Aldo Brizzi
composer
MAMBO MISTICO (2005)
Opera-musical by Alfredo Arias, lyrics by Gonzalo Demaria and René de Ceccaty, music by Aldo Brizzi
for 8 singers, ensemble and electronics
dur : 2h 20’
Commission by Théâtre National de Chaillot
World Première: Nantes – Espace 44, 2005
Stage direction : Alfredo Arias
Ensemble
Objet d’art (1980) for flute and 8 strings
Prize “Venezia Opera Prima”
World Première: Pavia, 1981; European Community Youth Orchestra, cond. James Judd
Le erbe nella Thule (1984-85) for soprano leggero et 8 instruments
World Première: Paris, Center Pompidou, 1985, Ensemble 2E2M, soprano Judy Wham, cond. Paul Méfano
Il libro dell’interrogazione poetica I (1983-84) for 6 perc. and ensemble
Prize “European Year of Music” - Cologne-Venice-Paris 1985
World Première: Cologne, WDR, 1985; Ensemble Köln, cond. Robert Platz
Il libro dell’interrogazione poetica III (1987) for 3 bass voices, 7 brass instruments, 2 percussion and live electronics
World Première: Royaumont, 1987; Singcircle London, Ens. de cuivres et percussions de l’InterContemporain, cond. Annick Mink
Kammerkonzert n. 1 (1986) for flute concertante, violin, clarinet and piano
World Première: Jerusalem, Israel Festival, 1986; Nuovo Ensemble di Torino, cond. Aldo Brizzi
Kammerkonzert n. 2 (1989) for 10 strings
World Première: Antibes, Foundation Sophia Antipolis, 1989;
String Ensemble by Berlin Philharmonic, cond. Aldo Brizzi
LA LINGUA DELLA SOGLIA (1996-97) for 7 instruments
fl, cl, pf, perc, vl, viola, vc
dur.: 11’
Commissioned by Radio France
World Première: Paris, Radio France, Festival Presence, 1997; Ensemble by Radio France Philharmonic Orch., cond. Tsung Ye
BARRAVENTO (1998) for solo double bass, bass sax, ensemble, live electronics and pre-recorded sequences
cl, clb, trp, tbn, 3 perc, vc, cb
Commissioned by GRAME, Lyon
World Première: Saint-Etienne, Musée d'Art Moderne, 1999
Jean-Pierre Robert, Daniel Kientzy, Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain de Lyon, cond. Daniel Kawka
Solo Intrument
DE LA TRANSMUTATIONE DE' METALLI I (1983-86) for saxophones (one player)
dur.: 7’
World Première: Paris, GERM, 1985; Daniel Kientzy
DE LA TRANSMUTATIONE DE' METALLI II (1985) for tuba
dur.: 4’
World Première: Nancy, Hotel de Ville, 1985; Mel Culbertson
DE LA TRANSMUTATIONE DE' METALLI III (1985) for double bass
dur.: 11’
Prize “Franco Evangelisti” - Rome 1986
World Première: Nemi, 1986; Marcello Federici
DE LA TRANSMUTATIONE DE' METALLI IV (1988) for percussion
dur.: 8’
Commissioned de French Ministry for Culture
World Première: Nice, Festival Manca, 1988; Thierry Miroglio
DE LA TRANSMUTATIONE DE' METALLI V (1998-89) for violin
dur.: 10’
Prize “Jung Composers Forum” - Cologne 1989
World Première: Cologne, WDR, 1989; Sakko Gawriloff
VOCAL MUSIC
DELLA GRANDE ATTESA (1978-81) for soprano
text by F. Nietzsche
dur. 8'
World Première: Darmstadt, 1982, Brenda Mitchell
WIEDER (2015-16) cycle of lieder for soprano and electronics
text by A. Brizzi
dur. 115'
World Première: Turku, 2017, Graça Reis
PALESTRINA JESU REX (2015) for 3 soloist, chorus and 4 instruments
dur. 5'
World Première: Roma, Scelsi Foundation, 2015
PATER NOSTER (2017) for tenor and 4 instruments
dur. 4'
World Première: Salvador Bahia, 2017, Carlos Eduardo Santos
AVE MARIA (2017) for soprano and 4 instruments
dur. 5'
World Première: Salvador Bahia, 2017, Graça Reis
Palestrina Jesu Rex
Danse and Intermedia
THE LABYRINTH TRIAL
for live instruments, electronics, dance
Choreography: Vera Passos / Videos: Inés Fontenla
World Première: Bruxelles, Espace Senghor, 2000
METADANSE
for singer and virtual dance co.
Virtual choreography: Jie Loon
Première : Pos-Lida, Salvador Bahia, 2013
WIEDER
for soprano, electronics, video art
Video-art: Hirosuke Kitamura
Première: Turku, Finland 2017 / complete version: Rome, 2019
Metadanse
Wieder
Other works
Giacinto Scelsi - Les funerailles d’Alexandre
version by Aldo Brizzi 1988
sax double bass (or bass), cfg, cb, 3 perc.
dur.: 11’
Editions Salabert, Paris
World Première: Strasbourg, Festival Musica, 1988, Gruppo Musica Insieme Cremona, cond. Aldo Brizzi
CD INA/Mémoire vive, Paris 1993
Hector Villa Lobos - Alma brasileira (Choro n. 5)
orchestration by Aldo Brizzi for ensemble
dur.: 10’
World Première: México, Festival del Centro Historico, 1992, La Camerata, cond. Aldo Brizzi
CD Cenidim, México 1994
Hugo Wolf - Spanishes Liederbuch
Orchestration by Aldo Brizzi for two singers and chamber ensemble
dur.: 75'
Commissioned by Hugo Wolf-Akademie
World Première: Ludwisburg, SchlossFestspiele 2003, cond. Aldo Brizzi
Scott Joplin - Treemonisha, opera in three acts
orchestration by Aldo Brizzi
for 9 singers, chorus, 13 instruments
Dur. 105'
World Première: Núcleo de Ópera da Bahia, Salvador Bahia Brazil, 2106
cond. Aldo Brizzi
Treemonisha Highlights
ALDO BRIZZI talking about his composition "Vela" (in French)
The first motion of the immovable - the film
by Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva
Produced by Les Filmes de la Butte, Paris
Co-produced by ARTE and Radio France
Aldo Brizzi artisti director
Price IDFA 2018 (Best first appearance) and Torino Film Festival (Jury Price).
ALBUM RECORDINGS
Commissions
Théâtre National de Chaillot Paris, Donaueschinger Musiktage; Hugo-Wolf-Akademie, Stuttgart; French Ministery for Culture (3); Radio France (2); SACEM; Festival 38e Rugissants of Grenoble, Royaumont Foundation; Orchestra Jazz-Sinfonica São Paulo-Brazil; Antasten Festival Heilbronn; Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; Istituto Svizzero, Roma; Cesem, Lisbon; ASAFRA Paris; Town of Bielefeld, Grupo de Musica Contemporanea de Lisboa, INA-GRM, Paris, AlmaViva Ensemble, MegaTon Belgrade.
Prizes
“Venezia Opera Prima” - Venice (Teatro La Fenice) 1981
“European Year of Music 1985” (Festival d’Automne Paris, WDR Cologne, Venice Biennale)
“Franco Evangelisti 1986”- Rome
“Junge Komponisten Forum 1989” – Cologne
Trofeu Caymmi - Brazil 2004 (the cd “Brizzi do Brazil” as best recording of the year)
A. Hepburn Foundation - USA (selection of a Brizzi’s song for the UNICEF compilation “All childrens in school”)
Les Souffleur – Paris 2005 (the opera-musical “Mambo Mistico” as “best music for theatre 2004-05”)
Prix Beaumarchais/SACD, Paris 2013 (for the opera project “Cilégie”)
Wilde Lieder (Birmingham Contemporary Music Group) 2018.
Augusto de campos
Bem-vindo, Aldo Brizzi, que "a brisa do Brasil" deslumbra, mas não dobra.
Sua música … há de ser muito útil para abrir os nossos ouvidos a novas e necessárias descobertas desabridas.
….
Welcome, Aldo Brizzi, that the "Brazil's breeze" fascinates, but does not curve. His music must be very propitious to open our ears to new and necessary rude discoveries.
“A prodigious feast then, … This is a hugely ambitious project that belongs to that noble Brazilian mission of erasing the barriers between classical and popular music.”
Clive Davis - The Times (after the London concert of the Núcleo de Opera, Brizzi and Gilberto Gil)
Jelin di Aldo Brizzi:
... ci sono pagine squisite, come non si compongono più da quasi un secolo, ma non per questo scontate. C’è il gusto francese dei “les six” nel citare il jazz, le marce circensi e la musica popolare, c’è la composizione aperta capace di tornire ogni frase. Si rimane colpiti dalla tavolozza dell’orchestrazione che mette insieme impasti complessi e sfrutta ogni registro.
Alberto Angelino - Il Monferrato
Une création originale sans aucun référentiel.
(about Amor Azul première in Paris)
Gautier Higelin - Toute la Culture
Work in progress
NÃO POESIA - Cycle of pieces based on poems by Augusto de Campos
I-JUCA PIRAMA - opera in two acts, libretto by Paulo Coelho, music Aldo Brizzi and Gilberto Gil
MAIN UPCOMING EVENTS
AMOR AZUL
Paris - 2, 3, 4 Dec 2022 - Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, cond. Aldo Brizzi / São Paulo August 2024 / Salvador November 2024
JELIN
Valenza, Tortona and Casale Monferrato Dec 22 and at France TV5 Monde 24,26,29 Dec 22
ÓPERA DOS TERREIROS
Belém, Brasil, Jan 2022; Salvador, Oct. 2023, Maceió, Aracajú, Salvador March 2025
ORATÓRIO DE SANTO ANTÔNIO - Itaparica and Salvador 11, 12, 13 Jun 22
