bio:

Alessandro Annunziata was born in Rome, Italy, in 1968, and started playing and composing in his early age. He graduated with honors in Literature and Philosophy and specialized in History of Music and Musicology, with an essay about neapolitan theater and music in XVIIIth century.He studied piano and composition in Rome with several teachers. After that, he decides to continue his musical research with personal and free studies of classical and contemporary repertoires, and also in the wide field of popular music, in particular that of mediterranean and european areas. Extremely important for his artistic growth was the greek composer (natur. italian) Dimitri Nicolau (Keratea 1946 - Rome 2008) wich whom he shared and deepened a concept of music as inter-human communication and relationship, free from ideological and formal influences, from steril cultural thought-patterns, and as a continuous and inexhaustible research of emotional and imaginative expression of our own human identity.

He worked as musicologist, journalist, teacher, lecturer. He is author of texts about music and history of music for radio programs, he has been also music counselor for Rai (Italian broadcasting network) and for Rai cultural channel RaiSat1, for which he has managed the broadcasting of concerts and operas. Since 1999 he has been working as editor for «Nuova Rivista Musicale Italiana» of Rai-Eri (Rai Italian TV Network Publishing). He is member of the scientific committee of the international celebration of Goffredo Petrassi, which will take place in Rome, in October 2004.

His compositions are regularly performed in Italy and abroad., by the best musical artists and ensembles working in contemporary music, from whom he also received some important commission for new pieces. His musical scores are published by RAI TRADE, by Gérard Billaudot Editeur - Paris, and by Mnemes – Alfieri & Ranieri Publishing, Palermo . His music has been broadcasted by Rai Radio 3, Rai Filodiffusione, Radio France, Radio Canada - CBC, Radio Beethoven 96.5 (Chile), Radio città Futura, Vatican Radio, and Rai International.