Robert David Rusconi (1976- )
Born
in Venice, Italy, Robert David Rusconi graduated from Padua
Conservatory in Composition, Piano, Choir Conducting and Electronic
Music. While working in Italy he won several international prizes,
including the Valentino Bucchi and the 2 Agosto. In 2001 he
moved to the UK as a cultural refugee, due to the terrible cultural
situation that was storming his homeland. He also spent two
years in Phuket, Thailand, supporting a New Music Academy
based around "El Sistema" and teaching in the local British
International School of Phuket. Rusconi lives in East
London, is president of Intrasonus, and a Founder Member and Shortlisted composer of SoundandMusic.
His catalogue includes numerous chamber and ensemble works, that
have been played by such outstanding ensembles and performers as
Klangforum Wien, D. Alberman and R. De Saram, Garth Knox and Burkard
Weber, JACK, Kairos and Amar String Quartet, Ensemble Aventure, BIT20
and Insomnio. His works have been performed in Europe, Russia, South
Korea, Canada and USA. As a composer and educator he has worked on
several EU Cultural and Educational Projects and produced a Unicef
CD, Blue Gold, which
deals with the worldwide water shortage issue. In October 2009 the
Malmo Symphony Orchestra performed his orchestral work Lo Sguardo di Ecate
at ISCM World Music Days in Sweden. He has been awarded the 2012
Experimental Studios Freiburg Stipendien by SWR2. He has also been the
recipient of British Council Travel bursary, Akademie for Altemusic und
Audio Art and Matrix 2009 Stipendien, Aldeburgh and Dartington
residencies. In 2011 he received the third prize at the BBVA Foundation
Prize in Spain, where the Orchestra Nacional de Espagna performed
his work. Also in 2011 he won first prize at the ZEITKlang
Composition Competition in Wien with De Arte Respirandi
performed by KAIROS String Quartet Berlin. Robert David Rusconi
has been chosen to represent the United Kingdom at the ISCM World Music
Days
2013 in Austria and Slovakia, and is a
finalist at the ECPNM European Competition for Live Electronic Music
Projects 2012. He has also been awarded a second scholarship for
MATRIX 2012 by the Experimental Studio
Freiburg. Currently, Rusconi is completing his PhD at King’s
College London with George Benjamin. He is an advisor at the
Interplay London Festival which will take place in 2013.COMPOSITIONS Rusconi Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Rusconi on Rusconi
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Fragmento, clarinet (????) - this was not in the new works list you just sent
Mujo, [flute?] (2005?)
Variazioni e Fuga, [cello and piano?] (????)
Fantasia con ut in mi, [flute, clarinet, cello and piano?] (2003?)
Innodia, cello (2006) [Fragmento VI???]
Monodia, viola (2007)
La nascita dei coralli, [ensemble] (2007) - what is the instrumentation???
Improvvisamente, di notte ... poi pił niente, violin, cello and piano (2007) - this was not in the new works list you just sent
Il Sogno di Empedocle, string quartet (2007)
Notturno...improvviso, violin, cello and piano (????)
Raga "Inner Urge" (The dark side of light), piano, double bass, live electronics and video (2008)
La nascita degli anemone, [guitar and percussion?] (????) - should it be "anemoni"???
Isole nella corrente, piano (2008)
Bicinium Sacrum, viola and cello (2008)
Lamentazione, violin (2008) [Fragmento III ???]
Icelegy, [reed quintet???] (????) - what is the instrumentation???
La visione di Zarlino, violin, cello and piano (2008)
Saint Peter and His Tears, clarinet, piano and string quartet (2008)
Frescobaldi Transcription VIII, string quartet (2008?)
Ecate, [ensemble???] (2009?) - what is the instrumentation??? [is this work related to "Lo Sguardo di Ecate"???]
Polymorphosis, string quartet (2009?)
Shakti Fragment, [4 tablas, 4 percussionists?] (2009)
Sound within the noise, [????/chamber work] (2009?) - what is the instrumentation???
The brain is wider than the sky, [ensemble] (2009?) - what is the instrumentation???
Chalong Temple, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2009)
"...after rain...from heaven...", violin and piano (2009)
Lo Sguardo di Ecate, orchestra (2009)
Shaping the silence, [ensemble?] (2010?) - what is the instrumentation???
Litania, [ensemble] (2010?) - what is the instrumentation???
Wu Wei, orchestra (2010)
Memento, orchestra (2010?)
De Arte Respirandi, string quartet (2010)
- De Arte Respirandi, [ensemble version] (2011) - what is the instrumentation???
Horus Conclusus, string quartet (2011) - this was not in the new works list you just sent
Iter Itineris Project Materia Daedala Rerum Triptych, ensemble (2011?) - what is the instrumentation???
Piano Quintet No. 1, "Chrysalis" (2011)
Elegie, double bass and live electronics (2012)
De Materia solida et corporea, [ensemble???] (????) - this was not in the new works list you just sent
De Materia aerea et incorporea, [ensemble???] (????) - this was not in the new works list you just sent
WORKS BY GENRE Rusconi Links ~ ~ ~ Rusconi on Rusconi ~ top of page ~
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Dramatic/Theater
Orchestra
Band
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Chorus w/Orchestra
Choral
Chamber
Solo Instrument
Piano
Vocal
Incidental/Film
Electronic/Electroacoustic
RUSCONI LINKS Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Rusconi on Rusconi ~ top of page ~
Composer's website . . . contact Robert David Rusconi: here
Rusconi @ ECPNM European Competition for Live Electronic Music Projects 2012
Rusconi @ LinkedIn
Rusconi @ Sound and Music (SAM) - The Collection
Rusconi @ SoundCloud
Publisher
Rusconi @ Composer's website
Streaming Audio
Rusconi @ Composer's website
Rusconi @ MySpaceMusic/Intrasonus
Rusconi @ ReverbNation
Rusconi @ SoundCloud (1)
Rusconi @ SoundCloud (2)
Rusconi @ SoundCloud (3)
Recordings
[none at the moment]
Video
Rusconi @ YouTube
Rusconi @ Google Video
Rusconi @ Vimeo/Sound and Music
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