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Raffaele Grimaldi (b.1980)
Composer, pianist and conductor. He graduated in Piano and Composition at the Conservatory of music “G. Martucci” in Salerno with highest honors. At present he studies Orchestra Conduction, choral music and choir conduction, and he follows the courses of high improvement to the "Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia“ (Rome) and "Accademia musicale Pescarese” (Pescara) with Ivan Fedele. He has obtained some prizes in National and International Competition:
- Città di Caserta, National competition 1999 -2001 - 1° prize;
- Città di Pompei, National competition 2005 - 1° prize;
- Città di Napoli, National competition 2005 - 1° prize;
- “Call for scores”, Treviso, 2006, 1° prize;
- “Progetto giovani compositori”, Forlì - 2006, 1° prize; (chairman Giacomo Manzoni)
- Valentino Bucchi, International competition Roma 2005 - 2° prize (first not assigned);
- StefanoFerrari, International competition Piacenza 2005 - 2° prize (first not assigned);
- “Humaniter Competition” Milano, 2006;
- “International competition Taukay”, Udine, 2006;
- Biennial prize “S. Ciani” Siena, 2006 (Chigiana, founded by Luciano Berio);
- “Premio Rosolino Toscano 2007”, Pescara;
- “What’s next”of Nuova consonanza for young composers (Roma), 2003;
- Miniaturist ensemble call for scores” New York, 2007 (USA);
- “Drake University call for scores” Des Moines(IOWA) 2007 (USA).
His compositions have been performed in Europe and USA, and broadcasted by Rai Radio 3. He has developed musicology activity at the “San Carlo” theatre of Naples, obtaining a scholarship for his studies. In 2007 he was selected for the "Atelier de composition" held by Michael Jarrell, Marco Stroppa and Yan Maresz at the Centre Acanthes (Paris - Metz, France), he has had a new orchestral piece performed by the Orchestre National de Lorraine. Recently, he has been selected by the Reading Panel 2008- IRCAM (Paris - France) for the Cursus 1 in Composition and Computer Music 2008/2009. He regularly plays piano both as soloist and with various formations, executing musics of classical authors, contemporary, and his compositions (he has played in Rome, Milan, Naples, Barcelona (Spain), Wien, Budapest). A its recent work, “Concetti sonori”, has been published from the publishing house “ Arspublica ”. His works have been recorded from “TAUKAY” (International publishing house) and “RADIO RAI 3” (National radio). Besides he cultivates the painting, poetry and the philosophy with particular interest.
