Giovanni Verrando

instrumental freak show

sixth born unicorn

keekee bouba

fifth born unicorn

fourth born unicorn

krummholz

• Essay, “Composing the instruments”
In “Musical performance in context”, Festschrift for the 30th anniversary of the Sibelius Academy’s Doctoral School, Helsinki
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• 17.11.2021:
Sound of Wander 2021, Teatro Arsenale, Milano
“Newborn unicorn, remind me what we’re fighting for”, from “First born unicorn” to “Seventh born Unicorn”
mdi ensemble
“Seventh born unicorn”, for amplified bass clarinet, filtering half-clarinet & electronics, commissioned by Mdi ensemble
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• 16.10.2021:
Mantova – Musica del XXI Secolo
“Fourth Born Unicorn – Angular Version”, for viola
Mdi Ensemble
Paolo Fumagalli, soloist
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• Instrumental Freak Show
The complete video
for voice, 6 musicians,
electronics & video
Giulia Zaniboni & Ensemble Interface
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• 06.07.2021: Festival Milano Musica, Teatro Elfo Puccini
“Instrumental freak show”, for voice, 6 musicians, electronics & video
Solo voice, Giulia Zaniboni
Commissioned by Ensemble Interface, funded by Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung
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• 3-4.05.2021: Dipartimento di Musicologia, Cremona – Conservatorio di Mantova
Seminario di composizione
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• Il giornale della musica
“Sei ascolti”, di Alberto Massarotto
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• POSTPONED: Graz, Open Music
“Keekee Bouba”, for transformed voice & 4 musicians
Ensemble L’arsenale
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• 30.12.2020: Radio SRF 2 Kultur
“Biennale Venedig – das Neue im Alten”
Interview about “Instrumental freak show”, by Benjamin Herzog and Gabrielle Weber
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• 02.10.2020: Biennale di Venezia
“Instrumental freak show”, for voice, 6 musicians, electronics & video
Solo voice, Giulia Zaniboni
Commissioned by Ensemble Interface, funded by Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung
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• Video – La composizione dello strumento, “Keekee Bouba”:
Dialoghi sul comporre – Reggio Emilia, 2019
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• Season 2020-21:
“Instrumental freak show”, for voice, 6 musicians, electronics & video
Commissioned by Ensemble Interface, funded by Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung
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• Autumn 2020:
“Seventh Born Unicorn”, for amplified Bass clarinet, filtering half-clarinet & electronics
Commissioned by Mdi Ensemble
Paolo Casiraghi, soloist

• Video – Ingrid Pustijanac’s lecture, “The grammar of inharmonicity”:
IRCAM – Manifeste 2019
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• 19-21.12.2019: Reggio Emilia, Dialoghi sul comporre
“Comporre gli strumenti”
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• 07.07.2019: Tokyo, IIC
“Fifth Born Unicorn”, for transformed cello
Francesco Dillon, cello
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• 2019-20: Conservatory of Lugano, Switzerland
Course of Chamber music with new lutherie
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• 07.06.2019: Firenze, Musica a Villa Romana/Contrasti 2019, Mdi Ensemble
“First Born Unicorn”, for amplified flute
Sonia Formenti, flute
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• 16.05.2019: Luzern, Neubad
“Sixth Born Unicorn”, for e-guitar & electronics
Mats Scheidegger, e-guitar
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• 6.05.2019: Bern, IGNM
“Sixth Born Unicorn”, for e-guitar & electronics
Mats Scheidegger, e-guitar
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• Keekee Bouba, 3rd movement, new video
for transformed voice & 4 musicians, Ensemble L’arsenale
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• 11.05.2019: Zürich, Kunstraum Walcheturm
“Sixth Born Unicorn”, for e-guitar & electronics
Mats Scheidegger, e-guitar
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• 4.05.2019: Biel, Rennweg 26
“Sixth Born Unicorn”, for e-guitar & electronics
Mats Scheidegger, e-guitar
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• 26.02.2019: Orange CA, Chapman University
“Fourth Born Unicorn, rounded version”, for prepared viola d’amore,
Marco Fusi – viola d’amore
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• 1.02.2019: Basel, Gare du Nord, IGNM
“Sixth Born Unicorn”, for e-guitar & electronics
Mats Scheidegger, e-guitar
World premiere
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• 9.01., 24.01. & 25.01.2019: Università di Cremona, Conservatorio di Bergamo e Conservatorio di Perugia
“First Born Unicorn”, for amplified flute
Sonia Formenti, flute
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• Keekee Bouba, 2nd movement, new video
for transformed voice & 4 musicians, Ensemble L’arsenale
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• 06.12.2018: Nice, Festival Manca
“Fourth Born Unicorn, rounded version”, for prepared viola d’amore,
“Fourth Born Unicorn, angular version”, for prepared viola
Marco Fusi – viola & viola d’amore
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• Essay on “Krummholz”
Quaderni del Conservatorio di Milano, n. 1/2017
Edizioni ETS
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• 05.11.18: Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero
“Fourth Born Unicorn, rounded version”, for prepared viola d’amore
Marco Fusi – viola d’amore
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• 15.09.2018: Festival Transart, Bolzano
“First Born Unicorn”, for amplified flute
Sonia Formenti, flute
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• 05.07.2018: Treviso, Festival L’arsenale 2018
“Keekee Bouba”, for transformed voice & 4 musicians, Ensemble L’arsenale
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• 15.05.2018: Zürich Hochschule der Künste ZHdK,
“First Born Unicorn”, for amplified flute, Melody Chua
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• 05.03.2018: Huddersfield
“Fifth Born Unicorn”, for transformed cello & electronics, Francesco Dillon
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