Ezio Bosso
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Ezio Bosso (Italian:
Life
Born in
In 2011, after undergoing surgery to remove a
On 30 October 2015, Bosso released his first solo studio album,
In 2016, Bosso's music was used by the
In 2017, he started focusing more on conducting and composing.[4] In September 2019, Bosso announced that due to his neurodegenerative illness, he was losing control of two fingers and was therefore no longer able to play the piano.[4]
«Io li conosco I domani che non arrivano mai
Conosco la stanza stretta
E la luce che manca da cercare dentro
Io li conosco i giorni che passano uguali
Fatti di sonno e dolore e sonno
per dimenticare il dolore»
— Ezio Bosso, 14 March 2020
Bosso died in his home in Bologna on 14 May 2020 at the age of 48 after a long struggle with his illness.[12][13][14][5]
Awards
Bosso won several awards for his compositions, including the Australian
Compositions
Symphonies
- Symphony No.1: "Oceans"
- Symphony No.2: "Under the Trees" Voices
- Symphony No.3: "Four Letters" for string quartet and orchestra
- Symphony No.4: "Alma Mater"
- Little Symphony for a Pair of Glasses for orchestra
Compositions for orchestra
- Violin Concerto No.1 "ESOCONCERTO"
- Violin Concerto 1a for Violin, Strings and Timpani
- Violin Concerto No.2
- "Oceans" for Solo Cello and Orchestra (I Version, Only strings)
- Triplo Concerto For Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra
- Fantasia for Violin and Orchestra
- Adagio for cello and orchestra
- Divertimento concertante: fl, ob, cl, bsn, orchestra and piano
- Domes Of Freedom for Children Choir, orchestra and Mandolins orchestra
- Angeli 2 for orchestra
- Sea Song 2 Sea Prayer for cello and strings
- Sea Song 3 Waves and Hope for violin, cello and string orchestra
- Sea Song 6 Isles for string orchestra
- Sea Song 8 Fishes speech for 2 violins and strings
- Sea Song 9 sea rain for piano (or violin) and string orchestra
- Before the sea for cello orchestra
- African skies for double bass and strings
- Road Signs Variations for 11 instruments
- Entrance for solo viola, organ trumpet trombone and cello and orchestra
- The Cathedral in the Desert for and sax soprano and strings
- Speed limit, a night ride for string quartet and piano
- All directions for sax, trumpet, trombone, piano, el bass el guit, and strings
- Merge, one harm hug for strings
- Stop never stop the residence for sax, trumpet, trombone, piano, el bass el guitar, and string quartet
- Exit, Run 44 part 2 or sax, trumpet, trombone, piano, el. bass, el. guit, and string quartet
- The way of 1000 and 1 comet (orchestral version)
- African nights for solo bass (Viola or Cello) and String quartet (Also Orchestra)
- African skies for double bass and strings
- Angeli 3 for 2 oboes and strings
- Will and the chance for voice and ensemble
- Andante for piano orchestra choir and live electronic "postcards"
- Indian railway for double bass and winds
- My Thay for string orchestra
Duo
- Sonata No. 1 For violin and Piano "Unconditioned"
- Sonata for Piano and Cello "The Roots"
- Sonata for Violin and Piano "The Roots"
- Cadenza for violin and bass
- Clouds for violin and piano
- Duet for cello and bass
- Hermanos for guitar and bass
- Sonata (Angels 1) for contralto sax and double bass
- Sonatina for bass and piano
- Grains for cello (viola) and piano
- Sea Song 1 Before the Sea for cello and piano
- Sea Song 4 Anamì for violin and piano
- Introduction a la Patagonie pour contrebasse et percussions
- Following (a Bird) for Violin or cello and Piano
- Sweet and sour for Violin and Piano
Trio
- Split, postcards from far away for piano trio and live electronics
- Rain, In your Black eyes
- Diversion for piano trio
- The Things That Remain for Piano Trio
- Trio N. 4, Three drawing about missed steps
- The life that i like for double bass, accordeon and piano
- ZeNo for cello, flute and vibraphon
- Round about for viola cello and double bass
- Piano Trio No. 1 "No Man's Land"
- Sunrise on a clear day
- Thunders and lightnings
String Quartets
- Quartet No. 1 (Medoro's death)
- Quartet No. 2 Quattordici danze per bambini intorno a un buco for string quartet
- Quartet No. 3 "The way of 1000 and 1 comet" String quartet (AKA Wine Trances)
- Quartet No. 4 "The four letters"
- Quartet No. 5 " Music For The Lodger"
- The sky seen from the moon String quartet
- The last black String quartet
- The Gibigianna String quartet
- Gagarin String quartet
- One way for string quartet
- I was born child... String quartet
- Who cares about the Bluebird tunes, For string quartet
- Merge, one harm hug for string quartet
- New York Suite for saxophone quartet
- Mmm! For double basse, piano, clarinet and percussions
- The woman photographer's game, for string quartet
Compositions for one instrument
- Sonata No. 1 in G minor (The 12th Room)
- Missing a Part (The Waiting Room G)
- Snow for solo piano
- Smiles for Y for Solo Piano
- Following (a bird) for Solo Piano
- Split, Postcards From Faraway For solo Piano
- Sweet and Bitter for Solo Piano
- Concerto for solo bass
- Mmdu (Humans) for solo bass
- Suite in B minor for solo cello
- Cadenza for solo cello
- Forgotten smiles for solo violin
- Colloqui con se stesso (solo Doublebass)
- AmOx For Solo Bass
- Introduction à la Patagonie for Solo Bass
Vocal music
- Cross, an Allelujah for voice and piano quintet
- Laudate for 4 sopranos
- A Lullaby from Shakespeare for choir
- Introduction à la Patagonie pour contrebasse et percussions
- Nine 9 stories about humans and love for voices, 6 cellos and keyboards (lyrics by Pete Smith and E. Bosso)
- Set a place for voice and piano quintet
- Sleep reconciliation for voice and string quartet
- You'll never be lee marvin for voice and string quartet
- Our multiple selves survive for voice and piano quintet
- Sleep reconciliation for voice and string quartet
- I'm not a swan for voice, cello and piano
- Off the handle for voice, violin and piano
- Emily real #15 for actress 2 keyboards and strings and electric guitar (from 15 poems by Emily Dickinson)
- Cappotto di legno (From a text by Roberto Saviano) for rapper, strings and El. bass
- Suite del Regreso for voice Solo
- Air on the first star of the night for soprano and piano trio
- Hommage a Demetrio for double bass and voice
- The Perfect Mood Maker - The Stage London
Other compositions
- 6 breaths for 6 (12) cellos and piano
- Sea Song 7 Deep seas for 3 viola 3 cello 2 double basses (8 cellos)
- Scherzo for 4 accordeons
- Fuga for percussions
- Mozart Human Variation for voices and tape
- Bach 855a for Piano, Choir and Strings
Ballets
- LandForms 2011 (Bonachela, Sydney Dance Company)
- 6 Breaths 2010 (Bonachela, Sydney Dance Company)
- We unfold 2009 (Bonachela, Sydney Dance Company)
- The Land Of Yes and The Land of No (Bonachela, BDC, Southbank)
- Within the Golden Hour 2008 (C. Wheeldon San Francisco Ballet)
- AmOx 2008 (R. Bonachela, Saddlers Wells)
- Riapertura 2007 (C. Wheeldon, Ballet Boyz, Royal Festival Hall)
- Tenderhook 2007 (L. Lorent - Scottish Dance theater)
- Moments 2006 (Ballet Boyz, Saddlers Wells)
- The body and the bass (T. Yap, Art council Melbourne) 1998
- The breath of the thramp (R. Castello, Danse scenen Copenaghen) 1997
- Traveller 1995 (T. M. Rotella, Teatro di Dioniso)
- 6 november 1994 (P. Bianchi Agar)
- Flautus 1994 (P. Bianchi Agar)
- Friendship Is a Root
Opera
- Alcina 1994
- Orlando 2002
- Simone e il mago 2000
- Mercuzio 1997
- Ezio Bosso's The Venice Concert, La Fenice Theatre
Theater
- Io non ho paura, quattordici danze per bambini, Salvatores - Bosso 2003
- Aspettiamo quello simpatico, R. Papaleo 2001
- Moi je s'addresse, C. Galland 2000
- Qoeleth e il cantico dei cantici, D. Riondino 1999
- La confessione biologica, A. Catania 1998
- Studio su amleto, V. Malosti 1997
- Sogno di una notte di mezza estate, V. Malosti 1996
- A score for Amleth, V. Malosti 1995
- Cuori, V. Malosti 1994
- La stanza di Emily V. Malosti 1994
- Agamemnon, R.Cuocolo 1995
- Nina, V. Malosti 1996
- Percorsi, V. Malosti 1992
- Genio buono vs Genio Cattivo, V. Malosti 1992
- Il mio Giudice, text by Maria Pia Daniele, director V Malosti 1993
- Studio per contrabbasso e ombre, E. Bosso 1995
- Amleth machine, E. Bosso 1992
- Watershakespear, V. Malosti 1991
Soundtracks
Movies
- Un amore, conducted by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli (1999)
- Qui non è il paradiso, conducted by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli (2000)
- Ribelli per caso, conducted by Vincenzo Terracciano (2001)
- Io non ho paura, conducted by Gabriele Salvatores (2003)
- Quo vadis, baby?, conducted by Gabriele Salvatores (2005)
- Rosso come il cielo, conducted by Cristiano Bortone (2005)
- Il dolce e l'amaro, conducted by Andrea Porporati (2007)
- Il ragazzo invisibile, conducted by Gabriele Salvatores (2014)
Short movies
- Tre vite perfette 2002
- L'ospite 2002
- Cecchi Gori Cecchi Gori 2001
- Svelarsi al silenzio 1989
- Will and Chance 1998
- Una casa poco solida 1995
Silent movies
- Voyage au Soleil 1995
- Voyage en Italie 1995
- 62 short movies of Méliès 1995
- Die tolle Lola 1996
- Le voyage dans la lune 1996
- The Man with the Camera 1996
- Ecrin du marajah 2004
- Il diavolo zoppo 2004
- Marriage dans la Lune 2004
- Tango Tangeles 2004
- Voyage sur Jupiter 2004
- The Lodger (1926 Alfred Hitchcock) 2006
Discography
- Seasong 1 to 4 and other little stories (2011)
- Six breaths (2013)
- The 12th Room (2015)
- ...And The Things That Remain (2016)
- The Venice Concert (2016)
- Ezio Bosso Stradivarifestival Chamber Orchestra (2017)
- The Venice Concert (2017)
- The Roots (A Tale Sonata) (2018)
- A Life in Music (2020)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Ezio Bosso". Royal Opera House. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ a b c "Italienischer Musiker Ezio Bosso (48) gestorben". musik-heute.de (in German). 15 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ a b c Kübler, Susanne (15 May 2020). "Nachruf auf Ezio Bosso / Er machte Coldplay Konkurrenz". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ a b c Giuffrida, Angela (16 September 2019). "Italian composer Ezio Bosso tells fans: stop asking me to play piano". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Italienischer Klassik-Star Ezio Bosso gestorben". WDR (in German). 15 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Biography". Ezio Bosso. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ "La 'stanza' di Ezio Bosso vince la malattia". Radiopopolare.it (in Italian). 11 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ Nicoletta Moncalero (2 February 2016). "Chi è Ezio Bosso e 10 cose che non sai sul pianista che con la sua forza di volontà ha vinto la sfida con la musica". Huffingtonpost.it (in Italian). Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ "Ezio Bosso a Sanremo: la malattia e la musica, replica 2^ serata in tv e sul web". It.blastingnews.com (in Italian). 11 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ "Dirigent und Komponist Ezio Bosso ist tot". ORF (in German). 15 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Ezio Bosso FIMI". Ezio Bosso. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ "L'Ultimo saluto a Ezio Bosso un anno dopo la morte causa Covid". 13 May 2021.
- ^ Bosso, Ezio (14 May 2020). "Biografia Ezio Bosso".
- ^ "È morto Ezio Bosso, il pianista che non ha mai smesso di sorridere". La Repubblica. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Ezio Bosso Archived 8 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine unitedagents.co.uk
- Ezio Bosso at IMDb
- Ezio Bosso discography at Discogs
- Italy bids farewell to composer Ezio Bosso wantedinmilan.com 15 May 2020
- Ezio Bosso / Following a bird (The 12th room) on YouTube