Silvio Bartoli
*27 December 1989
Works by Silvio Bartoli
Biography
Silvio Bartoli is an Italian composer and pianist born in 1989, whose academic training began at the Conservatory of Trieste. He obtained a Bachelor Degree in Piano under the guidance of Claudio Crismani and a Bachelor Degree cum laude in Composition, studying with Stefano Bellon and Fabio Nieder. Continuing his education, he earned a Master in Composition at the Royal College of Music with Alison Kay, achieving the highest marks.
Since 2015, Bartoli has collaborated with various organizations, institutions, associations, and soloists, including Woland Association, Appassionata, OCV, Explore Ensemble, The Hermes Experiment, Georgi Tsenov, and many others. He contributed to the scores of silent films such as "Eine Venetianische Nacht" by Max Reinhardt and "La Memoria dell'Altro" by Alberto Degli Abati, performed successfully during the "Le Giornate del Cinema Muto" in Pordenone.
He has participated in masterclasses with composers like Salvatore Sciarrino, Alessandro Solbiati, Peter-Jan Wagemans, Hans Koolmees, Robin de Raaf, Rene Uijlenhoet, Chaya Czernowin, Stefano Gervasoni, Colin Matthews, and Mark-Anthony Turnage. His music has been performed in Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, Mexico, Chile, and the United Kingdom.
Bartoli's musical language is primarily centered on post-modernism, incorporating elements of atonal expressionism, a post-serial approach, and the use of limited transposition modes. His influences include Stravinsky, Maderna, Berio, Messiaen, Boulez, Ligeti, and Donatoni. His music is characterized by its restless and impactful nature, with a strong emphasis on the lyrical aspects of melodic lines and/or motives. Fundamental to him is the development of ideas, whether timbral, melodic, or of any other kind, playing a crucial role in the evolution of the composition, in line with the intrinsic characteristics of the ideas themselves.
He is published by Universal Edition. Bartoli has received numerous awards for his compositions, including a competition held by the Tartini of Trieste, earning him a placement at the University of Toronto. He also won a competition organized by Maestro Emmanuele Baldini, artistic director of the Chamber Orchestra of Valdivia (Chile) and Concertmaster of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra (Brazil). In 2018, he received the "National Arts Award – Orchestra category" from the MIUR for the composition "Glitches," inspired by themes of Rossini and Debussy, performed in Rome by ONCI under the direction of Giampaolo Bisanti.
In 2019, Bartoli's chamber opera "Mal di Terra" debuted at the Lauro Rossi Theater in Macerata, produced by the Appassionata association. In another recognition in 2021, his composition "A Blizzard" for piano was selected by the Royal College of Music for representation at the Russian Embassy in London.
In addition to his career as a composer, Bartoli serves as a piano teacher at the "C. Percoto" Music High School in Udine, teaching composition, harmony, theory, and solfeggio.
About the music
His musical language primarily centers around post-modernism while also incorporating elements of atonal expressionism, a post-serial approach, and limited transposition modes, influenced by Messiaen. His music is characterized by its restless and impactful nature, with a strong emphasis on the lyrical aspect of the melodic (or motivic) lines. Additionally, a fundamental aspect for him is the development of ideas, whether they are timbral, melodic, or of any kind. This plays a crucial role in the composition's evolution, in line with the intrinsic characteristics of the ideas themselves.