Ada Gentile (born 26 July 1947) is an

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pianist and composer.

Life

Ada Gentile was born in

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and attended the Conservatorio di St. Cecilia in

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, graduating in piano and composition. She then completed a graduate degree at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia with

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. She has lectured at

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, the

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and the

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in the

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and also widely in

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. She was Deputy Director of St. Cecilia Conservatory from 1999 to 2005, and has been instrumental in organizing a number of music festivals. Her works have been performed internationally.

Honors and awards

*Gaudeamus prize 1982 *ISCM Budapest prize 1986 *ISCM Essen prize 1995 *Cavaliere al merito of Italian Republic

Works

Selected works include: *''Adagios'' for string orchestra (1993–94) *''Adagio for a Summer'' for flute and strings (1998) *''Concertante'' for flute, guitar and orchestra (1989) *''Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra'' (1995) *''Concert ("Veni Lumen Cordis")'' for female voice (or B clarinet) and orchestra (1993) *''Criptografia'' (Cryptography) for viola and chamber orchestra (1985) *''Two Episodes'' for organ, orchestra and voice in echo (1988) *''Flighty'' for orchestra (1982) *''Around'' for flute, clarinet and viola (1984) *''Insight'' for 2 violins and viola (1984) *''Perviolasola'' for viola solo (1987) *''Music Scene'' (1996) *''Piccolo concerto'' for chamber orchestra (1995) *''Shading'' for guitar and chamber orchestra (1988) *''Veränderungen'' for symphony orchestra (1976) *''Why Not?'' for orchestra (1985) *''She Begged My Mother'' for orchestra and narrator (2000)

Discography

Gentile maintains an extended discography. Selected recording include: *''La voce contemporanea in Italia, Vol. 2'' - Audio CD (Nov. 14, 2006) by Ennio Morricone, Bruno Maderna, Ada Gentile, Carlo Mosso, et al. *''Vittorio Fellegara: Requiem di Madrid, Die Irae, Notturno'' Ada Gentile: Criptografia, Shading - Audio CD by Ada Gentile, Vittorio Fellegara, Giulio Bertola, Lev Martkitz, et al. *''Paesaggi Della Mente'' - Audio CD by Ada Gentile and Manuel Zurria - flute *''Plot in Fiction'' - Audio CD (Aug. 27, 2002) by Enrico Correggia, Luca Francesconi, Giacinto Scelsi, Ada Gentile, et al. *''Musica De Camera'' - Audio CD (Dec. 12, 1995)Amazon.com listing
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References

External links

Official website
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