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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