Mauro Lanza

Mauro Lanza
Period: 2007-2008
Profession: Composer Born in Venice in 1975, Mauro Lanza studied piano and composition in his native city, before being selected by the reading committee of the Ensemble Intercontemporain and Ircam to take part in the composition and computer music course in 1998-99. Since then, he has worked at the institute as a lecturer and research composer in the fields of physical model synthesis and computer-assisted composition. His works have been premiered as part of the Ircam season, the Présences festival, the Venice Biennale, the Musica festival in Strasbourg, the Gaudeamus Music Week in Amsterdam, the MNM festival in Montreal and the Europäische Musikmonat in Basel, in close collaboration with performers such as the Court-circuit ensemble conducted by Pierre-André Valade, the Ensemble Alternance, the Ensemble United Berlin, Divertimento Ensemble, the Jeune Choeur de Paris and the Accentus Choir under Laurence Equilbey, as well as Donatienne Michel-Dansac, Francesco Filidei, Vincent David, David Zambon and Pierre-Stéphane Meugé. In 2002 and 2004, Ircam and the Archipel festival in Geneva dedicated three monographic concerts to him. He composed the original music for Angelin Preljocaj’s choreography “Le Songe de Médée”, commissioned by the Paris Opera and Ircam. He was visiting professor of composition at McGill University in 2004-2005. Since 2004-2005, he has been teaching computer-assisted composition at the Conservatory of Cuneo (Italy) as part of the new Music and New Technologies curriculum. Ricordi BMG has been publishing his works since 2004. His collaborative work with video artist Paolo Pachini was the subject of a creative residency at Le Fresnoy in 2005-2006. He was resident at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in June and July 2006. He will be in residence at the Académie de France in Rome between April 2007 and October 2008.