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Aldo Clementi

Aldo Clementi (25 May 1925 – 3 March 2011) was an Italian classical composer. Life Aldo Clementi was born in Catania, Italy. He studied the piano, graduating in 1946 at the Conservatorio Santa

Aldo Clementi (25 May 1925 – 3 March 2011) was an Italian classical composer. Life Aldo Clementi was born in Catania, Italy. He studied the piano, graduating in 1946 at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome. His studies in composition began in 1941, and his teachers included and Goffredo Petrassi. After receiving his diploma in 1954 again at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia, he attended the Darmstadt summer courses from 1955 to 1962. Important influences during this period included meeting Bruno Maderna in 1956, and working at the electronic music studio of the Italian radio broadcaster RAI in Milan. Further reading * Clementi, Aldo, Maria Rosa De Luca, Salvatore Enrico Failla, and Graziella Seminara. 2005. Per Aldo Clementi: nell’occasione dei suoi ottant’anni, 25 maggio 2005. Catania: Università degli studi di Catania. * Cresti, Renzo. 1990. Aldo Clementi: studio monografico e intervista. Milan: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni. * Lux, Simonetta, and Daniela Tortora. 2005. Collage 1961: un’azione dell’arte di Achille Perilli e Aldo Clementi. Luxflux prototype arte contemporanea, Documenti 1. Rome: Gangemi. * Mattietti, Gianluigi. 2001. Geometrie di musica: il periodo diatonico di Aldo Cl

Era
Post-War
Lived
1925–2011
From
Italy, Kingdom of Italy (now Italy)
Born in
Catania · died Rome
Known as
composer, university teacher
Instruments
piano
Genres
classical music