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- N°1, N°2, N°3 Kreis three works for video and electroacoustic music Video by Alba D’Urbano Music by Alessandro Cipriani (1987-1991) finalist at Locarno Video Festival (Switzerland)
- n°4 Kreis: la piazza sound-video installation (in collaboration with Alba D’Urbano) presented at EASA - Berlin Kulturstadt Europas - Esplanade Berlin (Germany) Ago 1988
- N°5 Circolo Vizioso sound-video installation (in collaboration with Alba D’Urbano) presented for the first time at Internationaal Audio Visueel Experimenteel Festival 1989
- N°6 Circoscritto sound-video installation (in collaboration with Alba D’Urbano) presented at Centro di Video Arte (Palazzo dei Diamanti) di Ferrara within the exhibition "POLISET" Dic.1991
- N°7 Luce di due soli for piano, vibraphone and tape(dur. 25’25") (1991) (in collaboration with Giovanni Bietti) Finalist at 1991 Newcomp Computer Music Competition (USA) - First Performance 29th Festival of "Nuova Consonanza" - Roma
- N°8 Visibili for two violins and tape (dur.8’30") (1992) Mention at "21e CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL DE MUSIQUE ELECTROACOUSTIQUE" - BOURGES (France) 1993 First Performance XV Festival Musica Verticale - Roma
- n°9 Quadro for string quartet and tape (dur.10’30") (1993) INCLUDED IN THE OFFICIAL CD OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER MUSIC CONFERENCE ‘95 First Performance 18° Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte di Montepulciano
- n°10 Terra Fluida for video and electroacoustic music Video by Alba D’Urbano Music by A.Cipriani (1991-1994) MAIN PRIZE AT MUSICA NOVA ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC COMPETITION CZECH REPUBLIC RADIO-TV World Premiere Musica Nova Praha Dec 1996
- n°11 Recordare for bass and double-bass recorders and tape ( dur.12’24") (1994-rev.1997) FINALIST AT 25e CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL DE MUSIQUE ELECTROACOUSTIQUE" - BOURGES (France) 1997 First Performance 3 Nov ‘94 - Musica Verticale/Progetto Musica ‘94 Goethe Institut - Roma
- n°12 L’Acqua, il Musico, Lo Specchio intermedia work for 5 musicians, two actors, video projections and tape (dur. 1h. 15 ca.') in collaboration with Giovanni Bietti (1993-94) First Performance Dec 3rd ‘94 - Progetto Musica ‘94 (Spazi Aperti) Acquario - Roma
- n°13 In Memory of a Recorder for tape (dur.15’ 45") (1993-94) First Performance Festival Animato 1995 Sala Uno - Roma 19 maggio ‘95
- n°14 Il Pensiero Magmatico for magnetic tape, piano, percussions and mixed choir (dur. 53:00) (1995-96) in collaboration with Stefano Taglietti, texts by Bizhan Bassiri World Premiere Oct. 18th, 1996 Musée FRC Le Creux de l’Enfer Centre d’Art Contemporain Thiers Francia
- n°15 Still Blue Homage to Derek Jarman (1996) Dur. 11’00” for magnetic tape, piano, cello,sax soprano, mime and projected video First Performance Freon Ensemble - Progetto Dyonisos Nov. 29th ‘96 - Acquario Romano - Progetto Musica ‘96
- n°16 Pensiero Magmatico (1997) for video and magnetic tape Video by Bizhan Bassiri Music by Alessandro Cipriani First performance Galleria Miscetti March 1997 Roma
- n°17 Quem quaeritis non est hic (1997) Sound installation for quadraphonic magnetic tape First Performance Installation by Alba D’Urbano "Quem quaeritis..." Kassel (Germany) Martinskirche Jun-Sep 1997
- n°18 Schermo (1998) Video by Giulio Latini Music by Alessandro Cipriani Dur. 8’20 First performance Maison de la Recherche Université Charles De Gaulle - Lille 3
- n°19 Still Blue (Homage to Derek Jarman) The Video (1998) Dur. 10’56” Video by A.Cipriani, G.Latini and S. Di Domenico Music by Alessandro Cipriani First Performance Nuova Consonanza - Rome SELECTED AT “CORTO CIRCUITO ’98 ” European Festival of Audio-Visual Communication - Naples
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- n°20 Aqua Sapientiae / Angelus Domini (1996-2000) Dur.11’02” for gregorian chant (two male voices) and tape First Performance Musica Verticale/Progetto Musica ‘96 Dec. 9th ‘96
- n°21 Al Nur (La Luce) (1997-2000) for islamic chant, persian percussions, magnetic tape and projected video Dur.11’02” First Performance Nov. 12th, 1997 Musica e Scienza /Progetto Musica ‘97 Goethe Institut – Roma INCLUDED IN THE OFFICIAL CD OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER MUSIC CONFERENCE’99
- n°22 Mimahamakim (1999) for jewish chant (4 female voices) and tape Dur. 9’43”
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- n.23 Net For tape Dur.7’50” (2000)
- n.24 Reflection of the Moon over two Springs / Into the Light for Er-hu, Gu Zheng and tape Dur.5’40” (2000)
- n.25 Soundtrack for the Film-Documentary Directed by : Silvia Di Domenico, Giulio Latini, Marco Rovetto Music: A.Cipriani, N.E.Fatty Al Nur (La Luce) (2000) Dur. 30’ Selected at Rome Film Festival 2001
- n.26 Soundtrack for film-documentary The Return of Tuuli Directed by : Silvia Di Domenico, Giulio Latini, Marco Rovetto Dur. 30’ Production: Navert-Lang-Di Domenico-Latini-Rovetto Progetto Musica- Goethe Institut Roma Dic 9th, 2001 Ateneum Sali Helsinki Feb 26th, 2002
- n.27 Lorenza - In the World of Silence Soundtrack for film-documentary Directed by : Giulio Latini Dur. 50’ Production/commissioned by: Forma Digitale-Videodream In collaboration with British Film Institute London Distribution RAI-Trade
- n.28 The Last Days of Pompeii (2001) Live Computer Soundtrack for the silent movie, in collaboration with M.Cardi, L.Ceccarelli, F.Cifariello Ciardi dur. 50 min. First performance International Computer Music Conference 2002, Gothenburg (Sweden)
- n.29 Rosa Binaria: Memories Interactive esadecaphonic installation (2002) Visual Project, installation, texts: Alba D’Urbano Interactive composition for 16 loudspeakers: Alessandro Cipriani Commission and realization Leopold Hoesch Museum, Dueren (Germania), settembre 2002 - febbraio 2003
- n.30 Bi Ma (Devoid of Self) (2002) for metallic percussions daf voice and electronics Text: Mowlana Jalal-addin Rumi (Persia) Dur: 16’40” Performer: Mahamad Ghavi-Helm: percussions and voice First Performance: Progetto Musica 2002 Crossings Edison Studio Sala Casella 21 Novembre 2002 Rome
- n.31 Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari Live Computer Soundtrack for the silent movie, in collaboration with M.Cardi, L.Ceccarelli, F.Cifariello Ciardi dur. 50 min. First performance and commission: International Computer Music Conference 2003, Singapore
- n.32 Al Nur (La Luce) For multitrack tape (or 5.1 surround) First performance Synthése Bourges 2001 Dur.17’19” INCLUDED IN THE OFFICIAL DVD OF COMPUTER MUSIC JOURNAL 27(4) , M.I.T. Press 2001-2004
- n°33 Schermo 02 (2003) Video by Giulio Latini Music by Alessandro Cipriani Dur: 8’20” First Performance Nuova Consonanza - Rome SELECTED AT: 40a Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema Pesaro
- n°34 Womemory (2004) Video by Giulio Latini Music by Alessandro Cipriani Voice Michiko Hirayama Dur. 28” Realized at Osmo Studio - Sibelius Academy - Music Technology Dept. and Edison Studio First Performance Progetto Musica Edison Studio Goethe Institut - Rome
Life
Cipriani completed his studies in music composition and electroacoustic music at the Conservatorio S. Cecilia in Rome. He studied for a time with Barry Truax in Vancouver, B.C. (Canada) deepening his interest in acoustic environment and soundscape music. He attended the School of Sound in London (Walter Murch, Dogma 95, etc.) and is presently deepening his interest in the relation between sound and image in the digital domain.
Since 1989 he has worked on intermedia pieces and audio-video multichannel and interactive installations, often in collaboration with visual artist Alba D’Urbano and director Giulio Latini, and on pieces for instruments and tape, like "Quadro" for string quartet and tape, "Visibili" for two violins and tape, "Luce di Due Soli" for Piano Vibraphone and tape, "Still Blue" for Piano, Sax soprano, cello and tape, "Recordare" for bass and contrabass recorders and tape etc.
More recently he has composed electroacoustic pieces with traditional religious singers and soundtracks for creative film-documentaries and silent movies, integrating an advanced concept of fusion between dialogue, sound environment and music, including soundtrack of “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” (1919), the expressionist masterpiece by Robert Wiene, in collaboration with Edison Studio composers.
His works have received honors and have been selected for performance by government arts commissions, professional organizations and festival organizers including Bourges, Government of Canada Award, International Computer Music Conference 1994, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2003, International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Musica Nova (Praha), Newcomp (U.S.A.), Memorie Sonore (Stockholm - Sweden), Inventionen (Berlin), Nuova Consonanza (Rome), Festival di Ravenna, Engine 27 (New York), Musica Verticale (Rome), Festival International de programmes audiovisuels-Biarritz, Mip’Doc-Cannes, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Festival Mix-Brasil, Torino Film Festival, Pesaro Film Festival, AsoloArt Film Festival etc.
He has been tenured professor of electroacoustic music at the Conservatory of Catania (Ist. Mus. V. Bellini) from 1995 to 2003 and at the Conservatory of Frosinone (Rome) since November 2003. He has taught and lectured about his music and his theory of ‘electroacoustic tradition’ at several Academies (Sibelius Academy - Helsinki, Accademia S. Cecilia - Rome etc.) and Universities in Europe, Canada and the U.S. (Simon Fraser University – Burnaby B.C., University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Univ. of Catania, University of North Texas, MedienKunst Dept. of Hochschule fuer Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, etc.). He has published analytical and theoretical papers in several journals (Organised Sound, Musica/Realtà etc.) and has published the textbook "Virtual Sound", on sound synthesis and signal processing with Csound (in collaboration with R.Bianchini on ConTempo) adopted for computer music courses in various Universities and Conservatories in Europe, South and North America.
His CD "Il Pensiero Magmatico" in collaboration with StefanoTaglietti is available on Edipan label. Other pieces can be found in the International Computer Music Conference ’95 and ICMC’99 CDs. A monographic CD, “Al Nur”, including all his works with oral tradition musicians and his trilogy on religious chant, was released on CNI Compagnia Nuove Indye in 2001. Computer Music Journal selected one of his multi-channel pieces (in surround 5.1) to be included in the annual DVD in 2003, released on CMJ 27 (4). His music has been broadcast by RAI, CBC and several other national radio networks as well as performed at festivals in Europe, Canada, China, South-America and the U.S.A. He is one of the founding members of Edison Studio in Rome. He is also member of the Editorial Board of the review Organised Sound (Cambridge University Press).