Martino Traversa (born 1960) is a composer of classical, electronic and electroacoustic music.
Martino Traversa has studied piano, composition, electronic music and Information Technology. He graduated in Improvisation Technique at the "Accademia di Alto Perfezionamento" in Pescara. He attended to 3-yearly summer courses in Siena. Has studied at Salzburg's Mozarteum and at CCRMA (Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustic) at Stanford University.
He studied with Luigi Nono from 1987 to 1989. In 1990, he founded and managed Ensemble Edgard Varèse, with Luigi Nono's support. In 1991, he launched "Traiettorie", an international festival of modern and contemporary music. In 1999, Martino Traversa founded the Prometeo Foundation, a resident laboratory of cultural activities, related to physiques, arts and philosophy.
He regularly composes and researches the field of electronics applied to musical acoustic. Martino Traversa is professor of music at the University of Parma.
Selected compositions
Octeur
4d
Bianco, ma non troppo
Rimane l'eco
Manhattan Bridge
Come un suono, dal suono del mondo
Dopo il respiro
Landscape
Quadrato bianco, su sfondo bianco
Selected compositions – electroacoustic music
Bianco, ma non troppo
Quartetto per viola sola
Fragment 1, for alto and live electronic
Fragment 2, for sax and live electronic
Selected compositions – electronic music
Poeme electronique
Bianco
Variazioni sopra un labirinto
Critical_Path
Esclepion
NGC 253
References
Music and Science: An Interview with Martino Traversa. Computer Music Journal: Vol. 20, No, 3. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press: 14-19. http://www.ears.dmu.ac.uk/spip.php?page=artBiblio&id_article=1672