Cristian Carrara

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Cristian Carrara

Cristian Carrara (born January 28, 1977) is an Italian composer who is active in the Italian social and institutional scene.

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Early life

Born in Pordenone, Carrara graduated in composition from the Conservatory "Jacopo Todini" in Udine under Renato Miani. He is the author of mainly symphonic and chamber music, but also pieces for the musical theatre and television. His compositions are regularly performed in prestigious concert halls, such as the National Academy of St Cecilia. [1] in Rome, the Berliner Hall, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, [2] the Binyanei Hauma Auditorium in Jerusalem.

Carrara collaborates with several famous international artists, among them orchestra conductors such as Matthieu Mantanus, [3] John Neschling, Flavio Emilio Scogna, Meir Wellber, Paolo Olmi, [4] Michalis Economou, Jan Latham-Koenig, [5] Lior Shambadal [6] and soloists Alda Caiello, Roberto Abbondanza, Roberto Prosseda, Floraleda Sacchi, Francesco D’Orazio, Francesco Dego, and Stefano Montanari. [2]

His music is performed by important ensembles and orchestras, such as the Orchestra Sinfȏnica Municipal of San Paolo, the Orchestra della Universidad Nacional Autónoma of Mexico City, [7] the Philharmonic Orchestra of Fenice in Venice, [8] the Filarmonica Toscanini in Parma, [9] the Regional Tuscan Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Lyric Theatre in Cagliari, [10] the Qatar Symphony Orchestra, the Berliner Symphoniker, [11] the Ra’anana Symphonette and the Orchestre Lyrique et Symphonique de Nancy. [12]

Works

Stage work

Solo instrument

Soloist and orchestra

Orchestra

Chamber

Discography

Monographies

Collaborations

Critical opinions

Positive opinions have been made on his compositions by several personalities.

Other musical works

Cristian Carrara is an author and host of television music shows [13] and he created and directed the discographic series "solidarity art', promoted by Curci, Feltrinelli/Ricordi MediaStores and by Christian Associations of Italian Workers. [14] Together with Antonella Ruggiero, he is also author of the song "Song between wars" performed in Sanremo in 2007, winner of the Lunezia Prize for Sanremo of the same year, and one of the finalists of the UNICEF Prize. [15]

Other activities

He is active in the Italian social and institutional scene; he was National Youth Secretary of Christian Associations of Italian Workers from 2002 to 2005 [16] and he has created the National Youth Forum of which he was founder and first spokesperson from 2004 to 2009. [17] He was also president of the Christian Associations of Italian Workers – provincial associations of Rome in 2012 and 2013. [18] Ha has been President of the Centre of Youth Political Studies CNEL (National Council of Economy and Labour) – FNG (National Youth Forum) and the general manager of the Achille Grandi Foundation for Common Good, [19] from December 2014 as regional counsellor; he is President of the Commission for Culture and member of the Commissions for Budget, Social Policy and Health of the Regional Council of Lazio [20]

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