Biography
 LUCIA RONCHETTI
Born on 3 February 1963 in Rome
           
Education and degrees
 
2004-05
Columbia University Music Department (New York)   
Visiting Scholar (Fulbright Fellow)
Thesis: Timbre Texture as Formal Determinant of  Composition
(supervisor Prof. Tristan Murail)
2000    
École pratique des hautes études en Sorbonne, Paris (France)
Ph.D. (Doctorate) in Musicology
Dissertation: Le style orchestral d’Ernest Chausson
(supervisor Prof. François Lesure)
1999     
State exam: qualification to teach Harmony,  Counterpoint, Fugue and Composition
in Italian Conservatories
1996-97  
Annual computer music courses at IRCAM, Paris
(main supervisor Prof. Tristan Murail)
1994     
State exam: qualification to teach Music History in Italian Conservatoires
1993-96  
Composition studies with Gérard Grisey in Paris
1992     
State exam: qualification as Conservatoire Librarian
1991     
University of Paris I-Sorbonne
Diplôme d'Études Approfondies (D.E.A.) in Aesthetics
1988-89  
Corsi Internazionali di Città di Castello (Perugia)
Composition seminars with Salvatore Sciarrino
1987   
University of Rome, Laurea in Humanities, cum laude
Thesis in Music History: La scrittura orchestrale di Bruno Maderna
(dissertation supervisor Prof. Pierluigi Petrobelli)
1987    
Conservatorio Santa Cecilia, Rome, Diploma in Composition
1987    
Conservatorio Santa Cecilia, Rome, Diploma in Computer Music
1981-85  
Scuola di Musica di Fiesole (Florence) Composition seminars with Sylvano Bussotti 
 
 
Honours and Grants
2024
Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung Composition Commission for Der Doppelgänger
2022-23 
Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
2022
Louis Spohr Music Prize of the city of Braunschweig
2021 
Among the 10 personalities of the year 2021 for the music magazine Classic Voice, for the artistic direction of the Biennale Musica 2021
2021-24 
Artistic Director of the Biennale Musica in Venice
2021  
Invited professor at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse
2021
Member of the Jury for the French Academy in Rome-Villa Medici
2020-21
Visiting Professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt
2020
Award for best music at the "Arte Non Stop Festival" di Buenos Aires for Rivale Opera-Film, directed by Giulio Boato.
2020
Composer-in-residence, Mole Antonelliana, Amici della Musica di Ancona
2019 
Commande de l’Etat-French Ministry of Culture for Sangu di rosa
2019  
Aventis Foundation support for Inferno
2018 
Invited professor at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse
2018 
Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung Composition Commission for Inferno
2017  
Inedia prodigiosa as one of the 10 best opera productions in 2017 (GDM)
2017  
Grant of the SACEM (Commission Jeune Public) for  Les Aventures de Pinocchio
2016  
Invited professor at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse
2016  
Commande de l’Etat-French Ministry of Culture for Les Aventures de Pinocchio
2016  
Composer-in-residence, Villa Concordia, Bamberg
2016  
Deutscher Theaterpreis "Der Faust" for Achim Freyer in the category set and costumes
for Esame di mezzanotte
2015   
Esame di mezzanotte best opera production in Germany (Opernwelt 2015)
2013   
Composer-in-residence, Schloss Werdenberg (CH)
2013   
Künstlerinnenpreis, Heidelberg
2008
Music Theatre Now Prize (International Theatre Institute)
2006
Composer-in-residence, Yaddo, New York
2006  
Prize Fonds Experimentelles Musiktheater NRW
2005  
Composer in residence, Berliner Künstlerprogramm  
D.A.A.D. (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)
2005
Columbia University Music Department (New York)
Visiting Scholar (Fulbright Fellow) 
2003   
Composer-in-residence, Staatsoper Stuttgart (Forum  Neues Musiktheater)
2003   
Composer-in-residence, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH (USA)
2000  
Composer-in-residence, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
2000   
Composition Prize, Federazione Cemat (Rome)
1997
Fellowship, Fondation des Treilles (Paris)
1997
Dimitri Mitroupoulos International Composition Prize, Athens
1997
Erato-Farnesina Fellowship for a six-month residence in Paris
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1995    
“Progetto Dionysos” Composition Prize Italian Ministry of Culture
1993
Composer-in-residence Fondation Nadia Boulanger, Paris
1988-92 
Doctoral Studies Fellowship Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research
 
Premieres (music theatre projects)
Der Doppelgänger, opera, 2024, SWR Schwetzingen Festspiele
Searching for Zenobia, chamber opera, 2024, Munich Biennale
Der Doppelgänger, opera, 2024, Luzerner Theater
Searching for Zenobia, chamber opera, 2024, Staatstheater Braunschweig
Chronicles of loneliness, choral opera, 2023, ACHT BRÜCKEN | Musik für Köln
Das Fliegende Klassenzimmer, opera, 2023, Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Studio di ombre, drammaturgia, 2023, Frankfurter Museums-Gesellschaft
Pinocchios Abenteuer, chamber opera, 2022, Staatsoper Hannover
Pinocchios Abenteuer, chamber opera, 2022, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
Florilegium, drammaturgia, 2022, Gewandhaus, Leipzig
Les Paroles Gelées, choral opera, 2022, Nouvelle Philharmonie, Paris
E caddi come corpo morto cade, drammaturgia, 2022, Tauber Philharmonie, Wikersheim
Infin che 'l mar fu sovra noi richiuso, drammaturgia, 2022, Tauber Philharmonie, Wikersheim
Inferno, opera, 2021, Oper Frankfurt
Florilegium, drammaturgia, 2020, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Never bet the devil your head, 2020, drammaturgia, Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik 
Sangu di rosa, drammaturgia, 2020, France Musique, Radio France
Cartilago auris magna et irregulaliter formata, drammaturgia, 2019, Kölner Philharmonie 
Le avventure di Pinocchio, chamber opera (new production), 2019, Teatro Lauro Rossi, Macerata
The Pirate Who Does Not Know the Value of Pi, 2019, Biennale Musica, Venezia
Speranze fuggite, sparite da me, drammaturgia, 2019, Kölner Philharmonie 
Inedia prodigiosa, choral opera (new production), 2019, Nouvelle Philharmonie Paris
Prosopopeia, choral opera, (new version 2017), 2018, Stephankirche, Bamberg
Le avventure di Pinocchio, chamber opera (premiere of the italian version), 2018, Opera di Roma/Festival Romaeuropa
Rivale, chamber opera, 2017, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
Les aventures de Pinocchio, chamber opera, 2017, Opera de Rouen/Nouvelle Philharmonie, Paris
Forward and downward, turning neither to the left nor to the right, action concert piece, Accademia Filarmonica Romana, 2017
Helicopters and Butterflies, action concert piece (new production), 2012, Opera di Roma
Tanz.Raum,  theater music for Achim Freyer, 2016, Berliner Ensemble
Aria da baule, drammaturgia, 2016, Nationaltheater Mannheim
Lascia ch’io pianga, action concert piece, 2016, Theaterhaus, Stuttgart
Fiore di campo, radio-play, 2016, Deutschlandradio Kultur
Inedia prodigiosa, choral opera, 2016, Teatro Massimo, Palermo
Esame di mezzanotte,  opera, 2015, Nationaltheater Mannheim
Lacus timoris, drammaturgia, 2015, Nationaltheater Mannheim
Mise en Abyme, chamber opera, 2015, Semperoper Dresden
Lezioni di tenebra, chamber opera, (new production), 2014, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
Anatra al sal, action concert piece, 2014, Romaeuropa festival, Roma
Forward and downward, turning neither to the left nor to the right, action concert piece, 2014, Theater Rigiblick, Zürich
Le Palais du silence, drammaturgia, 2013, Festival d’Automne à Paris
Sub-Plot, chamber opera, 2013, Semperoper Dresden
Helicopters and Butterflies, action concert piece, 2012, Festival d’Automne à Paris
Contrascena, chamber opera, 2012, Semperoper Dresden
Neumond, chamber opera, 2012, Nationaltheater Mannheim
Ravel Unravel, action concert piece, 2012, Amici della musica, Ancona
Last desire, chamber opera (new production), 2011, Staatsoper Unter der Linden, Berlin
3e32 Naufragio di terra, choral opera, Società Aquilana dei Concerti B. Barattelli, L'Aquila
Sei Personaggi in cerca di autore, action concert piece, 2011, Rai Nuova Musica, Torino
Narrenschiffe, choral opera, 2010, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich
Sebenza e-mine, radio play, 2010, Deutschlandradio Kultur
Lezioni di tenebra, chamber opera, 2010, Konzerthaus, Berlin
Proposopeia, choral opera, 2010, Kasseler Musiktage, Kassel
Albertine, action concert piece, 2009, MaerzMusik, Berlin
Der Sonne entgegen, chamber opera, second production 2008, MaerzMusik, Berlin
Xylocopa violacea, action concert piece, 2007, Festival Ultraschall, Berlin
Il Castello di Atlante, Radio Play, 2007, Deutschlandradio Kultur
Der Sonne entgegen, chamber opera, 2007, Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen
Hamlet's Mill, action concert piece, 2007, Musik der Jahrhunderte, Stuttgart
Pinocchio, una storia parallela, drammaturgia, 2005, Festival Ultraschall, Berlin
Last desire, chamber opera, 2004, Staatsoper Stuttgart
Hombre de mucha gravedad, drammaturgia, 2002, Musik der Jahrhunderte, Stuttgart
L'ape apatica, chamber opera, 2002,  Teatro La Fenice, Venezia
 
Commissions
2025   Bernd Loebe-Oper Frankfurt
2024   Bernd Loebe-Oper Frankfurt
2023   Daniel Ott- Münchener Biennale
           Thomas Guggeis- Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester
2022   Louwrens Langevoort- Philharmonie Cologne
2021   Heike Hoffmann-Schwetzinger Festspiel/Ina Karr-Luzerner Theater
2020   Christoph Meyer-Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf 
2019   Catherine Simonpietri-Ensemble Sequenza 9.3, Paris
            Laurent Bayle-Nouvelle Philharmonie, Paris
            Christine Fischer-Musik der Jahrhunderte, Stuttgart
2018    Ivan Fedele-Biennale Musica, Venezia
            Louwrens Langevoort-Philharmonie Cologne  
2017    Bernd Loebe-Oper Frankfurt/Anselm Weber- Schauspiel Frankfurt
2016   Jürgen Flimm-Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
           Claus Peymann-Berliner Ensemble
           Christine Fischer-Musik der Jahrhunderte, Stuttgart
           Klaus-Peter Kehr-Nationaltheater Mannheim
2015  Hervé Boutry-Ensemble Intercontemporain, Paris
           Marcus Gammel-Deutschland Radio Kultur, Berlin
           Giorgio Battistelli-Orchestra Regionale Toscana, Firenze
           Oscar Pizzo-Teatro Massimo, Palermo
2014   Jens Schubbe- Collegium Novum, Zürich/
            Mirella Weingarten-Schlossmediale Werdenberg
            Klaus-Peter Kehr-Nationaltheater Mannheim
            Eytan Pessen-Semperoper, Dresden
2013   Vincenzo de Vivo-Teatro San Carlo, Napoli
            Josephine Markovits- Festival d’automne à Paris/
            Hervé Boutry-Ensemble Intercontemporain, Paris
            Christine Fischer-Neue Vocalsolisten, Stuttgart
            Eytan Pessen-Semperoper, Dresden
            Guido Barbieri-Amici della musica, Ancona
2012    Eytan Pessen-Semperoper, Dresden
            Josephine Markovits- Festival d’automne à Paris
            Walter Nußbaum-Schola Heidelberg
            Giorgio Battistelli-Società Aquilana dei Concerti "B. Barattelli", L’Aquila
            Frank Havrøy –Nordic Voices, Oslo
2011    Klaus-Peter Kehr-Nationaltheater Mannheim
            Michele Dall’Ongaro-Rai Nuova Musica-Orchestra Rai, Torino
            Giorgio Battistelli- Orchestra Regionale Toscana, Firenze
2010    Jens Schubbe-Konzerthaus, Berlin
             Eckhard Manz-Musikbüro der Martinskirche, Kassel        
2009     Florian Scholz-Bayerische Staatsoper, München
             Marcus Gammel-Deutschland Radio Kultur, Berlin
             Jean-Baptiste Joly- Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart           
2008     Roland Diry-Ensemble Modern/Jens Cording-Siemens Arts Program
             Detlef Heusinger -Experimentalstudio für akustische Kunst e.V., Freiburg
             Ingrid Beirer-Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Berlin
2007     Bernard Cavanna-Commande d’État/Ensemble 2E2M, Paris
             Matthias Osterwold-MaerzMusik, Berlin
             Christine Fischer-Neue Vocalsolisten, Stuttgart
2006     Christian Esch-NRW KULTURsekretariat / Hans-Joachim Wagner -Kunststiftung NRW
             Joachim Maier -Musik der Jahrhunderte, Stuttgart
             Goetz Naleppa-Deutschland Radio, Berlin
             Folkmar Hein-Elektronisches Studio der TU, Berlin
2005     Lucas Fels-Ensemble Recherche, Freiburg
             Peter Heilker -Bayerische Staatsoper, München
             Jeffrey Bossin -Kulturveranstaltungen des Bundes, Berlin
             Rainer Pöllman-Festival Ultrashall, Berlin
2004     Daniele Spini, Orchestra Rai, Torino
             Folkmar Hein- Elektronisches Studio der Technischen Universität, Berlin
2003     André Richard-Experimental Studio of the SWR, Freiburg
             Klaus Zehelein-Staatsoper Stuttgart (Forum Neues Musiktheater), Stuttgart
2002     Christine Fischer-Arditti Quartett /Neue Vocalsolisten, Stuttgart
             Bernard Cavanna-Conservatorire Gennevilliers-Comande de l’Etat, Paris
2001     Harry Vogt-WDR Sinfonieorchester, Köln
             Massimo Contiero-Teatro Sociale di Rovigo/Teatro La Fenice, Venice
2000     Philip Hurel-Commande d’État, Ensemble Court-Circuit,  Paris
             Harry Vogt-Wittener Tagen, Witten
             Thomas Kessler-Elektronisches Studio, Musik-Akademie, Basel
1999     Monique Veaute- Festival Romaeuropa, Roma
1998     Pinotto Fava-Rai Radio Tre, Roma
              Daniel Teruggi-G. R. M., Radio France, Paris
1997     Joëlle Leandre-Commande de l’État, Paris
1995     David Jisse-Studio Muse en Circuit, Paris
              Luigi Pestalozza-Musica/Realtà, Milano
1994      René Bosc-Radio France, Paris
              Luciano Berio-Orchestra Regionale Toscana, Firenze
1993      Hans Werner Henze-Münchener Biennale, München
              Pinotto Fava- Rai Radio Tre, Roma
            
Artistic direction
2021-2024
Artistic director of the Biennale Musica in Venice

1991-1995
Artistic direction of the multidisciplinary Festival Animato in Rome at the art space Sala 1, in collaboration with its curator-director Mary Angela Schroth
 
Teaching
Conservatorio di Musica di Salerno
Professor of  Harmony, Counterpoint, Fugue and Composition (tenured position)
 
Seminars and conference participations
mica – music austria, Graz, 2025; impuls Academy, Graz, 2025; Linecheck Academy, Milano, 2024; CultTech Summit, Vienna, 2024; Biennale Musica Venezia, 2024; Luzerner Theatre, 2024; Freie Universität Berlin/Universität der Künste Berlin, 2024; Reggio Parma Festival, Reggio Emilia, 2024; Università Ca' Foscari, Venezia, 2024; Munich Biennale, 2024; Palazzetto Bru Zane, Venezia, 2024; Biennale di Venezia, 2024; Hellerau, Dresden, 2023; Istituto Veneto, Venezia, 2023; Ars Electronica, Linz; Out of the Box-Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Venezia, 2023; Impuls Academy, Graz, 2023; Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf Duisburg, 2023; General Consulate of Italy, Frankfurt am Main, 2023;  Italienische Botschaft in Berlin, 2023; Biennale di Venezia, 2023; Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, 2023; 11th DEBUT Classical Singing Competition, Weikersheim, 2022; Festival dei due mondi, Spoleto, 2022; International Composer Seminar-Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt, 2022; Nouvelle Philharmonie, Paris, 2022; Biennale di Venezia, 2022; Centro Studi Americani, Roma, 2022; Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf Duisburg, 2022; Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 2022; Festival della Diplomazia, La scuola della complessità, Roma, 2021;Universität Heidelberg, Zentrum für Europäische Geschichts und Kulturwissenschaften, 2021; Universität Bern, Institut für Musikwissenschaft, 2021; Symposium LISTENING / HEARING, Bonn, 2021; Biennale Venezia, 2021; Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt, 2021; General Consulate of Italy, Frankfurt am Main, 2021; Rai Radio Tre-Lezioni di Musica, 2021; Frankfurt Oper, 2021; Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main, 2021; Ferienkurse Darmstadt, 2021; Frankfurt Oper, 2020; Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main, 2020; Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 2019; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma, 2019; Kölner Philharmonie, 2019; Univeristà degli studi, Macerata, 2019; Accademia di Belle Arti, Macerata, 2019; Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, 2019; San Marino International Music Summer Courses, 2019; Opera di Roma, 2018; Liceo Tasso, Roma, 2018; Rennes-Opéra, 2018; Angers-Grand Théâtre, 2018;Ferienkurse Darmstadt, 2018; Biennale Musica-College, Venezia,2018; Staatstheater Braunschweig, 2017; Musikalische Kompetenzzentrum Sachsen-Anhalt /Konservatorium Georg Philipp Telemann, Magdeburg, 2017; Ircam, Paris, 2017; Institut für Musikwissenschaft Universität Bern, 2017; Institut für Musikwissenschaft GoetheUniversität, Frankfurt, 2016; Ferienkurse Darmstadt, 2016; Teatro Massimo, Palermo, 2016; Classwork Ensemble Recherche, Freiburg, 2016; Villa Medici, Roma, 2016; DAAD, Berlin, 2016; Classwork Ensemble Recherche, Freiburg, 2015; Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Mannheim, 2015; Semperoper, Dresden, 2015; Cultural Italian Institute, Berlin, 2015; Nationaltheater Mannheim, 2015; Istituto germanico, Roma, 2015; Festival Nuova Consonanza, Roma, 2015; Conservatorio Santa Cecilia, Roma, 2014; Schloss Werdenberg (CH), 2014; Theater Heidelberg, 2014;Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Graz, 2014; Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zürich, 2014; Nuova consonanza, Roma, 2013; Berliner Künstlerprogramms des DAAD, Berlin, 2013; Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe, 2013; Teatro di San Carlo, Napoli, 2013; Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi, Torino, 2013; Ca' Giustinian, Biennale, Venezia, 2013; Accademia Chigiana, Siena, 2013; Villa Romana, Firenze, 2013; Ca' Giustinian, Biennale di Venezia, 2013; Royal College of Music, Stockholm 2013; Teatro Sperimentale, Ancona,2013; Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Roma 2013; Conservatoire National supérieur de  musique et danse, Paris, 2012; Kulturhaus Loschwitz, Dresden 2012; Amphithéatre Opera Bastille, Paris, 2012; Parco della Musica, Roma, 2012; Nationaltheater Mannheim, 2012; Semperoper, Dresden, 2012; Konzerthaus, Berlin, 2011; Conservatorio Superior de Musica “Astor Piazzolla”, Buenos Aires 2011; St. Ursula Gymnasium, NRW Kultur Sekretariat, Aachen 2011; Chorforum Essen, NRW Kultur Sekretariat, 2011; Volksbühne, Berlin 2010; Bayerische Staatsoper, München 2010; Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique, Paris 2010; Festival Arcana, St.Gallen, 2010; Goethe on Main Institute, Johannesburg 2010; Musik der Jahrhunderte, Stuttgart 2009; Goethe Institut Johannesburg 2009; Konzerthaus, Berlin 2009; Akademie Schloss Solitude,  Stuttgart  2009; Conservatoire Régional de Musique, Paris 2009; Music Theatre Now  (International Theatre Institute), Berlin 2008; Hochschule der Künste of Zurich (ZHdK) 2007; Musiktheater in Revier, Gelsenkirchen, 2007; Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, Berlin 2006; Elektronisches Studio der Technischen Universität, Berlin 2006; DAAD, Berlin 2005; Temple University, Philadelphia, 2005; Yaddo, New York  2006; Experimentalstudio für akustische Kunst e.V., Freiburg 2005; Columbia University Music Department, New York 2005; Ferienkurse Darmstadt 2004; Staatsoper Stuttgart (Forum Neues Musiktheater) 2003; The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough  2003; Teatro La Fenice, Venezia 2002; Ile de france opéra et ballet, Paris 2001; Université de la Sorbonne, Paris IV, 1998; Council of Europe, Budapest 1994; IRCAM, Paris 1996
 
 
 
Original compositions
Published by Casa Ricordi (Milano) and Rai Com (Roma).