List of works

As Deep As I Could Remember, As Far As I Could See.
A collaboration with Tarik Kiswanson.

for Children Choir, Piano, and 4 channel audio surround
2019

Epistenologia in Opera.
A collaboration with Nicola Perullo.

for Piano, Copper Wires, Brass Bells, and 10 different variety of wines
2019

Inneschi
for Hearing Aids, Medical Devices, Sleigh Bells, Megaphone, Percussion
Commissioned by MUSICA SANAE
2019

#00FF00 #FF00FF II.
A performance/audiovisual installation.

for five Arduino-based sound interfaces
2019

The Reading Room.
An art film by Tarik Kiswanson.

for Piano and Electronics
2019

Le Jardin Qui Rit
for Piano four hands, co-composed with Aleksandra Vrebalov
2019

Fidelio
for two Violins
Commissioned by StringNoise
2019

Origins.
An art film by Tayeb al Hefez.

for Piano
2019

Příliš hlučná samota
for Ululatore and Stropicciatore
2018

Gin e Ginepri
for Voice and String Quintet
2018

Wired Imagination
for Piano, Weights and Ropes
2018

CROMLECH
for Organ
2018

Inkless Imagination V Bis, for Sahba Aminikia
for six Bassoons
2018

Vathek on the Edge of the Chasm
for Organ
2018

The Balloon Orchestra
for Balloons and String Quintet
2018

Imagine Re-Imagined
for Tenor, String Quintet, Flute, Bassoon, Trumpet, Trombone, Harp and Piano
2017

Abdication for Pauline
for Voice, amplified Musical Saw, Toys and Aardvark Synthesizer
2017

Ancient Régime
for wind-up Metronome and Piano
2016

Cupric Donna I & II
for Piano
2016

Inkless Imagination VIII: For Geoffrey Hartman (The Boy of Winander)
for Percussion and Light/Shadow projection
2016

Cena Oltranzista nel Castelletto al Lago.
A 3-days Experimental Opera/Reality Show.

for Voices, Harpsichord, and Percussion
Commissioned by TRANSART Festival
2016

Blind Date
for Voice, Three Electric Guitars, and Video
2016

Green Sea
for Piano
2015

BOTTEGHE OSCVRE
for Clarinet and Piano
2015

Piano + biliardino circa 1986
for Piano, Glockenspiel, and modified Foosball Table
2015

Water Memory
for Shofar, Megaphone, Melodigrand, Percussion
Commissioned by the De Young Museum
2014

I’ve got a home
for amplified Sound Sculpture by Terry Berlier
Commissioned by the Montalvo Art Center
2014

Piedigrotta.
An evening length composition on a poem by Francesco Cangiullo

for Slide Whistle, Friction Drum, Triccheballacche, Scetavaiasse, Conch Shell, and Piano
Commissioned by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
2014

Mr. Quill, Let There Be Light
for Voice and Light/Shadow projection
2013

Set and Setting
for Shofar, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano
Commissioned by Steven Schick for the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
2013

LIGHTEST
for amplified Musical Saw, 5 Boomboxes, and Light/Shadow Projection
Commissioned by SFMOMA
2013

Quartetto no. 2 ‘Delle Bomboniere
for String Quartet
2013

Squeeze! Squeeze! Squeeze!
An Opera / A Meditation on Chapter 94 of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick

for Voice, Quarter-tone Vibraphone and Electric Guitar
2013

Vathek’s Aria on the Edge of the Chasm
for Countertenor and Orchestra
2013

Wordsworth’s Daffodils
for five Pianos
Commission by New Keys
2013

Ninna Nanna per Vittorio
for Musical Box
2012

Wrestling God
for a Sound Sculpture by Dana Harel
2012

The Furniture Orchestra
for Chamber Orchestra
2012

Inkless Imagination VII, for Alan Turing
for Solo Wind Machine
2012

Inkless Imagination VI, for Charlie Blacklock
for Blues Harp and Musical Saw
2012

How May I Help You
for eight Call bells
2011

A Heavenly Act.
An Opera Installation

for Soloist, Choir, Orchestra
Commissioned by SFMOMA
2011

L’acoustique ivresse II
for Bass and Orchestra
2011

Topical Singer
for Guitar, The Clapper and three Radios
2010

Come un’infanzia
for Guitar and String Quartet
Commissioned by the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
2010

Die Sieben Worte ohne Worte
for Trumpet, Violin, Bassoon, Cello, Vibraphone, and Semi-acoustic Guitar on basso continuo
2010

Tomboy
for Piano (barefoot pianist) and a Video by Terry Berlier
2009

Ragazzi incoscienti scarabocchiano sulla porta di un negozio fallito AN.1902
for Orchestra
Commissioned by the Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino
2009

L’acoustique ivresse
for Bass and Orchestra
Commissioned by Performa
2009

Inkless Imagination V, for Emile Norman
for Septet (Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Violin, Viola, Cello and Percussion)
Commissioned by sfSoundSeries
2009

LAMPI SULL’ENI. Per Marino Formenti
for Piano
2009

Prayer of an Aspiring Musician
for Male Soprano and Piano
2009

Movements.
An art film by Rick Bahto.

for Dàn Bâu and amplified Film Projectors
2009

Chronicle Hotel
for Piano, Dàn Bâu and Video
2008

Return to Dak To
for String Quartet
2008

Amadou
for Guitar
2008

Recitativo, Aria e Coro della Vergine
for Soprano, Madrigalist Ensemble, Gospel Choir, Organ, Celesta, Guitar, String Orchestra and Percussion
2008

Inkless imagination IV
for Viola, amplified Musical Saw, Piano, Percussion, FM Radios, Video, Tape, and a Wireless Blimp
Commissioned by the Empyrean Ensemble
2008

Strelitzie
for amplified Voice or Oboe and String Orchestra
2007

Louganis
for Piano and Video
2007

Aurum Tellus
for Melodigrand
2007

Variazioni su un oggetto di scena
for Piano, Stuffed Animals and a Rag Doll
2002/05/07

…sul piano. Per Giuseppe, in memoriam…
for Piano
2007

Cinabro
for Viola and Piano
2006

Nouronihar
for Organ
2006

Il pedone dell’aria
for Double Children Choir and Orchestra
2006

Nodi d’amore
for Dàn Bâu
2006

Polinesiano
for amplified voice and Ensemble (Alto Flute, Violin, Cello and Piano)
2006

Inkless Imagination III, for Fedele Azari
for Piano, Dancer and Identifiable Flying Object
2006

San Giovanni del Compianto
for Bassoon
2006

San Giovanni del Compianto I
for Double Bass
2006

Proxemic Visitations
for Musical Saw
2005

Man’s unconquerable mind
for Musical Saw
2005

Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?
for Musical Saw
2005

Ha una voce e non varia
for Musical Saw
2005

N A M B
for Musical Saw
2005

Inkless Imagination II, for Richard Taruskin
for Remote-controlled Car and Piano
2005

Petrolio
for Piano and Percussion
2004

Three Hilliard Songs on texts by Thomas Hardy, Jack Kerouac, Stephen Morrissey
for Baritone
2004

Inkless Imagination I, for Douglas Kahn
for Donkey Gruntler and Musical Saw
2004

Casu Marzu
for amplified Musical Saw
2004

At the end you’ll be one minute older
for Bass Clarinet
2004

S.I.R. A collaboration with Miguel Galperin on 4 photographs by Alessandra Chessa
for amplified Musical Saw and Electronics
2004

Rhinocéros.
Incidental music for Eugène Ionesco’s Play

Fixed Media
2003

Nouronihar II
for Alto flute, Oboe, and Bass Clarinet
2003

Quadri da una città fantasma
for Piano and 3 Turntables (1 operator)
2003

Tom’s Heart
for 2 Pianos-one player and a Film by Terry Berlier
2003

Tryptique pour Gérard
for 5 Donkey Gruntlers (reed instruments by Ramon Sender)
2003

Recitativo, Aria e Coro della Vergine
for Soprano, Madrigalist Ensemble, Gospel Choir, Organ, Celesta, and Percussion
2002

Variations on a Prop (from Jorge Boehringer’s The Future of American Transportation)
for Piano, Stuffed Animals and a Rag Doll
2002

Dr. Faustus.
Incidental music for Christopher Marlowe’s play

Fixed media
2001

Cirri
for Piano
2001

Mielecuore
for Voice
2000, revised 2006

Notti Sylvane. Seconda serie
for Musical Saw
1998

Levia Gravia
for two 1-/2-track Tapes and an Audience of Sound Historians
1998

LAUNISCH
for Orchestra
1998

Nouronihar
for Oboe, English Horn, Bass Clarinet, Piano, Celesta, Percussion
1998

Nouronihar
for Organ
1997, revised 2006

Lavoro
for Pen, Paper and and Amplified Desk
1997

Karaoke
for Voice and 2-Track Tape
1997

Playback
for 2-Track Tape and Actors in Tuxedo
1997

Il pedone dell’aria
for Voice and Piano
1996; revised 2001

Peppa
for amplified Voice and Ensemble (2 Pianos, Timpani, Bass Drum)
1996

After Coleridge
for Piano
1995

Carpe
for amplified Voice and Ensemble (Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano, Percussion)
1993

Analfabeta
for amplified Voice and Ensemble (Viola, Cello, Piano, Celesta)
1992

O.A.
for 2 Trumpets
1989

O.G.
for 2 Trumpets
1989

Partita
for Violin
1987/2013

Riflesso III
for Flute and Marimba
1986/2015

Riflesso II
for Violin and Marimba
1986/2015

Riflesso
for Flute
1986

Tre danze da salotto
for Piano four hands
1983/2010