Luigi Morleo (born 16 November 1970 in

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, who lives in

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and teaches at the Niccolò Piccinni Conservatory. He uses varied musical and artistic styles like

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and DJ. Many of his works have been played by the Maracaibo Symphony Orchestra-Venezuela, Rome and the Lazio Orchestra-ITALY, Clermont-Ferrand Conservatoire Orchestre-France, Denver Young Artists Orchestra-USA, Orchestra Sinfonica Metropolitana di Bari-ITALY, Orchestra del Conservatorio di Monopoli-ITALY, Orchestra Sinfonica di Lecce e del Salento-ITALY, Halleiner KammerOrchester-Austria, Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria-ITALY, at PASIC (Percussive Arts Society) in Nashville-USA, Federation Bells of Melbourne-Australia, and at the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival-USA and Festival MUSLAB from Mexico, Festival Futura Electronic – France, Jasmin Vardimon Company from Ashford-UK, Percussion Ensemble from Academy of Music STANISLAW MONIUSZKO in Gdansk-Poland, Japanese Arts Network, Festival Atemporanea in Argentina. His son Mattia Vlad Morleo is also a musician and compositor.

Works

Morleo's works were published mainly by Morleo Editore (I), Henry Lemoine (F), Alfonce Production (F), HoneyRock (USA)

Stage works

*"The Food Opera" for soprano and

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*"Il Compleanno dell'Infanta" Opera – Story in Music for Actor, Choirboy and Ensemble

Orchestra works

*"Petru'" for violin, double bass, piano and

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*"Concerto per marimba e archi" *"Nessun Popolo Oppresso 2" Concerto for percussion and orchestra *"Nessun Popolo Oppresso 3" for orchestra *"Oltre La Linea Di Fuoco 4" Concerto for marimba and orchestra *"Suoni e Rumori Per I Popoli" for percussion and orchestra *"Concerto per i Popoli" for accordion and

string orchestra A string orchestra is an orchestra consisting solely of a string section made up of the bowed strings used in Western Classical music. The instruments of such an orchestra are most often the following: the violin, which is divided into first ...

*"Diversita' : NO LIMIT" for

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and string orchestra *"Suite Salentina" voce, percussioni e orchestra *"Art No War 10" Concerto for Nine Percussionists and Orchestra *"On Western Terror 1" Concerto for African Percussions Ensemble and Orchestra *"On Western Terror 8" Concerto for Taiko Ensemble and Orchestra *"Migranti 2.4" Concerto for two Percussionists and Orchestra *"I Passiuna tu Christu’ “ For Mezzosoprano, Percussion and Orchestra *"For Shegue’ 10” Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra

Choir works

*"Madre Divina" for

choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...

and string quintet *"Messa Per I Popoli" for choir, four percussionists and orgel *"For Shegué 3" for choir, four percussionists and digital support

Ensemble works

*"Trileonson" for

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and electronic instruments *"Uomo Minimale" for percussion,

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and electronic instruments *"Verty" for

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and

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

*"Capriccio Per Marimba" *"VaSiRo" for

marimba The marimba () is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the timbre ...

*"Mutante" for

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, piano,

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and electronic instruments *"Via D'acque E Dove" for clarinet, double bass, piano and electronic instruments *"Vipiafon" for

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 ...

and piano *"Cellharp" for

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and

harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orche ...

*"Scene Di Una Danza" for two percussionists *"Lavrea" for piano *"Kirkh" for violin, clarinet,

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, marimba and electronic instruments *"Ifilegia" for

vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist,' ...

and marimba *"Vipiafon And Percussion" for violin], piano and percussion *"Libero Movimento" for violin, clarinet, double bass and piano *"Danza Latina" for saxophone quartet *"Profumo Di Un'elegia" per violin,

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and piano *"Pergan" for percussion and ensemble *"Eko" for marimba *"Per I Profughi Di Guerra 4" for saxophone and

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*"Fabbrica Di Un Pensiero Sezionato" for percussion and

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*"Per I Profughi Di Guerra 3" for marimba *"Per I Profughi Di Guerra 2" for

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

and marimba *"Per I Profughi Di Guerra 1" for violin, flute, clarinet,

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and percussion *"Per I Profughi Di Guerra 10" for marimba *"Le Rughe Del Deserto" for percussion and magnetic tape *"Klimt Fantasy" for percussion *"Ernst Elegy" for percussion *"Double Flames Of Love" for piano *"Escher Prelude" for vibraphone *"Wine Rite" for flute,

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, piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass *"Fanes For Aenea" for instruments and magnetic tape *"Warhol Rite" for percussion

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*"Ifilegia Ii°" for percussion quartet *"Oltre La Linea Di Fuoco 10" for percussion and

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electronics *"Oltre La Linea Di Fuoco 5" for percussion trio *"Per I Profughi Di Guerra 8" for vibraphone *"Oltre La Linea Di Fuoco 2" for

timpani Timpani (; ) or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion family. A type of drum categorised as a hemispherical drum, they consist of a membrane called a head stretched over a large bowl traditionall ...

*"Paesaggio Mediterraneo" for violin,

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

, tuba and percussion *"Nessun Popolo Oppresso 4" for string trio *"Oltre La Linea Di Fuoco 7" for percussion and piano *"Nessun Popolo Oppresso 7" for marimba and guitar *"Nessun Popolo Oppresso 6" for

snare drum The snare (or side drum) is a percussion instrument that produces a sharp staccato sound when the head is struck with a drum stick, due to the use of a series of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin. Snare drums are often used ...

and piano *"Nessun Popolo Oppresso 8" for two marimba *"Frida's Tango" for vibraphone *"Ernest Elegy" for vibraphone *"Concertante per i bambini del mondo" for timpani and piano *"Suite Lounge" violino, fisarmonica, bassotuba e percussioni *"Hip" clarinetto e chitarra *"ReComposed 2.3" supporti elettronici *"Aria" flauto, vibrafono e trombone *"On Western Terror 4" for alto sax *"On Western Terror 6" for one performer and smartphone of the audience *"On Western Terror 7" for sound sculptures and digital audio support *"Migranti 2.5" for

Vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist,' ...

and

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*"For Shegué 9" for Kalimba and digital audio support *"Ridistribuire NoAltRight" for

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Soundtracks

*Frammento Orfico in

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of A.Amoroso d'Aragona *No Pasaran! in VHS of F.Grimaldi e P.D’orazio *The voyage of Aenea in

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of L.Vernieri *Pinocchio in

of Jasmin Vardimon Company *Medusa in

of Jasmin Vardimon Company

Live Soundtracks

*Omaggio a Volontè of Theo Angelopoulos * La terre – L’Arlesienne – L’Hirondelle et la Mésange – Les travailleurs de la mer of André Antoine *

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René Clair René Clair (11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. He wen ...

* La Natation of

Jean Vigo Jean Vigo (; 26 April 1905 – 5 October 1934) was a French film director who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s. His work influenced French New Wave cinema of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Biography Vigo was born to Emil ...

* Opus II-III-IV of Walter Ruttmann * Studie n:6,7,8,11 of Oskar Fischinger * Le voyage dans la lune of

Georges Méliès Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès (; ; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French illusionist, actor, and film director. He led many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. Méliès was well known for the use of ...

Rhythmus 21 ''Rhythmus 21'' is a 1921 German absolute film directed by Hans Richter. ''Rhythmus 21'' was made in black and white, and spans for approximately 3 minutes. The film is the first installment of Richter's Film Ist Rhythm series and is considered ...

of Hans Richter *

Emak Bakia ''Emak Bakia''Various recent sources in English hyphenate the title (''Emak-Bakia''). (Basque language, Basque for Leave me alone; full title: ''Emak Bakia (CInépoème) (Fichez-moi la paix)')'' is a 1926 French surrealist short film directed by ...

Man Ray Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky; August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealism, Surrealist movements, although his t ...

La Folie du docteur Tube ''La Folie du docteur Tube'' is a 1915 short silent experimental film directed by Abel Gance, in which a scientist takes a white, cocaine-like powder which makes him hallucinate. Gance shows the man's hallucinations by using a series of dist ...

Abel Gance Abel Gance (; born Abel Eugène Alexandre Péréthon; 25 October 188910 November 1981) was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: ''J ...

The Seashell and the Clergyman ''The Seashell and the Clergyman'' (french: La Coquille et le clergyman) is a 1928 French experimental film directed by Germaine Dulac, from an original scenario by Antonin Artaud. It premiered in Paris on 9 February 1928. Synopsis The film fo ...

of Germaine Dulac

Honours

* Artist of the Honorary Committee

Percussive Arts Society Percussive Arts Society (PAS) is a non-profit organization for professional percussionists and percussion educators. It was founded in 1961 in the United States and has over 5,000 members in 40 American chapters, with another 28 chapters abroad. It ...

(Italy)

References

*P.Ciarlantini - E.Carini – COMPOSIZIONI PER LEOPARDI – Edizioni del CNSL, 2000 *F.Versienti – PASSAGGIO A SUD-EST – Edizioni Laterza, 2002 *L.Morleo – IL GESTO MUSICALE – Morleo Editore, 2006 *AA.VV. – CINEASTI DI PUGLIA – Edizioni del Sud, 2007 *AA.VV. – OMBRE SONORE – Edizioni del Sud, 2008 *Philip M.Parker – PERCUSSION Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases – ICON Group International, Inc., 2008 *L.Morleo – DAL SEGNO AL GESTO PERCUSSIVO – Morleo Editore, 2016

External links

MorleoEditoreclassical-composers.org
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