Agnesi
International Music Competition
International Music Competition
Jury
Biagio Putignano is a composer and music educator from Puglia, holder of the Chair of Composition at the Conservatory of Bari since 2000. He has given courses and international seminars in Belarus, Croatia, Greece, Portugal, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. Author of over two hundred compositions, he has written chamber music, oratorios, orchestral works, electronic music and sound installations, performed by internationally acclaimed artists such as Luisa Sello, Cornelia Petroiu, François Veilhan and many others. His works are published by Gravis Verlag, Berlin. Among his best known works, "ATLANTE DELL'IMMAGINAZIONE", a required piece for the International Violin Competition "Lipizer" in Gorizia. Biagio Putignano has presided over international juries such as the Composition Competition of Osaka (Japan), establishing himself as a leading figure in contemporary music.
Italy
Italy
Beatrice Campodonico, born in Milan, graduated in Composition, Choral Music and Choir Conducting. She specialized in Electronic Music, Choir Conducting and Composition Didactics. Alongside her activity as a composer, she has pursued a career as a Choir Conductor, an active promoter of contemporary music - with particular attention to female composers - and as a teacher, currently at the Conservatory of Milan. Her music has been published and recorded on CD by Agenda, Carrara, Certosa Verlag, Casa Musicale Eco, Map, Pentaflowers, Rugginenti, Sconfinarte. Beatrice Campodonico's style sits on that difficult borderland that seeks to reconcile communication with the audience and the most advanced compositional research. https://beacamp.wixsite.com/beatricecampodonico
Sonia Bo graduated in piano, choral music and choir conducting. She studied composition with Renato Dionisi and Azio Corghi, graduating with highest honours from the Conservatory of Milan, and furthered her studies with Franco Donatoni at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia. She has received important recognition in national and international competitions, including first prize at the Fondazione "Guido d'Arezzo" competition (1985) and at the Fondazione Culturale Europea with Da una lettura di Husserl. Among other prizes, the "G. Savagnone" competition in Rome and "Alpe Adria Giovani" in Trieste. Her compositions have been performed in prestigious institutions and festivals, including Teatro alla Scala, Milano Musica, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Biennale di Venezia, as well as in important international venues. Her works are published by Ricordi, Curci, Rugginenti, Edi-Pan and Sconfinarte. She teaches composition at the Conservatory of Milan, of which she was Director from 2010 to 2013.
Italy
Italy
Riccardo Piacentini is a composer, pianist and essayist, defined as a «polymorphic homo musicalis». Since 1997 he has collaborated regularly with soprano Tiziana Scandaletti, with whom he founded the Duo Alterno, performing in over sixty countries at prestigious international institutions. His output ranges from music theatre to multimedia performances, with an original poetics linked to the concept of "photo-sound", developed in international contexts across Europe, America and Asia. He is the author of reference musicological essays and combines his compositional activity with significant theoretical reflection on contemporary music. Professor of Composition at the Conservatory of Milan, he is founder and artistic director of the association Rive-Gauche Concerti, active in the promotion of contemporary music. He trained with Carlo Pinelli, Goffredo Petrassi and Franco Donatoni, coming into contact with leading figures such as Ennio Morricone, György Ligeti and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Rossella Spinosa graduated in piano, harpsichord and composition, also earning degrees in Law and Musicology. Rossella performs in prestigious international venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York, the Italian Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo and the Liszt Academy in Budapest, bringing numerous contemporary works dedicated to her all over the world. She collaborated for many years with Oscar winner Luis Bacalov and received commissions from important institutions such as Kyev Camerata, I Pomeriggi Musicali and the Chamber Orchestra of Lugano. She is the author of music for over 150 silent films and works regularly with film archives, international festivals and film productions. Her monographic CD (Stradivarius) was listed among the 10 best contemporary music productions of the decade 2011–2020 (Il Manifesto). In 2024 she received a prestigious commission from Archivio Storico Ricordi, Teatro alla Scala and Bertelsmann for the music dedicated to the first film adaptations of Giacomo Puccini's operas.
Italy
An international composition competition honours Maria Teresa Agnesi, one of the first significant female composers of the eighteenth century, who made a substantial contribution to classical music at a time when the role of women was marginalised. The initiative keeps her innovative spirit alive, offering contemporary composers an opportunity to express themselves and contribute to the evolution of music.
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The competition offers composers an important opportunity for visibility and artistic growth. Among the prizes on offer, the publication of winning works stands out, guaranteeing lasting dissemination of the compositions. Additional prizes enable the performance of selected works in high-profile contexts, fostering not only the promotion of individual works but also the professional development of participants within the contemporary music landscape.
