Irma Ravinale (1 October 1937 – 7 April 2013) was an Italian composer and music educator.
Irma Ravinale was born in Naples, Italy. She studied composition at the Rome Conservatory of Santa Cecilia with Goffredo Petrassi, and continued her studies with Nadia Boulanger in Paris and Karlheinz Stockhausen in Cologne, also studying piano, conducting and choral music. After completing her education, she took a position in 1966 teaching composition at the Conservatory Santa Cecilia in Rome.
Ravinale became director of San Pietro a Maijella Conservatory in Naples where she served until 1989 and then Director of the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia where she served until 1999. She is member of the International Honour Committee of the Fondazione Donne in Musica.
Ravinale died in Rome, Italy, at the age of 75 on April 7, 2013.
Honors and awards
Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Rome, 2 June 1992Silver medal for meritorious school of art and culture, Rome, 2 June 1994Gold Medal for Culture and the ArtsRavinale composes works for symphony orchestra, chamber ensembles and musical theatre. Selected works include:
1965 Scorpion, for chorus a cappella, from Trilussa1966 Death meditated, cantata for baritone and string quartet1967 Concerto for oboe, horn, timpani and strings1967 Ballad of love and war, for soprano, violin, cello and piano1968 Concerto for Strings1970 Night Trio for violin, viola d'amore and cello1970 The Picture of Dorian Gray, play by Oscar Wilde1971 Invention concerted, for 13 wind instruments1972 Sinfonia Concertante for guitar and orchestra1974 Serenade for guitar, flute and viola1976 Sequentia, for guitar and string quartet1976 Spleen, for baritone and orchestra (Won an award at the International Competition of Trieste)1977 Dialogues, for viola, guitar and orchestra1978 Changeling, for harpsichord and small orchestra1979 Improvisation for guitar alone1980 Jontly for two guitars1980 Recherche, for violin only1981 But ... what comes after love, for oboe and horn1981 Improvisation II, for harpsichord1982 Sombras, for guitar alone1983 Les Adieux, for violin and orchestra1984 Per una mano sola, for piano1984 To Ada, for clarinet1985 Ode to a star, for organ and concertante string orchestra1987 Duo for violin and guitar1987 Untitled, for clarinet and bass clarinet in E flat1988 Elegy of silence, for chamber orchestra1989 The Ballad of the vassal, for female voice1989 Jeux, for guitar1990 Two arias for baritone voice1990 Poem for Oscar Romero, for baritone, mixed choir and orchestra1991 Quintet for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano1992 Nuit, for cello only1995 Prologue, for narrator and five instruments, from Pier Paolo Pasolini1996 Sextet for Strings1997 Pour une etoile, for body only1999 The Remains of the day, for orchestra2004 In memory of those we love, for mezzo-soprano, piccolo and orchestra2004 Ode to friendship, for violin and cello2005 Second Quintet for two trumpets, trombone, tubacorno and tuba2005 Puer natus est, for nine male voices2006 Cadenza, for solo violin2009 Vaghezie, for cello and soprano2012 Pour un cher amie, for clarinet and piano
