Lorenzo Donati
Life
Born: 1972, Arezzo, Italy
Biography
Composer, conductor and violinist Lorenzo Donati studied at the Liceo Musicale of Arezzo, and at the Conservatory "Luigi Cherubini" in Florence, following advanced courses in Composition at the Scuola di Musica in Fiesole, and at the Accademia Chigiana of Siena. In a course organised by the Guido d'Arezzo Foundation and with support from the European Community he successfully gained his diploma after three years of professional training as a conductor. He pursues his concert interests as director of the Insieme Vocale Vox Cordis, Arezzo; he is also director and singer with the Hesperimenta Vocal Ensemble. He has achieved excellent results with these groups in national and international competitions.
Much appreciated as a composer of vocal music, his works have been performed in a number of European countries, recorded by ensembles and soloists, and published by various prestigious Italian publishers (Carrara, Erreffe, Pizzicato, Edizioni Musicali Europee). His compositions have been studied in a number of contemporary choral music courses, and his Pater Noster for three choirs was performed at EXPO 2000 at Hanover.
Of notable acclaim in international competitions Donati has received prizes at “Guido d’Arezzo” (Arezzo 1996 and 1999), “C.A. Seghizzi” (Gorizia 1999 and 2002), “ROMA 2000” (Rome 1999), “Carlo Gesualdo” (Avellino 2003), "Città della Vitoria" (Vitorio Veneto 2005).
He collaborates with a number of international cultural institutions, such as the Associazione Cori della Toscana, the Fondazione Guido D’Arezzo, the FENIARCO (Federazione Nazionale Italiana Associazioni Regionali Cori), and is invited to hold seminars as an expert in vocal music. He has taught at the conservatories in Pesaro, Florence and Trento and collaborates in musical activities with la Scuola Maria SS. Consolatrice in Arezzo.
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List of choral works
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Publications
- Alleluia-Tota pulchra - TTBB
- Archipelago - 15 voices, text: Lorenzo Donati
- Ave Maria - SSAATTBB, Ed. Mus. EUROPEE
- Ave Regina Caelorum - SSAATTBB, Edizioni Musicali ERREFFE Roma
- Cantantibus Organis - SATB + org., PRIZE: 1°Concorso di Composizione Musica Sacra Oggi (Puegnago sul Garda 2000)
- CANTICA
- Canticum Gabrielis - STTBB
- Canticum Maria - SSA + org
- Canticum Magdalenes - SSA + org
- Cantate Domino - SSATBB
- Center - 14 voices and tenor, text: Peter Russell
- Credo - 8-16 voices
- Diffusa es gratia - SSAA
- DisGuido - SAA
- Dolorosa et lacrimabilis es - SSATBB, Edizioni Musicali FENIARCO
- Ecce Mater - SATB
- E vanno gli uomini… - SATTB, text: F. Petrarca
- Four motets on Gregorian Themes (Edizioni Musicali PIZZICATO Udine)
- Ave Verum Corpus (PVH 1047), SATB+SATB prize Nuova Musica (Gorizia 2002)
- O Sacrum convivium (PVH 1221), SATB+SATB
- Ego sum (PVH 1222), SATB+SATB
- Qui manducat (PVH 1223), SATB+SATB
- Gaudens gaudebo - SATB.SATB
- Gioi - SSATBB, text: Guittone d’Arezzo, FIRST PRIZE (Arezzo 1999), PRO MUSICA STUDIUM (PMS 182)
- Hodie Christus - SATB
- Humor mascherato - SATTB, second prize (Vittorio Veneto 2007)
- Il cigno alato - SATB
- In dulci jubilo - SATB.SATB.SATB
- In memoriam Silvestro - SSATBB
- INTIMA VOX
- Oratorio - choir and percussion
- Ite missa est - SMsATBB, Edizioni Musicali ERREFFE Roma
- La bella bimba bimba - SATB, text: Vittoria Aganor Pomphilj
- Lacrimae - SSATB, text: Torquato Tasso
- LAUDE - SSA
- ponetemente
- crudelmente
- amaramente
- L’Annunciazione - SSA
- Luna Park - SATB + pf, text: Lorenzo Donati
- Magnificat - SSATB, Edizioni Musicali EUROPEE
- Missa Brevis - SATB
- Pan e Eco - SAB.ATB, text: Angelo Polizioano, Edizioni Musicali PIZZICATO Udine (PVH 1046)
- Pater Noster - SATB+2Ms2Bar+SATB, prize Nuova Musica (Gorizia 1999), Edizioni Musicali PIZZICATO Udine (PVH 1224)
- Pipì - childrens choir and piano
- CANTI - text di Giovanni Pascoli
- L’ora di Barga, SATB + tenor solo
- La baia tranquilla - SATB
- Notte - SATB
- Ultimo sogno - SATB
- Requiem - SATB.SATB.SATB, prize Nuova Musica (Gorizia 2003), Edizioni Musicali PIZZICATO Udine (PVH 1225)
- Sal Mubarak - SSATBB, MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO
- Sancta Maria - TBB.SATB.SSA, Edizioni Musicali PIZZICATO Udine (PVH 1226)
- Sogno di Galileo - SSATTB
- Sub tuum praesidium - SATB
- Surge aurora - SATB.SATB + soprano solo
- STORNELLI
- Io di stornelli ne so uno solo - TTB + tenor solo
- Travestimenti - text: Carlo Gesualdo
- Io tacerò - SATB, First Prize (Avellino 2003)
- Tre antifone mariane (Edizioni Musicali ERREFFE Roma)
- Salve Regina - SATB + tenor solo
- Alma Redemptoris Mater - SATB + bariton solo
- Regina Caeli Laetare - SATB
- Venerare Deos - SATB, text: Virgilio
- Vesperbild - TBB, text: Angelo Poliziano
- Victimae Paschali Laudes - SATB
- Vinea mea - SATB