Schiavo Leonardo
Born in 1983, composer, flutist and musicologist, he graduated in musicology with first class distinction at the University of Padua. In 2004 he performed at the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall in the presence of Pope John Paul II. He has taken part in masterclasses conducted by Peter Maxwell Davies, Stefano Gervasoni and others. His composition Sub divo was awarded the 3rd Prize at the International Composition Contest Opera Prima in 2005, and his Kantika was performed during the World Saxophone Congress in Ljubljana in 2006. In 2007 he was chosen by Giorgio Battistelli to take part in the Biennale composition masterclass in Venice, which resulted in lessons with the musicians of Klangforum Wien. In 2010 his work Le sette parole di Gesù in croce for mixed choir won the composer prize “In Passione Domini”, and was performed in the Turin Cathedral in front of the Turin Shroud. In 2011 he was awarded the second prize in the Giovanni Colombo Flores D’Arcais competition for hisà la magnolia for string quartet, and the 1st Prize in Premio Nazionale delle Arti for his composition Madrigale lirico. In 2012 his A poco a poco won the 1st Prize at the International Composers’ Competition “Strumenti di Pace”. His compositions have been per formed in Europe and the US, and are published by Pizzicato Verlag Helvetia, Edizioni Armelin, Edizioni Feniarco and Arspublica.
S e l e c t e d w o r k s: Sub divo for solo violin (2005), Nostoi for solo viola (2005), Miserere for solo alto and voices (2005), Prex for four voices (2005), Kantika for saxophone and cello (2006), Absolutes Weiss for soprano and female choir (2007), Giklero-Nodìa, two works for saxophone quartet (2007), Sonata for solo viola (2008), Adagio for solo clarinet and string orchestra (2008, also version for solo saxophone and orchestra), Fromly fores for saxophone and piano (2008), Mater mea for mixed choir and orchestra (2008), Con-planto à la Vierge for mixed choir and ensemble (2008), Mìarn for string orchestra (2009), Due scene venete for woodwind quintet (2009), Ombra in- chiostro del solefor baritone and orchestra (2009), Kyrie for solo voice (2009), Fantasia improvviso for piano (2010), Prélude d’été for harpsichord (2010), Una lirica for soprano and piano (2010), Le sette parole di Gesù in croce for mixed choir (2010), Levigata lignea for solo flute and electronics (2010), Esercizi calligrafici for soprano, flute and ensemble (2010), Variazioni sul colore del legnofor flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2010), Icone alla rosa, two works for glass harmonica (2010), Madrigale lirico for nine performers (2011), Epigrammi all’arte figurativa, three works for four percussionists (2011), Un’altra lirica for soprano, piano, cello and percussionist (2011), À la magnolia for string quartet (2011). Hymn to Life for choir, three flutes and string orchestra (2011),Tre consolazioni for piano (2011), Da una vecchia scatola for trumpet and string quartet (2011), Variations for orchestra (2011), The smile of the rose for vocal octet (2011), A poco a poco for soprano and orchestra (2012).
