Stefano Seghedoni, born in Modena in 1970, holds master’s degrees in Composition (Conservatory of Modena) and Conducting (Conservatory of Bologna). He started his career as a correpetitor and then as a conductor (Italy, South Corea, Austria, Germany, Bulgaria, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine). He wrote two musicals for kids (Ancona 2001 and 2003, Teatro Sperimentale) and two one-act operas (Alice; Teatro Piccolo Regio di Torino 2005 and 2006; Gelsomino nel Paese dei Bugiardi - winner of Fedora prize in 2010). In 2021 Teatro Comunale "L. Pavarotti" in Modena commissioned him "Sisifo" for Actors, clarinets and piano, for the season 2020-2021. He also collaborated as an arranger at the soundtracks of: "The butler" (2013 Lee Daniel's movie), "Birdman" (Best Movie at the Oscars in 2015), Mom and Dad (2017, with Nicholas Cage). In 2021 he wrote along with Moon Unit Zappa "Farewell Lullaby" premiered by Ramin Bahrami. With Moon Zappa he also wrote "Unintended consequences", premiered in 2024 by Quantum Clarinet Trio.
"Nowadays my music is using some "items" from the past (like triads, open chords, modal scales, some echoes of classicals forms) to elaborate my poetic paths. I am also paying much attention to phrasing, creating melodic lines which should be inspired by the spoken languages (using tuplets and other rythmical combinations). I am paying much attention at the idea of "sound" of the piece I am working on, and I use contrasts in my orchestration, in order to "paint" the different phases of tension and relax of my compositions."
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