Works

Attimo e storia (2012)

for large orchestra

Commissioned by Deutschlandradio Kultur

Premiere: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Peter Rundel (conductor), Ultraschall Festival, Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin, January 27, 2012.

Nell'assenza dei venti (2006)

for chamber orchestra

Commissioned by Festival Tage für Neue Musik Zürich

Premiere: Collegium Novum Zürich, Mark Foster (conductor), Tage für Neue Musik Zürich, Tonhalle, Zürich, November 3, 2006.

Ondine (1998)

for chamber orchestra

Premiere: Esprit Orchestra, Alex Pauk (conductor), Gaudeamus Music Week, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, September 8, 1999.

La gabbia (2004)

Opera in one act

Libretto of Alejandro Tantanian

Commissioned by Akademie Schloss Solitude and Musik der Jahrhunderte Stuttgart

Premiere: Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, NewEars.ensemble, Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, March 30, 2004.

You shall not turn (2016)

for choir, 2 trumpets and trombone

Text from the Responsories for Holy Week

Premiere: Musa Horti, Peter Dejans (conductor), Ghent, November 13, 2016.

Signification (2010)

for three voices

Text by Gaunilo of Marmoutiers

Premiere: Neue Vocalsolisten, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, July 17, 2010.

moi, Daniel G. (2005)

for countertenor, violin, baritone saxophone, piano

Text by Samuel Beckett

Commissioned by Festival Klangwerkstatt Berlin

Premiere: Daniel Gloger (countertenor), Ensemble Mosaik, Festival Klangwerkstatt, Ballhaus Naunynstrasse, Berlin, November 6, 2005.

Ein Streichquartettsatz mit Nachwort (2005)

for string quartet, baritone, and piano

Text by Uljana Wolf

Commissioned by Literaturwerkstatt and Konzerthaus Berlin

Premiere: Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Kairos Quartett, Axel Bauni (piano), Konzerthaus, Berlin, June 23, 2005.

Voce d’ombra (2003)

for choir

Fragment of Psalm 87

Commissioned by ADIAM Val d’Oise, Frankreich

Premiere: Rachid Safir (conductor), Abbaye de Royaumont, Paris, March 28, 2004.

Narcisse (2002)

for two baritones

Text by Paul Valéry

Commissioned by Fondation Royaumont Paris

Premiere: Laurent Alvaro, Jean-Christophe Jacques (baritones), Abbaye de Royaumont, Paris, April 7, 2002.

Deux épigrammes amoureuses et une intimation (2000)

for soprano, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano

Text by Marguerite Yourcenar

Premiere: Elizabeth Yañez (soprano), Nouvel Ensemble Modern, Lorraine Vaillancourt (conductor), Abbaye de Royaumont, Paris, September 30, 2000.

Deserto colore (1998)

for soprano and piano

Texts by Federico García Lorca

Premiere: Gabriella Sborgi (soprano), Raffaele Cortesi (piano), Teatro Regio, Parma, April 27, 1998.

Parlando (2015)

for oboe, clarinet, violin

Premiere: HERMESensemble, Paulo de Assis (conductor), Miryzaal, Ghent, September 29, 2015.

Sui moti apparenti (2014)

for two pianos

Premiere: Geert Callaert, Yasuko Takahashi, Orpheus Research Festival, Orpheus Institute Ghent, October 1, 2014.

Defining (2009)

for flute, clarinet, vibraphone, violin, viola, cello, piano

Commissioned by Christoph Delz Foundation Basel

Premiere: Ensemble Recherche, Lucerne Festival, September 19, 2009.

Solitudini (2006)

for oboe, clarinet, baritone saxophone, violin, cello

Commissioned by Festival Klangwerkstatt Berlin

Premiere: Ensemble Mosaik, Festival Klangwerkstatt, Ballhaus Naunynstrasse, Berlin, November 5, 2006.

Limen (2004)

for tenor saxophone, guitar, marimba

Commissioned by Ensemble Cattrall

Premiere: Ensemble Cattrall, Fraumünster, Zürich, March 10, 2004.

Nel labirinto (2003)

for trumpet, trombone, percussion, bass drum, guitar, cello, piano

Commissioned by Ensemble Ascolta Stuttgart

Premiere: Ensemble Ascolta, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, November 20, 2003.

Epigramma muto (2002)

for clarinet, bass clarinet, percussion, violin, viola, cello, celesta

Premiere: Ensemble Surplus, James Avery (conductor), Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, November 19, 2002.

Stur (2010)

for guitar

Commissioned by Mats Scheidegger

Premiere: Mats Scheidegger, Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zürich, Mai 27, 2011.

Flatus vocis (1999)

for flute

Premiere: Mario Caroli (flute), Ars Musica, Anvers, December 17, 1999.

En flottant (1997)

for clarinet

Premiere: Massimo Carrozzo, Di Nuovo Musica,  Teatro della Cavallerizza, Reggio Emilia, November 27, 1997.

Sound Composition for Christine Meisner’s

Unschärfe im Möglichen, Episode 1: Submissions from Berlin

Spatial installation of photographs, texts, and sound

Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, from September 5 to November 1, 2020.

Haben Sie „modern“ gesagt? (2017)

Exhibition in collaboration with Xavier Le Roy and Christophe Wavelet

Production: Frankfurter Positionen, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, and Ensemble Modern, in cooperation with the Ruhrtriennale. Supported by Villa Massimo, Rome.

Premiere: Ensemble Modern, Frankfurter Positionen, Frankfurt LAB, January 29, 2017.

In principio (2003)

for baritone, flute (also bass flute), clarinet (also bass clarinet)

Text by Lucretius

Commissioned by Compagnie Françoise Murcia

Premiere: Jean-Christoph Jacques (baritone), Mario Caroli (flute), Massimo Carrozzo (clarinet), Festival international de danse, Théatre La Licorne, Cannes, December 3, 2003.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Tiziano Manca

Die Zauberflöte (2006)

Transcription for Chamber Ensemble

Commissioned by Fundação Calouste Goulbenkian, Lissabon

Premiere: Felix Krieger (conductor), Fundação Calouste Goulbenkian, Lisbon, June 2006. 

Claude Debussy / Tiziano Manca

Nocturnes

Transcription for orchestra