Events
INCANTESIMO FOR OBOE AND ORCHESTRA (Instrumental version)
Orchestre Musique des Lumières, Facundo Agudin
Nathalie Gullung, oboe
Sat, 21 December 2024, 19:00
Espace La Velle, Le Noirmont
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Sun, 22 December 2024, 17:00
Théâtre du Jura, Delémont
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ANIMA FOR ALTO AND ORCHESTRA
ENIGMA FOR ORCHESTRA (WORLD PREMIERE)
Mahler-Scartazzini-Cycle IX
Jenaer Philharmonie, Simon Gaudenz
Evelyn Krahe, alto
Fri, 14 February 2025, 20:00
Volkshaus Jena
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STRING QUARTET NO.1
4. Kammermusik am Picassoplatz
Mitglieder des Sinfonieorchesters Basel
Portraitkonzert Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini
Sat, 22 February 2025, Probezentrum Picassoplatz Basel
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TORSO FOR ORCHESTRA
EPITAPH FOR ORCHESTRA (Version without choir)
Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Eduard Topchjan
Wed, 02 April 2025, 19:30
Stadtcasino Basel, Musiksaal
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Thu, 03 April 2025, 19:30
Stadtcasino Basel, Musiksaal
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INCANTESIMO FOR OBOE AND ORCHESTRA (Instrumental version)
Orchestre Musique des Lumières, Facundo Agudin
Nathalie Gullung, oboe
Fri, 16 May 2025, 20:00
Salle Paderewski, Lausanne
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TORSO FOR ORCHESTRA
EPITAPH FOR CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA
SPIRITI FOR ORCHESTRA
INCANTESIMO FOR SOPRANO AND ORCHESTRA
EINKLANG FOR ORCHESTRA
OMEN FOR ORCHESTRA
ORKUS FOR ORCHESTRA
ANIMA FOR ALTO, CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA
ENIGMA FOR ORCHESTRA
EINKEHR FOR SOPRANO, ALTO, CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA (WORLD PREMIERE)
Mahler-Scartazzini-Cycle X as part of Liszt Biennale Thüringen 2025
Jenaer Philharmonie, Simon Gaudenz
Jenaer Madrigalkreis
Nina Koufochristou, soprano
Evelyn Krahe, alto
Thu, 05 June 2025, 20:00
Volkshaus Jena
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ANIMA FOR ALTO AND ORCHESTRA (Version without choir)
ENIGMA FOR ORCHESTRA
Mahler-Scartazzini-Cycle IX
Mahler Musikfestwochen Toblach
Jenaer Philharmonie, Simon Gaudenz
Evelyn Krahe, alto
Fri, 18 July 2025, 20:00
Kulturzentrum, Gustav-Mahler-Saal Toblach
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Works
Operas
Edward II
Opera in 10 scenes
after Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II
Libretto by Thomas Jonigk
85 min.
Deutsche Oper Berlin 2017
Der Sandmann
Opera in 10 scenes
after E.T.A. Hoffmann’s Der Sandmann
Libretto by Thomas Jonigk
80 min.
Theater Basel 2012, Oper Frankfurt 2016
Wut
Opera in 7 scenes and an epilogue
after the story of Pedro I of Portugal and his mistress Ines de Castro
Libretto by Christian Martin Fuchs
75 min.
Theater Erfurt 2006, Theater Bern 2010
Orchestral works
Einklang
for orchestra (2021)
Mahler-Scartazzini Cycle, movement V*
5 min.
Incantesimo
for soprano (ad lib.) and orchestra (2020)
Mahler-Scartazzini Cycle, movement IV*
5 min.
Salve
for orchestra (2020)
7 min.
Spiriti
for orchestra (2019)
Mahler-Scartazzini Cycle, movement III*
5 min.
Epitaph
for choir (ad lib.) and orchestra (2019)
Mahler-Scartazzini Cycle movement II*
6 min.
Torso
for orchestra (2018)
Mahler-Scartazzini Cycle, movement I*
6 min.
Viaggiatori
for soli, choir and orchestra
on texts of Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Adolf Wölfli, Dante Alighieri and Friedrich Hölderlin (2011)
35 min.
Siegel
for soprano and orchestra on a sonnet of Rainer Maria Rilke (2008)
12 min.
Pollux
for chamber orchestra (1999)
12 min.
*Each of these compositions can also be programmed independently.
Chamber music
So sieht’s aus
6 Songs for soprano and piano on poems of Nora Gomringer (2021)
16 min.
String Quartet No. 1 (2017/19)
18 min.
Kassiopeia
for ensemble (2008)
20 min.
Nachttief und Mond
Three miniatures for countertenor (or alto) and violoncello
on texts of Arno Schmidt (2007)
4 min.
Abracci auguri
for piano (2003)
3 min.
Katarakt
for large ensemble (2003)
10 min.
Sappho-Lieder
6 Songs for low voice and piano
German adaptation by Raoul Schrott (2002)
11 min.
Geleit
for large ensemble (2001)
9 min.
in giro
for 3 instrumental groups (2000)
10 min.
Im traum hab ich mit dir geredet, göttin, kypris
for female voice and four players on fragments of Sappho
German adaptation by Raoul Schrott (2000)
10 min.
Il pozzo sepolto
for piano and 5 winds (1998)
6 min.
Cammina cammina
for mezzo-soprano, viola and theorbo on poems of Giuseppe Ungaretti (Italian) (1996)
7 min.
Further information available at Bärenreiter.
Biography
Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini (*1971, Basel) earned his degree in German and Italian from the University of Basel while studying composition with Rudolf Kelterborn (Basel) and with Wolfgang Rihm (Karlsruhe). In 1999/2000 he also made additional studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
In 2004 he served as composer-in-residence at the University of Witten/Herdecke followed by residency invitations in 2011 and 2018 from the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai, and in 2012/13 he was a scholarship recipient at the international artist house Villa Concordia in Bamberg. Awarded prizes include the Study Prize from the Ernst von Siemens Foundation, the Jakob Burckhardt Award from the Basel Goethe Foundation and the Supportive Prize from Alexander Clavel Foundation.
His work is regularly performed at major festivals including the Salzburg Easter Festival, the Lucerne Festival, the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music, Prague Premieres, Stars at the Rhine and others by renowned ensembles such as Quatuor Diotima, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Contrechamps, Collegium Novum Zürich, Ensemble Phoenix, and orchestras including the Kammerorchester Basel, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Basel Sinfonietta, Berner Sinfonieorchester, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Jenaer Philharmonie, Neubrandenburger Philharmonie, among others.
His operas Edward II (Deutsche Oper Berlin 2017), Der Sandmann (Oper Frankfurt 2016, Theater Basel 2012) and Wut (Theater Bern 2010, Theater Erfurt 2006) occupy an important component of his output.
Since autumn 2018, Scartazzini has worked as composer-in-residence in collaboration with the Jenaer Philharmonie. The scope of this project consists of a cycle of symphonic works centred around Gustav Mahler where a movement is composed in response to each of Mahler’s 10 symphonies. With each performance of the Mahler, Scartazzini’s movements will fuse into a large-scale symphony.
His works are published by Bärenreiter.
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