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Marco Betta
Marco Betta
Marco Betta
Background information
GenresClassical,
Contemporary classical,
Film score
Occupation(s)Composer,
Teacher
Years active1982–present

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

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, which happened after 23 years on May 12, 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 Conservatory of Palermo. [4]

Works

Opera

  • Averroè, 1999, three scenes from Averroè, Le mille e una notte, Il Cantare del Cid. Text written by Daniele Martino. Publisher: Sonzogno.
  • Sette storie per lasciare il mondo, 2006, opera. Film directed by Roberto Andò, performed at the Teatro Bellini di Catania on September 2006. Publisher: Ricordi.

Ballet

Orchestra

  • Lacrime for orchestra (2004); in memory of all the victims of the mafia and violence. Publisher: Ricordi.

Chamber music

  • Maiores umbrae for five instruments (1989). Publisher: Ricordi.
  • Soledad for eleven string instruments (1992). Publisher: Ricordi.
  • Ultimo canto for viola (2001). Publisher: Ricordi.

Incidental music

Film score

  • Il Manoscritto del Principe, (2000), soundtrack, directed by Roberto Andò. Production: Sciarlò Film di Giuseppe e Franco Tornatore. Distribution: Warner Bros. Publisher: Ricordi.
  • Viaggio segreto, (2006), soundtrack, directed by Roberto Andò. Production: Medusa Film and Manigolda Film. Publisher: Emi Music - Ricordi.
  • Soundtrack (contributes) of the documentary film Oltre Selinunte (2006).
  • Maria Montessori, una vita per i bambini" (2007), soundtrack, directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli. Production: Tao Due Film. Publisher: Rti Music - Ricordi.
  • Aldo Moro il Presidente (2008), soundtrack, directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli. Production: Tao Due Film. Publisher: Rti Music - Ricordi
  • Con gli occhi di un altro (2010), soundtrack, directed by Antonio Raffaele Addamo. Production: Tersite. Publisher: Unda Maris Edizioni.
  • Le cose che restano, (2010), soundtrack, directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli. Production: Angelo Barbagallo for BiBi Film Tv.

Discography

CD

  • Maria Montessori - una vita per i bambini, 2009, score from the fiction directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli. Publisher: Ricordi.
  • Aldo Moro,2009, score from the fiction directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli. Publisher: Ricordi.
  • Con gli occhi di un altro, 2010, score from the film directed by Antonio Raffaele Addamo. Publisher: Unda Maris Edizioni.

DVD

References

  1. ^ http://www.composers21.com/compdocs/bettam.htm
  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. ^ http://www.ricordi.it/composers/b/marco-betta
  4. ^ "Betta, Marco". DIZIONARIO DELLA MUSICA E DEI MUSICISTI (in Italian). Vol. APPENDICE. Torino (Italy): UTET. 2005. pp. 56–57. ISBN 88-02-06216-1.
  5. ^ Forlani, Mimma (2002). Il fantasma nella cabina. Stagione Lirica 2002 (in Italian). Bergamo (Italy): Stamperia Stefanoni. pp. 267–324.

Video

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