Author: Francesco Di Fiore

HGW

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HGW Project
ensemble & electronics

Created for Palermo based FOLKALAB Collective, HGW is a multimedia music project based on classic novels by science fiction author H.G. Wells.
HGW combines composed structures and sequenced electronics with a strong focus on improvised instrumental performance – alongside these musical elements are visuals, recorded speech/sound and narration. The work is structured in a series of movements corresponding to Herbert George Wells’ novels:

  • THE ISLAND
  • INVISIBLE MAN
  • TIME TRAVELLER
  • THE WAR

The ensemble for the piece varies from performance to performance in terms of instrumentation and musicians.

In this performance Francesco Di Fiore is leading (in alphabetical order):

  • Mark Brocklesby, drum set and percussions
  • Francesco Calabria, effects
  • Neil Campbell, guitar and electronics
  • Valeria Cimò, voice and percussions
  • Nicole Collarbone, electric cello
  • Mario Crispi, ethnic winds
  • Francesco Di Fiore, piano and electronics
  • Valeria Di Matteo, visuals
  • Andy Maslivec, bass
  • Danilo Rispoli, live electronics

[Live Recording in Palermo, june 25th 2008 at Kursaal Tonnara and in Liverpool UK, november 24th 2008]

Biography

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Francesco Di Fiore, pianist and composer, was born in Palermo in 1966. He studied in Austria with Harald Ossberger, in the Czech Republic, at the National Academy of Music, with Peter Toperczer and in Italy with Eliodoro Sollima and Bruno Canino. In 1986 he started his concert career performing hundreds of concerts worldwide. He appears regularly at international festivals presenting his compositions and also music by other contemporary composers.
Alongside music for piano, his compositions include chamber and orchestral music and film soundtracks. A large segment of its production also consists of music for the theatre, having composed more than 30 scores for theatre productions, both classical and contemporary. In 2011 he created an original and enormous project called Miniature 2011 in which he composed a new piece each week and presented it on the internet. The project yielded 53 compositions totalling around 210 minutes of new music.

He has collaborated with musicians such as Giovanni Sollima, Kim Sang-Fi, Damiano Binetti, Neil Campbell, Mario Crispi, ZoFo Duet and GliArchiEnsemble. A winner of numerous international competitions, his music has been performed internationally in Germany, Croatia, Finland, Spain, France, Romania, Slovakia, UK, Netherlands, USA and China.

New Double Concerto

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Francesco has just composed a new “double concerto” commissioned by Italian guitarist Lapo Vannucci and Italian pianist Luca Torrigiani. It will be premiered in 2015 and then toured through Italy and abroad. This is scored for solo guitar, solo piano and string orchestra. The piece consists of three movements and its title is Tre Paesaggi (Three Landscapes).

Italian premieres in Menaggio, IT

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June 18 2013, Francesco performs in Menaggio on Lake Como three important premieres in Italy: The Whales Divertissement by Matteo Sommacal, Prologue and Action I from “Quiet Rhythms” by William Susman and Ore Diciotto in Punto Suite by Francesco Di Fiore from Ore Diciotto in Punto original movie soundtrack. Francesco will also perform music by Philip Glass, François Couperin, Douwe Eisenga, Neil Campbell and Baldassarre Galuppi with original visuals by Valeria Di Matteo.

Piano Solo Tour China 2013

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Francesco’s debut in Asia with the Piano Solo China Tour 2013.
The opening concert has been held April 12, 2013 at Ningbo Grand Theatre, the tour will then proceed in Zhuji, Shanghai, Jinan, Huzhou, Hangzhou.
Several Asian premieres have been performed, by authors such as American composer William Susman, Dutch composer Douwe Eisenga, British composer Neil Campbell, Italian composer Matteo Sommacal and Francesco’s music, all with original visuals by Valeria Di Matteo.