this composition is dedicated to maurizio barbetti
Maurizio Barbetti obtained a diploma of viola at the Conservatorio
Rossini in Pesaro and attended the advanced training courses
with Aldo Bennici; he studied in Darmstadt with Stefan Gheorghiu
and Irvine Arditti who awarded him the International Darmstadt
Prize in 1992. In the same year he also won the "Iannis
Xenakis International Prize of Interpretation" in Paris.
Since 1992 he has been playing as a soloist in the most important
concert halls of the world. He performs in theatres all over
the world: Teatro alla Scala in Milan; Berlin Philharmonic; Berlin
Radio (playing "Mixtur" by Karlheinz Stockhausen at
the presence of the composer); Salzburg Mozarteum; Opéra
de Nice; Venezia Biennale; Gulbenkian Foundation; Hamburg (Staatsoper);
Cochrane Theatre London; Darmstadt; Köln (Wdr); Witten,
Frankfurt; Hannover; Heilbronn; Rottenburg (Südwestfunk);
Wurzburg; Bonn; Bremen (Radio Bremen); Dresden; Leipzig; München
(Konzerthaus) (Bayerisher Rundfunk); Freiburg; Baden Baden; Belfast
(Bbc); Paris (Radio France); Strasbourg (European Parliament);
Lyon (Grame); Orléans (Semaines Musicales Internationales);
Lille; Siena (Accademia Chigiana); Milan (Triennale of Contemporary
Art); Rome (Teatro Nazionale); Venice ( Sonopolis Teatro La Fenice);
Turin; Madrid (Centro Bellas Artes); Conservatory of Milan; Oporto;
Mexico (Festival Internacional Cervantino); Rottherdam (Igic);
Tel Aviv; Jerusalem; Bucharest (Ateneum); Innsbruck (Konservatorium);
Finland (Time of Music); Vienna; Sapporo; Tokyo and many others.
He played as soloist with prestigious ensembles like Ensemble
Köln (where he was principal soloist viola from 1992 to
1996); Ensemble Recherche Freiburg; Concorde Ensemble Dublin;
Icarus Ensemble; Monesis Ensemble; Roma Sinfonietta and with
important orchestras like Orchestre de l'Opéra de Nice,
Rte Dublin Concert Orchestra; Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia;
Euroasian Philharmonic Orchestra of Seul. He performed the first
Irish performance of Chemins II by Berio for viola and orchestra
with the Radiotelevision Concert Orchestra of Dublin conducted
by Friedrich Goldmann - who was the conductor of Luigi Nono's
"Prometeo". That concert was live broadcasted by BBC
Radio3. He has a vast repertoire going from baroque to contemporary
composers and he is very interested in the "new" music
production. Composers from allover the world dedicated to him
many works among them Luis De Pablo and Ennio Morricone of whom
he performed and recorded in world premiere the Morricone's Viola
concerto. Recently, Claudio Abbado invited him to play as co-leader
viola with his Mozart Orchestra. He collaborates with the "Living
Theater" of New York. He has also studied Sociology, Phenomenology,
Psychology and Pedagogy of the Music at the Perugia Conservatory
with, among the others, Anna Maria Freschi. Maurizio Barbetti
has given master classes in important institutions: Irino Foundation
Prize of Tokyo; Kunitachi College of Music (Tokyo); Tokyo Gakugei
University; Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music (Tokyo); Vitasaari
Summer Academy (Finland); Centro Nacional de Bellas Artes of
Mexico City; Accademia Internazionale della Musica of Milano;
Lucero Master Class in Paris. He recorded for the German, French,
Swisse; English, Irish, Italian, Mexican, Rumanian, Austrian
and Israeli radio and television broadcasting. He taught in many
Conservatories: Mantova, La spezia, Reggio Emilia, and presently
at the Matera Conservatory.
Francesco Cuoghi
graduated on guitar
at the Conservatory of S. Pietro a Majella in Naples, Italy.
He took part at the Seminari dell'Accademia Musicale Chigiana
in Siena. He also participated at the IRCAM's Atelier de Recherche
Instrumentale in Paris, as well as at the Ferienkurse in Darmstadt.
From 1984 he has taught at the Conservatory Gioachino Rossini
in Pesaro. From 2007 he has taught at the Conservatory of Florence.
Mr. Cuoghi has regularly performed in Italy and several other
countries in Europe. He has a vast repertoire from baroque to
contemporary composers and he is very interested in the new music
production. He performs different types of guitars with electronics
and live electronics (Max/MSP, Csound) and has written some pieces
for such instrumentation.