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Stefano Giannotti

Stefano Giannotti
Background information
Born (1963-03-22) 22 March 1963 (age 61)
Lucca, Italy
OriginItalian
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)composer, radio-author, videomaker, guitarist, singer and multi-instrumentalist.
Years active1983−present
Websitestefanogiannotti.com/en/

Stefano Giannotti (born March 22, 1963, in Lucca) is an Italian composer, radio-author, videomaker, guitarist, singer and multi-instrumentalist.

Career

He was on born March 22, 1963, in Lucca, Italy. He started to play a guitar as a little boy. Stefano graduated master's degree in composition, Istituto Musicale Boccherini in Lucca. He performed with chamber music group Trio Chitarristico Lucchese in several European countries somewhere between 1983 and 1990.[1]

Alvin Curran had an influence his development in radiophonic art. From 1989 Gianotti earned numerous international recognitions for the radiophonic art.[2]

Together with Giorgio Angelo Lazzarini from 1997 he has been collaborating with Italian choreographer Roberto Castelo. Their task were to compose for his performance 64 Variations of Time. The performance premiered on September, and Luca composed fourteen pieces for her which he named The weather changes (Il tempo cambia).[2]

From 1998 to 2003, he lived in Germany. From 1998 to 1999 he was a guest of the artist program of the DAAD in Berlin. A year later he received an art scholarship at Schloss Wiepersdorf. Because of his great work, he was invited to reside in the famous art house Worpswede from July 2002 to January 2003. With his work Il tempo cambia, he won the Karl Sczuka Preis in 2002. For the second time he got reward in 2007 for his radio piece Geologica.[3]

During 2010 he founded the band OTEME which performs his songs and chamber music.[3]

Award

List of the most important awards:

  • 1998: DAAD – Berliner Künstlerprogramm Fellowship (Berlin, Germany)[4]
  • 2000: Schloss Wiepersdork Kultur Stiftung 2000 (Wiemersdorf, Germany)[5]
  • 2002: Karl Sczuka Preis (Donaueschingen, Germany) for composition Il tempo cambia.[2]
  • 2013: Grand Prix Nova – 3rd Prize (Bucharest, Romania) for the song Amore mio.[6]
  • 2022: UK International Radiodrama Festival – 2nd Prize (Canterbury, UK) for the radio-drama Mondi possibili.
  • 2022: Grand Prix Nova for the Short Forms – 1st Prize (Bucharest, Romania) for the radio piece Animal song.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Stefano Giannotti". filmfreeway.com. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Stefano Giannotti: Il Tempo Cambia". swr.de. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Biography". stefanogiannotti.com. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  4. ^ "Stefano Giannotti". berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  5. ^ "Alumni bis 2018". schloss-wiepersdorf.de. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "WINNERS - Grand Prix Nova". grandprixnova.ro. Retrieved June 24, 2024.

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