Oscar bianchi thanks to my eyes scene 18 aus der oper
Oscar Bianchi(Oscar Bianchi, born 1975 in Milan, Italy) is a Gaudeamus Laureatecomposer of Italian and Swiss citizenships. He is a recipient of several international prizes and honors. He is noted for his large scale works, in particular his cantata Matra for six voices and large ensemble and his opera Thanks to My Eyes.
Oscar Bianchi began music studies at the age of 7 under the guidance of Gabriella Montalbetti. In his teenage years, he enrolled at the Milan Conservatory and studied composition with Adriano Guarnieri, Sandro Gorli, Umberto Rotondi and with Salvatore Sciarrino in Città di Castello. At the Milan Conservatory He also studied Choir music and choral conducting with Franco Monego and electronic music with Riccardo Sinigaglia and with Alvise Vidolin at the Bologna Conservatory. During his final academic years at the Milan Conservatory, Oscar Bianchi met Fausto Romitelli who, given the difficult climate in Italy for young composers and contemporary music, encouraged him to leave the country. In 2003 Oscar Bianchi will eventually foster his education in composition with Fausto Romitelli at the Royaumont Abbey. In name of the friendship that the two composers had established since the early 2000 and after the loss of who was seemingly becoming a mentor, Oscar Bianchi dedicated his composition Mezzogiorno to the memory of Fausto Romitelli.
biographical timeline
In 2003 he moves to Paris to attend to the yearlong composition and electronic music master course at IRCAM
2004 Aargauer Kuratorium, Switzerland: Career grant (Beitrag an das künstlerische Schaffen)
Collaborations
Oscar Bianchi has written for and collaborated with artists such as Joël Pommerat, Pablo Heras-Casado, Sabine Meyer, Jack Quartet, Quatuor Diotima, David Grimal, Franck Ollu, Constanza Macras Stefan Asbury, Pascal Rophé, Enno Poppe, Miranda Cuckson, Baldur Brönnimann, Brad Lubman.
