Carlo Crivelli - Italian composer

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Carlo Crivelli was born on 15 April 1953 in Rome, Italy. He studied compostion with Domenico Guaccero at the Accademia di S.Cecilia di Roma. He has become a well appreciated contemporary composer, and a very productive composer too, especially of film scores. His first film music was composed for the 1986 film "Il Diavolo in Corpo". He founded together with Jonathan Williams an orchestra dedicated to recording film music, Orchestra Città Aperta (website in progress since 2002?).

In October 2000 he was appointed at the school of music in L'Aquila, Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Alfredo Casella", as a teacher of "Musica applicata alle immagini", music applied to images (or is it imagination?). Crivelli is also engaged (2005) with the Accademia della Critica teaching on composing soundtracks.

Before 2000, he was a teacher at the school of music in Campobasso, Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Lorenzo Perosi".

He is also engaged with the faculty of etnomusicology at the Universitá "La Sapienza" in Rome, which has been partly published on disk by the Archivio Sonoro of the province Viterbo:
· CETRA SU 5001 "Calabria 1: Strumenti" by Tucci, R. and Crivelli (1979)
· CETRA SU 5008 "Calabira 2: Strumenti, chitarra battente" by Ricci, A., Tucci, R. and Crivelli (1982)

Crivelli lives in Rome, Italy.

Sources: info from the CD leaflet "Le Affinità"; Semarweb; AMIC Database compositori; website Festival Internazionale di Musica Classica 2004, Corropoli (now defunct)

LIST OF WORKS & DISCOGRAPHY

	Title	CD	VHS	DVD
2007	Una ballata bianca film (78') by Stefano Odoardi
2006	Astor for four percussionists premiered by Tetrakis Percussioni, 3 February 2006 at the Amici della Musica concert, Foligno (Perugia)
2006	Il regista di matrimoni (The Wedding) - theme only film (97') by Marco Bellocchio
2006	Kan shang qu hen mei (Little Red Flowers / La Guerra dei Fiori Rossi) film (92') by Zhang Yuan
2005	Improvviso n.6 per armonica e quartetto d'archi premiered at the Ravenna Festival, July 2005
2004?	Improvviso n.5 "Echi dal cinematografo"
2004	Virginia, La Monaca Di Monza (The Nun of Monza) film (200') by Alberto Sironi	SORTF 012
2004	Salvo d'Acquisto film (57') by Alberto Sironi	FRT 406
2003	L'Aurora Boreale Octet for wind and strings (5 string & 5 wind) dedicated to the Gaudier Ensemble (Susan Tomes in The Guardian, 1 Sept. 2003)
2003	La Spettatrice (The Spectator) film by Paolo Franchi
2002	Il sogno di Urizen / The Dream of Urizen Concerto-Spettacolo, dai “Libri profetici” di William Blake (with "Apparato visuale" by Jannis Kounellis) commissioned for the Ravenna Festival 2002 see program notes	Cinefonia
2002	Un Viaggio Chiamato Amore (A Journey called Love) film by Michele Placido film review: www.spietati.it			Vareseweb
2001	Ginostra (The Vulcano) film by Manuel Pradal	Universal/ La Bande Son 067559-2 (at Footlight)	Studio Canal	shop at Amazon.fr
2001	La Doppia Luna di Shakespeare opera multimediale per Mezzosoprano, Coro, Orchestra, Trio di solisti con collegamento audio-video in tempo reale con un gruppo di detenuti-recitanti del carcere di massima sicurezza di Preturo
2001	Malefemmene (Bad Women) film by Fabio Conversi film review: www.frameonline.it		Medusa shop at ita-bol.com
2000	Il Mondo Sonoro di Escher per Orchestra da Camera
2000	MacBeth colonna sonora, regia di Marco Bellocchio, per il Teatro di Roma
2000	Cantata per l'anno guibilare per Soprano, Coro di voci bianche e Orchestra see bio of Maria Loreta Ciofani
200.?	Tra Terra e Cielo brano per coro di texti Mario Luzi
1999	Adeste Fideles - cantata (?) (see)
1999	La Balia (The Nanny/La Nourrice) film by Marco Bellocchio film reviews: Filmclub Cannes 1999 (French), Filmkrant (Dutch), NRC (Dutch) music reviews: Film music on the web, musicfromthemovies.com, Movie Music U.K., Recensioni Autunno '99, Cinemusic.net	Pacific Time Ent. PTE8515-2		TF1 Vidéo Zone 2: Amazon.fr
1998	Torniamo a Casa (Let's go Home / Adoptiert) TV film by Valerio Jalongo		Ameuropa Int.
1998	Del Perduto Amore (Of Lost Love) film by Michele Placido	Pacific Time Ent. PTE8515-2	C.D.I. Medusa
1998	Sinfonia Specchiante n.3 per il film "La passion de Jeanne d'Arc" di Carl Dreyer (1928) see review: www.iperdue.com/iperrec10.html	Esperia EO II
1997	Il Principe di Homburg film (89') by Marco Bellocchio	CAM S.r.l. COS 044 493402	Ist. Luce
1997	L'Appartamento TV film by Francesca Pirani
1997	Marie Baie des Anges (Angel Sharks/Marie From the Bay of Angels) film by Manuel Pradal, official film website: www.bluelight.co.uk/angel		NTSC:	shop at Amazon.fr
1997	Elena film (6') by Marco Bellocchio (see also synopsis for International Thessaloniki Film Festival 2002)
1996	Legami di Famiglia (Family Ties) film by Pietro Sagliocco		Ist. Luce
1996	Improvviso n.4 "Tango" per bandoneon e fisarmonica (accordeon) presented by (dedicated to?) Acco Land
1996	Le Affinità Elettive (Elective affinities) film by Vittorio Taviani and Paolo Taviani film review: Filmkrant (Dutch) music review: my review	CAM S.r.l. COS 700-036 COS 036 493292	FILMAURO S.R.L. NTSC:
1996	La Luna Nerà a solo di percussione (by Ars Ludi?)
1995	Les Epées de diamant (Diamand Swords / Le Spade di Diamante) film by Denys de La Patellière
1995	Sogni Infranti: ragionamenti e deliri (Broken Dreams: reasoning and delirium) film (52') by Marco Bellocchio (also music by others: Area, Riccardo Giagni, Arvo Pärt)
1995	Sinfonia Specchiante concerto in video conferenza, prima mondiale, hook up tra München, Londra, Roma, Paliano e Pescara (first concert ever done by video-conference) together with Michelangelo Pistoletto
1994	Il Sogno della farfalla (The Butterfly's Dream) film by Marco Bellocchio		Medusa M003293
1994	The Dalliance of the Eagles per Voce femminile, Violoncello ed Arpa su una poesia di Walt Whitman Ed. Semar: SE.120002/670005	"La voce della grande Madre" (The Voice of the Great Goddess) Semar SE-DAT 1004
1993	La Ribelle (The Rebel) film by Aurelio Grimaldi		Medusa 1030901
1992	Assassini Vanno in Coppia, Gli (Killers Come in Pairs) film by Piero Natoli		AZIONE CINEMATOGRAFICA SOC. COOP. A R.L.
1991	La Condanna (The Conviction / Condemnation) film by Marco Bellocchio	CAM S.r.l. COS 005 493283
1990	Segno di Fuoco (Fire Sign) film by Gaetano (B. Nino) Bizzarri		INDIPENDENTI REGIONALI
1990	Bambino in Fuga - Tre anni dopa TV series by Marco Caiano
199.?	Improvviso n.2
199.?	Improvviso n.3
199.?	Sinfonia Specchiante n.2 per 4 gruppi orchestrali dislocati a Monaco, Londra, Pescara e Paliano (Roma)
199.?	Improvviso n.1
199.?	Bartok un ritratto musicale per 2 Pianoforti e Percussioni
1989	Bambino in Fuga TV series by Marco Caiano
1988	Oh! Samba (episode from TV series Piazza Navone) TVfilm by Daniele Costantini, supervised by Ettore Scola
1988	Appuntamento a Liverpool TV film by Marco Tullio Giordana		Medusa 1007702 shop at internetbookshop.it
1988	Rubrum Laudis - cantata scenica per soli, tre gruppi corali, orchestra e nastro magnetico
1988	La Visione del Sabba (The Witches' Sabbath, La Sorcière) film by Marco Bellocchio
1987	Sécurité publique film by Gabriel Benattar
1987	Cuore di Ladro (The Heart of a Thief) TV film by Ugo Fabrizio Giordani
1987	Il Drago
1986?	La pazzia di Lear	see Cassette: 1286
1986?	Iride (an opera)	see Cassette: 1286
1986?	Le Vesti di Iside per chitarra, flauto, piano e delay	"Stefano Mileto, chitarra" Edipan PAN 3014
1986?	Tre nodi del tempo (per orchestra)
1986	Il Diavolo in Corpo (Devil in the flesh / Le diable au corps) film by Marco Bellocchio		CAM S.r.l.
1986	Nel buio del mare (for sax quartet?)
1985	Anni Luce TVfilm by Gian Vittorio Baldi
1984	Quartetto (1984) per archi (XXI Festival Nuova Consonanza, 1984, Roma)
1982?	Gli occhi for Soprano (also film by Bellocchio ?!) Ed. Semar: SE.300001
1981	Incontro interrotto per Fagotto e Violoncello / per Quartetto d’Archi Ed. Semar: SE.1B0001
1980	Dentro per 14 Archi
198?	Punto
198?	I Raggi del Sole
198?	Pierrot
1979	Canto
1978	Remanso per piccolo gruppo e nastro magnetico
1977	Studio per 11 strumenti
1976	Tensioni
1975	Quartetto (in un Tempo) per Sassofoni
1975	Quartetto per Archi per quartetto (XIII Festival Nuova Consonanza, 1976, Roma)

Le Affinità Elettive: very romantic with heavy, somber, undertones. Sometimes the music starts with a dissonant, to resolve very soon, but very natural, into the main themes.

In the beginning there is a piece by Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Gretchen am Spinnrade (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel) D118 - opus 2 (1814), transcribed for clarinet and piano (by Crivelli?) The song was originally for soprano and is based on a text from Faust (1808) by Goethe (1748-1832). The film script is also based on a text from Goethe: 'Die Wahlverwandtschaften'. More on Schubert's song: here

Crivelli's music uses Schubert's as a base. The clarinet, and esp. the piano, play an important role throughout the whole soundtrack. I can imagine that two of the characters are represented by these instruments. The whole atmosphere is of a hot summerday, in a Tuscan landscape. BTW, I have not yet been able to view this film.

Note When googling, take note that there exist another contemporary performer/composer Carlo Crivelli and a famous medieval painter Carlo Crivelli (±1430 - ±1494)

Gianluca Piersanti (1972) (see IMDB) guitarist/composer and arranger, to Hollywood in 1999, films for a.o. Will Wallace

Orchestra Città Aperta - specially founded as an ad-hoc orchestra for film scores, with support from a.o. Crivelli. First project was the film "Ginostra" in 2001.

The Cannes website wrongly states Crivelli as composer for the film Western. That score was composed by Bernardo Sandoval. I gave them a notice, but didn't check yet if they corrected this.

Carlo Crivelli, composer