Sonia Bo
Sonia Bo (born 27 March 1960) is an Italian pianist, conductor and composer.
Life
[edit]Sonia Bo was born in Lecco, Italy, and studied with Renato Dionisi and Azio Corghi at the Milan Conservatory, where she graduated in 1985. In 1988 she continued her studies with Franco Donatoni at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.[1]
After completing her studies, she taught music at universities in Ferrara, Verona, Pesaro and Piacenza. In 1997 she took a position teaching composition at the Conservatorio di Milano. She married composer Giuseppe Colardo.[2]
Honors and awards
[edit]- First prize, Guido d’Arezzo Composers Competition (1985)
- First prize, composition competition of the European Cultural Foundation (1985)
- First prize, composition competition G. Savagnone in Rome (1986)
- First Prize, the international composition competition Alpe Adria Giovani in Trieste (1988)
- Gold plate, the international Premio Città di Trieste (1995)
- Acknowledgment, Okanagan Music Festival for Composers (1983)
- Friuli Prize (1985)
- Ennio Porrino Prize (1985)
- Franco Evangelisti Prize (1987)
- Valentino Bucchi Prize (1989)[3]
Works
[edit]Bo composes orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, organ, and electroacoustic works. Selected compositions include:
- Frammenti da Jacopone
- Da una lettura di Husserl
- Quartetto
- Due Bagatelle
- Synopsis
- Concerto for chamber orchestra[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Pendle, Karin (2001). Women and music.
- ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ "Bo, Sonia". Retrieved 29 January 2011.
- ^ International who's who in classical music. Europa Publications Limited. 2007.
External links
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Categories:
- 1960 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Italian classical composers
- Italian music educators
- Italian women classical composers
- Italian classical composers
- Italian women music educators
- 20th-century Italian women composers
- Italian women pianists
- Italian pianists
- Milan Conservatory alumni
- 20th-century Italian pianists
- 21st-century Italian pianists
- 21st-century Italian composers
- 21st-century Italian musicians
- 21st-century Italian women musicians