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"I
have always loved listening to great Music. I have always loved
composing since I was a child. I have always hoped to be able to
give back to others at least a minimum part of the joy I have received."
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Born in Milan, Italy, in 1954, Elisabetta Brusa started composing
before she was 5 and created over 30 piano pieces and a string quartet
(kept by memory through the years) before starting Composition
studies at the Conservatorio of Milan with Bruno Bettinelli
(teacher of Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Riccardo Chailly, Maurizio
Pollini, Uto Ughi), graduating with Azio Corghi in 1980 (Diploma di
Composizione). From 1976 to 1981 she followed the Composition courses
at "Dartington Hall", G.B., held by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and from
1978 to 1985 took periodical lessons from Hans Keller in London.
In l982 she won the lst
prize of "The Washington International Competition for Composition for
String Quartet" with her "Belsize" String Quartet". During
the following years she was also given several other awards in minor
competitions.
In l983, having been
awarded the "Fromm Foundation Fellowship" and a "Fulbright"
travel bursary, she followed the Composition courses held by Hans
Werner Henze
and Gunther Schuller at the "Tanglewood Music Center",
Massachussetts, U.S.A.
In l988, l989 and l990 she
was awarded Fellowships from the MacDowell Colony (U.S.A.) for artistic
residencies to work on her first "Symphony" for large orchestra and
other works.
She has had numerous
commissions
and her compositions have been performed in various cities in Italy,
the United
States, Great Britain, Russia, Canada, Austria, Ukraine, Czecoslovakia,
Korea
and Albania with orchestras such as the BBC Philharmonic, the BBC
Scottish
Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, the St.
Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, the
Gera-Altenburg
Philharmonisches, the Boris Brott Festival Orchestra, the Virtuosi of
Toronto,
the Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra of Tirana, the London Chamber
Symphony, the
New England Philharmonic of Boston, the Tanglewood Music Center
Orchestra, the
Alea III Ensemble of Boston, the Contemporary Music Forum of Washington
D.C.,
the Women's Philharmonic of San Francisco, the Frauen Kammerorchester
von
Osterreich of Vienna, the Pomeriggi Musicali Orchestra of Milan, the
Angelicum
Orchestra of Milan, the Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina, the Orchestra
da Camera
Gli Armonici of Palermo and many other chamber orchestras, ensembles
and soloists.
Her music has been
broadcast and televised by RAI Radio 1 & 3 and RAI TV 3 (Italy),
Radio
Vaticana, BBC Radio 3 (Great Britain), Radio CBC (Canada), Radios WETA,
WCNY,
WHIL, WJBC, WUIS-WIPA, WQUB, WUFT-FM, WFIT, WJUF-FM, WDAV, WABE, WBGH,
WGBH,
WGUC, WGMS, WKAR, WFCR, WFGR, WFFD, MPR, WPR, WUOT, WORT, WTMI-FM,
WXXI,
KUAT-FM, KBPS, KVNO, KSUI-FM, KGNU, KXMS, KDSI (USA), Radio MDR/Figaro (Germany), Radio Accent 4 (France),
Radio Monalisa - Amsterdam FM & Radio OMROEP (The Netherlands)
Radio SR
(Sweden), Radio DR - Amadeus (Denmark), Radio ABC Classic FM Adelaide
and
radios 2, 3, 4 MBS-FM (Australia), Radio RTHK 4 (Hong Kong).
In 2002 the label
Naxos
recorded two CDs with 11 works for small and large orchestra with the National
Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine. Vol. 1 - 8.555266 e Vol. 2 - 8.555267.
She has taught Composition
since 1980 (Conservatorios of Vicenza, Mantova and Brescia) and at the
Conservatorio of Milan since 1985 where since 2002 she also holds the
biannual
course of Traditional Orchestration for the Triennial Superior Courses.
Elisabetta Brusa is married to
the conductor Gilberto Serembe (www.gilbertoserembe.it).
ITALIANO
Nata
a Milano nel 1954, Elisabetta Brusa ha studiato Composizione al
Conservatorio
della sua città con Bruno Bettinelli e Azio Corghi, diplomandosi nel
1980. Dal
1976 al 1981 ha
seguito i corsi di Composizione alla "Dartington Summer School of
Music", Inghilterra, sotto la guida di Sir Peter Maxwell Davies e dal
1978
al 1985 si é perfezionata sotto la guida di Hans Keller.
Nel 1982 ha
vinto il I˚ premio assoluto al concorso "The Washington International
Competition for Composition for String Quartet".
Nell'estate
del 1983, essendole stata assegnata la "Fromm Foundation Fellowship"
e una borsa di viaggio "Fulbright", ha frequentato i corsi di
Composizione tenuti da Hans Werner Henze e Gunther Schuller al
"Tanglewood
Music Center", Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Nel
1984 le è stata assegnata una "Honourable Mention" nel
"Rhinebeck Chamber Music Competition", U.S.A.
Nel 1987 ha
ricevuto un "Award of Merit" nel "New Music Composers
Competition" di New York per le sue "Favole" per piccola
orchestra.
Nel
1988, 1989, 1990 ha
vinto dei "Fellowship" della Fondazione "The MacDowell
Colony" per delle residenze artistiche dedicate alla composizione della
sua prima "Sinfonia" per grande orchestra e altri lavori.
Ha
al suo attivo numerose commissioni ed esecuzioni in Italia, negli Stati
Uniti,
in Gran Bretagna, in Russia, in Canada, in Austria, in Germany,
Ukraine, in
Cecoslovacchia, in Korea e in Albania con orchestre quali la BBC Philharmonic,
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra,
National
Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Gera-Altenburg
Philharmonisches, Boris Brott Festival Orchestra, Virtuosi of Toronto,
Orchestra Sinfonica della Radio e Televisione di Tirana, London Chamber
Symphony, New England Philharmonic di Boston, Tanglewood Music Center
Orchestra, Alea III Ensemble di Boston, Contemporary Music Forum di
Washington
D.C., Women's Philharmonic di San Francisco, Frauen Kammerorchester von
Osterreich di Vienna, Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano,
Orchestra
Angelicum di Milano, Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina, Orchestra da
Camera Gli
Armonici di Palermo, Solisti Dauni di Foggia e molte altre orchestre da
camera,
ensembles e solisti.
Inoltre, ha registrazioni radiofoniche e televisive con
RAI 1, RAI 2 e RAI 3 e Radio Vaticana, BBC Radio 3 (Londra - Gran
Bretagna),
Radio CBC (Canada), Radios WETA, WCNY,
WHIL, WJBC,
WUIS-WIPA, WQUB, WUFT-FM, WFIT, WJUF-FM, WDAV, WABE, WBGH, WGBH, WGUC,
WGMS,
WKAR, WFCR, WFGR, WFFD, MPR, WPR, WUOT, WORT, WTMI-FM, WXXI, KUAT-FM,
KBPS,
KVNO, KSUI-FM, KGNU, KXMS, KDSI (USA),
Radio
MDR/Figaro (Germania),
Radio
Accent 4 (France), Radio Monalisa and
Amsterdam FM & Radio OMROEP (The Netherlands), Radio SR (Sweden),
Radio DR
- Amadeus (Denmark), Radio ABC Classic FM Adelaide and radios 2, 3, 4
MBS-FM
(Australia), Radio RTHK 4 (Hong Kong).
Nel
2002 la casa discografica Naxos ha inciso due CD con 11 lavori per
piccola e
grande orchestra con la National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine.
Vol. 1 - 8.555266 e
Vol. 2 - 8.555267.
Elisabetta
Brusa è docente di Armonia, Contrappunto e Fuga dal 1980 e al
Conservatorio di
Milano dal 1985 dove dal 2002 tiene anche il corso biennale di
Orchestrazione
Tradizionale per il Triennio Superiore di Composizione.
Elisabetta
Brusa è sposata con il direttore d’orchestra Gilberto
Serembe (www.gilbertoserembe.it).
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