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leonardo mezzalira, composer

scholarly papers

2026 • journal article
Imitating Nature in in her Manner of Operation. The Compositional Process between Conscious Purpose and Unpredetermined Outcomes, FAMagazine. Ricerche e progetti sull’architettura e la città, Parma (Italy), 2026 [in preparation: contact me for infos]

2026 • conference paper
Mimesis as Interactive Listening. Insights on Ecological Thought through the Use of Natural Models in Composition, in the proceedings of The Global Composition 2026. Connective Resonance for (Post)Humans, Darmstadt/Dieburg 2-6 September 2026, ISBN 9783961870257 [read here]

2026 • conference paper
The Ecosystem-Disturbance Dynamic as Source of Musical Forms. Insights on Ecological Thinking through Collaborative Compositional Approaches, in the proceedings of SPaMEC. San Pietro a Majella Electroacoustic Conference 2026, Materiale Elettrico, Napoli 15-16 May 2026, ISBN 9791298664609 [read here]

interviews

podcast interview by Cristina Benoni/Terra Rara (2026, in Italian)
radio interview by Tania Marmai and Paolo Fedrigo/Tandem FVG (2026, in Italian)
interview
by Ettore Garzia/Percorsi Musicali (2025, in Italian)
interview by Sergio Scorzillo/Musica361 (2021, in Italian)
interview by Paolo Lazzarini/Blog della musica about Taverna Maderna (2020, in Italian)
interview by Andrea Bedetti/MusicVoice about Taverna Maderna (2019, in Italian)
video interview at TG7 Veneto about Taverna Maderna (2019, in Italian)

materials about single pieces

composer’s note to Broadcast for violin (2025, in English and Italian)
composer’s note to Countersinging for baritone saxophone and double bass (2025, in English)
composer’s note to Swamps for cello, accordion and percussion (2025, in English)
composer’s note to Sonar for euphonium and a sound-producing sculpture by Simone Tessari (2025, in Italian)
score sample and composers’ note of Impact for two spatialized violins and a custom-built metal cello (2024, in English and Italian)
composer’s note to Silenzi-pensari-gibigiane for guitar and harp (2024, in English and Italian)
composers’ note to Disturbance for bass clarinet and a disturbing agent (2024, in English and Italian)
composer’s note to Ethogram for classical guitar (2024, in English)
composer’s note to Biome Suite for classical guitar (2024, in English)
composer’s note to Alpinetum for one percussionist (2023, in Italian)
[…more coming soon…]

selection of musical writings 2016-2020 (in Italian)

review of the CD Susu by Duo Dubois (MusicVoice 2020)
Un nuovo silenzio
(Musicare.eu 2020)
Alla divinità, in modo lidico
(Le cinquanta porte 2020)
La scrittura e il pensiero del mondo
. Interview with Giorgio Battistelli (Amadeus Online 2018)
Un teatro dell’interiorità
. Interview with Ivo Pogorelić (Amadeus Online 2018)
Uno strumento, molti suoni
. Interview with Alessandra Ammara (Amadeus Online 2018)
L’ascolto del presente
. Interview with Marco Angius (Amadeus Online 2018)
review
of the CD Salvatore Sciarrino – Complete Works for Violin and for Viola by Marco Fusi (MusicVoice 2018)
Il suono scolpito
. Interview with Ivan Fedele (Amadeus Online 2017)
Percorsi di musica e di vita
. Interview with Salvatore Sciarrino (Amadeus Online 2016)
La drammatica necessità del comporre
. Interview with Marco Angius (OPV Magazine 2016)
program notes
for a performance of Beethoven’s nine symphonies (2016)