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Rendine’s compositions are published by Casa Ricordi, Casa Sonzogno, B & W Italia (Bideri & Warner Music), and Edipan. He has composed over 200 works, including: Alice, “radiophonic opera” in 126 episodes based on Alice in Wonderland, 1986–1987, commissioned by RAI Radio 1 and RAI Radio 3
- Un segreto d’importanza, ovvero La faticosa vecchiaia di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, opera buffa in 1 act to a libretto by Lorenzo Arruga, premiered 6 March 1992, Opéra de Monte-Carlo
- Missa de beatificatione in onore di Padre Pio da Pietrelcina, Mass for the beatification of Pio of Pietrelcina, premiered 2 May 1999, Vatican City, Sala Nervi Passio et Resurrectio, cantata for solo voices, chorus and orchestra, premiered 13 April 2000, Cattedrale di San Giustino, Chieti.
- Romanza, una favola romana, opera in three acts to a libretto by Egale Cerroni, premiered 21 November 2002, Opera di Roma
- Symphony No. 2 “Andorrana”, premiered 2007, Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid
- Cadens revixit – Vita nuova di Paolo di Tarso, oratorio to a libretto by Roberto Mussapi, premiered 2009 at San Paolo fuori le Mura in Rome .
Life
Rendine started his musical studies at the age of five with his father, Furio Rendine (1920–1987) and his grandfather Salvatore Papaccio (1890–1977). He was pupil of Domenico Guaccero at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and of Giuseppe Agostini at Pesaro Conservatory. Professor at the Conservatorio “A. Casella” in L’Aquila. he sat on the board of directors of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and artistic director of the Teatro Marrucino in Chieti from 1997 to 2007.
His works were commissioned by BBC London, Suddeusher Rundfunk Studtgard, Northdeuth Rundfunk Hamburg, Koln Philharmonie, Montecarlo Opera House, Rome Teatro dell’Opera, Naples Teatro San Carlo, Bologna Teatro Comunale, Arena di Verona, La Scala, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Italy, Salzburg Music Festival, Strasbourg Festival, Swetzingen Festspiele.
His compositions have been performed by famous artists as Vladimir Ashkenazy, José Carreras, Carla Fracci, Lindsey Kemp, Katia Ricciarelli, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Salvatore Accardo, Marzio Conti.
Together with Yoritsune Matsudaira, Gian Carlo Menotti, Krzysztof Penderecki and Alfred Schnittke, Rendine was commissioned by the Nobel Peace Prize Committee to compose the Mass for Peace, which was performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo on 11 December 1995.
He won Prix Italia and Premios Ondas with “Alice” in 1987–1988.