New piece (2026) – For String Orchestra
Instrumentation: string orchestra
Duration: 10'
In viriditate et in floribus (2026) – For Accordion Duo
Commissioned by the 63rd Festival di Nuova Consonanza (IT)
Instrumentation: accordion duo
Premiere: Rome, 16.12.2026; Recercare Accordion Duo (Ludovica Borsatti & Umberto Turchi)
Duration: 9'
Commissioned by Ars Nova Ensemble / Concours Collegium21 2026 (FR)
Instrumentation: harp
Premiere: Paris, 13.06.2026; Collegium21 participants
Duration: 5'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Donostiako Rapsodia (2024/2025) – For Orchestra
Commissioned by County Hall Arts as part of the Symphony San Sebastián Concours (UK)
Finalist in the Symphony San Sebastián Concours (UK)
Finalist in the Symphony San Sebastián Concours (UK)
Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, percussion, harp and strings (12/10/8/6/4)
Duration: 20'
General (2024) – For Voice and 3 Instruments
Commissioned by the 61st Festival di Nuova Consonanza (IT)
Instrumentation: female voice, clarinet, percussion and cello
Premiere: Rome, 15.12.2024; Ensemble Accroche Note (Strasbourg)
Duration: 10'
Amo, soffro, lotto (2024) – For Quintet
Commissioned by Synesthesia Lab / Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (RU)
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello
Premiere: Kazan, 21.10.2024; Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Moscow)
Duration: 9'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Finalist in the first edition of the Unanimes! Composition Competition — Symphony Orchestra category (AFO — Association Française des Orchestres)
Instrumentation: 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 2 percussionists, harp, and strings (14/12/10/8/6)
Premiere: Toulouse, 13.09.2024; Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse (Toulouse; conductor: Bruno Mantovani)
Duration: 10 minutes
Retour à Tipasa (2022) – For Large Ensemble
Commissioned by the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival (US)
Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet I, clarinet II, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion (2 players), piano, violin I, violin II, viola, cello and double bass
Premiere: Columbia, MO, 30.07.2022; Alarm Will Sound (New York; conductor: Alan Pierson)
Duration: 9'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Geometrie sospese (2022) – For 4 Percussionists
Commissioned by Tetraktis Percussioni (IT)
Instrumentation: percussion (4 players)
Premiere: Foligno, 28.08.2022; Tetraktis Percussioni
Duration: 5'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Nove liriche su testi di Dante (2021) – For Voice and Piano
Commissioned by the German Embassy in Rome (DE)
Selected for the 2022 Festival Osmose (Belgium) with Oltre la spera che più larga gira
Texts: Dante Alighieri
Instrumentation: female voice and piano
Premiere: Florence, 03.10.2021; Theresa Kronthaler (mezzo-soprano), Mirella Vinciguerra (piano)
Duration: 27'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Miniatura No. 3 (2021) – For Piano
Commissioned by Divertimento Ensemble as part of the Affresco project (IT)
Instrumentation: piano
Premiere: Milan, 14.11.2021; Maria Grazia Bellocchio
Duration: 30"
La terra e la morte (2020/2021) – For Mixed Choir and 7 Instruments
Commissioned by the Fondazione Lirico Sinfonica Petruzzelli e Teatri di Bari (IT)
Text: Excerpts from La terra e la morte by Cesare Pavese
Instrumentation: mixed choir; harp, percussion, violin I, violin II, viola, cello and double bass
Premiere and first recording: Bari, 15.06.2021; Members of the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Petruzzelli (Bari; chorus master: Fabrizio Cassi) – Livestreamed because of COVID-19 restrictions
Duration: 20'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Mit Worten und Gesten (2020/2021) – For 4 Instruments
Commissioned by Ars Nova Ensemble (FR)
Instrumentation: clarinet, saxophone, violin and cello
First recording: Paris, 25.06.2021; Ars Nova Ensemble (Poitiers)
Premiere: Paris, 23.10.2021; Ars Nova Ensemble (Poitiers)
Duration: 9'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Ex abrupto (2020) – For Double Bass
Commissioned by Ars Nova Ensemble as part of the Mosaïque project (FR)
Selected for the Verdant Vibes Call for Scores (US)
Instrumentation: double bass
Online premiere: YouTube, 02.01.2021; Tanguy Menez
Duration: 1'30"
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Mit wechselndem Schlüssel (2020) – For 2 Instruments
Selected for performance by the jury of the O/Modernt Composition Award 2020 (SE)
Instrumentation: cello and piano
Premiere: Birmingham, 22.11.2020; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group – Livestreamed because of COVID-19 restrictions
Duration: 7'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Il varco che tu ti apristi (2020) – For Wind Quintet
Commissioned by Ars Nova Ensemble with the support of the SACEM (FR)
Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn
Premiere: Bibracte, 04.08.2021; Ars Nova Ensemble (Poitiers)
Duration: 11'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
A rebours – Tosca su Tosca (2020) – For Narrator and Piano
Commissioned by the 66th Puccini Festival (IT)
Instrumentation: narrator and piano
Premiere: Torre del Lago, 14.07.2020; Stefania Sandrelli (narrator), Orazio Sciortino (piano)
Duration: 15'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Le voci della terra (2019/2020) – For Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned by MusAnima 2020 – Istituzione Sinfonica Abruzzese (IT)
Winner of the First International Composers Competition Musikverein – The New Symphony (AT)
Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, percussion (1 player) and strings
Scheduled premiere: Italy, 05.2020; Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese – Postponed because of COVID-19 restrictions
Duration: 10'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
In cerchi concentrici (2019) – For Trumpet and Orchestra
Commissioned by SIAE – Classici di Oggi 2018/2019 (IT)
Instrumentation: 2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, timpani, percussion (1 player), trumpet in C and strings
First and second performances: Pisa, 24.10.2019 and Florence, 25.10.2019; Orchestra della Toscana (Florence; conductor: Daniele Rustioni; soloist: Donato De Sena)
Duration: 12'
Instrumentation: 2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, timpani, percussion (1 player), trumpet in C and strings
First and second performances: Pisa, 24.10.2019 and Florence, 25.10.2019; Orchestra della Toscana (Florence; conductor: Daniele Rustioni; soloist: Donato De Sena)
Duration: 12'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Mono no aware (2019) – For 4 Percussionists
Winning project in the open call Della morte e del morire (IT)
Winning project in the open call Della morte e del morire (IT)
Instrumentation: percussion (4 players)
Premiere: Lucca, 22.06.2019; Blow Up Percussion (Rome)
Duration: 12'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Ad sidera vultus (2019) – For 14 Instruments
Commissioned by the Aldeburgh Festival (UK) in cooperation with the Ulysses Network
Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, violin I, violin II, viola, cello and double bass
Premiere: Aldeburgh, 14.06.2019; Ulysses Ensemble (conductor: Geoffrey Paterson)
Duration: 6'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
La via isoscele della sera (2018) – For String Orchestra
Winner of the IV Concorso Nazionale di Composizione Francesco Agnello (IT; President of the Jury: Ennio Morricone)
Honourable mention in the fourth edition of the 2022 Amadeo Prize (IT)
Winner of the Third Call for Scores for the Tuns Contemporans Biennale für Neue Musik Graubünden (CH)
Winner of the Open Call for Efferent Verb: Strings, Vol. I (US)
Winner of the Special Prize at the 6th Ise-Shima International Composition Competition (JP)
Instrumentation: string orchestra
Premiere: Genova, 20.01.2020; Solisti Aquilani (L'Aquila)
Duration: 10'
Publisher: Edizioni Curci
Senza ristoro d’ombra (2018) – For 2 Instruments
Winner of the First International Composition Competition María de Pablos (ES)
Instrumentation: cello and piano
Premiere: Segovia, 24.11.2018
Duration: 8'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Premiere: Genova, 20.01.2020; Solisti Aquilani (L'Aquila)
Duration: 10'
Publisher: Edizioni Curci
Senza ristoro d’ombra (2018) – For 2 Instruments
Winner of the First International Composition Competition María de Pablos (ES)
Instrumentation: cello and piano
Premiere: Segovia, 24.11.2018
Duration: 8'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Die Brücken hinter uns (2018) – For 6 Instruments
Commissioned by Riot Ensemble (UK)
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, saxophone, violin, cello and double bass
Premiere: London, 31.10.2018; Riot Ensemble (London; conductor: Aaron Holloway-Nahum)
Duration: 12'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Commissioned by Riot Ensemble (UK)
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, saxophone, violin, cello and double bass
Premiere: London, 31.10.2018; Riot Ensemble (London; conductor: Aaron Holloway-Nahum)
Duration: 12'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
From Wonder into Wonder. Green Steps to the Sky (2017/2018) – For Symphony Orchestra
Finalist in the 2018 BIMCC (PH)
Instrumentation: 3 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes (also english horn), 2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion (3 players), piano and strings (12/10/8/6/4)
Premiere: Manila, 25.07.2018; Tofarm Festival Orchestra (Manila; conductor: Chino Toledo)
Duration: 13'
Miniatura No. 2 – Deux oiseaux et leur parade amoureuse (2017) – For 2 Instruments
Commissioned by the 54th Festival di Nuova Consonanza (IT)Instrumentation: violin and piano
Premiere: Rome, 12.12.2017; Ardorè Duo (London)
Duration: 3'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
La verità ricurva (2017) – For 9 Instruments
Commissioned by Musiques Nouvelles / [‘tactus] Young Composers’ Forum (BE)
Winner of the 44th Irino Prize for Chamber-Orchestral Work (JP)
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, trombone, percussion, guitar, piano, violin, viola and cello
Premiere: Mons, 29.09.2017; Musiques Nouvelles (Mons; conductor: Jean–Paul Dessy)
Duration: 10'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
You Can't See The Forest For The Trees (2017) – For 13 Instruments
Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, 2 percussionists, piano, violin I, violin II, viola and cello
Premiere: Rome, 20.06.2017; Selected students from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome (conductor: Carlo Rizzari)
Duration: 12'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Another part of the heath. Storm still. (2016/2017) – For 5 Voices and 10 Instruments
Commissioned by Divertimento Ensemble with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Foundation / Franco Donatoni International Meeting for Young Composers – fourth edition (IT)
Text: Excerpts from King Lear - Act III, Scene II by William Shakespeare
Instrumentation: soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone and bass; oboe, clarinet, saxophone, percussion, piano, accordion, violin I, violin II, viola and cello
Premiere:Milan, 03.05.2017; Neue Vocalsolisten and Divertimento Ensemble (Milan; conductor: Sandro Gorli)
Duration: 8'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Rilettura della Variazione 23 [dalle Variazioni Diabelli di Ludwig van Beethoven] (2016) – For 6 Instruments
Commissioned by Divertimento Ensemble / Rondò 2017 [40th Anniversary of DE] (IT)
Instrumentation: clarinet, bassoon, horn, viola, cello and double bass
Premiere:Milan, 18.01.2017; Divertimento Ensemble (Milan; conductor: Sandro Gorli)
Duration: 1'30''
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Funeral Play (2016) – Chamber Opera for 4 Voices and 8 Instruments [Libretto: Sara Cavosi]
Commissioned by Biennale di Venezia / The Biennale College – Music Project 2016 (IT)
Voices: soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and bass
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, trombone, percussion, piano, violin, viola and cello
Premiere: Venice, 16.10.2016
Direction, set design, and costumes: Valentina Rosati; Video: Francesco Mori
Aika (soprano): Kurumi Yanagi; Tadashi (tenor): Kim Hun; Kiku (mezzo-soprano): Alicia Paredes; Iwao (bass): Xiao Shengtao
Ensemble Biennale College – Musica (conductor: Alessandro Cadario)
Duration: 30'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
La hora de los sentidos (2016) – For 2 Instruments
Selected for the 2016 Festival Osmose (BE)
Instrumentation: cello and piano
Premiere: Brussels, 02.12.2016; Bruno Ispiola (cello), Fabio Schinazi (piano)
Duration: 4'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Il dubbio della marionetta (2016) – For Quintet
Selected for the Gaudeamus Muziekweek – GMW Academy (NL)
Selected for the Versipel New Music Call for Scores (US)
Honourable mention in the Noosa ISAM Pierrot Ensemble Composition Competition (DE)
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello
Premiere: Utrecht, 04.09.2016; Ensemble Oerknal! (conductor: Gregory Charette)
Duration: 3'30"
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Dédalo y Sensación (2016) – For Piano Trio
Awarded two commissions for string orchestra following the competition held at the end of the IMCNM Course (UA)
Instrumentation: violin, cello and piano
Premiere: Lviv, 19.03.2016; Ensemble Nostri Temporis (Lviv)
Premiere of the complete version: Rome, 15.05.2016; Federica Severini (violin), Gianluca Pirisi (cello), Ben Cruchley (piano)
Duration: 7'30''
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Deux (2015) – For Saxophone Duo
Commissioned by SaxArt
Instrumentation: 2 saxophones
Premiere: Aschaffenburg, 27.09.2015; SaxArt (Christine Heim & Christoph Heeg)
Duration: 9'30''
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Filigrane Scarlatte (2015) – For Piano
Commissioned by Centro Culturale San Fedele / Premio San Fedele per giovani compositori 2015 (IT)
Finalist in the Premio San Fedele per giovani compositori 2015 (IT)
Third Prize winner in the New Vision Composition Competition (US)
Selected for the XIV IMYF - International Forum Music of Youth 2016 – The Solo Piano Project (UA)
Selected for the Concrete Timbre – Salon3 (US)
Instrumentation: piano
Premiere: Rome, 10.05.2015; Ben Cruchley
Duration: 5'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Und wie Früchte sind wir (2014/2015) – For 7 Instruments
Commissioned by World Exposition 2015 / Feeding Music – Music for EXPO 2015 (IT)
Winner of the seventh edition of [‘tactus] Young Composers’ Forum – Chamber Music Session (BE)
Selected for the 27th International Review of Composers in Belgrade (RS)
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola and cello
Premiere: Milan, 21.09.2015; Divertimento Ensemble (Milan; conductor: Sandro Gorli)
Duration: 10'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Oscuro Pintado (2014) – For 8 Instruments (or 9 Instruments)
Commissioned by Fondazione Spinola Banna per l’Arte as part of Progetto Musica 2015 (IT)
Winner of the Franco Donatoni International Meeting for Young Composers – fourth edition (IT)
Finalist in the International Competition of the Moscow Conservatory for Young Composers New Classics (RU)
Third Prize winner at the First International Competition of Composers New Music Generation 2019 – Chamber Music category (KZ)
Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet, (timpani), percussion, piano, violin, viola and cello
Premiere: Banna, 16.05.2015; Ensemble Mosaik (Berlin; conductor: Fabio Nieder); broadcast on RAI – RadioTre
Duration: 12'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Il passo alla danza (2014) – For 2 Instruments
Selected for the XV IMYF - International Forum Music of Youth 2017 – World Dances (UA)
Selected for the Concrete Timbre – Salon3 (US)
Selected for the Reconsil’s 2018 concert series (AT)
Selected for the Gnesin Contemporary Music Week 2019 (RU)
Instrumentation: flute and cello
Premiere: Karlsruhe, 18.04.2015; Ensemble Tema (Karlsruhe)
Duration: 8'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Lo strappo nel cielo di carta (2014) – For Quintet
Commissioned by the 2014 Festival Pontino (IT)
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello
Premiere: Sermoneta, 04.07.2014; Ensemble Alternance (Paris)
Duration: 6'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Ansia de estatua (2014) – For Harpsichord
Instrumentation: harpsichord
Premiere: Madrid, 10.05.2014; Ruggero Laganà
Duration: 4'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
AaNEen (2013/2014) – For 7 Instruments
Commissioned by Divertimento Ensemble / Stagione Rondò 2014 (IT)
Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin and cello
Premiere: Milan, 09.04.2014; Divertimento Ensemble (Milan; conductor: Sandro Gorli)
Duration: 11'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Du, der ichs nicht sage (2013) – For Female Voice and 2 Instruments
Selected for the 25th International Review of Composers in Belgrade (RS)
Instrumentation: female voice, piano and percussion
Premiere: Sermoneta, 15.07.2013; Laura Catrani (voice), Maria Grazia Bellocchio (piano), Lorenzo D’Erasmo (percussion)
Duration: 8'
Publisher: SZ Sugar
Mistral (2013) – For Accordion
Instrumentation: accordion
Premiere: Rome, 09.03.2013; Samuele Telari
Duration: 6'
Publisher: SZ Sugar