Piero Niro

Piero Niro (born May 18 1957 in Baranello - Campobasso) is an Italian composer, pianist and Professor of Philosophy of Music and Aesthetics.

He obtained a first-class diploma in piano and composition at the Conservatoire of Santa Cecilia in Rome. He also got a first-class degree in philosophy at the University of Studies Tor Vergata in Rome. He carried postgraduate studies in composition with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Franco Donatoni obtaining a diploma at the National Academy of S.Cecilia.

Thanks to String Quartet he won the first prize in the composition contest Ennio Porrino in Cagliari, 1985. His compositions have been played both in Italy and abroad and have been broadcasted on TV and radio (RAI, Rai International, Radio France, some of his compositions have been recorded and published by RCA, BMG Ariola, RICORDI) and Edipan.

He has been musical Consultant for the central record library of RAI in Rome, Member in the board of directors of the Association "Nuova Consonanza" in Rome. Since 2005 he is Artistic Director of the Association Amici della Musica in Campobasso. Since 2009 he is Member in the Board of Directors of A.I.A.M. - Associazione Italiana Attività Musicali - Roma. Since 2012 he is Member in the Board of Direcors of CIDIM - Comitato Nazionale Italiano Musica. He has been part of a jury in several international composition competitions.

He has been studying for several years Theory of musical language. He also published quite a few articles and essays about Musical Aesthetics such as Ludwig Wittgenstein e la musica (Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Napoli, 2008, ISBN 9788849515541), "Pensare e vivere i linguaggi musicali nelle realtà sonore delle esperienze condivise e nel silenzio del pensiero individuale. Le capacità di audiation nei processi di apprendimento, comprensione e uso delle sintassi musicali" (Edizioni Curci, Milano, 2010), "Wittgenstein e l’avanguardia musicale" (Il cannocchiale, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Napoli, 2001), "La musica e l’arte nel XIX secolo, Stravinskij e le avanguardie musicali", "Momenti della musica del XX secolo" (L’arte moderna by Giulio Carlo Argan; Edizioni Sansoni, Firenze, 2001)

Since 1989 Niro has held the post of Chair of the Composition department of the Conservatoire of Music in Campobasso where he is a Professor of Harmony, Counterpoint, Fugue and Composition and also a Professor of Philosophy of Music and Aesthetics, Analysis and Theory of Music .

Chronological Works List

Parentesi (parodia per una pantomima), violin, double-bass, guitar, piano, (1980)
Palindromo, two pianos, two accordions, celesta and orchestra (1981)
Frammenti, orchestra (1983)
Parafrasi, flute, clarinet, harpsichord and string quartet (1984)
String Quartet (1985)
Improvvisazione, piano (1985)
Ottetto, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and string quartet (1986)
Tre pezzi per piano (1987)
Metamorfosi, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and string quartet (1989)
Game, flute, clarinet, piano and string quartet (1989)
Lirica (su testo di Sandro Penna), voice and piano (1991)
Diacronia, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and string quartet (1991)
The Phantom of the Opera (commento musicale per l'intera proiezione dell'omonimo film muto di Rupert Julian) per flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and accordion (1992)
Texture, four percussionists (1992)
Parafrasi seconda, saxophone and piano (1992)
White und jingle (divertimento su temi natalizi), flute, oboe, bassoon e piano (1992)
Piccola Suite per orchestra (dalle musiche per il Film "The Phantom of the Opera" di Rupert Julian) (1993)
...e segrete sillabe... per flute, clarinet, piano, harp and string quartet (1993)
...e paure d'ombre e di silenzi..., eight woodwinds (1993)
Purificazione (su testo di Giovanni Di Risio), voice, violin and piano (1994)
E' solo questione di numeri (piccola opera buffa in un atto e due quadri liberamente tratta da un racconto di Achille Campanile) (1996)
Cadenza, clarinet (1998)
Christmas Rhapsody, orchestra (1999)
Cadenza II saxophone (2000)
Rama, bagpipe and orchestra (2000)
Tre Variazioni su "Tu scendi dalle stelle", orchestra (2000)
Danza molisana, bagpipe and orchestra (2000)
Ciociacconaria, accordion, flute and clarinet (2001)
Guzman divertimento, orchestra (2001)
Jubilus, orchestra (2002)
Orizzonte, voice, clarinet and piano (2003)
Ventuno Luglio a Genova, actor and pianoforte (2003)
Piccolo Trio, violin, cello and piano (2003)
Invenzioni, guitar (2003)
Concerto orchestra (2003)

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References

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^ Niro, Piero (2008). Ludwig Wittgenstein e la musica. Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Napoli. ISBN 9788849515541.
^ "Il bambino e la musica" - Niro, Piero (2010). Pensare e vivere i linguaggi musicali nelle realtà sonore delle esperienze condivise e nel silenzio del pensiero individuale. Edizioni Curci, Milano. ISBN 9788863950885.

[1] Niro, Piero (2008). Ludwig Wittgenstein e la musica. Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Napoli. ISBN 9788849515541.

[2] "Il bambino e la musica" - Niro, Piero (2010). Pensare e vivere i linguaggi musicali nelle realtà sonore delle esperienze condivise e nel silenzio del pensiero individuale. Edizioni Curci, Milano. ISBN 9788863950885.

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