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Ezio Bosso (1971-     )

A native of Turin, Italy, Ezio Bosso studied double bass, counterpoint and song in Italy, and subsequently specialized in Vienna at the “Hoch Schule für musik”. A world-renowned concert player since his debut at the age of fifteen (in a series of recitals both in France and Italy, and with the Vivaldi Symphony Orchestra of Alessandria), he has made several tours in Europe, Mexico, Columbia, Australia, Peru, the United States, Japan and Israel, and taken part in Festivals and concert seasons in Italy and abroad. He was guest in various European chamber orchestras as a soloist, and since 1993 he has collaborated as first bassist with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Symphonic Orchestra of the Swiss Italian radio, with the British Schidloff Quartett and with the Turin Quintet. Since 1997 he has been the first double bass at the Teatro dell’Opera of Rome. Furthermore, he writes music for theatre in Italy, Germany, France, England and Australia and film soundtracks for silent cinema, working with film libraries and European cinema museums. In addition to teaching double bass masterclasses at the Myiazaki University in Japan, he teaches double bass for specialization course at Iannis Xenakis of Paris, as well as teaching the use of music for the stage in research laboratories.

COMPOSITIONS                                                            Bosso Links     ~ ~ ~     Works by Genre
Svelarsi al silenzio, short film score (1989)
Watershakespear, incidental music (1991)
Genio buono vs Genio Cattivo, incidental music (1992)
Hamleth machine, incidental music (1992)
Percorsi, incidental music (1992)
Il mio Giudice, incidental music (1993)
Alcina, opera (1994)
Flautus, dance score (1994)
6 november, dance score (1994)
Cuori, incidental music (1994)
La stanza di Emily, incidental music (1994)
Traveller, dance score (1995)
Una casa poco solida, short film score (1995)
Voyage au Soleil, silent film score (1995)
Voyage en Italie, silent film score (1995)
62 short movies of Georges Méliès (1995)
A score for amleth, incidental music (1995)
Agamennon, incidental music (1995)
Studio per contrabbasso e ombre, incidental music (1995)
Die tolle lola, silent film score (1996)
The man with the camera, silent film score (1996)
Voyage dans la lune, silent film score (1996)
Nina, incidental music (1996)
Sogno di una notte di mezza estate, incidental music (1996)
Mercuzio, opera (1997)
The Breath of the Thramp, dance score (1997)
Studio su amleto, incidental music (1997)
The Body and the Bass, dance score (1998)
Un amore, film score (1998)
Will and chance, short film score (1998)
La confessione biologica, incidental music (1998)
Qui non è il paradiso, film score (1999)
Qoeleth e il cantico dei cantici, incidental music (1999)
Suite del Regreso, solo voice (1980's/90's)
[String?] Quartet No. 1 (1980's/90's)
Quintet No. 1 (1980's/90's)
Mmm!, double bass, piano, clarinet and percussion (1980's/90's)
Mmdu, double bass (1980's/90's)
Laudate, chorus (1980's/90's)
Introduction a la patagonie, double bass [and percussion] (1980's/90's)
Concerto for Double Bass (1980's/90's)
Cadenza, violin and double bass (1980's/90's)
Fuga, percussion (1980's/90's)
Duo, cello and double bass (1980's/90's)
Hermanos, guitar and bass (1980's/90's)
Hommage a denetrio, double bass and voice (1980's/90's)
Laudate, 4 sopranos (1980's/90's)
Lullaby, chorus (1980's/90's) [from Shakespeare]
Simone e il mago, opera (2000)
Moi je s'addresse, incidental music (2000)
Ribelli per caso, film score (2001)
Cecchi gori cecchi gori, short film score (2001)
Aspettiamo quello simpatico, incidental music (2001)
Orlando, opera (2002)
L'ospite, short film score (2002)
Tre vite perfette, short film score (2002)
Piano Trio No. 1 (2001/2002)
No Way, piano (2001/2002)
Mozart Human Variation, voices and tape (2001/2002) [2003/2004?]
Andante, piano orchestra, choir and live electronic “postcards” (2001/2002)
The Life I Like, double bass, accordian and piano (2001/2002)
Sonatina, double bass and piano (2001/2002)
Scherzo, 4 accordians (2001/2002)
My Thay, string orchestra (2001/2002)
Quattordici danze per bambini intorno a un buco, string quartet (2001/2002)
Indian Railway, double bass and winds (2001/2002)
Io non ho paura, quattordici danze per bambini, incidental music (2003)
Io non ho paura (I'm Not Scared), film score (2003)
String Quartet No. 4, The Four Letters" (2004)
Rosso come il cielo (Red Like the Sky), film score (2004)
Ecrin du marajah, silent film score (2004)
Il diavolo Zoppo, silent film score (2004)
Marriage dans la lune, silent film score (2004)
Tango Tangeles, silent film score (2004)
Voyage sur jupiter, silent film score (2004)
Angeli 1, sonata, contralto sax and double bass (2003/2004)
Adagio, cello and orchestra (2003/2004)
Will and Chance, voice and ensemble(2003/2004)
Angeli 2, "Poema sinfonico", [orchestra] (2003/2004)
Angeli 4, 2 oboes and string orchestra (2003/2004)
Angeli 3, orchestra (2003/2004)
ZeNo, cello, flute and vibraphone (2003/2004)
New York Suite, saxophone quartet (2003/2004)
African Skys, double bass and string orchestra (2003/2004)
African Nights, solo double bass (viola or cello) and string quartet or orchestra (2003/2004)
I Was Born Child ..., string quartet (2003/2004)
Gagarin, string quartet (2003/2004)
The Gibigianna, string quartet (2003/2004)
The Last Black, string quartet (2003/2004)
The Sky Seen From the Moon, string quartet (2003/2004)
The Way of 1000 and 1 Comet, string quartet (2003/2004) [arr. for orchestra, 2005/2006]
The Way of 1000 and 1, string quartet, double bass and electronics (2003/2004)
Divertimento concertante, fl, ob, cl, bsn, orchestra and piano (2003/2004)
Wine Trance, string quartet (2003/2004)
The Lodger, silent film score (2005?) (for Alfred Hitchcock's 1926 film)
String Quartet No. 5 (2005) [from the film score "The Lodger")
Quo Vadis, Baby?, film score (2005)
Moments, dance score (2006)
The Moon on the Lake, film score (2006)
Sea Song 1: Before the Sea, cello and piano (2005/2006)
Sea Song 2: Sea Prayer, cello and string orchestra (2005/2006)
Sea Song 3: Waves and Hope, violin, cello and string orchestra (2005/2006)
Sea Song 4: Anamì, violin and piano (2005/2006)
Sea Song 5: Hands and Grains, viola and piano (2005/2006)
Sea Song 6: Isles, string orchestra (2005/2006)
Sea Song 7: Deep Seas, 3 viola, 3 cellos and  2 double basses (or 8cellos) (2005/2006)
Sea Song 8: Fishes Speech, 2 violins (2005/2006)
Sea Song 9: Sea Rain, piano (or violin) and string orchestra (2005/2006)
Violin Concerto No. 1, “ESOCONCERTO” (2005/2006)
“E lucean le stelle”, variation on a Puccini theme, double bass (2005/2006)
4 Letters, string quartet and orchestra (2005/2006)
Tenderhook, dance score (2007)
Riapertura, dance score (2007)
Il dolce e l'amaro (The Sweet and the Bitter), film score (2007)
Colloqui con se stesso, string quintet (2007/2008)
Colloqui con se stesso 2, double bass (2007/2008)
Violin Concerto No. 2 (2007/2008)
Sweet and Sour, violin and piano (2007/2008)
Run 44, strings, trumpet, trombone, guitar and piano (2007/2008)
Minimal Gipsy, 6 strings, trumpet, saxophone, trombone, guitar and piano (2007/2008)
AmOx, double bass (2007/2008)
    - AmOx, dance piece using music by Enzio Bosso (2008) [choreography byRafael Bonachela]
Cappotto di legno, rapper, string orchestra and electric bass (2007/2008)
Emily Real #15, actress, 2 keyboards, string orchestra and electric guitar (2007/2008) [from 15 poems by Emily Dickinson]
Symphony No. 1, "Oceans", solo cello and orchestra (2007/2008) [used as score for dance piece, We Unfold, 2009]
Le ali, TV film score (2008)
360°, dance piece using music by Enzio Bosso (2008) [choreography byRafael Bonachela]
Within the Golden Hour, dance score (2008)
Echoes, dance score (2008) [choreography by Thang Dao; music: Io Non Ho Paura, 2003]
We Unfold, dance score (2009) [music: Sym No. 1, "Oceans", solo cello & orch, 2008] [choreography byRafael Bonachela]
6 Breaths, dance score (2010) [choreography byRafael Bonachela]


WORKS BY GENRE                                                            Bosso Links     ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
Alcina, opera (1994)
Mercuzio, opera (1997)
Simone e il mago, opera (2000)
Orlando, opera (2002)

Dance
Flautus, dance score (1994)
6 november, dance score (1994)
Traveller, dance score (1995)
The Breath of the Thramp, dance score (1997)
The Body and the Bass, dance score (1998)
Moments, dance score (2006)
Tenderhook, dance score (2007)
Riapertura, dance score (2007)
AmOx, dance piece using music by Enzio Bosso (2008) [choreography byRafael Bonachela]
360°, dance piece using music by Enzio Bosso (2008) [choreography byRafael Bonachela]
Within the Golden Hour, dance score (2008)
Echoes, dance score (2008) [choreography by Thang Dao; music: Io Non Ho Paura, 2003]
We Unfold, dance score (2009) [music: Sym No. 1, "Oceans", solo cello & orch, 2008] [choreography byRafael Bonachela]
6 Breaths, dance score (2010) [choreography byRafael Bonachela]

Orchestra
My Thay, string orchestra (2001/2002)
Angeli 2, "Poema sinfonico", [orchestra] (2003/2004)
Angeli 4, 2 oboes and string orchestra (2003/2004)
Angeli 3, orchestra (2003/2004)
The Way of 1000 and 1 Comet, string quartet (2003/2004) [arr. for orchestra, 2005/2006]
Divertimento concertante, fl, ob, cl, bsn, orchestra and piano (2003/2004)
Sea Song 6: Isles, string orchestra (2005/2006)
Emily Real #15, actress, 2 keyboards, string orchestra and electric guitar (2007/2008) [from 15 poems by Emily Dickinson]

Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Concerto for Double Bass (1980's/90's)
Adagio, cello and orchestra (2003/2004)
African Skys, double bass and string orchestra (2003/2004)
African Nights, solo double bass (viola or cello) and string quartet or orchestra (2003/2004)
Sea Song 2: Sea Prayer, cello and string orchestra (2005/2006)
Sea Song 3: Waves and Hope, violin, cello and string orchestra (2005/2006)
Sea Song 9: Sea Rain, piano (or violin) and string orchestra (2005/2006)
Violin Concerto No. 1, “ESOCONCERTO” (2005/2006)
4 Letters, string quartet and orchestra (2005/2006)
Violin Concerto No. 2 (2007/2008)
Symphony No. 1, "Oceans", solo cello and orchestra (2007/2008) [used as score for dance piece, We Unfold, 2009]

Chorus w/Orchestra
Andante, piano orchestra, choir and live electronic “postcards” (2001/2002)

Choral
Laudate, chorus (1980's/90's)
Lullaby, chorus (1980's/90's) [from Shakespeare]

Chamber
[String?] Quartet No. 1 (1980's/90's)
Quintet No. 1 (1980's/90's)
Mmm!, double bass, piano, clarinet and percussion (1980's/90's)
Introduction a la patagonie, double bass [and percussion] (1980's/90's)
Cadenza, violin and double bass (1980's/90's)
Fuga, percussion (1980's/90's)
Duo, cello and double bass (1980's/90's)
Hermanos, guitar and bass (1980's/90's)
Piano Trio No. 1 (2001/2002)
The Life I Like, double bass, accordian and piano (2001/2002)
Scherzo, 4 accordians (2001/2002)
Quattordici danze per bambini intorno a un buco, string quartet (2001/2002)
Indian Railway, double bass and winds (2001/2002)
Angeli 1, sonata, contralto sax and double bass (2003/2004)
String Quartet No. 4, The Four Letters" (2004)
ZeNo, cello, flute and vibraphone (2003/2004)
New York Suite, saxophone quartet (2003/2004)
African Nights, solo double bass (viola or cello) and string quartet or orchestra (2003/2004)
I Was Born Child ..., string quartet (2003/2004)
Gagarin, string quartet (2003/2004)
The Gibigianna, string quartet (2003/2004)
The Last Black, string quartet (2003/2004)
The Sky Seen From the Moon, string quartet (2003/2004)
The Way of 1000 and 1 Comet, string quartet (2003/2004) [arr. for orchestra, 2005/2006]
The Way of 1000 and 1, string quartet, double bass and electronics (2003/2004)
Wine Trance, string quartet (2003/2004)
Sea Song 7: Deep Seas, 3 viola, 3 cellos and  2 double basses (or 8cellos) (2005/2006)
Sea Song 8: Fishes Speech, 2 violins (2005/2006)
String Quartet No. 5 (2005) [from the film score "The Lodger")
Colloqui con se stesso, string quintet (2007/2008)
Run 44, strings, trumpet, trombone, guitar and piano (2007/2008)
Minimal Gipsy, 6 strings, trumpet, saxophone, trombone, guitar and piano (2007/2008)

Solo Instrument
Mmdu, double bass (1980's/90's)
Introduction a la patagonie, double bass [and percussion] (1980's/90's)
Sonatina, double bass and piano (2001/2002)
Sea Song 1: Before the Sea, cello and piano (2005/2006)
Sea Song 4: Anamì, violin and piano (2005/2006)
Sea Song 5: Hands and Grains, viola and piano (2005/2006)
“E lucean le stelle”, variation on a Puccini theme, double bass (2005/2006)
Colloqui con se stesso 2, double bass (2007/2008)
Sweet and Sour, violin and piano (2007/2008)
AmOx, double bass (2007/2008)
6 Breaths,cello and piano (2010) [arr. as dance work of same name, 2010; choreography byRafael Bonachela]

Piano
No Way, piano (2001/2002)

Vocal
Suite del Regreso, solo voice (1980's/90's)
Hommage a denetrio, double bass and voice (1980's/90's)
Laudate, 4 sopranos (1980's/90's)
Mozart Human Variation, voices and tape (2001/2002) [2003/2004?]
Will and Chance, voice and ensemble(2003/2004)
Cappotto di legno, rapper, string orchestra and electric bass (2007/2008)
Emily Real #15, actress, 2 keyboards, string orchestra and electric guitar (2007/2008) [from 15 poems by Emily Dickinson]

Film Scores
Svelarsi al silenzio, short film score (1989)
Una casa poco solida, short film score (1995)
Voyage au Soleil, silent film score (1995)
Voyage en Italie, silent film score (1995)
62 short movies of Georges Méliès (1995)
Die tolle lola, silent film score (1996)
The man with the camera, silent film score (1996)
Voyage dans la lune, silent film score (1996)
Un amore, film score (1998)
Will and chance, short film score (1998)
Qui non è il paradiso, film score (1999)
Ribelli per caso, film score (2001)
Cecchi gori cecchi gori, short film score (2001)
L'ospite, short film score (2002)
Tre vite perfette, short film score (2002)
Io non ho paura (I'm Not Scared), film score (2003)
Rosso come il cielo (Red Like the Sky), film score (2004)
Ecrin du marajah, silent film score (2004)
Il diavolo Zoppo, silent film score (2004)
Marriage dans la lune, silent film score (2004)
Tango Tangeles, silent film score (2004)
Voyage sur jupiter, silent film score (2004)
Quo Vadis, Baby?, film score (2005)
The Lodger, silent film score (2005?) (for Alfred Hitchcock's 1926 film)
The Moon on the Lake, film score (2006)
Il dolce e l'amaro (The Sweet and the Bitter), film score (2007)
Le ali, TV film score (2008)

Incidental Music
Watershakespear, incidental music (1991)
Genio buono vs Genio Cattivo, incidental music (1992)
Hamleth machine, incidental music (1992)
Percorsi, incidental music (1992)
Il mio Giudice, incidental music (1993)
Cuori, incidental music (1994)
La stanza di Emily, incidental music (1994)
A score for amleth, incidental music (1995)
Agamennon, incidental music (1995)
Studio per contrabbasso e ombre, incidental music (1995)
Nina, incidental music (1996)
Sogno di una notte di mezza estate, incidental music (1996)
Studio su amleto, incidental music (1997)
La confessione biologica, incidental music (1998)
Qoeleth e il cantico dei cantici, incidental music (1999)
Moi je s'addresse, incidental music (2000)
Aspettiamo quello simpatico, incidental music (2001)
Io non ho paura, quattordici danze per bambini, incidental music (2003)


BOSSO  LINKS                                                            Works by Genre      ~ top of page ~
Composer's website

Bosso @ Wikipedia/Italian    (translated here by Google)
Bosso @ CinemaItaliano.info
Bosso @ CITWF / Complete Index to World Film
Bosso @ Facebook
Bosso @ Facebook/London
Bosso @ Fandango
Bosso @ filmitalia.org
Bosso @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Bosso @ MusicWeb International
Bosso @ MySpaceMusic [Ezio Bosso and the Buxusconsort]
Bosso @ The New York Times
Bosso @ progettosorrisonelmondo.org (Smile Project in the World)
Bosso @ SoundtrackCollector
Bosso @ Soundtrack Net
Bosso @ Sydney Dance Company
Bosso @ United Agents
Bosso @ The Village Voice

Streaming Audio
Bosso @ last.fm
Bosso @ Rhapsody

Recordings
Bosso @ Amazon.com

Bosso @ YouTube