WORK /FESTIVALS
2022
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PRELUDE/ 40. Jahre Claussen Simon Stiftung. Kampnagel
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EDIBLE MUSIC/ 42nd Thomas Edison Film Festival. Director’s Choice Award.
2021
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BARDO/ Kraftwerk Bille
2020
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LA LUNA/ Hamburg State Opera
2019
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LUNA INCOSTANTE, LUNA VARIA / SOL CHE DAL TAURO / GENUIN classics
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YET TO BE BORN / Coocoondance, Bonn
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LUDOVICO TECHNIQUE/ Schallfeld Ensemble/ Graz. Supported by Ernst Von Siemens Musikstiftung/Bundeskanzleramt Österreich.
2018
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JESUS, BLEIBET MEINE FREUDE / Kammermusikfest Risør, Norwegen
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FEEL FOR ME / Tanzkompanie Theater Augsburg
2017
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CRACKPOT / Open Recorder Days, Amsterdam
2016
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SOLO / Italien Musiziert!, Stuttgart
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FURORE / Internationale Ferienkurse, Darmstadt
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Klangspuren Schwaz / AFEKT Festival Tallin / Wien Modern / Elevate Festival Graz
2015
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SCENE FROM UNLEASHED / Smog, Brüssel
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UNLEASHED / Tanzkompanie der Oper Graz
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TIME KILLER / impuls festival Graz
2014
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FLOATING BRIDGES / Musik im Raum, Linz
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UNE CHANSON NI GAIE NI TRISTE / Abbaye de Royaumont, France
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HOKUS POKUS MUSIKUS / Theater am Lend, Graz
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UNREASONABLE BEHAVIOR / Impuls MinutenKonzerte, Graz
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THE OWLS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM / IEM, Graz
2013
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NOTTURNOAUTOSTRADALE/Accademia Chigiana, Siena
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ALIEN DRIVE / Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität, Linz
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WE RODE HORSES MADE OF STICKS / Tanzkompanie der Oper Graz
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K. FRAMMENTI DELL’ATTESA / Oper Graz
2012
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CHI HA PAURA DELLE MAREE / Biennale di Venezia
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+ performances: Buenos Aires / Bruxelles / Stuttgart / Zürich / Boston / Cambridge / Chicago / Miami / New York City / Nuova Consonanza, Rome
2011
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S’Y MIRE, S’Y LAVE ET S’Y NOIE / Acanthes, Metz
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E’L TRASMUTAR SEMBIANTE / Florence
LORENZO ROMANO - Composer, Pianist, Music Producer, Berlin, Germany
Lorenzo Romano (Firenze, 1985) is an Italian composer based in Hamburg.
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After obtaining a bachelor in contemporary history and a diploma in music composition in Florence, he studied instrumental and electronic composition at the Universität der Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz with Beat Furrer and Marko Ciciliani.
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The encounters with composers such as Salvatore Sciarrino, Helmut Lachenmann, Pierluigi Billone, Brian Ferneyhough, Francesco Filidei, Dmitriy Kurliandskiy, Stefano Gervasoni had a big impact for defining his personal musical style.
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His compositions have been supported by institutions such as Ernst von Siemens Musik Stiftung, Bundeskanzleramt Österreich, the European program “Youth in Action” and they have been awarded in international competitions such as Premio Valentino Bucchi, Concorso Internazionale Franco Evangelisti. His works have been performed in international festivals in France (Royaumont), Germany (Darmstadt Ferienkurse), Austria (Oper Graz, impuls, Klangspuren, Wien Modern), Italy (Biennale di Venezia, Nuova Consonanza), Estonia, Croatia by performers such as Neue Vocalsolisten, Ensemble Recherche, Quartetto Prometeo, Schallfeld Ensemble, Donatienne Michel-Dansac and Antonio Politano. His music has been broadcast on national radios such as Radio3 (Italy), SRF2 (Switzerland) SWR (Germany), ORF (Austria).
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The concepts of transcription and elaboration connected with new technologies are at the core of his music. He works regularly with dancers and choreographers and in 2013 he is among the founder members of Schallfeld Ensemble, new music group based in Graz, Austria.
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In 2018 he received the Kompositions- und Promotionsstipendium of Claussen Simon Stiftung in cooperation with the Hamburg State Opera and the Institut für kulturelle Innovationsforschung der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. His opera La Luna has been premiered in June 2022 at the Hamburg State Opera. During the winter semester 2022/2023 he will defend his artistic research dissertation with the title “Rework: embedding the creative processes of Remix in the chamber opera La Luna” at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS:
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2018 PhD and Composition Scholarship, Claussen Simon Stiftung
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2018 Working grant, Bundeskanzleramt, Austria
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2018 Artistiv Residence, Cocoondance Bonn (New Composition for Dance)
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2014 Scholarship for Voix Nouvelles - Royaumont
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2011 Winner of the contest Oper der Zukunft, Opera Graz