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Matteo Sommacal, born 18 November 1977 in Roma (Italy), is an Italian composer and mathematical physicist. As a composer, he has been active since 2000 writing concert and film music. Since late 2000, he has been serving as the artistic director of the Italian chamber ensemble Piccola Accademia degli Specchi, that premiered and recorded several of his compositions.〔(''Minimamachta'' ), Music of Philip Glass, Matteo Sommacal and Wim Meterns performed by Piccola Accademia degli Specchi〕 As a scientist, his main research is in the field of nonlinear evolution equations and in studies dealing with the onset of chaotic behaviors in dynamical systems. He is currently Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at Northumbria University. ==Music== He was introduced as a child to ancient music and recorder which later on inspired him to pursue extensive research of Renaissance and Baroque repertoire, through the guidance of Gabriella Casularo, Marcos Volonterio (Conservatoire Populaire de Musique, Geneve, CH), John Tyson (New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, USA) and Stefano Bragetti (Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, CH). After a brief period performing recorder,〔("Molly Cara" ), ''Corriere della Sera'', July 11, 2001, p. 59, Rome (IT)〕 in 1997 he met Carmelo Piccolo, professor at the Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini". This meeting was a turning point for his musical career: through Piccolo, he discovered the freedom and beauty of the language of modern music and began focussing his studies in composition and piano. A mathematician as well, he was ultimately attracted to the disciplined,〔M. Nyman, ''Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond'', Cambridge University Press, 1974〕 highly structured and near scientific treatment of the musical material typical of many minimalist and postminimalist composers. In late 2000, with a group of young musicians devoted to contemporary music, he co-founded in Rome the ensemble Piccola Accademia degli Specchi, as a laboratory to realize his and other living composers' musical experimentation. His works are regularly performed in Italy and major festivals dedicated to contemporary music. In September 2004, his work ''Quasi un tango per la neve del mattino'', for soprano sax, cello and piano four-hands, was premiered at the "Festival delle Città/Estate Musicale" in Portogruaro (Venice), Italy, with Alessandro Specchi at the piano.〔"Fuoco Aquileiese", Corriere del Veneto, September 3, 2004, Venice (IT)〕 His work ''Emersioni'', for percussion ensemble and organ, was premiered in 2005 by the Gruppo Percussioni Trieste conducted by Fabian Perez Tedesco at the season opener of the Conservatorio di Musica "Giuseppe Tartini" in Trieste, Italy.〔Repertoire of the (Gruppo Percussioni Trieste )〕 His music was performed at the Contemporary Music Festival "Luigi Nono" in Trieste, Italy, in 2004 by the Piccola Accademia degli Specchi,〔D. Bozovic, "Minimalismo riflesso dagli specchi", ''Il Corriere Veneto'', Trieste (IT), November 8, 2004〕〔P. Ferialdi, "Piccola Accademia degli Specchi, minimalista", ''Il Piccolo'', Trieste (IT), November 8, 2004〕 and in 2005 by the Corale Nuovo Accordo, conducted by Andrea Mistaro.〔VI Festival di musica contemporanea "Luigi Nono", (concert program )〕 He participated in three programs of the International Contemporary Arts Festival "Postaja Topolove" (July 2004,〔Stazione di Topolò, (July 10/11, 2004 ), Italy〕 July 2005,〔Stazione di Topolò, (July 15, 2005 ), Italy〕 July 2006〔Stazione di Topolò, (July 15, 2006 ), Italy〕). His music was played at "Cantiere Musica" (July 2008),〔Musica e Arte, (Cantiere Musica, VI Edition ), 2008, Italy〕 "The September Concert" (September 2009)〔Casa del Jazz, (The September Concert 2009 ), Rome, Italy〕〔F. Zampa, "Doppio concerto alla Casa del Jazz", ''Il Messaggero'', Rome (IT), September 11, 2009〕 and "Nuovi Spazi Musicali" (October 2009),〔Ada Gentile, (Nuovi Spazi Musicali, Festival 2009 ), Rome, Italy〕 under the artistic direction of Ada Gentile, where Piccola Accademia degli Specchi premiered his work ''La ragazza che dormiva sotto il letto''.〔A. Gasponi, "Minimalismo in chiave italiana", ''Il Messaggero'', Rome (IT), October 19, 2009〕 In 2009, the festival "Bagliori d'autore" commissioned him to compose a work based on the life and writings of Victor Hugo: for this commission he wrote a piece for speaker and ensemble entitled ''Actes et paroles'', with a text elaborated by Chiara Piola Caselli after Victor Hugo's last political speech, "Sur la Revision de la Constitution", given on 18 July 1851. The piece was premiered in Rome in November 2009 by Piccola Accademia degli Specchi featuring the composer Matthias Kadar.〔C. Pulsoni, "L'orazione di Victor Hugo trasformata in musica", ''Il Corriere dell'Umbria'', ''Vivere d'Umbria'', Perugia (IT), November 19, 2009〕 In January 2012, at "Concerti e Colline", Nizza Monferrato, the two-piano team "Taglieri Genitoni Duo" performed his eight-movement suite ''Fibonacci's Piranhas'',〔M. Sommacal, ''Fibonacci's Piranhas'' - (''5th Movement'' ), performed by Taglieri Genitoni Duo, live recording, "Concerti e Colline", Nizza Monferrato, 31 January 2012〕 which makes an extensive use of the Fibonacci numbers for deriving and developing the whole melodic, rhythmic and harmonic structure of the piece.〔M.G. Ortore, ("Musica, Fisica e Matematica: intervista a Matteo Sommacal" ), ''Ticonzero'', Article 61, April 2015, ISSN 2420-8442〕 His three-movement piano solo suite ''The whale's divertissement'', dedicated to the Italian pianist and composer Francesco Di Fiore, has been premiered by the latter at the "LuisterLustrum Festival"〔"LuisterLustrum Festival" -(Francesco Di Fiore, Piano ), 21 November 2012〕 at the Zeeuwse Concertzaal of Middelburg in the Netherlands in November 2012, accompanied by Valeria Di Matteo's videos and visuals. Since then, this piece has been performed by Francesco Di Fiore on several occasions, including his "China Tour 2013"〔F. Di Fiore, (Concert agenda )〕 (Chinese premiere) in April 2013, "Confini d'Incontro"〔("Riflessioni d'Arte" ), ''Confini d'Incontro'', 18 June 2013〕 at Villa Vigoni in Loveno di Menaggio (Italian premiere) in June 2013, and "Visual Piano"〔(Visual Piano: Francesco Di Fiore ), The Capstone Theatre, Liverpool, UK, 5 March 2015〕 at the Capstone Theatre in Liverpool (UK premiere) in June 2015. The suite's movements (''breaching'', ''logging'', ''flipperslapping'') draw their inspiration from and are named after certain whale surfacing behaviours. In addition to live performances of his music, his compositions have been featured on radio such as ''New Sounds'' on WNYC,〔J. Schaefer, ("Relentless Minimalism" ), New Sounds, broadcast on WNYC, 93.9 FM/820 AM, New York (USA), July 17, 2008〕〔J. Schaefer, ("Eurominimalism" ), New Sounds, broadcast on WNYC, 93.9 FM/820 AM, New York (USA), September 10, 2008〕 ''Echoes''〔"Echoes Radio Show", Syndicated to NPR (Public Radio International), Playlists: (0830B ), (0745C ), (0743B ), (0738D )〕〔"Echoes Radio Show", Syndicated to NPR (Public Radio International), Playlists: (1506A ), (1508C ), (1510A ), (1512B )〕 on NPR, ''Concertzender''〔Concertzender, "Nieuw verschenen", Playlists: (76334 ), (76351 ), (77068 )〕 in the Netherlands, ''Radio Classica''〔L. Ciammarughi, ("Top Ten" ), ''Radio Classica'' 94.0 FM, Milano, Italy, February 23, 2015〕 in Italy, ''Ràdio Despí''〔F.M. López Herrero, "La Otra Orilla", (Episode #1118 ), Ràdio Despí, Spain, February 15, 2015〕 in Spain, and ''Radio Primitive''〔D. Della Luce, ("Matteo Sommacal - The Chain Rules" ), ''Inactuelles - Musiques Singulières'', Radio Primitive, 92.4 FM, Reims, France, on Monday, February 23, 2015〕 in France. He scored several documentaries and experimental short films, notably the musical short ''Candidamente'' by Ruggero Lancia (Italy 2000); the historical documentary ''La Resistenza nella Provincia di Roma'' by Michele Imperio (Italy 2006),〔''La resistenza nella provincia di Roma'' (Listing at The Internet Movie Database )〕 which received the sponsorship of the Province of Rome; the documentary ''Macchia Madre'' by Simona Marziani (Italy, 2008); and the documentary ''A Mani Nude'' by Piero Pieri (Italy 2010), produced by the national broadcasting service RAI. He also scored the current European Marine Equipment Council promo video (Belgium, 2008).〔EMEC, (''me: Marine Equipment'' ), Belgium, 2008〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Matteo Sommacal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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