Short bio Salvatore Sciarrino
Birthday:
1947 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Active:
1970s - 2020s
Genre:
Classical,Avant-Garde,Pop/Rock
Period:
Contemporary
Full biography Salvatore Sciarrino
Salvatore Sciarrino is an Italian composer of contemporary classical music. He was born on April 4, 1947, in Palermo, Italy, and is known for his innovative and technically complex compositions. Sciarrino's music is characterized by its focus on musical timbre and the exploration of the subtle nuances of sound, resulting in compositions that are often sparse and austere.
After studying classical music, Sciarrino moved to Rome in 1969 and later to Milan in 1977. He has become known for his opera compositions, which are often based on traditional myths and stories. In addition to opera, Sciarrino has also composed orchestral works, chamber music, and solo instrumental pieces.
Sciarrino has received numerous awards for his work, including the prestigious BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in 2012. His music has been performed by many leading orchestras and ensembles around the world, and he is widely regarded as one of the most important composers of his generation.
According to the composer himself, he does not want to be considered simply a musician, but rather as a music lover. He often draws inspiration from plays, literature, and other artistic forms, and his works are known for their intense emotional expression and musical sensitivity.
Overall, Salvatore Sciarrino is a significant figure in contemporary classical music, noted for his innovative compositions and dedication to pushing the boundaries of musical expression.
Albums featuring Salvatore Sciarrino
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Sciarrino, Clyne, Agostini, Neuwirth, Nicoli, Bång, Ratkje, Andre - Michele Bianchini (2) – Antithesis (Contemporary Saxophone Music)(CD, Album) | 2023 | Da Vinci Classics |
| 2 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino, Matteo Cesari – Works For Flute(3×CD, Album) | 2021 | Kairos |
| 3 |  |
Luciano Berio, Giacinto Scelsi, Franco Donatoni, Salvatore Sciarrino, Stefano Scodanibbio - Dario Calderone – Il Nuovo Contrabbasso Italiano(CD, Album) | 2021 | Stradivarius |
| 4 |  |
Solo(CD, Album, Stereo) | 2021 | Kairos |
| 5 |  |
Luigi Nono, Salvatore Sciarrino, Schola Heidelberg, Ensemble Aisthesis, Walter Nußbaum – Parole E Testi(CD, Album) | 2020 | Divox |
| 6 |  |
Lassus Quartett, Salvatore Sciarrino – Ombre Nel Mattino di Piero(CD, Album) | 2019 | Backlash Music (6) |
| 7 |  |
Sciarrino, Telemann, Napolitano, Scelsi, Debussy - Alberto Napolitano – Mutazioni(CD, Album) | 2019 | Stradivarius |
| 8 |  |
Berio ∙ Schumann ∙ Biber ∙ Sciarrino - Franziska Hölscher, Severin von Eckardstein – Sequenza(CD, Album, Stereo) | 2019 | Avi-Music |
| 9 |  |
Reto Bieri And Meta4, Johannes Brahms / Gérard Pesson / Salvatore Sciarrino – Quasi Morendo(CD, Album) | 2019 | ECM Records |
| 10 |  |
Sciarrino, Tartini, Berio, Paganini, Michael Barenboim – Sciarrino, Tartini, Berio, Paganini(CD, Album) | 2018 | Accentus Music |
| 11 |  |
Billone, Donatoni, Sciarrino, Nieder, Savron | Dario Savron – Mask(CD, Album) | 2018 | Stradivarius |
| 12 |  |
Sciarrino - Alda Caiello, Alfonso Alberti, Fausto Bongelli, Anna D'Errico, Aldo Orvieto, Ex Novo Ensemble, Alvise Vidolin – La Navigazione Notturna(SACD, Hybrid, Album) | 2018 | Stradivarius |
| 13 |  |
Yannick Van de Velde, Chopin, Ravel, Docuet, Sciarrino – Anamorfosi(CD, ) | 2017 | Aliud |
| 14 |  |
Aperghis, Castiglioni, Dufourt, Ligeti, Sciarrino, Alfonso Alberti, Anna D'Errico – Two Pianos(CD, Album) | 2017 | Stradivarius |
| 15 |  |
Holliger, Kurtág, Lachenmann, Lang, Rihm, Sciarrino, Sarah Maria Sun, Jan Philip Schulze – Modern Lied(CD, Album) | 2017 | Mode |
| 16 |  |
Irvine Arditti, Salvatore Sciarrino, Elliott Carter, Emmanuel Nunes, Pierre Boulez – Caprices(CD, Album) | 2017 | æon |
| 17 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino - Marco Fusi – Complete Works For Violin And For Viola(CD, Album) | 2017 | Stradivarius |
| 18 |  |
Altri Volti E Nuovi 1(CD, Album) | 2017 | Decca Italy |
| 19 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino - Bros Saxophone Quartet – Pagine(CD, Album) | 2016 | Stradivarius |
| 20 |  |
Jean-Pierre Collot - Claude Debussy / Salvatore Sciarrino – Universe(CD, ) | 2016 | Winter & Winter |
| 21 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks – Musica Viva 26(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album) | 2016 | Neos |
| 22 |  |
Bernhard Lang, Stefano Scodanibbio, Marián Lejava, Salvatore Sciarrino, Tomasz Sikorski, Pavel Zemek – Contempuls 013/14 Sampler #3(CD, Sampler) | 2016 | Hudební Informační Středisko, o. p. s. |
| 23 |  |
Ablinger - Adámek - Cerha - Ferneyhough - Kyburz - Mařatka - Rihm - Sarhan - Sciarrino - Steen-Andersen - Szlavnics - Walshe – Donaueschinger Musiktage 2014(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Stereo, DVD, DVD-Video, PAL, Box Set, ) | 2015 | Neos |
| 24 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino - Florian Hoelscher – Piano Works(CD, Album) | 2013 | Neos |
| 25 |  |
Luci Mie Traditrici(DVD, DVD-Video, Stereo) | 2012 | EuroArts |
| 26 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino, Vokalensemble NOVA, Klangforum Wien, Evan Christ – Macbeth(2×CD, Album) | 2012 | Col Legno |
| 27 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino - Quartetto Prometeo – Quartetto N.7 · Quartetto N.8 · Sei Quartetti Brevi(CD, Album) | 2012 | Kairos |
| 28 |  |
Sciarrino, Gloger, Longobardi, Rogliano, ALGORITMO, Angius – Le Stagioni Artificiali / Centauro Marino / Studi Per L'Intonazione Del Mare(CD, Album) | 2012 | Stradivarius |
| 29 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino, Marco Angius, Ensemble Algoritmo, Anna Radziejewska – Cantiere del poema / Tre duetti con l'eco / L'altro giardino(CD, Album) | 2012 | Stradivarius |
| 30 |  |
Luci mie traditrici(CD, CD-ROM) | 2011 | Stradivarius |
| 31 |  |
György Kurtág / Salvatore Sciarrino - ensemble recherche, Hiromi Kikuchi, Petra Hoffmann – Milano Musica Festival Live, Vol. 4(CD, ) | 2011 | Stradivarius |
| 32 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino, Beat Furrer, Jimmy López – Donaueschinger Musiktage 2009, Vol. 1(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album) | 2011 | Neos |
| 33 |  |
Reto Bieri - Berio, Carter, Eötvös, Holliger, Sciarrino, Vajda – Contrechant (Music For Clarinet Solo) | 2011 | ECM Records |
| 34 |  |
Sciarrino, Cage, Scelsi - Simone Mancuso – La Parola Al Legno(CD, Album) | 2010 | Stradivarius |
| 35 |  |
Ciro Longobardi - Sciarrino / Ravel – Nuit(CD, ) | 2009 | Stradivarius |
| 36 |  |
Ambrosini, Bussotti, Clementi, dall'Ongaro, Ferrero, Pennisi, Sciarrino – Ex Novo Ensemble - Trentennale (30°)(CD, Album, Sampler) | 2009 | Stradivarius |
| 37 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart – 12 Madrigali (»Und Du, Was Geschieht Mit Dir?«)(CD, Album) | 2009 | Col Legno |
| 38 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino - ensemble recherche, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Peter Rundel – Sui Poemi Concentrici I, II, III(3×CD, ) | 2009 | Kairos |
| 39 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino - Alfonso Alberti, Marianne Pousseur, Ensemble Risognanze, Tito Ceccherini – Lohengrin(CD, ) | 2008 | Col Legno |
| 40 |  |
Storie Di Altre Storie(CD, Album) | 2008 | Winter & Winter |
| 41 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino - Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Della RAI, Tito Ceccherini – Orchestral Works(3×CD, Album, Box Set, ) | 2008 | Kairos |
| 42 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino - Nicolas Hodges – Nocturnes - Complete Piano Works 1994-2001(CD, ) | 2007 | Metronome Recordings |
| 43 |  |
Morricone, Maderna, Gentile, Mosso, Berio, Sciarrino - Duo Alterno, Tiziana Scandaletti, Riccardo Piacentini, Madeleine Shapiro – La Voce Contemporanea In Italia Vol. 2(CD, Album) | 2006 | Stradivarius |
| 44 |  |
Marco Stroppa • Salvatore Sciarrino • Lars Petter Hagen • Klaus Ospald – Donaueschinger Musiktage 2005, Vol. 3(CD, ) | 2006 | Col Legno |
| 45 |  |
Carolin Widmann | Pierre Boulez | Eugène Ysaÿe | Salvatore Sciarrino | Jörg Widmann – Reflections I | 2005 | Telos Music Records |
| 46 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino - Otto Katzameier, Klangforum Wien, Sylvain Cambreling – Quaderno Di Strada(CD, Album) | 2005 | Kairos |
| 47 |  |
Histoires D'Autres Histoires(CD, ) | 2004 | Zig Zag Territoires |
| 48 |  |
Un'Immagine Di Arpocrate | 6 Capricci Per Violino(CD, Album) | 2004 | Warner Fonit |
| 49 |  |
Rihm, Sciarrino, Moody, Metcalf / Singer Pur featuring The Hilliard Ensemble – Rihm • Sciarrino • Moody • Metcalf | 2004 | Oehms Classics |
| 50 |  |
Winston Choi - Ferneyhough, Finnissy, Bernstein, Wolff, Xenakis, Sciarrino – Yearbooks Of The 20th Century Piano - 1980(CD, Album) | 2004 | Frame (3) |
| 51 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino, Lost Cloud Quartet – La Bocca, I Piedi, Il Suono(CD, Album, DVD, ) | 2004 | Col Legno |
| 52 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino - Xasax – Pagine & Canzoniere Da Scarlatti - Pour Quatuor de Saxophones(CD, Album) | 2003 | Zig Zag Territoires |
| 53 |  |
Sciarrino - Saito, Sharp, Tchernova, Heiligtag, Gabriel, Ensemble Risognanze, Tito Ceccherini – Luci Mie Traditrici(CD, ) | 2003 | Stradivarius |
| 54 |  |
Fiato(CD, Album) | 2003 | Stradivarius |
| 55 |  |
Studio Percussion, Tüür, Hespos, Sciarrino, HP Platz – Dunkle Musik(CD, Album) | 2002 | Extraplatte |
| 56 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino, Carlo Gesualdo, Ivan Fedele, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart – Fuoco E Ghiaccio(CD, Album) | 2002 | Stradivarius |
| 57 |  |
Perseo E Andromeda(CD, ) | 2001 | Ricordi Oggi |
| 58 |  |
Sciarrino | Mario Caroli – L'Opera Per Flauto Vol. II(CD, Album) | 2001 | Stradivarius |
| 59 |  |
Sciarrino | Mario Caroli – L'Opera Per Flauto Vol. I(CD, Album) | 2001 | Stradivarius |
| 60 |  |
Piano Sonatas II-V - 4 Notturni, Live At Ars Musica 2000(CD, Album) | 2001 | Cypres |
| 61 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino - Stricker • Katzameier • Wessel • Jaunin, Beat Furrer • Klangforum Wien – Luci Mie Traditrici(CD, Album) | 2001 | Kairos |
| 62 |  |
Mario Caroli - Debussy, Sciarrino, Kurtág, Ferneyhough, Gervasoni, Yun, Dillon, Rueda – ĀS(CD, Album) | 2000 | SVaNa |
| 63 |  |
Ferrero, Sciarrino, Sollima, Corghi, Donatoni, Einaudi – Compositori Italiani D'Oggi(CD, Compilation) | 2000 | Naxos |
| 64 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino - ensemble recherche / Kwamé Ryan – Lo Spazio Inverso(CD, Album) | 2000 | KAIROS |
| 65 |  |
Luigi Nono - Melise Mellinger, Salvatore Sciarrino – La Lontananza Nostalgica Utopica Futura(CD, Album) | 2000 | Kairos |
| 66 |  |
Garth Knox Plays Ligeti, Dusapin, Berio, Kurtág, Dillon, Sciarrino – Works For Solo Viola(CD, Album) | 2000 | Montaigne |
| 67 |  |
Sciarrino / Rigacci, Contempoartensemble, Ceccanti – Aspern Suite | 2000 | Arts (3) |
| 68 |  |
Studi Per L'intonazione Del Mare(CD, Album) | 2000 | Stradivarius |
| 69 |  |
Sciarrino, Alter Ego (9) – Esplorazione Del Bianco(CD, Album) | 1999 | Stradivarius |
| 70 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino - ensemble recherche – Infinito Nero / Le Voci Sottovetro(CD, Album) | 1999 | KAIROS |
| 71 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino, Arnold Schoenberg, György Ligeti, Douglas Boyd, Jacques Zoon, Claudio Abbado, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe – Sciarrino • Ligeti • Schoenberg(CD, Stereo) | 1996 | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 72 |  |
Arditti String Quartet - Berio, Bussotti, Castiglioni, Donatoni, Maderna, Melchiorre, Scelsi, Sciarrino, Scodanibbio, Stroppa – From Italy(2×CD, ) | 1995 | Montaigne |
| 73 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino - Roberto Fabbriciani – Fabbrica Degli Incantesimi(CD, ) | 1995 | Col Legno |
| 74 |  |
La Perfezione Di Uno Spirito Sottile(CD, Album) | 1994 | Dischi Ricordi S.p.A. |
| 75 |  |
Sciarrino - Massimiliano Damerini – Complete Piano Works | 1993 | Dynamic (4) |
| 76 |  |
Caprices Pour Violin / Un'Immagine D'Arpocrate(CD, Album) | 1993 | Accord |
| 77 |  |
Vanitas(CD, ) | 1991 | Ricordi |
| 78 |  |
Quintetto Arnold - Berio / Sciarrino / Francesconi / Einaudi / Gentilucci / Ghedini – Ricorrenze(CD, Album) | 1990 | Ricordi |
| 79 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino - Gruppo Strumentale Musica D'Oggi, Daisy Lumini – Lohengrin | 1986 | Ricordi |
| 80 |  |
Un'Immagine di Arpocrate(LP) | 1982 | Italia (2) |
| 81 |  |
Carluccio / Cerha / Donatoni / Gorli / Maderna / Pennisi / Sciarrino / Vacchi – Musica Contemporanea(2×LP, Box Set) | 1980 | Fonit Cetra |
| 82 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino, Donella Del Monaco – Dodici Canzoni Da Battello Su Melodie Veneziane Del Settecento(LP, Stereo) | 1978 | Italia (2) |
| 83 |  |
Jukka Tiensuu - Xenakis, Corrette, Soler, Saariaho, Sciarrino – The Fantastic Harpsichord(CD, Album) | - | Finlandia Records |
| 84 |  |
Salvatore Sciarrino, Mario Caroli – Fauno Che Fischia - Opera Per Flauto E...(CD, Stereo) | - | Attacca |
Videos featuring Salvatore Sciarrino
Performed by WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln and Sonia Turchetta
"Efebo con Radio" (1981) uses "ephebe," the archaic term for a youth in ancient Greece, to
">Salvatore Sciarrino - Efebo con Radio (1981), for voice and orchestra
"Efebo con Radio" is an amazing piece for voice and orchestra by maestro Salvatore Sciarrino (1947-).
Performed by WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln and Sonia Turchetta
"Efebo con Radio" (1981) uses "ephebe," the archaic term for a youth in ancient Greece, to
Salvatore Sciarrino/Opera per flauto/ Claire Marchand, flute
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Donella Del Monaco - Salvatore Sciarrino: Mi credeva d'esser sola(da anonimo 1700) (2007)
Donella Del Monaco: voce, Michele Costantini: chitarra classica
Festival Segni Barocchi 2011
">Vu saré adesso contenta, Aria da Battello veneziana del XVIII secolo
Accademia degli Imperfetti, "Vox populi..." , Montefalco (PG) 17 settembre 2011
Festival Segni Barocchi 2011
Salvatore Sciarrino - Storie di altre storie (2004) come senza tempo
Teodoro Anzellotti, Sonia Turchetta
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Kazushi Ono
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