About
Renato Miani, from Friuli, graduated in composition with Daniele Zanettovich at the Conservatory of Udine. Later he attended master classes with Fabio Nieder in Trieste and with Wolfgang Rihm at the Salzburg Mozarteum. He has won several awards in national and international competitions: 2nd prize at the International Sacred Music Competition in Friborg, Switzerland 1st prize at the International Composition Competition for Choir of Toulouse, Spain; 1st prize at the International Competition “V. Bucchi ”of Rome; 1st prize at the International Competition “F. Schubert ”of Vienna; 1st prize at the International Competition "Wiener Sommer-Seminar für neue Musik" in Vienna; 3rd prize (1st and 2nd not assigned) at the National Competition “F. Margola ”by Orzinuovi; 1st prize at the National Competition “R. Toscano ”of Pescara and 2nd prize at Guido d’Arezzo (1st not assigned).
Selected for the Gaudeamus Prize, it was also reported in the Contests: “M. Zafred ”of Rome (single prize not awarded), at the Composition for Composition for Clarinet of Perugia and at the“ Vienna Modern Masters ”.
His works have been performed at various events in Italy and abroad, including: "Franz Schubert" Festival (at the Musikverein in Vienna), Concert Season of the Wiener Konzerthaus, Concerts of the Technischen Universität of Vienna, "Gaudeamus Music-Week" of Amsterdam, Encuentro de contemporary music of Camaguey, Festival of Sacred Music of Friborg, "Akzente" at the Konzerthaus in Klagenfurt; "Expan" - Werkstatt für neue Musik of Spittal, International Rewiew of Composers of Belgrade, Schumannsplitter at the Mozarteum of Salzburg, "New Music of Europe and China" and Festival Ex Novo Ensemble at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice and at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco; Venice Art Biennale; Friends of Music of Mestre; "ContempoPratoFestival", "Procembalo" - International Festival of Contemporary Cembalo, Festival of Contemporary Area-Seismic Music of Forlì, Festivalpercussioni of Campobasso, PordenoneLegge; "Avostanis", Near-Far - Terzani Award, "Contemporary" Festival, New Theater Season "Giovanni da Udine", Friends of Music Season of Udine; International Competition "C.A. Seghizzi ”and“ Premio Amidei ”of Gorizia, Teatro Miela of Trieste; Mittelfest of Cividale del Fruli, Season "Fabula Mirifica" of Spoleto, Anzio Festival, Festival Musicanovecento of Perugia; I and II International Culture Week of Tarcento ...
He has collaborated with prestigious formations, such as: the Quartetto della Fenice, I Virtuosi della Fenice, Ex-Novo Ensemble, ContempoArtEnsemble, Mikrokosmos, Ensemble Kreativ, Musik-Fabrik Süd, Choir and Chamber Orchestra of Stockholm, Mitteleuropa Orchestra, Orchestra of the Philharmonic Society , Orpheus Kammerorchester Wien, Konzertvereinigung in Wiener Konzerthaus, Schnittpunktvokal, Chorus of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Chorus of the Dutch Radio, Corus Viennensis ... and interpreters, such as: Matteo Andri, Alfredo Barchi, Romina Basso, Domenico Balzani, Elena Biscuola, Duccio and Vittorio Ceccanti , Luisa Cottifogli, Eddi De Nadai, Tiziano Duca, Eric Ericson, Christoph Hofer, Nicholas Isherwood, Sonja Leipold, Elsa Martin, Giuliano Medeossi, Nadia Petrova, Gabriele Ribis, Waltraud Russegger, Branko Robinsak, Luisa Sello, Marco Somadossi, Massimo Somenzi, Bruno Strobl, Sebastiano Zorza ...
He paid particular attention to the relationship between music and text, with:
the opera "Menocchio", with libretto by Francesca Tuscano and directed by Ivan Stefanutti;
melologhi: "Tribute to Amedeo Giacomini", "Wild grows the flower of my wrath" (from Thomas Bernhard), "Voices" (from Luciano Morandini), "Presumed Winter" (from Amedeo Giacomini) and "Run on Wire" (of Beatrice Bonato, based on texts by Nietsche and P. Sloterdijk) directed by Stefano Rizzardi; "Work Diary" (based on texts by Luigi di Ruscio, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Georg Büchner, Pierluigi Cappello and Bertold Brecht); and also participated in the performances of Giuseppe Tirelli "Beyond the Night", "A forza di essere vento" directed by Claudio de Maglio and "Turoldo Vivo", directed by Giuliano Bonanni; and Dì’Speranza, by Giuseppe and Alberto Bevilacqua. With the collaboration of actors such as Maria Ariis, Maria Grazia Massari, Stefano Rizzardi, Massimo Somaglino, Aida Talliente ...
Lieder, lyrics, songs and choral pieces, on texts taken from the Holy Scriptures and from Goethe, Gryphius, Hölderlin, Rilke, Trakl, Cappello, Pasolini, Turchini, Turoldo, Leopardi, Shakespeare ...
His compositions have been broadcast by RAI and by various national and international broadcasters (Austria, Israel, Holland, Sweden ...), and published by: Carus, Casa Musicale Sonzogno, Pizzicato, Sconfinarte, Taukay, Wicky ...
He is Professor of Composition at the “J. Tomadini "of Udine and has taught at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the University of Udine, in Gorizia.
In 2006 and 2010 he was a guest lecturer at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.