Andrea Liberovici (born 1962) is an Italian composer of

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and a theatre director.

Biography

Andrea Liberovici was born in Turin, the son of Sergio Liberovici (musician, Turin, 1930–1991) and Margot Galante Garrone. He studied composition,

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and

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at the conservatories of Venice and Turin. He also studied acting at the Scuola del , and singing with Cathy Berberian at the International Festival in

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in 1980. He recorded his first at the age of fifteen. As a composer and director, he co-founded Teatrodelsuono (theatre of sound) with poet Edoardo Sanguineti (librettist of

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) and Ottavia Fusco. Jean-Jacques Nattiez wrote, "Andrea Liberovici is a composer of his time. He define himself a ''modern''. ... We can find in his Frankenstein Cabaret a metaphor of the composer today. ... he his a musician, a tragic-postmodern composer who tell about man and woman compared with the absurd and unbearable loneliness in which Internet borders more and more humanity." Over the last decade, in collaboration with artists such as Peter Greenaway, Claudia Cardinale, Aldo Nove,

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, Enrico Ghezzi,

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and

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, Liberovici has created many projects concerning the relationships between music, poetry, theatre, and technology. Recently, those who have performed his music include Yuri Bashmet,

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(Montreal), Toscanini Orchestra, and

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. His works have also been presented and produced by the Teatro di Roma (Rome),

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(Venice), and Salle Olivier Messiaen (Paris). He has also worked in residence at INA-GRM (the Music Research Group of the

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) and France Culture in Paris, STEIM (Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music) Center for Research and Development in Amsterdam, and the Groupe de Musique Expérimentale de Marseille (GMEM) National Centre of Musical Creation in Marseille. His music and performances have been presented in Italy, New York, Paris, Athens, and Montreal.

Musical compositions

*''64'', Oratorio for actors in 64 movements through the acoustic memory of Living Theatre from J. Cage to now, with

, Hanon Reznikov, Ottavia Fusco, GRM – INA, Paris, 2000 *''Frankenstein Cabaret'', Festival Les Musiques, GMEM, Marseille, 2001 *''Electronic Lied'', GRM – INA, Paris, 2002 *''Electronic Frankenstein'',

, Genoa, 2002 *''Intégral'', Radio France-France Culture, Paris, 2003 *''Children of Uranium'', concept and libretto Peter Greenaway, direction Saskia Boddeke, Genoa, 2005 *''Cunegonde's last journey to Irak'', Festival Archipel, Geneva, 2005 *''Poètanz!'', libretto Edoardo Sanguineti, Festival Oriente Occidente, Artemis Danza,

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, 2006 *''Titania la Rossa'', libretto and direction Giorgio Albertazzi, Fondazione A. Toscanini, Piacenza, 2007 *''From Ivry'', dedicated to Ivry Gitlis, with Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Montreal, 2007 *''The Transparency of the Word – cantata for

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'', libretto Emilio Jona music and video Andrea Liberovici, with Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, International Symposium "New Voices on Primo Levi", Asia Society, New York, 26 October 2010 *''Springing from the Heart'', libretto Daisaku Ikeda, Festival Les Musiques, GMEM, Marseille, 2010 *''Non un Silenzio'', for viola, string orchestra and celesta, commissioned from Yuri Bashmet and Moscow Soloists, Teatro La Fenice, Venice, 2014 *''MAVRYA'', dedicated to Martha Argerich and

, for violin and piano, Lugano Festival – Martha Argerich Project,

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, 2015 *''Resonant Cities. Venezia: madrigale per violoncello e città'', produzione GRM-INA, Paris 2016 *''Dialogo successivo'', studio/tribute through a “successive dialogue“ of acoustic material by Luigi Nono – for electronics and cello, with Francesco Dillon, cello – Festival Nono, Venice 2018 *''Some Things'', songbook – with Helga Davis and Vana Gierig, piano – Joe's Pub, New York 2019 *''Acoustic Postcards Venice'', – 2020 *''Venice Water Postcards'', for string quartet and electroacoustics, with Quartetto Prometeo – Heidelberg Frühling Festival 2022 *''Sounds of Venice Number Two'', by Andrea Liberovici and Paolo Zavagna,

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2023

Dramas

*''Rap'', text by Edoardo Sanguineti, music and direction Andrea Liberovici, Teatro di Sant'Agostino, Genoa, 1996 *''Sonetto'', text by Edoardo Sanguineti, music and direction Andrea Liberovici

, Genoa, 1997 *''

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Remix'', from W. Shakespeare, text by Edoardo Sanguineti, music and direction Andrea Liberovici Spoleto Festival, Spoleto, 1998 *''Seipersonaggi.com'', da L. Pirandello, text by Edoardo Sanguineti, music and direction Andrea Liberovici Teatro Stabile, Genoa, 2001 *''Concerto per Roma'', with Giorgio Albertazzi, Uto Ughi, Teatro Argentina, Rome, 2002 *''Quaderni di Serafino Gubbio operatore'', by Luigi Pirandello, Teatro Stabile, Rome, 2002 *''Candido. Soap opera musical'', text by Aldo Nove and Andrea Liberovici, Teatro Stabile, Genoa, 2004 *''Centurie'', by Manganelli, Calvino, Trilussa, with

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, XXXVIII Festival di Borgio Verezzi, Borgio Verezzi, 2004 *''

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'', by J. W. von Goethe, with

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and Paola Gassman, XXXIX Festival di Borgio Verezzi, Teatro Stabile, Genoa, Teatro Stabile del Veneto, Borgio Verezzi, 2005 *'' The Glass Menagerie'', by

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with Claudia Cardinale, Fox&Gould, Rome, 2006 *''Operetta in Nero'' music, text, video and direction Andrea Liberovici, with Helga Davis, Teatro Stabile, Genoa, 2011 *''Fiona'' text by Mauro Covacich, music and direction Andrea Liberovici, Teatro Stabile,

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, 2012 * ''Macbeth Remix'', from William Shakespeare by Edoardo Sanguineti, music and direction Andrea Liberovici, Teatro Stabile, Genoa, (2016) – new version * ''Faust's Box. A transdisciplinary journey'', music, text, video and direction by Andrea Liberovici, with Helga Davis, conductor Philippe Nahon and Ars Nova Ensemble (2016) * ''Trilogy in Two. Opera mosaico'', music, text, video and direction by Andrea Liberovici, with Helga Davis, Schallfeld Ensemble, conductor Sara Caneva (2019) * ''Pop Detox'', opera (work in progress) video Gianluca Abbate – Italian Academy, New York 2023

Cinema

* 2008 – ''Postcards from Faust'', 9 to 6 minutes in illusions * 2006 – ''Work in Regress'', an assembly * 2004 – ''500.000 Lions'', The Last Hours of J.W. or Tarzan or J.W. * 2003 – ''Il teatro immateriale'', Rai Sat show

Books

* ''Veneziacustica, Libro dei suoni no. 1'', Squilibri, 2023, *''Officina Liberovici'', Marsilio, 2006, (catalog) *''Candido. Soap opera musical'', Il Melangolo, 2004, (libretto of the play) *''l mio amore è come una febbre e mi rovescio'', Andrea Liberovici and Edoardo Sanguineti Bompiani, 1998,

Discography

* 1978 – ''ORO'' (CGD, LP) * 1980 – ''Liberovici'' (CGD, 20194, LP, CD) * 1992 – ''Pranzo di famiglia'' (Carosello, CD) * 1996 – ''Rap'' (Fonit Cetra, CD) * 1998 – ''Sonetto'' (Devega Edizioni) * 2001 – ''64'' (GRM-INA, France) * 2003 – ''Electronic Frankenstein'' (GMEM, France)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Liberovici, Andrea 1962 births Living people Italian classical musicians Italian composers Italian theatre directors Musicians from Turin Theatre people from Turin