BioCarlo Pedini was born in Perugia in 1956 and studied music independently for a number of years before taking his diploma at the Conservatory of Perugia with Fernando Sulpizi, subsequently specializing with Franco Donatoni at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and Salvatore Sciarrino in Città di Castello. He now teaches at the Conservatory of Perugia after having taught in Avellino, Adria and Pesaro. Pedini studied Choral Music and Choral Conducting at the Conservatorio “Rossini” in Pesaro (1981) and Composition at the Conservatorio “Morlacchi” in Perugia (1983). He also studied at the Università di Perugia, graduating with a degree in Law in 1982.
Since 1980, his compositions have garnered many honors at the “Balilla Pratella” National Competition, Belveglio National Competition, “G.B. Viotti” International Competition, the Bucchi Award in Rome, the Premio Ancona, the Venice Opera Prima, the Gaudeamus Compeition in Amsterdam (1984) and the Accademia Lirica Osimo International Opera Competition to mark the European Music Year. In 1995, his poem for orchestra Il Cantico dei Cantici was prized the Bologna Competition “2 August”.
The composer of four lyric operas as well as many symphonic and chanber works, Pedini has received numerous invitations and commissions from RAI, orchestras, and concert programs. In 1993, the RAI broadcast commissioned his dramatic oratorio Il Mistero Jacopone, the story of Jacopone da Todi, the great Italian poet preceding Dante Alighieri, for four voices, baritone, medieval instruments, choir, and orchestra directed by Karl Martin and featuring the voice of Jacopone Mario Scaccia. In 2004, the Arena di Verona Foundation commissioned the ballet L’anima del Perugino, which was premiered that same year at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona. In 2005, Pedini’s Requiem for choir and orchestra was premiered at the Kusatsu Festival in Japan and later performed in Italy and Germany by the Motetten Chamber Choir of Munich.
Pedini serves as a member of the Commissione Artistica of ARCUM (Assiciazione Regionale dei Cori dell’Umbria) and from 1989 to 1994 acted as Artistic Director of Divertimenti Musicali in Perugia. From 1996 to 2003, he was Artistic Director of the Sagra Musicale Umbra, one of the oldest and most famous festivals in Europe since 1937. Pedini has also commissioned works and organized the world premieres of great composers of our time: Songs of Milarepa (1997) by Philip Glass, Grido (1998) by Ennio Morricone, Concerto-cantata de Perugia (1999) by Leo Brouwer, and the Missa Solemnis Resurrectionis (2000) by eight Italian composers for the 2000 Jubilee, performed in Rome’s Campidoglio Square. The mass was broadcasted through RaiDue as an Easter concert in 2002. From 2004 to 2005 he was the Composer-in-Residence for the Sagra Musicale Umbra. He is an honorary member of the Libera Università di Città della Pieve and of the Director’s Board of the Amici della Lirica in Perugia.
Pedini’s works are performed and broadcasted in several countries (Italy, France, Germany, Sweden, Greece, Russia, the United States and Japan) and are published by Casa Musicale Sonzogno. Aside from composition, he occupies himself in the figurative arts as a painter.
Gallery- Carlo Pedini (to the left, in a self-portrait) welcomes Philip Glass to the Sagra Musicale Umbra, of which he is the Artistic Director
- The CD of Il mistero Jacopone (Foné)
- Sketch by Raffaele Montesano for Una giornata qualunque at the Teatro La Nuova Fenice of Osimo (2000)
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PEDINI Carlo
Absolve domine per coro a 3 voci pari e quartetto d'archi
Symphonic
00h 04' 30"
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Adagio per orchestra d'archi
String
00h 06' 30"
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Agnus Tropato
Symphonic
00h 04' 30"
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Angela da Foligno
Symphonic
01h 30' 00"
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Ave Maria dal vespro di Santa Veronica
Symphonic
00h 04' 00"
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Ave maris Stella per coro a 5 voci miste e organo
Symphonic
00h 06' 00"
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Buon anniversario per 10 strumenti
Chamber
00h 06' 00"
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C'era Ciro
Chamber
00h 08' 30"
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Canone di Pedini per archi
String
00h 08' 00"
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Canone di Pedini per quartetto d'archi
Chamber
00h 08' 00"
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Canova 2016
String
00h 10' 00"
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Cantico dei cantici per orchestra da camera
Symphonic
00h 10' 00"
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Canzonetta per voce recitante e orchestra da camera
Symphonic
00h 03' 00"
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Canzoni profane per clarinetto e quartetto d'archi
Chamber
00h 16' 00"
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Canzoni usa e getta per clarinetto, violino, pianoforte e ensemble
Chamber
00h 10' 00"
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Carme millenario per coro a 2 voci miste, fiati e percussioni
Symphonic
00h 15' 00"
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Concertino a volo d'angelo per pianoforte, coro ad lib. e quartetto d'archi
Chamber
00h 15' 00"
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Così fan (quasi) tutte
Operas
00h 40' 00"
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De profundis per coro a 4 voci miste e 4 tromboni
Symphonic
00h 06' 30"
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Dialogo di Giacomo con Paolo di Tarso per 2 voci medie e ensemble
Chamber
00h 20' 00"
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Dies illa per pianoforte
Chamber
00h 08' 00"
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Due interludi per Orfeo per violino, clarinetto e pianoforte
Chamber
00h 10' 00"
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Elenadagio
Solo
01h 10' 00"
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Euclide si diverte per orchestra da camera
Symphonic
00h 12' 00"
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Gino ed altri angeli per viola, flauto e pianoforte o arpa
Chamber
00h 03' 00"
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Gloria al Signore onnipotente
Chamber
00h 06' 00"
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H2O, concerto per pianoforte e orchestra d'archi
Solo
00h 24' 00"
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I colori del Perugino per flauto concertante, 4 clarinetti e archi
Chamber
00h 25' 00"
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Il miracolo
Operas
00h 55' 00"
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Il mistero Jacopone per 4 attori, baritono, coro e orchestra
Symphonic
01h 15' 00"
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Il pranzo
Ballets
01h 10' 00"
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In te Domine speravi per coro a 4 voci miste e orchestra
Symphonic
00h 04' 30"
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Inni greci per 6 voci femminili
Chamber
00h 12' 00"
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Intermedio di Venere
Chamber
00h 05' 00"
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Jago
Operas
01h 40' 00"
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L'anima del Perugino
Ballets
00h 13' 00"
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L'ironia bizzarra per 6 voci femminili e arpa o pianoforte
Chamber
00h 12' 00"
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La casa di Asterione per orchestra
Symphonic
00h 06' 30"
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La follia per orchestra d'archi
String
00h 25' 00"
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La follia per quartetto d'archi
Chamber
00h 00' 00"
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La nebbia di Hietzing per clarinetto e quartetto d'archi
Chamber
00h 12' 00"
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La pietra
Operas
00h 40' 00"
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Le strade di Torquato per 12 percussionisti
Chamber
00h 13' 00"
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Liber organi per organo
Chamber
00h 16' 00"
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Lipizeriana
Chamber
00h 07' 00"
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Magnificat per coro femminile
Symphonic
00h 28' 00"
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Menu per signora per violoncello e pianoforte
Chamber
00h 13' 00"
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Missa brevis (De Angelis) per coro a 3 voci miste e organo ad lib.
Symphonic
00h 19' 00"
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Missa liturgica per coro a 3 voci miste e organo
Symphonic
00h 22' 00"
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Non svegliate Verdi per orchestra sinfonica
Symphonic
00h 07' 00"
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Nuper Rosarum Flores per coro a due voci, tenor I e II (organo) e 6 archi
Symphonic
00h 15' 00"
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O Niepokalana! (O Immacolata!)
Symphonic
00h 09' 00"
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Orfeo in cittÃ
Operas
00h 40' 00"
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Pater Noster per tenore, coro e orchestra da camera
Symphonic
00h 04' 30"
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Per mille lire per voce e ensemble
Chamber
00h 06' 00"
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Picopa
Solo
00h 08' 00"
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Picopa per tromba e archi
Solo
00h 10' 00"
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Picopa per tromba e pianoforte
Chamber
00h 10' 00"
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Reck symphony (Tempo I)
Symphonic
00h 15' 00"
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Reck symphony (Tempo II)
Symphonic
00h 13' 00"
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Reck symphony (Tempo III)
Symphonic
00h 18' 00"
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Requiem per coro, organo e archi
Symphonic
01h 00' 00"
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San Francesco predica agli uccelli
Symphonic
00h 04' 20"
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Santa Lucia
Chamber
00h 06' 30"
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Sei frammenti francescani per voce recitante ad lib. e orchestra
Symphonic
00h 28' 00"
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Sonata da camera per violino e gruppo da camera
Solo
00h 12' 00"
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Sonata per violino e pianoforte
Chamber
00h 12' 00"
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Suite da 'Il pranzo'
Chamber
00h 01' 10"
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Super flumina Babylonis per coro a 5 voci
Symphonic
00h 06' 00"
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Te Deum per coro misto e orchestra da camera
Symphonic
00h 35' 00"
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Torneremo a camminare per coro, archi e clavicembalo
Symphonic
00h 13' 00"
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Un giorno qualunque
Operas
01h 20' 00"
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Un'ipotesi di tango
Chamber
00h 08' 00"
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Una serata di esercitazioni campali delle Termiti Guerriere per 5 percussionisti
Chamber
00h 08' 00"
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Veni creator spiritus per coro a 4 voci miste, organo e flauto ad lib.
Symphonic
00h 06' 00"
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Vent'anni dopo per clarinetto
Chamber
00h 06' 00"
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Vespro di Santa Veronica
Symphonic
00h 75' 00"
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Victimae paschali laudes per tenore, coro e orchestra da camera
Symphonic
00h 03' 30"