Short bio Sylvano Bussotti
Full biography Sylvano Bussotti
Sylvano Bussotti (1 October 1931 – 19 September 2021) was an Italian composer of contemporary classical music , as well as a painter, set and costume designer, and writer. He was born in Florence, Italy, and spent his life dedicated to the arts.
Bussotti was a widely acclaimed composer, known for his innovative and controversial style. His music often explored unusual soundscapes and incorporated elements of theatre and performance art. Bussotti composed for a range of instruments, including the guitar, piano, and voice, and his works were performed by leading orchestras and ensembles around the world.
Apart from composing music, Bussotti was also a painter and set and costume designer. His artwork was exhibited in galleries both in Italy and internationally. Bussotti was also a writer and published several books, including a collection of poems.
Throughout his career, Bussotti received numerous prestigious awards and recognitions for his contributions to the arts. In addition to his musical achievements, he was highly regarded for his work in the theatre and opera, where he created innovative and striking designs for sets and costumes.
Bussotti passed away on 19 September 2021, leaving behind a legacy as a prominent figure in the contemporary music and art scene. His innovative works continue to be celebrated and performed by musicians around the world.
Compositions featuring Sylvano Bussotti
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quattro Pianoforti | 14:08 min | Keyboard | 2011 |
| 2 | 12 Folie d'après François Couperin le Grand, for violin & piano | 11:47 min | Chamber Music | 2008 |
| 3 | Questo Fauno Serpe (tutti), for narrator, bass-baritone, flute, violin & piano | 14:36 min | Vocal Music | 1998 |
| 4 | Questo Fauno, for actor, bass-baritone, flute, violin & piano | Opera | 1998 | |
| 5 | Questo Fauno: Tutti delle notti Sylvane, scene for actor, bass-baritone, flute, violin & piano | 6:19 min | Opera | 1998 |
| 6 | Petit bis, for piano | 1:51 min | Keyboard | 1996 |
| 7 | Bartok-Busoni, Capreice des 34 Mikrokosmos, for piano | 6:16 min | Keyboard | 1995 |
| 8 | Sonatina Gioacchina, for piano | 15:59 min | Keyboard | 1995 |
| 9 | Il Preludio, for piano | 5:24 min | Keyboard | 1994 |
| 10 | Sypario, ballet | 6:34 min | Ballet | 1993 |
| 11 | Lingue ignote, for bass, flute, clarinet, trombone, violin, cello, piano & percussion | Opera | 1993 | |
| 12 | Nuovo Labirinto II (acquerelli di Alain Daniélou (Lento)), for harp | 3:39 min | Chamber Music | 1992 |
| 13 | Nuovo Labirinto III (Colle Labirinto di Alain Daniélou (Allegro assai)), for harp | 3:40 min | Chamber Music | 1992 |
| 14 | Nuovo Labirinto IV (al pensiero di Alain Daniélou (Robusto e fermo)), for harp | 2:32 min | Chamber Music | 1992 |
| 15 | Ganymede, for violin & piano | 16:07 min | Chamber Music | 1989 |
| 16 | Olof Palme, for piano | 5:11 min | Keyboard | 1987 |
| 17 | Labirinto I (per il genetliaco di Alain Daniélou (Allegretto brillante)), for harp | 2:17 min | Chamber Music | 1987 |
| 18 | Aquila Imperiale, for piano | 5:37 min | Keyboard | 1986 |
| 19 | Concerto a L'Aquila, for flute, clarinet, viola, bass, percussion & piano | 11:56 min | Chamber Music | 1986 |
| 20 | La vergine ispirata, for harpsichord & prepared piano | 8:18 min | Keyboard | 1982 |
| 21 | Phaidra/Heliogabalus, for bass clarinet & viola | 7:51 min | Chamber Music | 1980 |
| 22 | Le Racine (Pianobar pour Phèdre), chamber opera in 3 acts | Opera | 1980 | |
| 23 | La Morte di Fedra, for piano | 6:05 min | Keyboard | 1980 |
| 24 | Lachrimae, for solo voice | 10:36 min | Vocal Music | 1978 |
| 25 | Autotono, for an indefinite number of performers & instruments | 13:04 min | Ballet | 1977 |
| 26 | Gran Duo for cello & piano | 9:55 min | Chamber Music | 1977 |
| 27 | Brillante, for piano | 8:32 min | Keyboard | 1975 |
| 28 | String Quartet "Gramsci" | 11:35 min | Chamber Music | 1971 |
| 29 | Fogli d'album, for piano | 53:57 min | Keyboard | 1970 |
| 30 | Frammenti all'Italia, for vocal ensemble | 16:47 min | Vocal Music | 1968 |
| 31 | Rara (dolce), for flute (from "La Passion selon Sade") | 5:27 min | Chamber Music | 1966 |
| 32 | Pour Clavier, for piano | 28:35 min | Keyboard | 1961 |
| 33 | Sensitivo, for contrabass (No. 7 of Book 7) | 3:23 min | Chamber Music | 1959 |
| 34 | Per Tre, for piano | 4:25 min | Keyboard | 1959 |
| 35 | Sette fogli, for flute, clarinet, piano & percussion | 16:00 min | Chamber Music | 1959 |
| 36 | Pieces (4) for David Tudor, for piano | 6:49 min | Keyboard | 1959 |
| 37 | Musica Per Amici for piano | 5:37 min | Keyboard | 1957 |
| 38 | El Carbonero, for vocal ensemble | 1:09 min | Vocal Music | 1957 |
| 39 | Voliera | Chamber Music | - | |
| 40 | Requiem for 2 voices & orchestra ("Rara") | 69:50 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 41 | Ultima Rara, for 2 guitars | 6:58 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 42 | Rondo di Scena | 8:25 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 43 | Nascosto, for ensemble | 2:46 min | Show/Musical | - |
| 44 | Naked angel face | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - | |
| 45 | Lorenzaccio Symphony | 12:48 min | Symphony | - |
| 46 | Le Bal Miró (Suite No 1) | 26:03 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 47 | La Passion selon Sade (Extraits de concert), for soprano, 10 instruments & percussion | 30:42 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 48 | Il catalogo è questo, for speaker, 2 voices, chorus & orchestra | 128:29 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 49 | Frammento, for voice & piano | 9:33 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 50 | Fragmentations pour un joueur de harpes | 35:44 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 51 | Fragmentation, for harp | 14:45 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 52 | Echi Danzanti (Dancing Echoes), for harp, speaker & tape | 40:12 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 53 | E l'uccellino (after Puccini), for ensemble | 2:02 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 54 | Coeur pour Batteur-Positively Yes | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - | |
| 55 | Bergkristall (Crystal Mountain) | 29:52 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 56 | Autoquartetto (Il quinto), for string quartet | Chamber Music | - | |
| 57 | Ancora odono i colli, for 6 voices | 6:04 min | Choral | - |
Albums featuring Sylvano Bussotti
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Sylvano Bussotti - Roberto Fabbriciani, Jonathan Faralli – Opere Per Flauto E Percussioni(CD, ) | 2021 | Tactus |
| 2 |  |
Berio, Bussotti, Donatoni, Maderna, Duo Controversia & Guests, Aurélie Bouchard, Sergio Menozzi – Dialodie(CD, Album) | 2019 | Editions Hortus |
| 3 |  |
Rara (Film)(DVD, PAL, Album) | 2017 | Cineteca Bologna |
| 4 |  |
Grandi Numeri(CD, Album) | 2017 | Ars Publica |
| 5 |  |
Sylvano Bussotti - Sergio Sorrentino (2) – Sylvano Bussotti Complete Works For Solo Guitar(CD, Album) | 2016 | Creative Sources |
| 6 |  |
Sylvano Bussotti - Aldo Orvieto, Ciro Longobardi, Giovanni Mancuso, Debora Petrina – Four Pianos(CD, Album) | 2013 | Stradivarius |
| 7 |  |
Sylvano Bussotti, Shin Sasakubo, Yuji Takahashi – Obras De Yuji Takahashi & Sylvano Bussotti(CD, Stereo) | 2012 | Xendra Music |
| 8 |  |
Coeur Pour Batteur - Positively Yes(7", Limited Edition, Reissue) | 2012 | Die Schachtel |
| 9 |  |
Bussotti, Bortolotti, Abbado, Donatoni, Berberian, Bosco, Piacentini - Duo Alterno, Tiziana Scandaletti, Riccardo Piacentini, Penderecki String Quartet – La Voce Contemporanea In Italia Vol. 4(CD, Album) | 2011 | Stradivarius |
| 10 |  |
Brutto, Ignudo(CD, Album) | 2011 | Amirani Records |
| 11 |  |
Sylvano Bussotti - MDI Ensemble, Yoichi Sugiyama – Autotono(CD, Album) | 2010 | Stradivarius |
| 12 |  |
Sylvano Bussotti - Orchestre Philharmonique Du Luxembourg, Arturo Tamayo – Il Catalogo È Questo(2×CD, ) | 2009 | Timpani |
| 13 |  |
Ambrosini, Bussotti, Clementi, dall'Ongaro, Ferrero, Pennisi, Sciarrino – Ex Novo Ensemble - Trentennale (30°)(CD, Album, Sampler) | 2009 | Stradivarius |
| 14 |  |
Schönberg | Dessau | Kochan | Nono | Weismann | Bussotti | Kagel | Medek – Musik Für Chöre - Rundfunkchöre 1950-1975(CD, Compilation) | 2008 | RCA Red Seal |
| 15 |  |
Fragmentations - Labirinti(CD, ) | 2006 | Stradivarius |
| 16 |  |
Sylvano Bussotti - Giovanna Reitano – Echi Danzanti(CD, Album) | 2006 | Stradivarius |
| 17 |  |
The Rara Requiem(CD, Album) | 2005 | Col Legno |
| 18 |  |
Sylvano Bussotti, Luca Paoloni – Fogli D'Album / Aquila Imperiale Con Ganymede(CD, ) | 2003 | Stradivarius |
| 19 |  |
Daniele Lombardi, Giancarlo Cardini, Sylvano Bussotti, Giuseppe Chiari – Suono, Segno, Gesto Visione A Firenze | 2000 | Atopos |
| 20 |  |
Hindemith, Krenek, Tailleferre, Berio, Britten, Petrassi, Bussotti, Claudia Antonelli – Harp XX(CD, Album) | 1999 | Arts (3) |
| 21 |  |
Sylvano Bussotti, Martine Joste – Piano Works(CD, ) | 1998 | Mode |
| 22 |  |
Arditti String Quartet - Berio, Bussotti, Castiglioni, Donatoni, Maderna, Melchiorre, Scelsi, Sciarrino, Scodanibbio, Stroppa – From Italy(2×CD, ) | 1995 | Montaigne |
| 23 |  |
John Cage - Sylvano Bussotti – In A Landscape / Solo For Piano With Bassoon / Da "Voliera" - Due Soliloqui: Aquila Imperiale, Aquila Imperiale Con L'allodola E Il Topino(CD, ) | 1995 | Materiali Sonori |
| 24 |  |
Olga Neuwirth, Sylvano Bussotti – Musikprotokoll '93 - Aus Klängen Fallen Zeichen(CD, Compilation) | 1994 | Musikprotokoll |
| 25 |  |
Irmela Nolte - Yun · Schnebel · Bussotti · Cage – Music 4 Flutes(CD, ) | 1993 | Thorofon |
| 26 |  |
Nympheo | 1992 | Ricordi |
| 27 |  |
Nono / Penderecki / Bussotti – H. Scherchen, G. Taverna, B. Maderna, E. Bour – Y Su Sangre Ya Viene Cantando / Threnody For The Victims Of Hiroshima, Sonata For Cello And Orchestra / The Rara Requiem(CD, Album) | 1991 | Stradivarius |
| 28 |  |
La Passion Selon Sade - Le Bal Mirò | 1987 | Dischi Ricordi S.p.A. |
| 29 |  |
Sylvano Bussotti, Andrea Centazzo – Solo (De La Passion Selon Sade)(LP, Album) | 1982 | Ictus Records |
| 30 |  |
Il Catalogo E' Questo | 1980 | Italia (2) |
| 31 |  |
Giancarlo Cardini - Sylvano Bussotti, Franco Cioci, Paolo Castaldi – ....A Cardini(LP, Album) | 1979 | Cramps Records |
| 32 |  |
Aki Takahashi, Anton Webern, Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, Iannis Xenakis, Olivier Messiaen, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Sylvano Bussotti, John Cage – Piano Space II(LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo) | 1979 | Angel Records |
| 33 |  |
Sylvano Bussotti - Giuseppe Sinopoli, Sinfonieorchester Des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg – Bergkristall - Lorenzaccio-Symphonie | 1978 | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 34 |  |
The Rara Requiem(LP, Album) | 1976 | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 35 |  |
Roger Woodward - Jean Barraqué, Sylvano Bussotti, Leo Brouwer – The London Music Digest From The Round House(2×LP, Stereo, Box Set, ) | 1973 | EMI |
| 36 |  |
Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco / Sylvano Bussotti / Heinz Friedrich Hartig - Siegfried Behrend – Romancero Gitano Op. 152 / Ultima Rara / Perché Op. 28 | 1971 | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 37 |  |
Bussotti, I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone – Marbre / Solo / Rara - Oeuvres Pour Cordes | 1971 | Erato |
| 38 |  |
Sylvano Bussotti / Nicolaus A. Huber – Cinque Frammenti All'Italia / Versuch Über Sprache | 1971 | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 39 |  |
György Ligeti / Sylvano Bussotti – Aventures / Nouvelles Aventures / Phrase À Trois(10") | 1969 | Fratelli Fabbri Editori |
| 40 |  |
Karlheinz Stockhausen / Sylvano Bussotti – Spiral / Rara(7", 33 ⅓ RPM) | 1969 | WERGO |
| 41 |  |
Berio - Bussotti - Dallapiccola - Malipiero - Petrassi – RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana - Musiche di Berio Bussotti Dallapiccola Malipiero Petrassi(2×LP, Promo) | 1969 | RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana |
| 42 |  |
Il Nudo / Phrase À Trois / Ancora Odono I Colli / Rara | 1969 | Wergo |
| 43 |  |
Webern, Pousseur, Schnebel, Nono, Bussotti, Otte, Ligeti - Die Stuttgarter Schola Cantorum Leitung: Clytus Gottwald – Neue Chormusik I | 1966 | WERGO |
| 44 |  |
Luciano Berio - E. E. Cummings / Sylvano Bussotti / John Cage – Circles / Frammento / Aria With Fontana Mix | 1962 | Time Records (3) |
| 45 |  |
Cathy Berberian / Joan Carroll (3) / Liliana Poli / Luciano Berio / Sylvano Bussotti / Roman Haubenstock-Ramati / Luigi Nono / Hans Otte – Primadonnen Der Moderne(LP) | - | Hör Zu Black Label |
| 46 |  |
Sylvano Bussotti - Gianpiero Taverna, Giuseppe Sinopoli – The Rara Requiem | Bergkristall | Lorenzaccio Symphony(2×CD, Remastered, Box Set, Remastered) | - | Deutsche Grammophon |
Videos featuring Sylvano Bussotti
Sylvano, Sylvano - Libere conversazioni con Sylvano Bussotti di Tiziano Sossi (teaser)
Il primo teaser del lungo documentario in 4 parti. Conversazioni con il compositore, direttore d’orchestra, attore, regista e pittore. In alcune conversazioni a Milano riprese dal 2008 al 2010 la vita, le opere e i molteplici incontri di Bussotti con p
Sylvano Bussotti NYMPHEO / Ruffini
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Teaser La Passion selon Sade, Sylvano Bussotti, ms Antoine Gindt
New production of La Passion Selon Sade by Sylvano Bussotti, staging by Antoine Gindt, conducted by Léo Warynski
Giancarlo Cardini - Concerto per Demetrio Stratos - Novelletta (1979)
Concerto per Demetrio Stratos (1945-1979) Arena Civica Milano, 14 Giugno 1979. (C) Cramps Records.
Novelletta (Bussotti-Cardini)
sylvano bussotti MARBRE
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Sylvano Bussotti - RARA
RARA (eco sierologico), for cello (1967)
Horst Hornung, cello
This piece, for cello, is one of those for five solo instruments, which together form "RARA (eco sierologico)" and which are superimposed on one another in a sixth combined rendering to concl
Sylvano Bussotti: The Rara Requiem (1969)
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Sylvano Bussotti: La Passion Selon Sade (1965 - 66)
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Sylvano Bussotti, Nicolaus A Huber – Cinque Frammenti All'Italia, Versuch Über Sprache 1971
Sylvano, Sylvano - Libere conversazioni con Sylvano Bussotti di Tiziano Sossi (teaser 2)
Il secondo teaser del lungo documentario in 4 parti. Conversazioni con il compositore, direttore d’orchestra, attore, regista e pittore. In alcune conversazioni a Milano riprese dal 2008 al 2010 la vita, le opere e i molteplici incontri di Bussotti con
Giancarlo Cardini interpreta "Cardini" (1973) solfeggio parlante di Paolo Castaldi
Storica performance del grande Giancarlo Cardini davanti alle 65.000 persone del Concerto per Demetrio Stratos. Milano, Arena Civica, 14 giugno 1979.
sylvano bussotti RARA
1966. per flauto dolce
Sylvano Bussotti: Ultima rara, for guitar and voice (1969)
Sylvano Bussotti (*1931): Ultima rara, for guitar and voice (1969).
Sergio Sorrentino, guitar and voice.
Cover image: painting by Antonio Sanfilippo.
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Prove d'ascolto - estratto Giancarlo Cardini
Dopo 35 Giancarlo Cardini ripropone alla Fondazione Mudima questa perfomance, solfeggio parlante, eseguita per la prima volta nel 1979 all'Arena di Milano.
Fondazione Mudima © 2013
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati: Credentials of Think, Think Lucky (1961)
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati (1919-1994): Credentials of Think, Think Lucky, per voce e strumenti (1961).
Cathy Berberian, voce
Mitglieder des SWF Sinfonieorchesters Baden Baden diretti da Hans Rosbaud.
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Sylvano Bussotti: Rara (eco sierologico) (1964/1967)
Sylvano Bussotti (*1931): Rara (eco sierologico) for guitar solo (1964/1967).
Sergio Sorrentino, guitar solo.
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PORTRAITS - Sylvano Bussotti
Un incontro con il Maestro Sylvano Bussotti, intervistato da Gianni Trovalusci presso il Conservatorio di Roma "S. Cecilia"
Berio Sequenza III
Berio Sequenza III
luigi nono CANCIONES A GUIOMAR
1963
per soprano, coro femminile e strumenti
György Ligeti: Lux Aeterna (w. Full Score)
c. 1966
Sarà dolce tacere (1960) (For 8 solo voices)
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Sarà dolce tacere (1960) (For 8 solo voices) · Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart & Manfred Schreier
Quando Stanno Morendo
℗ DeutschlandRadio, Musik der Jahrhunderte, col legno Beteiligungs- und Produktion GmbH
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Anton Webern - Entflieht auf leichten Kähnen Op. 2
Anton Webern
Entflieht auf leichten Kähnen, for chorus, Op. 2 (1908)
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Anton Webern met his mentor Arnold Schoenberg for the first time in the fall of 1904. Webern had only started composing about five years before that
Dieter Schnebel: Deuteronomium 31,6 (1956/1958)
Dieter Schnebel (*1930): Deuteronomium, 31,6 (1956/1958).
Stuttgarter Schola Cantorum diretti da Clytus Gottwald.
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BERIO: Circles / BUSSOTI: Frammento / CAGE: Fontana Mix
'Circles' (1960) for voice, harp and two percussionists on a poem by E.E. Cummings, composed by Luciano Berio. 'Frammento', by Luciano Berio, has this title only on this recording and corresponding performances. It is actually the piece 'Voix De Femme' fr
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