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Luciano Berio

Luciano Berio OMRI (24 October 1925 – 27 May 2003) was an Italian composer noted for his experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition Sinfonia and his series of virtuosic solo pieces titled Sequenza), and for his pioneering work in electronic music. His early work was influenced by Igor Stravinsky and experiments with serial and electronic techniques, while his later works explore indeterminacy and the use of spoken texts as the basic material for composition.[1]

Luciano Berio

(1925-10-24)24 October 1925

Oneglia, Italy

27 May 2003(2003-05-27) (aged 77)

Rome, Italy

List of compositions

for flute (1958);

Sequenza I

for harp (1963);

Sequenza II

Sequenza III for woman's voice (1966);

for piano (1966);

Sequenza IV

for trombone (1966);

Sequenza V

for viola (1967);

Sequenza VI

for oboe (1969) (rev. by Jacqueline Leclair and renamed Sequenza VIIa in 2000);

Sequenza VII

for soprano saxophone (adaptation by Claude Delangle in 1993);

Sequenza VIIb

Sequenza VIII for violin (1976);

Sequenza IXa for clarinet (1980);

Sequenza IXb for alto saxophone (adaptation by the composer in 1981);

Sequenza IXc for bass clarinet (adaptation by Rocco Parisi in 1998);

for trumpet in C and piano resonance (1984);

Sequenza X

for guitar (1987–88);

Sequenza XI

for bassoon (1995);

Sequenza XII

Sequenza XIII for accordion "Chanson" (1995);

Sequenza XIVa for violoncello (2002);

Sequenza XIVb for double bass (adaptation by in 2004).

Stefano Scodanibbio

1994: [14]

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Centro Studi Luciano Berio

biography and works, Universal Edition

Luciano Berio

(in French and English). IRCAM.

"Luciano Berio (biography, works, resources)"

centre for music research founded by Berio

Tempo Reale, Florence

The Modern Word.

Luciano Berio biography

The Living Composers Project, "Luciano Berio" biography and list of works

Joseph Stevenson. at AllMusic

Luciano Berio

from The Daily Telegraph

Obituary

The New York Times, by Paul Griffiths (28 May 2003)

Obituaries: "Luciano Berio Is Dead at 77; Composer of Mind and Heart"

by Gavin Thomas

CompositionToday, "Luciano Berio"

(compiled by John Fowler, 1996)

"Berio/Dubuffet – a conversation"

Allen B. Ruch (2003)

A brief analysis of Luciano Berio's Sinfonia

John Whiting (1996)

"The maestro they love to hate"

review of Berio's Sinfonia, by Grant Chu Covell (November 2005)

"This Represents at Least a Thousand Words I Was Not Counting On"

by Bruce Duffie, 4 January 1993

Interview with Luciano Berio