Marco Betta

Last updated
Marco Betta
Marco Betta.JPG
Marco Betta
Background information
Born (1964-07-25) 25 July 1964 (age 60)
Enna, Italy
Genres Classical,
Contemporary classical,
Film score
Occupation(s) Composer,
Teacher
Years active1982–present

Marco Betta (born 25 July 1964) is an Italian composer.

Contents

Biography

Marco Betta, author of opera, film score, orchestral and chamber music, has studied composition at the Conservatorio di Palermo with Eliodoro Sollima. Afterwards, he improved his studies with Armando Gentilucci and Salvatore Sciarrino. [1] [2]

He made his debut in 1982 at the Festival Spaziomusica of Cagliari, thenceforth his compositions are regularly performed in the main Italian and European institutions. [3] His musical language merges old Sicilian cultures with the main techniques of the contemporary music, in particular the minimalism and the neotonality genres.

Between 1994 and 2002, he was artistic director of the Teatro Massimo, working on the project for the reopening of the theatre, that happened after 23 years on 12 May 1997, with a concert of the theatre choir conducted by Franco Mannino and the Berliner Philharmoniker Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado.

Marco Betta teaches composition at the Conservatoire of Palermo. [4]

Works

Opera

Ballet

Orchestra

Chamber music

Incidental music

Film scores

Discography

CD

DVD

References

  1. "Marco Betta". Composers21.com. 2005-03-30. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  2. "Betta, Marco". L'ENCICLOPEDIA DELLA MUSICA DE AGOSTINI (in Italian). Novara (Italy): Istituto Geografico De Agostini S.p.A. 1995. p. 126. ISBN   88-415-2055-8.
  3. Archived December 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Betta, Marco". DIZIONARIO DELLA MUSICA E DEI MUSICISTI UTET (in Italian). Vol. APPENDICE 2005. Torino (Italy): Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. 2004. pp. 56–57. ISBN   88-02-06216-1.
  5. Merli, Andrea (January 1997). "COSENZA: Bellini-Ultime luci, la nuova opera di Marco Betta, al Teatro Rendano". L'Opera (in Italian). Anno XI (104). Milano (Italy): Monthly Magazine: 24–25.
  6. Forlani, Mimma (2002). Il fantasma nella cabina. Stagione Lirica 2002 (in Italian). Bergamo (Italy): Stamperia Stefanoni. pp. 267–324.
  7. Viagrande, Riccardo (2011). Il Concerto dalle origini al novecento. Monza (Italy): casa musicale eco. pp. 147–153. ISBN   978-88-6053-435-4.
  8. Consolo, Vincenzo (1993). Requiem per le vittime della mafia. Palermo (Italy): Ila Palma. p. 26. ISBN   88-7704-189-7.
  9. "Betta, Marco", treccani, retrieved November 13, 2011.

Video