Caterina Di Cecca is an Italian composer based in Rome.
Blending structure and poetry, clarity and boldness, she creates music that crosses cultures and disciplines and is performed worldwide.
Blending structure and poetry, clarity and boldness, she creates music that crosses cultures and disciplines and is performed worldwide.
Her scores have been featured in nearly twenty countries (Austria, Belgium, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the USA) by renowned ensembles and orchestras such as Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse (FR), Tokyo Sinfonietta (JP), Neue Vocalsolisten (DE), Alarm Will Sound (US), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (UK), Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Petruzzelli (IT), Orchestra della Toscana (IT), Kammerphilharmonie Graubünden (CH), Ensemble Mosaik (DE), Musiques Nouvelles (BE), Ars Nova Ensemble (FR), Riot Ensemble (UK), Ulysses Ensemble, Ensemble Oerknal! (NL), Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (RU) and Ensemble Reconsil (AT).
Selected in over fifty international calls for scores and composition competitions — including the George Enescu International Composition Competition (Bucharest), the Franco Donatoni International Meeting for Young Composers (Milan), the Irino Prize (Tokyo, Chamber-Orchestral category), the Symphony San Sebastián Concours (London), the Unanimes! Composition Competition of the Association Française des Orchestres (Symphonic Orchestra category), the Tuns Contemporans – Biennale für Neue Musik Graubünden (Chur, String Orchestra category), the SIAE – Classici di Oggi 2018/2019 Open Call (Chamber-Orchestral category) and the [‘tactus] Young Composers’ Forum (Mons) — she has received commissions from leading institutions such as Venice Biennale – Music (IT), Aldeburgh Festival – Snape Maltings (UK, in cooperation with the Ulysses Network), Divertimento Ensemble (IT, supported by the Ernst von Siemens Foundation – DE), Ars Nova Ensemble in collaboration with SACEM (FR), SIAE – Classici di Oggi with Orchestra della Toscana (IT), Fondazione Lirico Sinfonica Petruzzelli e Teatri di Bari (IT), County Hall Arts (UK), MICF 2022 (US), the Puccini Festival (IT), the German Embassy in Rome and Expo 2015 (IT).
Her works have been presented at prominent festivals and venues such as Venice Biennale – Music (IT), Aldeburgh Festival – Snape Maltings (UK), Gaudeamus Muziekweek (NL), MITO SettembreMusica (IT), Puccini Festival (IT), Columbia University – The Italian Academy (US), Festival Milano Musica (IT), Auditorium Parco della Musica (IT), International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn (DE), CBSO Centre (UK), Salle Cortot (FR), World Expo 2015 (IT), New Classics – Moscow Conservatory International Competition (RU), the [‘tactus] Young Composers’ Forum (BE), the ORT Symphony Season (IT), the Concert Season of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (IT), Festival Nuova Consonanza (IT), Biennale für Neue Musik Graubünden (CH), Reconsil’s Concert Cycle – REAKTOR (AT), Stagione Rondò (IT), IUC – Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti (IT), Missouri Theater (US), CCP – Cultural Center of the Philippines (PH), Ciclo Internacional de Música Laberintos Sonoros (MX), Limonaia di Villa Strozzi (IT) and many more.
She has been invited as composer-in-residence both in Italy (Fondazione Spinola Banna per l’Arte, 2015) and in the United States (Mizzou International Composers Festival, 2022).
Her music is published by SZ Sugar (Milan) and has been broadcast on France Musique, NHK World-Japan, Musiq3, RAI – RadioTre, Rai 5, RadiostART and Euroclassical.