Sergio Rendine
Born(1954-09-07)7 September 1954
Naples, Italy
Died21 April 2023(2023-04-21) (aged 68)
Pescara, Italy
Occupations
  • Composer
  • Academic teacher
Parent
Awards

Sergio Rendine (7 September 1954 – 21 April 2023) was an Italian composer of operas, ballets, symphonies, cantatas and chamber music. He worked as a lecturer at the Conservatorio Alfredo Casella, for the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and for SIAE. He was artistic director of the Teatro Marrucino in Chieti from 1997 to 2007. He received awards for Alice, a "radiophonic opera". His opera Un segreto d'importanza was premiered by the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. His Missa de beatificatione in onore di Padre Pio da Pietrelcina, a mass written for the beatification of Pio of Pietrelcina, was premiered in 1999 in Vatican City, with José Carreras as a soloist. His oratorio Passio et Ressurrectio was recorded live and broadcast from the cathedral in Chieti premiere, and his two symphonies were recorded by Chandos Records.

Life and career

Rendine was born in Naples on 7 September 1954,[1][2] the son of composer Furio Rendine, and the grandson of Salvatore Papaccio. He studied with Domenico Guaccero at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and with Giuseppe Agostini at Pesaro Conservatory,[2] where he graduated in choral music and choral conducting.[3] He taught at the Conservatorio Alfredo Casella in L'Aquila.[3] Rendine was on the board of directors of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, was artistic director of the Eclat festival of contemporary music in Stuttgart from 1988 to 1991, commissioner for the opera section of the SIAE from 1995 to 2000,[1][2] artistic director of the Teatro Marrucino in Chieti from 1997 to 2007.[3]

His works were commissioned by BBC London, SWR Symphonieorchester, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Kölner Philharmonie, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Arena di Verona, La Scala in Milan, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Salzburg Festival, Strasbourg Music Festival, and the Schwetzingen Festival, among others.[2]

Together with Yoritsune Matsudaira, Gian Carlo Menotti, Krzysztof Penderecki and Alfred Schnittke, Rendine was commissioned by the Nobel Peace Prize Committee to compose the Mass for Peace, which was performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo on 11 December 1995.[2]

Rendine was awarded both the Prix Italia and the Premios Ondas for the "radiophonic opera" Alice in 1987–1988.[2]

Rendine died in Pescara on 21 April 2023, at age 68.[1][3]

Compositions

Rendine's music was influenced by the sacred music of Johann Sebastian Bach, the theatre music of Naples, traditional passion music sung in the streets, and by ritual dances.[4] Rendine's compositions were published by Casa Ricordi,[5] Casa Sonzogno,[6] B & W Italia (Bideri & Warner Music), and Edipan.[2] His works include:

Recordings

Rendine's Passio and Ressurrectio was recorded live when it was premiered on 13 April 2000, then Good Friday, at the Cattedrale di San Giustino in Chieti, by Naxos,[11] released in 2003.[14] His two symphonies were recorded by Chandos Records in 2007, played by the Orquestra Nacional Clàssica d'Andorra conducted by Marzio Conti.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 d'Allesandro, Alfredo (22 April 2023). "Morto Sergio Rendine, un grande della musica ed ex direttore artistico del Marrucino". Il Messaggero (in Italian). Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Sergio Rendine Biography". Rai Radio 3 (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Ortolano, Stefania (21 April 2023). "Si è spento il compositore Sergio Rendine, per dieci anni direttore artistico del teatro Marrucino". Chieti Today (in Italian). Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Sergio Rendine". stabatmater.info. 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 "Scores by Sergio Rendine". Casa Ricordi. 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Sergio Rendine". Casa Sonzogno (in Italian). 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Gianluigi Gelmetti". Festival Enescu (in Romanian). 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Alice in Wonderland". informadanza.com (in Italian). 1991. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "Orlando 1997". archiviostorico.operaroma.it (in Italian). 1997. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "Una Missa in Vaticano con Carreras". La Repubblica (in Italian). 24 April 1999. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  11. 1 2 Vivo, Vincenzo De (2000). "Sergio Rendine (b.1954) / Passio et Resurrectio". Naxos Records. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "Romanza, una favola romana 2002". archiviostorico.operaroma.it (in Italian). 2002. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  13. ↑ ""Andorrana" sinfonia n. 2 di Sergio Rendine". Bollettino d'Ateneo (in Italian). 15 June 2007. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  14. ↑ "Passio et resurrectio / Sergio Rendine". Muziekweb (in Dutch). 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  15. ↑ "Sergio Rendine / Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 "Andorrana" / Orquestra Nacional Clàssica d'Andorra / Marzio Conti" (PDF). Chandos Records. 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
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