Covello Antonio

Covello Antonio (1985) Second year selection

(Foto: Paride Galeone)
Born in Cosenza, he studied piano with Michael Pisciotta getting immediately into contact with the authors of the historical avant-garde and the second half of the twentieth century. The study as an interpreter of these new languages, created in him a desire to deepen these writing techniques,  and he starts composition studies. Another fundamental meeting in his path, was with Alessandro Solbiati, currently  his teacher at the Milan Conservatory. Particularly important in his work, is the need to rediscover the narrative character of the music, through the use of vectors that direct and articulate the whole composition. Another interest is what he calls the "harmonic color" and a rigorous formalization of musical thought, through the use of techniques considered “a valued resource which the composer uses to give shape to the poetic”. His research is increasingly focusing on the management of broad formal arches, able to integrate the concept of shape with the purpose of making the musical gestures  continuing  over time. Among the future projects there is a new work commissioned for 2011 from the Festival Pontino di Musica.