Davide Remigio (born 1963) is a composer of Australian and Italian origin. He is founder of "Quaternary musical composition".

Biography

Remigio was born in Melbourne on June 26, 1963, to Italian parents. His sister is

Carmela Remigio Carmela Remigio (born 1973) is an Italian operatic soprano. Biography Carmela Remigio was born in Pescara and began to study violin when she was five years old. She later began vocal training with Aldo Protti at the Accademia Musicale Pescares ...

, an Italian opera soprano. He returned to Italy in 1969 and studied violin and composition at the Conservatorio Luisa D'Annunzio in

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. Remigio began learning music theory at the age of nine. He composed his first composition "Giga", for solo

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

, at the age of 11. At the age of 14, he enrolled regularly at the conservatory, where he studied harmony, counterpoint and attended a course for

conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary duti ...

(1979). In the following years, he made various compositions in

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style for musical theater. He completed his studies in violin,

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, conducting, ensemble instrumentation and

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in the city of

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. He graduated in composition ( Master of Music) in 1992 at the in Rome under Franco Donatoni, and in 1991 Music for Film with

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in Accademia Musicale Chigiana in

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. In 1989, Davide was awarded th
Silone
Price Music for the composition "Homage to Silone" for narrator and orchestra, and in 1993 the

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rewarded "Mordenti" for ensemble. His music is published by Casa Musicale Sonzogno,

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, Australian Autumn Music and Edipan. His work, "Saxes for saxophone octet" is in collection in national e-deposit at

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. In 1997 he founded the Quaternary Music, a composition technique with only four notes.

Quaternary Music

Quaternary musical composition is a compositional technique based on a quadriad of notes that the composer chooses before composing the musical work. The chosen quadriad of notes behaves like a true griffe-sonora, which defines the musical colour of the composition in all its particularities. The sound created by the quadriad of notes is so defined that it does not need so many changes of harmonic sounds to have a good of sound variety. This compositional technique helps the composer to create new compositions that are interesting from a harmonic perspective.

Work

* 1974 - Giga, for piano * 1975 - Duettino, for two violins * 1976 - Foglio d'album, for piano * 1977 - Capriccio, for violin * 1980 - Orizzonti sonori, for two mimes * 1980 - Studio, for piano * 1980 - Absolute schreibschrift, for piano * 1982 - Foglio d'album II, for violin and piano * 1982 - Lamento, for voice and piano * 1985 - Tesi, for violin, cello, and piano * 1989 - Hyades, for guitar * 1989 - Soft, for violin, viola, cello, contrabass * 1989 - Tejat, for piano *1992 - LEM, for two violins *1992 - Tuc, for

glockenspiel The glockenspiel ( or , : bells and : set) or bells is a percussion instrument consisting of pitched aluminum or steel bars arranged in a keyboard layout. This makes the glockenspiel a type of metallophone, similar to the vibraphone. The glo ...

*1993 - Studi moderni, for accordion *1994 - Minimal, for piano *1997 - Alla Mamma, for piano and soprano *1997 - Divertimento, harp and guitar *1998 - Ardo si, ma non t'amo, for two violins, cello and harpsichord *2001 - Il piccolo Elian, for narrator and ensemble *2005 - Teak, for contrabass *2005 - Celestino V(Davide Remigio-composer,

Ignazio Silone Secondino Tranquilli (1 May 1900 – 22 August 1978), known by the pseudonym Ignazio Silone (, ), was an Italian political leader, novelist, and short-story writer, world-famous during World War II for his powerful anti-fascist novels. He was no ...

-author of literary source, Davide Remigio-text author) *2005 - Cartolina a Mozart, for symphony orchestra *2008 - Canti lucani, for soprano, wind orchestra *2009 - Courage, for soprano and piano *2011 - Polish Landscape, for piano *2012 - Prelude, for flute, cello and accordion *2013 - Hands, for piano four hands *2014 - Bari Prom, for piano *2015 - Autumn, for chamber orchestra *2016 - Trasformation, for violin and cello *2017 - Ritual, for guitar *2018 - Garderns, for sax quartet and four percussionists *2020 - La dolce Mila, for soprano, flute, cello and piano *2021 - Singing the silence, for soprano, alto, tenor and bass *2023 - Alcor, for oboe

Discography

Italian National Music Committee, Davide Remigio works page

Universal Edition

External sources

Davide Remigio - Official Website

Universal Edition

Sonzogno page

Italian national music committee - Davide Remigio

Davide Remigio, Composizione , Operabase

Remigio Davide-Petruci Music Library

Artisti - Remigio davide , Il Saxofono Italiano

References

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