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unusual facts about Franco Donatoni


Joseph Bertolozzi

He went on to receive his B.A. in music from Vassar College, and did further study at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana (with Xenakis and Donatoni), Westminster Choir College, and The Juilliard School, as well as numerous professional workshops with ASCAP, The American Music Center, and Carnegie Hall (including contemporary conducting techniques with Boulez).


Alex Conrado

Between 1991 and 1999, he researched and studied under famous avant-garde composers such as György Ligeti, Helmut Lachenmann, Klaus Metzger, Mathias Espahlinger, Mauricio Kagel, Franco Donatoni, and Brian Ferneyhough.

Carlo Pedini

Pedini taught himself music from the age of 13, before studying under Fernando Sulpizi at the Perugia Conservatory, Franco Donatoni in Siena and Salvatore Sciarrino in Città di Castello.

Javier Jacinto

Wide his studies in courses of composition and orchestral conducting with Franco Donatoni, Carmelo Bernaola, Cristobal Halffter, Gerard Grisey and Enrique García Asensio.

José Luis Turina

He studied composition under Antón García Abril, Román Alís, Rodolfo Halffter and Carmelo Bernaola at the conservatories of Barcelona and Madrid, and then, with a grant from the Spanish Ministry for Foreign Affairs for studying at the Spanish Fine Arts Academy in Rome, he attended the classes in composition given by Franco Donatoni at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia.

Nieuw Ensemble

Highly successful programmes have been those dedicated to the work of a single composer, such as Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, Elliot Carter, Franco Donatoni, Brian Ferneyhough, Mauricio Kagel, Ton de Leeuw, György Kurtág, Theo Loevendie and Luigi Nono.


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