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Caterina Di Cecca is an Italian composer, born in Leiden and currently based in Rome.
Her music, performed internationally, reflects a distinctive sonic vision shaped by a rigorous and multidisciplinary educational and professional journey.
She graduated with highest honors in both the First and Second Level Academic Diplomas in Composition under the guidance of Luciano Pelosi at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome, where she also studied piano.
She further refined her compositional voice with Alessandro Solbiati, and later completed the Advanced Course in Composition at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, studying with Ivan Fedele.
She further refined her compositional voice with Alessandro Solbiati, and later completed the Advanced Course in Composition at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, studying with Ivan Fedele.
Alongside her musical training, she pursued humanistic studies, earning both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Philosophy, magna cum laude, from Università degli Studi Roma Tre.
She has been selected and awarded in over fifty international composition competitions and calls for scores. Highlights include the Irino Prize for large ensemble/orchestra (Tokyo), the George Enescu International Composition Competition (Bucharest), the Biennale College – Music at the Venice Biennale, the Franco Donatoni International Meeting for Young Composers (Milan), the Tuns Contemporans Biennale für Neue Musik Graubünden (Chur), the ['tactus] Young Composers' Forum (Mons), and the SIAE – Classici di Oggi project in collaboration with the Orchestra della Toscana.
Her music has been commissioned by leading institutions in Italy and abroad, including: the Venice Biennale, the Aldeburgh Festival (UK, in partnership with the Ulysses Network), Divertimento Ensemble (with support from the Ernst von Siemens Foundation), the Fondazione Petruzzelli, the Puccini Festival, Ars Nova Ensemble (FR), County Hall Arts (UK), the MICF – Mizzou International Composers Festival (USA), the German Embassy in Rome, and EXPO 2015.
Her works have been performed at major venues and festivals such as: Columbia University (USA), the Aldeburgh Festival – Snape Maltings (UK), Festival Milano Musica, MITO SettembreMusica, Gaudeamus Muziekweek (NL), Salle Cortot (FR), Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone, the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, CBSO Centre (UK), the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Missouri Theater (USA), REAKTOR (AT), and many more.
Her music has been performed by distinguished ensembles and orchestras, including: the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tokyo Sinfonietta, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Alarm Will Sound (New York), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Ensemble Mosaik (Berlin), Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, Musiques Nouvelles (Mons), Divertimento Ensemble (Milan), Riot Ensemble (London), Ars Nova Ensemble (Poitiers), the Orchestra del Teatro Petruzzelli (Bari), Orchestra della Toscana, Ulysses Ensemble, Ensemble Reconsil (Vienna), and Oerknal! (Utrecht).
She has served as composer-in-residence at the Fondazione Spinola Banna per l’Arte and the Mizzou International Composers Festival (USA).
Since 2013, she has taught in various Italian conservatories, and she is currently a tenured professor at the “Licinio Refice” Conservatory in Frosinone.
Her music is published by Edizioni SZ Sugar (Milan) and has been broadcast by media outlets including France Musique, NHK World-Japan, Musiq3, RAI – RadioTre, Rai 5, RadiostART, and Euroclassical.
Her music is published by Edizioni SZ Sugar (Milan) and has been broadcast by media outlets including France Musique, NHK World-Japan, Musiq3, RAI – RadioTre, Rai 5, RadiostART, and Euroclassical.