“Scisma” by Gabriele Mangano

Composition of a piece for Solo Violin on the theme “Baroque Modernity” reserved for composition students at the Francesco Morlacchi Conservatory of Music in Perugia

The Postignano Music Festival promoted a Composition Competition reserved to the students of the composition classes at the Francesco Morlacchi Conservatory of Music in Perugia, which called for the composition of a piece for Solo Violin on the theme “Baroque Modernity” lasting about five minutes.

The purpose of this commission was not only the concert performance of the piece, which will take place on the opening night of the Festival on 1 October 2024, performed by violinist Grazia Raimondi, but also the publication of the piece with the Suvini e Zerboni publishing house.
The winner will also receive a scholarship from the Postignano Music Festival.

The selection board consisting of:

Luigi Ciuffa
President of the Jury
Director of the Francesco Morlacchi Conservatory of Music in Perugia

Pasquale Corrado
Composer, conductor and artistic producer

Ivan Fedele
World-renowned composer with more than 200 titles to his credit and professor of composition at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome

Anna Leonardi
Oboist and Head of Publishing at Suvini and Zerboni Sugar edizioni

Luigi Piovano
Festival Artistic Director, cellist and conductor

Grazia Raimondi
internationally renowned violinist to whom the composition is dedicated

unanimously decreed the following ranking:

First classified
“Scisma” by Gabriele Mangano

Runners-up ex equo
“Stigma” by Andrea Passeri
“Gioco a nascondere” by Giuseppe Torrisi

Third place winners ex aequo
“Distorsione” by Lorenzo Gaggioli
“Incognite” by Raul Patrick Maritean