Karl Fiorini

Karl Fiorini
Karl Fiorini
Born	1 December 1979 (age 46); St. Julians, Malta
💼 Occupation	Composer, Artistic Director
🌐 Website	http://www.karlfiorini.com/

Karl Fiorini (born 1 December 1979) is a Maltese-born composer and artistic director based in Paris.

Biography

Following studies with Charles Camilleri, privately and at the University of Malta (1999-2002), he went to London, completing a master's degree in composition with Diana Burrell at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama (2004-05), and a doctorate in composition with Michael Zev Gordon at the Royal College of Music (2006-15). In London he taught 20th century aesthetics at the Royal College of Music (2007-09). Composer residences have included Orquestra do Norte in Portugal, and, in France, Conservatoire Olivier Messiaen, Avignon, and Conservatoire du Val d’Yerres. He settled in Paris in 2008. He is Artistic Director of the Valletta International Spring Orchestra Festival, inaugurated in 2007.

His music has been played, televised or broadcast by the Baltic Neopolis Orchestra, Bohuslav Martinů Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, European Contemporary Orchestra, European Union Chamber Orchestra, Latvian Chamber Orchestra, Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, Sudecka Philharmonic, and Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2015 his Second Symphony was premiered by Brian Schembri at Expo 2015 in Milan, and his Cadavre exquis was performed at the Venice Biennale. Three European Capitals of Culture have commissioned or programmed his works: Marseille-Provence 2013 (Entente cordiale); Mons 2015 (Cadavre exquis); Valletta 2018 (Pentimenti).

Ostinati (orch; 2020; Valletta International Baroque Festival commission)
In the Midst of Things (cl, vn, vc, pf; 2019)
Quatre Miniature Romaines (mez, orch; text Sophie Charpentier; 2019; Valletta Cultural Agency commission)
Pentimenti (strs, perc; 2018; European Capital of Culture Valletta 2018 Foundation commission)
Weinende Frau (strs; 2018)
If (ten, orch; text Rudyard Kipling; 2017)
In girum imus nocte ecce et consumimur igni (orch; 2017; Central Bank of Malta commission)
Piano Sonata (2017)
of gods and dogs - de dioses y de perros (sop, choir, orch; text Ana Bocanegra Briasco; 2016)
Symphony No. 2 (orch; 2015; Malta Enterprise commission)
Symphony No. 1 – Prologue (orch; 2012-13)
Violin Concerto No. 2 (solo vn, orch; 2011; Marta Magdalena Lelek commission)
Reflets Flous (pf; 2008)
Les âmes effleurées (pf; 2007)
Violin Concerto No. 1 (solo vn, chamber orch; 2007; Orquestra do Norte commission)
Piano Trio (vn, vc, pf; 2005)
Trio Lamina (vn, cl, pf; 2002)

Arrangements
Beethoven Fidelio (vv, vn, db, pf, perc; 2019-20; Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci street-theatre production)
Schoenberg Das Buch der hängenden Gärten - The Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15 (mez, strs; 2018-19)

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Karl Fiorini
Born	(1979-12-01) 1 December 1979 (age 46) St. Julians, Malta





💼 Occupation	Composer, Artistic Director





🌐 Website	http://www.karlfiorini.com/