Sara Caneva
composer • conductor
University of Birmingham PhD researcher • Teaching Fellow
awarded musical artist • creator • interpreter of new music
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© Sara Caneva 2024. All rights reserved.
Works
compositions
ENSEMBLE & ORCHESTRAFondale mobile (2022)
for chamber orchestra
• w.p. 30.4.2022 in Padova, Auditorium Pollini
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, cond. Sara Caneva
Edizioni Suvini ZerboniThose Who Have the Right to Yell - Won't. (2021)
for partly hidden ensemble and tape
[fl./bass fl.-vln.-vcl.-db.-el.]
• w.p. 18.12.2021 in Genova, Palazzo Tursi
Eutopia Ensemble
Edizioni Suvini ZerboniTheir wings have eyes (2021)
[picc.-cl.-bs.-hn.-trbn.-hp.-perc.-vln.-vla.-vc.-db.]
• w.p. 16.5.2021 in Birmingham, CBSO Centre
BCMGFondale mobile (2019)
for large symphonic orchestra
Commission Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
• w.p. 7-8.6.2019 in Venice, Teatro Malibran
Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, cond. Jonathan Webb
Edizioni Suvini ZerboniNight is night, no matter how long (2019)
for six performers of ecological instruments in full darkness
Commission Mdi Ensemble
• w.p. 15.11.2019 in Milan, Palazzina Liberty
Mdi Ensemble
Edizioni Suvini ZerboniIdoli et Incubi (2019)
[picc.-Eb cl.-sopr. sax.-pf.-vln.-vcl.-db.-cond.-el.]
Commission Schallfeld Ensemble
• w.p. 4.10.2019 in Bludenz, Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer MusikHafen Variation (2018)
[bass fl.- bass cl.-2vln.-vla.-vcl.]
• w.p. 19.1.2019 in Brescia, Teatro Sancarlino
Dèdalo Ensemble
Edizioni Suvini ZerboniSimpatia e raucedine (2018)
[fl.-bass cl.-perc.-vln.-vla.-vcl.]
• w.p. 2.11.2018 in Reggio Emilia, Teatro Cavallerizza
Mdi Ensemblere.cover over.come[.info] (2017)
[bass fl.-bass cl.-el. org.-pf.-perc.-2vln.-vcl.-ampl. cond.]
• w.p. 15.11.2017 in Salzburg, Mozarteum, Crossroads Festival
NAMES EnsembleBecome a fan (2016)
[fl./bass fl.-bass cl.-pf.-vln.-vcl.-2ventilators]
Commission MACM
• w.p. 12,15.9.2016 at
Moscow Phiharmonic Chamber Hall, RU
Moscow Contemporary Music EnsembleDish to Disk, to Dash (2016)
[fl./picc.-cl.-alto sax.-pf.-perc.-vln.-vcl.-db.]
• w.p. 24.2.2016 in Milan, Auditorium Lattuada
Schallfeld Ensemble
Edizioni Suvini ZerboniRima Congruens (2015)
[marb.-pf.-hps.]
• w.p. 30.6.2015 in Milan, Villa Simonetta, Festival Notti Trasfigurate• •• ••• •• • •• ••• •• •
VOCAL & STAGERADICE POSIZIONE DISTANZA (2023)
[sopr.-bass.-orch.-el.]
opera in one act and three scenes
lyrics and subject by Sara Caneva
Commission Piccolo Opera Festival/ECOC
• w.p. 14.09.2023 in Gorizia/Nova Gorica, Piazza Transalpina
GO! Borderless Orchestra, cond. Sara CanevaAsk water...whispers answer (2018)
[sopr.-msop.-cten.-ten.-bar.-bass.]
• w.p. 28.7.2018 in Lugano, Museo Vela
Neue Vocalsolisten StuttgartPET (2018)
miniature for mezzosoprano and two dancers
• w.p. 28.7.2018 in Lugano, Museo Vela
msop. Truike van der PoelON-OFF (2017)
auditive reflection opera in one act
[sopr.-msopr.-bar.-m. act.-children's choir-orch.-el.]
libr. Stefano Simone Pintor
Commission Teatro dell'Opera di Roma - Fabbrica Y.A.P.
• w.p. 11-12.10.2017 in Rome, Teatro Nazionale
children’s choir and youth orchestra Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, sopp. Valentina Varriale & Erika Beretti, bar. Timofei Baranov, cond. Sara CanevaPass on the torch (2016)
for voice and two percussion playersLa grasta furata (2013)
opera in 11 scenes on a libretto by Ezio SinigagliaIl rubinetto (2012)
micro-chamber opera
[cl.-pf.-perc.-vcl.-sopr.-bar.-actress-actor.]
• w.p. 31.7.2012 in Siena, Teatro dei Rozzi,
Farben Ensemble, sop. Alda Caiello, bar. Marco Bussi – broadcast on SKY Classica TV as monographic episode• •• ••• •• • •• ••• •• •
SOLO & DUOCruda Nenia (2020)
• w.p. 19.12.2020 in Rome, Festival Nuova Consonanza,
ten. Mark Milhofer, pf. Marco Scolastra
Edizioni Suvini ZerboniChiamata dalla realtà delle cose (2020)
Melologo after Tosca for actress and piano
Commission 66° Festival Pucciniano
• w.p. 13.7.2020 in Torre del Lago, Festival Pucciniano,
act. Stefania Sandrelli, pf. Orazio Sciortino
Edizioni Suvini ZerboniOnomatopea dello scippo (2018)
for solo drum set
• w.p. 22.5.2018 in Vilnius, Druskomanija Festival,
perc. Serge VuilleMìmesis del abrazo (2017)
visual serenade for piano, video and smartphone
Commission Residencia de Estudiantes
• w.p. 22.10.2017 in Madrid, Residencia de Estudiantes,
pf. Ricardo DescalzoInfant, potentially (2017)
for solo accordionist-performer
• w.p. 19.2.2017 in Graz, impuls festival,
acc. Ghenadie Rotari
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni@tratti (2015)
for trumpet and pianoPrimo Die Vivus (2013)
two Impromptus for solo piano
• w.p. 21.9.2014, Tübinger Kammermusikfreunde,
pf. Giovanni Santini• •• ••• •• • •• ••• •• •
acousmatic pieces
Inner Engine on a Private Trail (2021)
[binaural]
• w.p. 24.04.2021 in Birmingham, BEAST FEaST• •• ••• •• • •• ••• •• •
installations
ECLIPSE (TBD)
interactive sound installation in darkness
developed with Dr. Milad Mardakheh
[miniBEAST system + UWB technology for indoor position tracking]EAR RIDE I (2019)
sound path in Villa dei Pini, Bogliasco
[site specific percussions + 7 portable speakers]EAR RIDE II (2019)
site specific sound installation at the WWF Oasi San Felice, Marina di Grosseto
[ropes and recycled materials + 3 portable speakers]• •• ••• •• • •• ••• •• •
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conducting
SYMPHONIC REPERTOIRE SELECTIONB. Bartòk
Concerto for Orchestra
The Wooden PrinceL. van Beethoven
Symphonies nn. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8
Ouvertures: Egmont, Coriolan, Fidelio, Die Geschöpfe des PrometheusJ. Brahms
Symphonies nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4
Tragic Ouverture
Variations on a theme by HaydnM. Bruch
Violin Concerto Op. 26A. Bruckner
Symphony n. 4C. Debussy
La Mer
Trois Nocturnes
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Livre de Baudelaire (orch. Adams)A. Dvorak
Symphony n. 9 “New World”G. Fauré
Pavane
RequiemG. Mahler
Symphonies n. 4 & 5F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Fingal's Cave
Symphony n. 3
Violin Concerto Op. 64W. A. Mozart
Symphonies nn. 36, 39, 40 & 41
Concertone for 2 Violins K 190
Ouvertures: Così fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte, Die Entführung aus dem SerailF. Poulenc
Concerto for 2 Pianos and OrchestraS. Prokofiev
Simphony n. 1M. Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Ma mère l’Oye
Pavane pour une infante défunteO. Respighi
Fontane di Roma
Trittico BotticellianoG. Rossini
Ouvertures: Il barbiere di Siviglia, L’Italiana in Algeri, TancrediF. Schubert
Symphonies nn. 5, 7 (Unfinished) & 8 (Great)
Rosamunde, Fürstin von Cypern D. 797D. Schostakovich
Symphonies nn. 5 & 10R. Strauss
Metamorphosen in memoriamA. Schönberg
Kammersymphonie Op. 9I. Stravinsky
Petrouchka
Divertimento from Le Baisier de la Fee
Dumbarton Oaks
Firebird Suite, 1919
Histoire du soldat
Sacre du Printemps
Octet for Wind Instruments
Symphonies for Wind InstrumentsP. Tchaikovsky
Symphonies nn. 4, 5 & 6
Romeo and Juliet Ouverture-Fantasie
Violin ConcertoR. Wagner
Siegfried IdyllA. Webern
Passacaglia Op. 1• •• ••• •• • •• ••• •• •
OPERA REPERTOIRE SELECTIONG. Donizetti
L’elisir d’amore
Don PasqualeP. Mascagni
Cavalleria RusticanaW. A. Mozart
Le nozze di FigaroF. Poulenc
La voix humaineG. Puccini
Tosca
Gianni SchicchiM. Ravel
L’Enfant et les SortilègesG. Verdi
La Traviata
Un ballo in maschera• •• ••• •• • •• ••• •• •
CONTEMPORARY & MODERN REPERTOIRE SELECTIONH. Birtwistle
Silbury airJ. Cage
Concerto for Piano and 13 instruments (1958)E. Carter
Asko ConcertoL. Dallapiccola
Piccola musica notturnaF. Donatoni
LumenC. Ives
The unanswered questionM. Lindberg
JubileesO. Knussen
Ophelia dancesG. Ligeti
Concerto for Piano and OrchestraB. Maderna
Serenata per un satelliteF. Romitelli
Nell’alto dei giorni immobiliR. Saunders
Quartet
Into the blueS. Sciarrino
Archeologia del TelefonoK. Stockhausen
PunkteE. Varèse
OctandreI. Xenakis
Eridanos
FELLOWSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
Saari Residence - Kone Foundation
DUNE artistic residency, WWF Oasi San Felice
StAIR, Land Steiermark
Bogliasco Foundation Music Fellowship
Schleswig Holstein Künstlerhaus Eckernförde
Residencia de Estudiantes Madrid
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Y.A.P. 2016-2017AWARDS & HONORS
2020, nominee for the Classical:NEXT! Innovation Award
2020, shortlisted for LaMaestra Conducting Competition Philharmonie de Paris
2016-17, Fabbrica Y.A.P. Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
2016, G.A.I. & MiBAC "movin’up" funding competition
COMMISSIONS & FESTIVALS
Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
I Teatri di Reggio Emilia
Romaeuropa Festival
Druskomanija Festivalis
Crossroads Festival Salzburg
Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik
Eutopia Ensemble
Schallfeld Ensemble
Mdi Ensemble
Dèdalo EnsembleCONDUCTING ACTIVITY
Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt cresc. Biennale
Birminghan Contemporary Music Group
Ensemble ‘900 Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto
Orchestra Regionale Toscana
Danubia Obuda Orchestra
Savaria Symphony Orchestra
Youth Orchestra Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Schallfeld EnsembleACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
2017, M.Mus. in Orchestral Conducting, Conservatorio G. Verdi Milano
2016, PG Diploma in Composition, Civica Scuola di Musica Milano
2015-16, Erasmus in Conducting, Stuttgarter Musikhochschule
2013, M.Mus. in Composition, Conservatorio S. Cecilia Roma
2012, Diploma in Piano, Conservatorio S. Cecilia Roma
2011, Diploma in Composition, Conservatorio S. Pietro a Majella Napoli
about
composer • conductor • sound artist • researcher • teacherPodium experience crossed her composing mind and led to a unique curiosity for all sorts of gesture-sound connections and interpretations, blending immediacy and depth in any music.Sara Caneva was nominated for the Classical:NEXT! 2020 Innovation Award and selected for the first edition of LaMaestra Conducting Competition at the Philharmonie de Paris. From 2016 to 2017, she won the Fabbrica Y.A.P. fellowship at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, where she composed and conducted a new opera diptych.
Caneva's music has been commissioned and programmed by institutions such as Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Fondazione I Teatri Reggio Emilia, Romaeuropa Festival, Salzburg Mozarteum, Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik, Moscow Philharmonic, MusiikkItalo Camerata, BEAST Festival, and broadcast on the Italian (RAI Radio3), Austrian (ORF Ö1) and French (France Musique) national radios. Since 2018 her large-scale acoustic pieces have been published by Edizioni Suvini Zerboni.Sara was granted composer-in-residence at several International institutions, such as Bogliasco Foundation (US/IT), Kone Saari Foundation (FI), Residencia de Estudiantes (ES), Styria Artist In Residence (AU), Schleswig Holstein Künstlerhaus Otte1 (DE), developing mixed-media compositions, land-art installations and cross-disciplinary projects. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Composition at the University of Birmingham.Her research focuses on how visual cues - or lack thereof - influence music, compositional practice, and audience engagement towards inclusive forms of theatre and performance in darkness. In her researcher capacity, she was invited to present her music and give lectures in academic contexts such as the Music Since 1900 Conference, the Orpheus Institute, the University of Greenwich and the University of Birmingham.As a new music expert and enthusiast, she conducted several world premieres across Europe, including works by Zuraj, Balch, Xiao, Pierini, Panni, Kallionpää and Caneva herself. Among recent commitments, she conducted the Ensemble Modern for the Cresc. Biennale ICCS, the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, and the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto. In addition, she collaborated with the Orchestra Regionale Toscana, the Danubia Orchestra Óbuda at the Budapest Music Center, the Savaria Symphony Orchestra, the IEMA Ensemble within the Festival Klangspuren in Schwaz, and the Ensemble '900 from Accademia di Santa Cecilia.
In 2019, she brought on stage the multimedia opera "Trilogy in two" by Andrea Liberovici in a tournée with the American singer-performer Helga Davis and the Schallfeld Ensemble; the show was repeatedly broadcast on the Italian national TV (RAI 5). In 2018, she was a semifinalist in the G. Facchinetti Conducting Competition; in the same year, she conducted the final round in the Michele Novaro Composition Competition, live broadcast on Rai Radio3 I Concerti del Quirinale.
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news
upcoming events
March 2nd, 2024
CoMA WEST MIDLANDS
come&play launch session
Contemporary Music for All
@Royal Birmingham ConservatoireMarch 8th, 2024
RESIGHT
for string quartet & electronics
• w.p. @Elgar Concert Hall
Ligeti Quartet
CrossCurrents FestivalMarch 27th, 2024
RADICE POSIZIONE DISTANZA
• w.p. @GO! Borderless
commission European Capital of Culture & Piccolo Opera Festival
Trg Evrope Gorizia/Nova Gorica (ITA/SVN)
conductor Sara Caneva
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past events
June 17-18th, 2023
CHRONOPHAGE
for soprano and ensemble
• w.p. @POUSH, Paris
Ensemble Écoute
Kagel 18.IX.2008March 11th, 2023
CONDUCTING • BCMG @UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
workshop for Postgraduate Composition students
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
University of CambridgeFebruary 25th, 2023
CRUMPLED QUESTIONS
for chamber ensemble
• w.p. @Elgar Concert Hall, Birmingham
New Music Ensemble, cond. Dan RosinaFebruary 19th, 2023
CONDUCTING • ENSEMBLE MODERN
works by K. Balch, O. Barash, K. Xiao
cresc...Biennale Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt LABFebruary 4th, 2023
INFLUENCES
4-channel composition
@BEAST Dome, Birmingham• •• ••• •• • •• ••• •• •November 18-20th, 2022
SOUND-IMAGE FESTIVAL
@University of Greenwich
Paper presentation - Vulnerability and ways of protesting in mixed-media composition through audiovisual ambiguityOctober 10-12th, 2022
PERFORMER-COMPOSER CONFERENCE
@Orpheus Instituut Ghent
Paper presentation - With or without? Visual cues, lag, cognition: the idiomatic conductor in experimental compositionJuly 20th-21st, 2022
CONDUCTING • ORCHESTRA DI PADOVA E DEL VENETO
Beethoven VI Symph., Debussy/Adams Livre de Baudelaire
msop. Laura PolverelliJune 17-20th, 2022
MUSIC SINCE 1900 CONFERENCE
@Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Paper presentation - Visual cues management in live performances as a basis for compositional practice in acoustic and electroacoustic worksApril 30th, 2022
CONDUCTING • ORCHESTRA DI PADOVA E DEL VENETO
orchestral works by Caneva, Panni, Pierini, Sciortino• •• ••• •• • •• ••• •• •