Paolo Fradiani is an Italian classical composer and professor.

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Biography and career

Born in Avezzano, Italy in 1984, studied music at Conservatoire of Music "Alfredo Casella" in L'Aquila and at Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Mannheim. He studied music composition with Mauro Cardi at L'Aquila Conservatoire and with Sidney Corbett at the Mannheim Musikhochschule; studied jazz double bass with Luca Bulgarelli at L'Aquila Conservatoire.

His works have been performed by relevant orchestras, ensembles and soloists in Austria,[1] Belgium, Canada,[2] Croatia, Finland, France, Germany,[3] Hungary, Italy,[4] Netherlands,[5] Norway,[6] Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,[7] Turkey,[8] United Kingdom and USA including Berliner Philharmoniker soloists;[9][10] and was also broadcast on the Dutch national radio station NPO Radio 4[11] and to the German SR 2 Kulturradio.

Fradiani has received several prizes by Italian Ministry of Education[12] and Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism. In 2017 has been composer in residence at Società Aquilana dei Concerti “B. Barattelli”.[13]

He also composed the music for the silent film by Charles Bowers “Now You Tell One” (1926) for the Franco-German television Arte.[14]

His works are published by Da Vinci Edition, Donemus Publishing, Edition Margaux and Universal Edition.

Selected works

Compositions

• Acropolis, for ensemble or chamber orchestra
• Arabesque, for violoncello
• Archetypi, for orchestra
• Butterfly, Butterfly, for children's choir & ensemble
• Capriccio, for violin
• Delphi's Muse, for harp
• Kindermusik, for piano
• Kiş, for children's choir & ensemble
• Limited Expansion Universe, for string orchestra
• Luz, for voice and piano
• Nocturne, for piano
• Orationem, for clarinet and organ
• Psalm VIII, for mezzo-soprano, bass and organ
• Sfere di Luce in Movimento su Sfondo Nero, for string quartet
• Spirali, for guitar
• The Rite Without Spring – Music for environmental sustainability, for chamber Orchestra
• Tre Aforismi, for piano

Arrangements

• Claude Debussy – Golliwogg's Cakewalk, for ensemble or chamber orchestra
• Claude Debussy – Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, for ensemble or chamber orchestra
• Gabriel Fauré – Pavane Op. 50, for ensemble or chamber orchestra
• Gustav Mahler – Kindertotenlieder, for voice and ensemble or chamber orchestra
• Jules Massenet – Méditation, for violin and ensemble or chamber orchestra
• Giacomo Puccini – Quando me’n vo’ from La Bohème, for soprano and ensemble or chamber orchestra
• Maurice Ravel – Ma Mère l'Oye, for ensemble or chamber orchestra
• Maurice Ravel – Pavane pour une infante défunte, for ensemble or chamber orchestra
• Maurice Ravel – Shéhérazade, for voice and ensemble or chamber orchestra
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, for ensemble or chamber orchestra
• Gioachino Rossini – Ouverture from La gazza ladra, for ensemble or chamber orchestra
• Satie Erik – Gymnopédie No.1, for ensemble or chamber orchestra
• Satie Erik – Gymnopédie No.3, for ensemble or chamber orchestra
• Giuseppe Verdi – E’ Strano! Sempre Libera from La Traviata, for soprano and ensemble or chamber orchestra
• Giuseppe Verdi – Sinfonia from I vespri siciliani (Les vêpres siciliennes), for ensemble or chamber orchestra

References

External links

• Official website
• List of works edited by Paolo Fradiani on the Da Vinci Edition website
• List of works edited by Paolo Fradiani on the Donemus Publishing website
• List of works edited by Paolo Fradiani on the Edition Margaux website
• List of works edited by Paolo Fradiani on the Universal Edition website