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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Marco_Stroppa > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Marco_Stroppa.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Stroppa > Source revision: 1329854726 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Italian composer (born 1959)}} {{Expand Italian|topic=bio|Marco Stroppa|date=October 2024}} {{BLP refimprove|date=July 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} '''Marco Stroppa''' (born 8 December 1959, in [Verona](/source/Verona)) is an Italian composer who writes [computer music](/source/computer_music) as well as music for instruments with [live electronics](/source/live_electronics).{{Cite web |title=Stroppa, Marco |url=https://www.ricordi.com/en-US/Composers/S/Stroppa-Marco.aspx |access-date=3 November 2024 |website=Ricordi}} ==Biography== Marco Stroppa studied piano, composition, choral direction and [electronic music](/source/electronic_music) at the conservatoires of Verona, Milan and Venice. From 1980 to 1984, Stroppa collaborated with the Centro di Sonologia Computazionale of the [University of Padua](/source/University_of_Padua), before moving to the United States, where he continued his studies at the [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](/source/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology) supported by a grant from the [Fulbright Foundation](/source/Fulbright_Foundation) until 1986. At MIT he took courses in [cognitive psychology](/source/cognitive_psychology), [computer science](/source/computer_science) and [artificial intelligence](/source/artificial_intelligence). At the invitation of [Pierre Boulez](/source/Pierre_Boulez), Stroppa moved to Paris where he led the department for musical research at [IRCAM](/source/IRCAM) from 1987 until 1990. In 1987, Stroppa founded the composition and computer music course at the International Bartók Festival in [Szombathely](/source/Szombathely), Hungary. Following teaching posts at the conservatoires of Lyon and Paris, Stroppa currently is professor of composition at the [State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart](/source/State_University_of_Music_and_Performing_Arts_Stuttgart), where he succeeded [Helmut Lachenmann](/source/Helmut_Lachenmann) in 1999. ==Awards== * 1985 ASCAP Prize * 1990 Cervo Prize for New Music * 1996 Composition prize of the [Salzburg Easter Festival](/source/Salzburg_Easter_Festival) ==Selected works== * 1982–1984 ''Traiettoria'' for piano and computer-synthesized tape * 1987 ''Pulsazioni'' * 1987–1988 ''Spirali'' for string quartet * 1993–1994 ''Hiranyaloka'' for orchestra * 1989–1998 ''élet...fogytiglan'' for ensemble * 1994–1999 ''Zwielicht'' for electronics * 1996–1999 ''From Needle's Eye'' for trombone and ensemble * 1991–2002 ''Miniature estrose'' Vols. 1 & 2 (14 pieces for solo piano) * 2010 ''Let me sing into your ear'' for amplified basset horn and chamber orchestra ==Discography== {| class="wikitable" ! Works recorded || Performer(s) || Year of release || Label |- |''Traiettoria''||[Pierre-Laurent Aimard](/source/Pierre-Laurent_Aimard) (piano), Marco Stroppa (sound projection)|| 1992||[WERGO](/source/WERGO) WER 2030-2 |- |''Due Miniature Estrose''||Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)||1992||ADES 202282 |- |''Hiranyaloka''|| [Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra](/source/Southwest_German_Radio_Symphony_Orchestra), [Michael Gielen](/source/Michael_Gielen) (conductor)||1994||Col Legno WWE 3CD 31882 |- |''Spirali''||[Arditti Quartet](/source/Arditti_Quartet), Marco Stroppa (multitrack mixing)||1995|| Auvidis/Montaigne MO 782042 |- |''Miniature Estrose'', Vol. 1||{{ill|Florian Hölscher|de}} (pianoforte)||2004||[Stradivarius](/source/Stradivarius_(record_label)) STR 33713 |- |''Let me sing into your ear''||[Michele Marelli](/source/Michele_Marelli) ([basset horn](/source/basset_horn)), [Péter Eötvös](/source/P%C3%A9ter_E%C3%B6tv%C3%B6s) (conductor), Kammerfilharmonie Hilversum ||2011||NEOS 11114-17 |} ==Further reading== * Jean-Noel von der Weid, ''Die Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts'', Frankfurt & Leipzig, 2001, p. 729. {{ISBN|3-458-17068-5}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://www.marcostroppa.eu Marco Stroppa official website] * {{BrahmsOnline|3074}} {{Portal bar|Biography|Classical music}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stroppa, Marco}} Category:1959 births Category:Italian male classical composers Category:Italian electronic musicians Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Verona Category:Academic staff of the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Marco Stroppa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Stroppa) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Stroppa?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.