of Pianos Maene in Brussels by Bruno Ispiola (cello) and Fabio Schinazi (piano).

12.04.2017 In the short list of finalists of the Riot Ensemble Call for Scores (London)

I am in the short list of finalists of the Riot Ensemble Call for Scores.
The applications were 279.

19.03.2017 Performance in Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Festival Osmose)

La hora de los sentidos has been performed at the Auditorium Foyer Européen in Grand Duchy of Luxembourg by Bruno Ispiola (cello) and Fabio Schinazi (piano).

20.02.2017 Performance in Rome (Assoli II - Accademia Filarmonica Romana)

Mistral has been performed at the Sala degli Affreschi of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana in Rome by Samuele Telari.

18.01.2017 Première of Rilettura della Variazione 23 in Milan (Rondò 2017)

Rilettura Variazione 23 [dalle Variazioni Diabelli di Ludwig van Beethoven] has been performed at the Teatro Litta in Milan by Divertimento Ensemble in occasion of their 40th Anniversary.

02.12.2016 Première of La hora de los sentidos in Brussels (Festival Osmose)

La hora de los sentidos has been performed at Espace Toots in Brussels by Bruno Ispiola (cello) and Fabio Schinazi (piano).

19.10.2016 Received the official letter from the George Enescu International Competition with the Diploma and the congratula tions for the First Prize in their International Competition - Chamber Music - Composition section – 2016 Edition

President of the Jury: Zygmunt Krauze
Artistic Director: Vladimir Jurowski
Honorary President: Zubin Mehta

18.10.2016 A review of Funeral Play opera by Amadeus Online

The music magazine Amadeus has put online Letizia Michielon’s review of my first chamber opera performed at the Biennale di Venezia:
"La problematica esistenziale legata a distorte dinamiche familiari caratterizza anche Funeral Play, parossistica messa in scena di una storia vera, avvenuta in Cina nel 2013: il desiderio di non perdere la festa del proprio funerale aveva spinto infatti la ventitreenne Zeng Jia all’assurda decisione di organizzare la propria cerimonia funebre e di prendervi contemporaneamente parte. Nel libretto di Sara Cavosi, però, le motivazioni della protagonista Aika, interpretata dall’abile e smaliziata Kurumi Yanagi, risiedono in un lutto non superato suscitato dalla perdita della madre e dal desiderio di attirare le attenzioni di un padre anaffettivo, impersonato dal basso Xiao Shengtao. Il monumento funebre troneggia al centro della scena, circondato da un sipario bianco su cui vengono proiettate scritte pubblicitarie di imprese funerarie specializzate in cerimonie di commiato. Aika invita i propri follower al suo funerale e la bara si trasforma in uno spazio neutro che grazie alle luci può assumere anche le sembianze di un iPhone dallo schermo luminoso. La partitura di Caterina Di Cecca staglia fissità ghiacciate e rievoca l’annichilente assenza che caratterizza la morte. La messa in scena della morte, pur essendo una finzione, genera però verità sorprendenti e drammatiche. Se da una parte infatti ricongiunge Aika al padre, dall’altra origina morte autentica perché la ragazza, ossessionata dal documentare con un selfie la propria fine, rimane chiusa dentro la bara. La lapide non si solleva più e il funeral planner, una volta incassato il denaro, la lascia dentro senza riaprire la bara per salvarla. Anche il cellulare si scarica e il desiderio di immortalare un momento irripetibile come quello del (finto) trapasso, si tramuta grottescamente in morte autentica. Questo istante tragico rappresenta l’unico momento di verità inoppugna bile nella nostra esistenza, la sola esperienza su cui all’uomo non è dato scherzare e che è vietato documentare. Un silenzio truce ingoia l’ansia spasmodica di pronunciare misteri insondabili: scacco matto alla cultura del Grande Fratello che tutto vorrebbe condividere e banalmente appiattire."

16.10.2016 Première of Funeral Play at the 60th International Festival of Contemporary Music – Biennale Musica (Venice)

I will not forget such a good reaction from the audience! Thanks to everybody for taking part to Funeral Play!

Music: Caterina Di Cecca; Libretto: Sara Cavosi; 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
Conductor: Alessandro Cadario; Ensemble selected by the Biennale College Music – 2015

10.10.2016 Performance in Belgrade (25th International Review of Composers in Belgrade)

Du, der ichs nicht sage has been performed at the National Bank of Serbia Hall in Belgrade by Ana Radovanović (voice), Neda Hofma (piano),Ivan Marjanović and Srđan Palačković (percussion).

08–15.10.2016 One week in Venice to set-up Funeral Play staging - stage photo

In Venice, working hard to stage Funeral Play, my first chamber opera commissioned by Biennale Musica – 2016 after the selection of the 3rd edition of The Biennale College – Music project.

05.09.2016 Notice that I am the winner of the George Enescu International Competition Composition section – Chamber Music – 2016 Edition (Bucharest)

The George Enescu International Competition 2016 has announced the winners of the Composition section: I am happy and honored to receive the first prize of the George Enescu International Competition – Composition section – Chamber music.

03–05.09.2016 In Utrecht for the Gaudeamus Academy Workshop Weekend

In occasion of the Gaudeamus Muziekweek Academy, Il dubbio della marionetta has been performed during a Reading session of the Ensemble Oerknal! (cond. Gregory Charette) in Muziekhuis Utrecht.

01.09.2016 In the short list of finalists of the Verdant Vibes Call for Scores (Providence)

I am in the short list of finalists of the Verdant Vibes Call for Scores. The pieces submitted were 896.

03.08.2016 Selected for the Gaudeamus Muziekweek Academy: Call for Scores and Reading Session with Oerknal! (Utrecht)

I am one of the six selected composers from all over the world that will have the opportunity to work with Oerknal!, ensemble-in-residence during the Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2016 in early September.

28.07.2016 Performance in Mexico City (Ciclo Internacional de Música "Laberintos Sonoros")

Filigrane Scarlatte has been performed at the Auditorium Blas Galindo (CENART) in Mexico City by Ignacio Torner.

05.07.2016 Selected for the Festival Osmose in Brussels and in Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

La hora de los sentidos has been selected to be performed on 2 December 2016 in Brussels and on 18 March 2017 in Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

02.06.2016 Selected for the 25th International Review of Composers in Belgrade

Du, der ichs nicht sage has been selected to be performed on 10 October 2016 in Belgrade. The applications were 500.

15.05.2016 Performance in Rome (Alta Formazione dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia)

Dédalo y Sensación has been performed at the Parco della Musica in Rome by Federica Severini (violin), Gianluca Pirisi (cello) and Ben Cruchley (piano).

21–24.04.2016 In Barcelona for the Festival Mixtur

Sinopia, a sketch for violin and cello, has been performed during a Reading session of BCN216 in Barcelona.

18–20.04.2016 In Milan for the prize concert of the Franco Donatoni International Meeting for Young Composers – IV edition

Oscuro Pintado, my winning composition of the Franco Donatoni International Meeting for Young Composers – IV edition, has been performed by Divertimento Ensemble (cond. Michele Gamba) within the Rondò 2016 concert season in Milan.

18.04.2016 Performance in Kyiv (XIV IMYF – International Forum Music of Youth 2016 - The Solo Piano Project)

Filigrane Scarlatte has been performed at the Ukrainian Academy of Arts in Kyiv by Vitaliy Kyianytsia.

04.04.2016 A Review of Dédalo y Sensación from Zbruc.eu:

"Останнім прозвучав твір учасниці з Італії – Катеріни ді Чекки. Драматургія її твору настільки яскраво передала фабулу літературного першоджерела (роману «Похвальне слово мачусі» Маріо Варгаса Льйоси), що мені самій захотілося його прочитати. Це були не просто музичні діалоги між фортепіано, віолончеллю та скрипкою – це справжній «любовний трикутник» (батько, син, нова дружина батька), втілений через голоси інструментів. Можливо, це був би гарний сюжет для опери. Але чи потрібно писати оперу, якщо молодій композиторці вдалося так правдиво передати ситуацію без зайвих слів та сценічної дії?"
Traduzione in italiano:
"L'ultima ad essere presentata è stata un’opera di una partecipante italiana – Caterina di Cecca. La drammaturgia del suo lavoro ha trasmesso così vividamente la trama della fonte letteraria (il romanzo "Elogio della matrigna" di Mario Vargas Llosa) che io stesso volevo leggerlo. Non si trattava solo di dialoghi musicali tra pianoforte, violoncello e violino, ma di un vero e proprio 'triangolo amoroso' (padre, figlio, nuova moglie del padre) incarnato attraverso le voci degli strumenti. Forse sarebbe una buona trama d’opera. Ma è necessario scrivere un'opera se la giovane compositrice è riuscita a trasmettere la situazione in modo così veritiero senza parole inutili e azioni sceniche?"

27.03.2016 Selected for the XIV IMYF – International Forum Music of Youth 2016 - The Solo Piano Project and for the XIV IMYF - International Forum Music of Youth 2016 - World Dances

Filigrane Scarlatte has been selected to be performed on 18 April 2016 in Kyiv for The Solo Piano Project of the IMYF.
Il passo alla danza has been selected too, but for some logistic reasons it will be played in the course of next year.

21.03.2016 Performance in Kyiv (IMCNM course)

Dédalo y Sensación has been performed at Goethe-Institut in Ukraine by Ensemble Nostri Temporis.

13–20.03.2016 In Lviv for the V International Master Classes of New Music Course

During the IMCNM course of Lviv, I have finished to write the first part of my new piano trio, Dédalo y Sensación, that has been performed by Ensemble Nostri Temporis. Thanks to this piece, I won two contests after the concert at the end of course and so I have received two commissions for string orchestra, one for the Lviv Virtuosos String Orchestra and the other for the Collegium Music Chamber Orchestra.

20.02.2016 Performance in New York (Concrete Timbre Salon 3 Series)

Filigrane Scarlatte has been performed at the The Drawing Room in Brooklyn, New York, by Melinda Faylor.

08.02.2016 Winner of the Biennale College – Music 3rd edition (Venice)

I am happy and honored that Funeral Play, my first chamber opera (libretto: Sara Cavosi; director, set design and costumes: Valentina Rosati), is one of the four winning project of the Biennale College – Music 3rd edition. It will be staged in October 2016 during the 60th International Festival of Contemporary Music – Biennale Musica. [Tutors: the composers Luca Mosca and Salvatore Sciarrino, the dramaturges Sergio Casesi and Giuliano Corti, the directors Nicholas Hunt and Franco Ripa di Meana]

05.02.2016 Winner of the Franco Donatoni International Meeting for Young Composers – IV edition (Milan)

I am happy and honored to be among the three winners of the Franco Donatoni International Meeting for Young Composers – IV edition. I have been commissioned a new composition for instrumental and vocal ensemble to be performed during the Rondò 2017 concert season by Divertimento Ensemble and Neue Vocalsolisten.

05.02.2016 Selected for the Salon 3–#1 (New York)

Filigrane Scarlatte has been selected to be performed on 20 February 2016 in New York.
Il passo alla danza has been selected too, but for some logistic reasons it will be played the next year.

31.01.2016 Oscuro Pintado broadcast on Rai Radio 3

Oscuro Pintado has been broadcast during the radio program Il Cartellone – Rai Radio 3 in the Ensemble Mosaik’s version, recorded during the concert of 16 May 2015 in Poirino (Banna, Turin).