Maurizio Pisati

Maurizio Pisati - Composer

Born 1959 in Milan, composer and performer of his own works with his ZONE group [ZONE]1. [His music]2 has been performed throughout both western and eastern Europe, the USA, Australia and Japan, is published by Casa-Ricordi, has been awarded prizes and selected in International competitions (Gaudeamus Amsterdam, Contilli Messina, Petrassi parma, Brecht Milano, Bucchi Roma), got a Stipendienpreis at Darmstad Ferienkursen für Neue Musik 1988, the JapanFoundation Uchida Fellowship 1998, and is transmitted on worldwide radio broadcasting. He made CDs with Ricordi-Fonit Cetra, [Edipan]3, BMG, [CavalliRecords-Bamberg]4 and [LArecords]5, his own label founded in 1997.

-Education: Maurizio Pisati graduated with highest votations in Composition, Analysis, History, Harmony and Counterpoint at the Conservatorio G. Verdi of Milan under A. Guarnieri and G. Manzoni, and in the same time studying at summer courses Darmstadt and with S. Sciarrino at Specialisation Courses at the Accademia of Città di Castello. He graduated in Guitar (again at Milan) and had a fruitful performing career between 1983 and 1989 establishing and playing in the Laboratorio Trio.

-Teaching: He is Professor in Element of Composition at [Conservatorio G. B. Martini in Bologna]6. Since 1994 to 1996 he has taught at Corsi di Perfezionamento in Bobbio and in 2004 at summer courses Novantiqua in Frascati. He has given lectures and masterclasses at [Toho Gakuen University-Tokyo]7, [Tokyo Music College]8, [Arts Academy Reykjavik]9, [Politecnico delle Arti-Milano]10, [Irino Foundation-Tokyo]and Universities of [Vaxjö11, [Brisbane]12, [Melbourne]13.

-Works:link to [Catalogue]14 updated 2007

-Musical theatre pieces: Umbra, texts by M. Cvetaeva (Ensemble, Milano‘88, CRT-EchoEnsemble); Ermengarda (Zürich‘89, Stiftung BINZ39); TAXI! (Ensemble, LiveElectr., Sassari‘95, Teatro Civico); STOCK ZONE-TakuHon (Cello, Percussion, String Orch., AudioTracks MilanoVideoRaiSat by Gianni Di Capua, stage direction Ferruccio Bigi, Teatro Studio-MilanoMusica’99); Il Copiafavole-ZONE (Ensemble and Copy Machines, Torino, PiccoloTeatroRegio 2001), Theatre of Dawn (Ensemble and AudioVideo, Brisbane, [JWCOCA]2007). Music for the Theatre company [Arsenale-Milano15 and [PACTA]16 Music for the "FLASHetBIP" duo with light artist Fulvio Michelazzi, as [Coach1_seat11]17, [waLkingprogress]18, [CdellaVelocità]19, [GuerrigliaLuminosa_I]20,

-Musical pieces with Video and Electronics: San Moku Sen Gan (Percussion, Tokyo‘97); Vormittagspuk (live music performance on the historical film by Hans Richter, Roma'97); ZONE-d’Amore (live music performance on the historical film “L’Inhumaine” by Marcel L’Herbier, Milano'98); La Stanza degli Indizi Terrestri (text by M. Cvetaeva and L. da Vinci, Video by Marcos Jorge, Teatro del Trionfo, Pesaro‘98); 3HATSconcert (ZONE, Warszawa Festival AudioArt’98). ZONE I (El. MIDI Guitar and Flute; Biennale Venezia ‘95) ZONE II (Voice and Percussion; MilanoMusica‘95/StudioAgon/Teatro alla Scala), 7 (Percussion and Piano, ArsLudi in Los Angeles-New York-Rome’94), L’Autore a chi legge (based on the comedies and works of C. Goldoni, Villa Litta, Milano'96); ZONE-Franche (Castelfranco Veneto‘96, Cello, Piano, Church bells, a city-wide happening in cooperation with CSC-Padua University); ShiKaShi (Recorders and Percussion; Zürich‘97), CATVLLVS (Liuto, Arciliuto and Percussion, Verona, Unesco-World Day for Poetry2000); SpiegelKontaktFabrik (Didjeridoo/Oboe and Tape, Tuchfühlung2, Kunsthaus LangenbergAV2000); PURPLE H (Ensemble, -TheJimiHendrixReflections- Reggio Emilia 2001); YukiOnna (Trumpet, projection of paintings by Ferruccio Bigi and Audio track,Roma-Japan Foundation2001).

-As a selection of other chamber works: SETTE STUDI (solo Guitar; Darmstadt'90); Ö (Tenor Sax and Trombone, Strasbourg‘91); HACK (Flute and Percussion; Tokyo‘96); SaxStories (StockholmSaxophoneQuartet, Roma'98); ZONE-Alp (Flute and Guitar, Tokyo‘98); Senti? (Guitar and String Orchestra, CamerataRoman, Göteborg’99); TEI (Koto and Piano, Tokyo, TheaterWinter2000); Samblana (Guitar and Sax, SwedishRadioCompanyP2, Stockholm 2000); Tamatebako (Percussion, Nashville 2001); Sì. Cos’è? (Percussion and String Orchestra, Milano2003); OverdubOverdoubt (SonEnsembleStockholm-ZONE, Video Max Bertolai, Padova2003); ZONE-popTRAIN (Ensemble, commission by VictorJapan2003); ZONE-Tarkus (transcription of Tarkus by EmersonLake&Palmer as a commission of VictorJapan with the agreement of Keith Emerson); Passacaglia Mit Albert, (Percussion, Recorders and LiveElectronics, commission by BiennaleBern 2005); U (Ensemble, commission by Ensemble Fiarì, Torino2006); Questio (words from Dante, voice of the poet Thor Vilhjalmsson, Percussion, Trumpet, AudioTrack, Festival MyrkirMusukdagar, Reykjavik2006); Microbolero (Commission by Orchestra Filarmonica-Torino2006).


-Discography: Ab Sofort - CD Edipan1992, Flute and Piano; Duo Zurria-Pizzo


FFA - CD RCA/ BMG Ariola1993, Tenor Recorder, Flute, Arpa; Ensemble Alter Ego


The Running Quartet - CD Ricordi/Fonit Cetra1994, Bass Clarinet, Violin, Alto, Cello; Ensemble Contrechamps


S - CD RCA/BMG Ariola1995, Tenor Sax , Tape, Live Electronics; Sax: Federico Mondelci


TAXI! - CD LArecords 1997, Words by R. Sanesi, El-MIDI Guit. M. Pisati, Recorder A. Politano, 
Perc. P. Strinna, Voices E. Callegari, R. Sanesi


Il Copiafavole - CD LArecords 1998, Voices, acoustic and electronic instruments and copy machines


Ricorda I Giochi - CD “Shin-On” LArecords1999, Cymbals T. Kasuya, Fl. M. Zurria; Voice Reiko Takashi Irino, El. MIDI Guit. M. Pisati


Spiegelkontaktfabrik - CD ArsPublica2001, Didjeridoo/Oboe M. Rinaldi; AudioTrack, Mix and Editing M. Pisati 


Spiegelkontaktfabrik - CD Stradivarius 2003, Electric Guitar Elena Càsoli; AudioTrack, Mix and Editing M. Pisati 


ZONE-Tarkus / ZONEpopTRAIN - CD Victor Japan 2004, Aki Kuroda, Quartetto Prometeo, Elena Càsoli, Maurizio Ben Omar, Cond. Yoichi Sugiyama

TheRunningDuo-Tenor & DoubleBass Recorder. Duo Recordronik, CavalliRecords2006

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