List of works
As Deep As I Could Remember, As Far As I Could See.
A collaboration with Tarik Kiswanson.
for Children Choir, Piano, and 4 channel audio surround
2019
Epistenologia in Opera.
A collaboration with Nicola Perullo.
for Piano, Copper Wires, Brass Bells, and 10 different variety of wines
2019
Inneschi
for Hearing Aids, Medical Devices, Sleigh Bells, Megaphone, Percussion
Commissioned by MUSICA SANAE
2019
#00FF00 #FF00FF II.
A performance/audiovisual installation.
for five Arduino-based sound interfaces
2019
The Reading Room.
An art film by Tarik Kiswanson.
for Piano and Electronics
2019
Le Jardin Qui Rit
for Piano four hands, co-composed with Aleksandra Vrebalov
2019
Fidelio
for two Violins
Commissioned by StringNoise
2019
Origins.
An art film by Tayeb al Hefez.
for Piano
2019
Příliš hlučná samota
for Ululatore and Stropicciatore
2018
Gin e Ginepri
for Voice and String Quintet
2018
Wired Imagination
for Piano, Weights and Ropes
2018
CROMLECH
for Organ
2018
Inkless Imagination V Bis, for Sahba Aminikia
for six Bassoons
2018
Vathek on the Edge of the Chasm
for Organ
2018
The Balloon Orchestra
for Balloons and String Quintet
2018
Imagine Re-Imagined
for Tenor, String Quintet, Flute, Bassoon, Trumpet, Trombone, Harp and Piano
2017
Abdication for Pauline
for Voice, amplified Musical Saw, Toys and Aardvark Synthesizer
2017
Ancient Régime
for wind-up Metronome and Piano
2016
Cupric Donna I & II
for Piano
2016
Inkless Imagination VIII: For Geoffrey Hartman (The Boy of Winander)
for Percussion and Light/Shadow projection
2016
Cena Oltranzista nel Castelletto al Lago.
A 3-days Experimental Opera/Reality Show.
for Voices, Harpsichord, and Percussion
Commissioned by TRANSART Festival
2016
Blind Date
for Voice, Three Electric Guitars, and Video
2016
Green Sea
for Piano
2015
BOTTEGHE OSCVRE
for Clarinet and Piano
2015
Piano + biliardino circa 1986
for Piano, Glockenspiel, and modified Foosball Table
2015
Water Memory
for Shofar, Megaphone, Melodigrand, Percussion
Commissioned by the De Young Museum
2014
I’ve got a home
for amplified Sound Sculpture by Terry Berlier
Commissioned by the Montalvo Art Center
2014
Piedigrotta.
An evening length composition on a poem by Francesco Cangiullo
for Slide Whistle, Friction Drum, Triccheballacche, Scetavaiasse, Conch Shell, and Piano
Commissioned by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
2014
Mr. Quill, Let There Be Light
for Voice and Light/Shadow projection
2013
Set and Setting
for Shofar, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano
Commissioned by Steven Schick for the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
2013
LIGHTEST
for amplified Musical Saw, 5 Boomboxes, and Light/Shadow Projection
Commissioned by SFMOMA
2013
Quartetto no. 2 ‘Delle Bomboniere’
for String Quartet
2013
Squeeze! Squeeze! Squeeze!
An Opera / A Meditation on Chapter 94 of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick
for Voice, Quarter-tone Vibraphone and Electric Guitar
2013
Vathek’s Aria on the Edge of the Chasm
for Countertenor and Orchestra
2013
Wordsworth’s Daffodils
for five Pianos
Commission by New Keys
2013
Ninna Nanna per Vittorio
for Musical Box
2012
Wrestling God
for a Sound Sculpture by Dana Harel
2012
The Furniture Orchestra
for Chamber Orchestra
2012
Inkless Imagination VII, for Alan Turing
for Solo Wind Machine
2012
Inkless Imagination VI, for Charlie Blacklock
for Blues Harp and Musical Saw
2012
How May I Help You
for eight Call bells
2011
A Heavenly Act.
An Opera Installation
for Soloist, Choir, Orchestra
Commissioned by SFMOMA
2011
L’acoustique ivresse II
for Bass and Orchestra
2011
Topical Singer
for Guitar, The Clapper and three Radios
2010
Come un’infanzia
for Guitar and String Quartet
Commissioned by the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
2010
Die Sieben Worte ohne Worte
for Trumpet, Violin, Bassoon, Cello, Vibraphone, and Semi-acoustic Guitar on basso continuo
2010
Tomboy
for Piano (barefoot pianist) and a Video by Terry Berlier
2009
Ragazzi incoscienti scarabocchiano sulla porta di un negozio fallito AN.1902
for Orchestra
Commissioned by the Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino
2009
L’acoustique ivresse
for Bass and Orchestra
Commissioned by Performa
2009
Inkless Imagination V, for Emile Norman
for Septet (Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Violin, Viola, Cello and Percussion)
Commissioned by sfSoundSeries
2009
LAMPI SULL’ENI. Per Marino Formenti
for Piano
2009
Prayer of an Aspiring Musician
for Male Soprano and Piano
2009
Movements.
An art film by Rick Bahto.
for Dàn Bâu and amplified Film Projectors
2009
Chronicle Hotel
for Piano, Dàn Bâu and Video
2008
Return to Dak To
for String Quartet
2008
Amadou
for Guitar
2008
Recitativo, Aria e Coro della Vergine
for Soprano, Madrigalist Ensemble, Gospel Choir, Organ, Celesta, Guitar, String Orchestra and Percussion
2008
Inkless imagination IV
for Viola, amplified Musical Saw, Piano, Percussion, FM Radios, Video, Tape, and a Wireless Blimp
Commissioned by the Empyrean Ensemble
2008
Strelitzie
for amplified Voice or Oboe and String Orchestra
2007
Louganis
for Piano and Video
2007
Aurum Tellus
for Melodigrand
2007
Variazioni su un oggetto di scena
for Piano, Stuffed Animals and a Rag Doll
2002/05/07
…sul piano. Per Giuseppe, in memoriam…
for Piano
2007
Cinabro
for Viola and Piano
2006
Nouronihar
for Organ
2006
Il pedone dell’aria
for Double Children Choir and Orchestra
2006
Nodi d’amore
for Dàn Bâu
2006
Polinesiano
for amplified voice and Ensemble (Alto Flute, Violin, Cello and Piano)
2006
Inkless Imagination III, for Fedele Azari
for Piano, Dancer and Identifiable Flying Object
2006
San Giovanni del Compianto
for Bassoon
2006
San Giovanni del Compianto I
for Double Bass
2006
Proxemic Visitations
for Musical Saw
2005
Man’s unconquerable mind
for Musical Saw
2005
Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?
for Musical Saw
2005
Ha una voce e non varia
for Musical Saw
2005
N A M B
for Musical Saw
2005
Inkless Imagination II, for Richard Taruskin
for Remote-controlled Car and Piano
2005
Petrolio
for Piano and Percussion
2004
Three Hilliard Songs on texts by Thomas Hardy, Jack Kerouac, Stephen Morrissey
for Baritone
2004
Inkless Imagination I, for Douglas Kahn
for Donkey Gruntler and Musical Saw
2004
Casu Marzu
for amplified Musical Saw
2004
At the end you’ll be one minute older
for Bass Clarinet
2004
S.I.R. A collaboration with Miguel Galperin on 4 photographs by Alessandra Chessa
for amplified Musical Saw and Electronics
2004
Rhinocéros.
Incidental music for Eugène Ionesco’s Play
Fixed Media
2003
Nouronihar II
for Alto flute, Oboe, and Bass Clarinet
2003
Quadri da una città fantasma
for Piano and 3 Turntables (1 operator)
2003
Tom’s Heart
for 2 Pianos-one player and a Film by Terry Berlier
2003
Tryptique pour Gérard
for 5 Donkey Gruntlers (reed instruments by Ramon Sender)
2003
Recitativo, Aria e Coro della Vergine
for Soprano, Madrigalist Ensemble, Gospel Choir, Organ, Celesta, and Percussion
2002
Variations on a Prop (from Jorge Boehringer’s The Future of American Transportation)
for Piano, Stuffed Animals and a Rag Doll
2002
Dr. Faustus.
Incidental music for Christopher Marlowe’s play
Fixed media
2001
Cirri
for Piano
2001
Mielecuore
for Voice
2000, revised 2006
Notti Sylvane. Seconda serie
for Musical Saw
1998
Levia Gravia
for two 1-/2-track Tapes and an Audience of Sound Historians
1998
LAUNISCH
for Orchestra
1998
Nouronihar
for Oboe, English Horn, Bass Clarinet, Piano, Celesta, Percussion
1998
Nouronihar
for Organ
1997, revised 2006
Lavoro
for Pen, Paper and and Amplified Desk
1997
Karaoke
for Voice and 2-Track Tape
1997
Playback
for 2-Track Tape and Actors in Tuxedo
1997
Il pedone dell’aria
for Voice and Piano
1996; revised 2001
Peppa
for amplified Voice and Ensemble (2 Pianos, Timpani, Bass Drum)
1996
After Coleridge
for Piano
1995
Carpe
for amplified Voice and Ensemble (Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano, Percussion)
1993
Analfabeta
for amplified Voice and Ensemble (Viola, Cello, Piano, Celesta)
1992
O.A.
for 2 Trumpets
1989
O.G.
for 2 Trumpets
1989
Partita
for Violin
1987/2013
Riflesso III
for Flute and Marimba
1986/2015
Riflesso II
for Violin and Marimba
1986/2015
Riflesso
for Flute
1986
Tre danze da salotto
for Piano four hands
1983/2010