Prix Annelie de Man 2012
First International Competition for composers and harpsichordists
Gianni Lenoci

Gianni Lenoci

Italian

1963 Italy

Biography

Piano Diploma  at “St. Cecilia" Conservatory in Rome, Electronic Music Composition Diploma  at "N. Piccinni" Conservatory in Bari. He  studied improvised music with Mal Waldron  and Paul Bley. In 1996 he was a winner of an award by “Centre Acanthes” in Paris (France). He is performer and composer (both acoustical and electronic) of notaded and improvised  music. He played with:  Massimo Urbani, Steve Lacy, Joelle  Leandre, Steve Grossman, Harold Land, Bob Mover, Enrico Rava, Glenn Ferris,Eugenio Colombo, Giancarlo  Schiaffini, Don Moye, Han  Bennink, Antonello Salis, Carlo Actis Dato,  David Gross, Paul Lovens, Sakis Papadimitriou,Georgia Sylleou, Jean-Jacques Avenel, John Betsch,Markus Stockhausen,Steve Potts, Carlos Zingaro,John Tchicai, Kent Carter. Further more he give performances with poets,dancers and multimedia artists. From 1990  He is teaching PERFORMANCE, IMPROVISATION & COMPOSITION   in jazz  and contemporary music classes at "Nino Rota" Conservatory in Monopoli (Italy) where he is Head of "New Musical Languages" Dpt., too. He  performed extensively in clubs, concert halls and festivals  in Italy, France, England, Romania, Hungaria, Albania, Argentina, USA, Turkey,Canada,Greece, and recorded for:Splasc(h), Modern Times, ASC, LEO,SENTEMO,AFK, VM-ADA, DAME (Ambiance Magnetiques), Vel Net, Soul Note. At current time his main focus  is on improvisation and on interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach and Morton Feldman  music.

Works
Date Title Instrumentation Execution time
1992 Dedalus I harpsichord ca. 3 minutes

Composer sent on February 22nd 2010. Last update on February 22nd 2010.