WORKS
“As a cellist, Pedraglio explores the timbric possibilities of the instrument, pushing it in the area of non-conventional sounds combined in the most varied ways possible. In the most rarefied moments, the sound becomes dust, extreme evanescence.”
(La Repubblica)
His musical thought poetically expresses an intimate and complex universe of composition’s beauty. His music for strings, particularly in demand, has attracted internationally famous soloists, like Salvatore Accardo, Enrico Bronzi, Marco Rizzi, Giovanni Sollima, Sandro Laffranchini, Matias de Oliveira Pinto, Massimo Quarta.
“Disegni di luce by Umberto Pedraglio is a marvellous score. It evokes post-futuristic urban landscapes, in which silent sounds are the soundtrack for a fast flowing lyricism.”
(Sandro Laffranchini, principal cello at Teatro alla Scala)
CATALOGUE
SOLO INSTRUMENT MUSIC
Kołysanka
for solo violin
duration: 2’00”
year: 2022
Kołysanka
solo cello version
duration: 2’00”
year: 2022
Suite n.1
for solo cello
duration: 30’00”
year: 2020-2022
world premiere: Como, Salone di Villa Olmo – Como Contemporary Festival – 24 November 2022
Giovanni Sollima, vlc
Preludio e Allemanda
for solo cello
duration: 6’00”
year: 2020
world premiere: Como, Salone di Villa Olmo – Como Contemporary Festival – 24 November 2022
Giovanni Sollima, vlc
Come un comico
for solo cello
duration: 5’00”
year: 2019
world premiere: Como, Salone di Villa Olmo – Como Contemporary Festival – 22 May 2021
Sandro Laffranchini, vlc
Polifonie
for solo cello
Commissioned by La Biennale di Venezia 2016
duration: 6’00”
year: 2016
world premiere: Venice, Sala delle Colonne – Ca’ Giustinian – 8 october 2016
Fernando Caida Greco, vlc
Aforismi
for solo clarinet
duration: 1’30”
year: 2016
Dialoghi
for solo cello
Commissioned by Teatro Sociale di Como for EXPO 2015
duration: 14’
year: 2015
world premiere: Como, Teatro Sociale – 22 march 2015
Umberto Pedraglio, vlc
Passaggi
for solo cello
duration: 11’
year: 2011
world premiere: Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica – 20 october 2011
Umberto Pedraglio, vlc
3 pezzi
for solo piano
duration: 7’
year: 2010
world premiere: Sermoneta (Lt), Castello Caetani – 16 July 2010
Maria Grazia Bellocchio, pf
Persian song
for solo guitar
duration: 3’
year: 2007
CHAMBER MUSIC
(from 2 to 5 players)
Contr-appunti
for four violas
duration: 7’00”
year: 2023
world premiere: Mantova, Festival Trame Sonore – 1 June 2023
Viole Consort OCM
Baluginìo immanente
for violin and harp
duration: 9’00”
year: 2021
world premiere: Como, Museo della Seta – Como Contemporary Festival – 13 June 2021
Fulvio Liviabella, vl – Federica Sainaghi, harp
Discanto
for cello and baritone saxophone
duration: 5’00”
year: 2021
world premiere: Como – Festival A Due Voci – 19 November 2023
Duo Tubi & Corde
Sulle tracce d’uno spettro
for string trio
instrumentation: violin, viola, cello
duration: 7’00”
year: 2020
world premiere: Trento – Festival Contrasti – 19 September 2021
Appassionato Ensemble
Davide Moro, vl – Silvia Concas, vla – Umberto Pedraglio, vlc
Incanto
for string quartet
duration: 2’00”
year: 2020
world premiere: Berlin, Istituto Italiano di Cultura – 23 June 2021
Quartetto Indaco
Orfeo (rev. 2020)
for solo clarinet, alto flute, violin, cello and piano
duration: 5’30”
year: 2009-2020
world premiere: Como, Salone Musa – 19 December 2021
Appassionato Ensemble
Orfeo (rev. 2019)
for solo clarinet, alto flute, violin and cello
duration: 5’30”
year: 2009-2019
world premiere: Milan, Auditorium Amici del Loggione del Teatro alla Scala – 19 december 2019
New Made Ensemble
Alessandro Calcagnile, cond.
Chain
for piccolo quartet
duration: 5’00”
year: 2019
world premiere: Como, Chiesa antica di San Giuseppe in Valleggio – 26 may 2019
Alt(r)e Frequenze Ensemble
Concertino (rev. 2019)
for two cellos
duration: 7’
year: 2012-2019
world premiere: Como, Chiesa antica di San Giuseppe in Valleggio – 19 may 2019
Umberto Pedraglio. vlc
Paolo Beschi, vlc
Objets trouvés: vibrations et révolutions
for baritone saxophone and cello
duration: 7’00”
year: 2018
world premiere: Brescia, Teatro Sancarlino – 24 november 2018
Duo Tubi & Corde
Concertino
for cello and piano
duration: 7’
year: 2012
world premiere: Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica – 4 march 2013
Umberto Pedraglio. vlc
Massimo Spada, pf
Notturno
for clarinet and cello
duration: 4’
year: 2011
world premiere: Brescia, Ridotto del Teatro Grande – 25 June 2012
Rocco Carbonara, cl
Guido Boselli, vlc
Fasi
for solo cello, alto flute, clarinet, violin and piano
finalist score at VI International Composition Competition “…a Camillo Togni” (Brescia)
instrumentation: 1/0/1/0; 0/0/0/0; pf; 1/1/0/0/0
duration: 7’
year: 2010
world premiere: Brescia, Ridotto del Teatro Grande – 30 May 2011
Dedalo Ensemble
Vittorio Parisi, cond.
Orfeo (rev. 2010)
for solo clarinet, alto flute contralto, percussion, violin and cello (rid. pf)
instrumentation: 1/0/0/0; pf; perc (1); 1/0/0/1/0
duration: 5’
year: 2009-2010
world premiere: Brescia, Teatro Sancarlino – 07 July 2010
Dedalo Ensemble
Mauro Bonifacio, cond.
Crisalide
resonance of a chamber concert
for trumpet and organ
duration: 6’
year: 2008-2018
Miniatura seriale
for 5 players
instrumentation: oboe d’amore, alto flute, flugelhorn, bass clarinet and celesta
duration: 5’
year: 2006
world premiere: Como, Auditorium del Conservatorio – 15 June 2007
Simone Sommerhalder, ob
Laboratorio Ensemble
Umberto Pedraglio, cond.
7 evoluzioni
for string quartet and electronics
duration: 14’
year: 2005
world premiere: Como, Auditorium del Conservatorio – 11 February 2006
Fabio Arnaboldi, Alessandro Cadario, vl – Matteo LIpari, vla – Guido Boselli, vlc
ENSEMBLE MUSIC
(more than 5 players)
Trio!
for 12 cellos
duration: 17’
year: 2014-2021
world premiere: Como, Chiesa grande di San Giuseppe – Como Contemporary Festival – 18 July 2021
On The Bridge Cello Ensemble
Stefano Cerrato, dir.
Contatti
for ensemble
instrumentation: 1/1/1/0; 1/1/1/0; pf; perc (1); 1/1/1/1/0
duration: 10’
year: 2013
world premiere: Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica – 14 June 2013
Novecento Ensemble – Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Carlo Rizzari, cond.
ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
(with/without soloist)
Suite d’alluminio
for alluminium cello, two conductors and two orchestras
instrumentation:
orchestra A: 1/1/1/1; 2/1/2/0; perc (2); 4/3/2/2/1
orchestra B: 1/1/1/1; 2/1/1/1; hrp; perc (2); 4/3/2/2/1
duration: 20’
year: 2023
Orkhestra
for orchestra
instrumentation: 2/2/2/2; 2/2/1/0; hrp; perc (3); 10/8/6/5/4
duration: 12’
year: 2022
world premiere: Teatro Sociale di Como – 26 February 2022
Orchestra Antonio Vivaldi
Lorenzo Passerini, cond
Choir Concerto
transcription from Concerto for Choir by Alfred Schnittke for large orchestra
instrumentation: 6/6/6/6/6; 8/6/4/3/2; perc(5): 22/20/18/16/24/10/oct
duration: 25’
year: 2019
world premiere: Como, Chiesa grande di San Giuseppe – 17 april 2019
per gentile concessione di Internationale Musikverlage Hans Sikorski GmbH & Co
Youth Como Orchestra
Umberto Pedraglio, cond.
Ritratto
for violin and orchestra
instrumentation: 2/2/2/2; 2/2/0/0; 10/8/6/4/3
duration: 8’
year: 2009-2018
world premiere: Teatro Sociale di Como – 26 February 2022
Marco Rizzi. vl
Orchestra Antonio Vivaldi – Lorenzo Passerini, cond
Disegni di luce
for cello concertante and strings
duration: 17’00”
year: 2017
world premiere: Milano, Palazzina Liberty – 13 January 2019
Enrico Bronzi, vlc
Milano Classica Orchestra
Katharsis
for cello and orchestra
instrumentation: 2/2/2/1; 2/2/1/0; ar; perc (2); 12/10/8/6/4
duration: 13’
year: 2013
world premiere: Milan, Auditorium – 22 october 2013
Umberto Pedraglio, vlc
G.Verdi Symphonic Orchestra
Alessandro Cadario, cond.
Illumina nos
from Sacrae Cantiones by Gesualdo da Venosa
for brass, harp, percussions and strings
Commissioned by Orchestra Sinfonica T.Schipa di Lecce
instrumentation: 0/0/0/0; 4/3/3/0; ar; perc (1); 8/6/5/4/3
duration: 6’
year: 2013
world premiere: Lecce, Cortile dei Celestini – 5 July 2013
T.Schipa Symphonic Orchestra
Salvatore Accardo, cond.
Archi di farfalla
for solo trumpet, strings and percussion
instrumentation: 0/0/0/0; 0/0/0/0; perc (1); 8/6/5/4/3
duration: 14’
year: 2008-2011(rev.)
world premiere: Teatro Sociale di Como- 26 February 2022
Floris Onstwedder, tr
Orchestra Antonio Vivaldi – Lorenzo Passerini, cond
VOCAL MUSIC
L’attimo spietato
for choir (SATB), voice and wind quintet
text by Alessandro Quattrone
duration: 13’
year: 2016
world premiere: Calco, Villa Calchi – 13 May 2023
Maria Rosaria Giraudi (sopr.), Isabella Di Pietro (alto) Stefano Maffioletti (ten), Roberto Gelosa (bar)
Alessandro Quattrone (voce recitante)
Spirabilia Quintet
Umberto Pedraglio, cond
Visioni (rev 2022)
for soprano, choir (SATB) and orchestra
test by Aung San Suu Kyi
instrumentation: 2/2/2/2; 4/2/2/1; timp; perc (1); 12/10/8/6/4
duration: 9’
year: 2012
world premiere: Piuro, Chiesa di Borgonuovo di Piuro – 4 September 2022
Alessia Nadin, mezzosoprano
UT insieme vocale-consonante, Lorenzo Donati (choir cond)
Orchestra Antonio Vivaldi – Lorenzo Passerini, cond
Visioni
for soprano and orchestra
test by Aung San Suu Kyi
instrumentation: 2/2/2/2; 2/2/0/0; timp; perc (1); 12/10/8/6/4
duration: 9’
year: 2012
Orfeo
theater scene for voice, soprano, ensemble and live electronics
instrumentation: 0/0/1/0; perc (1); 1/0/0/1/0
duration: 8’
year: 2009
world premiere: Siena, Accademia Musicale Chigiana – 1 August 2009
Alda Caiello, sop – Walter Malosti, voce – Marco Ortolani, cl – Duccio Ceccanti, vl – Vittorio Ceccanti, vlc – Mauricio Ben Omar, perc – Fabrizio Scaglioli, live electronics
Mauro Bonifacio, cond.
Leucò e Arianna
Opera scene
instrumentation: 3/3/3/4; 4/2/2/1; cel/ar/pf; timp; perc (3); 14/12/10/8/6
duration: 12’
year: 2007
Cantico
for mezzosoprano, alto and orchestra
instrumentation: 2/1/3/0; 4/2/2/0; cel/ar/pf; perc (3); 12/10/8/6/4
duration: 7’
year: 2006
OTHERS
The frog
for clarinet and string quartet
duration: 3’
year: 2005
world premiere: Prato, Galleria d’arte Enrico Fornello – 8 April 2005
Paolo Tomelleri, cl
Davide Alogna, Alessandro Cadario, vl – Luca Moretti, vla – Umberto Pedraglio, vlc
Daniela 18
for trumpet, string quartet, piano, double bass and drums
duration: 4’
year: 2001
world premiere: Brunate (Co), Villa Travella – 15 August 2004
Emilio Soana, tr
Rossano Sportiello, pf – Riccardo Fioravanti, cb – Stefano Bagnoli, dr.
Davide Alogna, Alessandro Cadario, vl – Luca Moretti, vla – Umberto Pedraglio, vlc
for orchestra
instrumentation: 2/2/2/2; 2/2/1/0; hrp; perc (3); 10/8/6/5/4
duration: 12’
year: 2022
world premiere: Teatro Sociale di Como – 26 February 2022
Orchestra Antonio Vivaldi
Lorenzo Passerini, cond