Vito Palumbo


Vito Palumbo is an Italian composer. He has had pieces performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, the Gävle Symphony Orchestra, the Athenäum-Quartett Berliner Philharmoniker and the RAI National Symphony Orchestra.

Biography

Having been writing music from an early age, Palumbo was awarded a place at the prestigious Accademia Chigiana in Siena to study composition. Following this, he undertook a postgraduate degree at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome studying with the acclaimed composer Azio Corghi and graduating with Honours. Palumbo also attained a special scholarship which was awarded personally by Luciano Berio.
In 2005 he was awarded the G. Petrassi prize for his work in composition.
A winner of several national and international composition contests including the Prokofiev Competition, Palumbo has received commissions worldwide from institutions and ensembles such as: the Philharmonia Quartett Berlin, Academie de France, 'Parco della Musica', the Contemporary Music Festival Parade in Beijing, the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, the 'M. Botin' Foundation, Santander, Foundation Enescu, 'Future 99', Crest, Montpellier International Festival, Barockmuseum Salzburg, the Minnesota 2010 Marimba Festival and Conference, the RAI Symphony Orchestra, Teatro Petruzzelli, Neo Norrbotten with the soloist Anna Paradiso Laurin, and so on.
In addition to the above, Palumbo has notably completed two commissions from the Athenäum-Quartett of the Berliner Philharmoniker. His works have been broadcast by several major broadcasters including RAI Radiotre, Channel V Music RAI, Rai Tre, Arté France, Sky Classical, Radio France and Radio Wien.
He has published several CD's with the Rai Trade label, which including his works: Recitarsonando, Quadro sinfonico Concertante for piano and orchestra, Italian news, Sur le tombeau of Hayden, Schumannesque, and Ulysses amongst others.

Works

Orchestral works

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