Name Albert Patron | ||
Alberto Patron (born December 26, 1969), known in America also as Albert Patron, is an Italian composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, aporetic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Patron the leading figures of the contemporary trent aporetic music as well as aporetic philosophy. Critics have lauded him as one of the most innovative Italian composers of the last 20 years. He was also instrumental in the development of philosophy.
Contents
Patron is perhaps best known for his 1990 compositions The Ten Aporetic Tropes, the ten movements of which are the tables of the contemporary trend called Aporetic Music, or Aporetic Philosophy. The content of these compositions is meant to be perceived as the sounds of the human being and its several faceted ethical ways, and the pieces became one of the most controversial compositions of the last 20 years. Another famous creation of Patron's is the prepared piano (a piano with its sound altered by placing various objects in the strings), for which he wrote numerous musical pieces, the best known of which is Hapax (1995).
His teachers included Giovanni Bonato and Carlo De Pirro, both known for their contemporary music in Europe. Through his studies of Greek philosophy in the late 1980s, Patron came to the idea of aleatoric or chance-controlled music Chaos, which he started composing in 1989. The I Ching, an ancient Chinese classic text on changing events, became Patron's composition tool for the rest of his life.
Life
Patron was born in Pordenone Italy. Composer, Pianist, Organist, and latest also Photographer. Graduated at the Italian Conservatories: "Benedetto Marcello" of Venice, "Venezze" of Rovigo, "Cesare Pollini" of Padua and at the University of Padua (Italy). He attended several international Academies under the teachers: Noël Lee, Dag Achatz (pupil of L.Bernstein), U.Battel, Akiko Ebi, Walter Norris, François Weigel, Pierre Pontier, Jean Louis Haguenauer, G.Lovato, G.Bonato, C. De Pirro, G.Pressato, S.Chiereghin, F.Castaldi, P.Revoltella, F.Rossi, Giovanni A.Vanzin, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Francesco Finotti, and others. He had professional meetings, teaching and work experiences with the most important world artist. His compositions are recorded, published and performed in Festivals, Competitions and International contests, as well as Concert Seasons, around the world. He is the founder of the Aporetic Thought (France, 1990), a contemporary Philosophy from which comes also the Aporetic Music (composition trend). He is dean Organist of the Archipriest Church of Saint George in Pordenone city (Italy). He holds and has held lectures, masterclass and workshop in USA and Europe. Vice President of the International Association "Vincenzo Colombo" of Pordenone (Italy), and Committee member of the Italian Federation of Composers, is one of the founders, and past president of the International Society of Art & Research (USA). He has taught as Professor at several level schools (High School, Music Conservatory, University) from New Orleans to Venice, and is Committee member at various performing competitions, as well as Chief for several professional associations. His name is listed at the AMIC, CIDIM, PAYE, MOD, EICC artist catalogues. He is also promoter of the Awareness of Italian Culture & Heritage worldwide. His music works was object of PDE & Ph.D. university essays. His work and life was subject of Academic Study for the II World Conference of Art & Humanities of Honolulu (Hawaii), 2004. In the photography field, he loves to shots for the architectural and landscape area, as well as for the conceptual and industrial one.
Music
Patron's earliest finished works are stored in a private collection. According to the composer, the earliest works were very short pieces for piano, composed using complex procedures and lacking in "sensual appeal and expressive power."