MARIA GABRIELLA ZEN

Esercizio
(1983)

for: piano 
duration: about 4' 
first performance: Final Concert of Composition Masterclasses held by Franco Donatoni, Adriano Guarnieri and Roy Zimmerman at Fondazione Cini in Venezia and Palazzo Casali at Cortona  (March-June 1983)
Cortona, Palazzo Casali, 9/7/1983
performer: Maria Isabella De Carli
Pdf of the score and audio live recorded on 9/7/1983 available in the general section CATALOG OF WORKS

Frammentazioni
(1989)

(XI Variations from the incidental music for Echi di Babele, directed by Boris Stetka) 
for: viola
duration: about 17’  
first performance: Conservatoire National de Musique et d'Art Chorégraphique de Rabat (Morocco), 20/2/1992
performers:  Students of Prof. Maurizio Barbetti Viola Masterclass "Stage sur l'alto contemporaine" 17-21 Febraury 1992
publisher: Agenda Edizioni, Monte San Pietro (BO), 1991 - Nuova Edizione 2019, score with CD attached
audio recorded at Condulmer Studio in Mogliano Veneto (TV) in July 1989
viola: Giovanni Petrella
Audio available in the general section CATALOG OF WORKS

Chiarina (Hommage à Schumann)
(1991)

for: solo flute 
duration: about 3' 
dedication: a Chiara Gayatrii Dolcini 
first performance:  "Arte Donna" - Lido di Venezia, Casinò Municipale, 30/11/2001 
performer: Chiara Gayatrii Dolcini
Pdf available in the general section CATALOG OF WORKS

Farewell
(1991)

for: marimba (and voice of the performer ad libitum)
text:  the verbal forms "Forget, forgot, forgotten" 
duration: about 5'
commission: riPERCUSSIONI - II Rassegna  
first performance: Venezia, Scuola dei Calegheri, 18/1/1992 
performer: Annunziata (Kiki) Dellisanti - marimba and voice
Audio and pdf available in the general section CATALOG OF WORKS

Cinque studi per chitarra
(1992)

(from the incidental music for Il Ventaglio by Carlo Goldoni directed by Andrea Dosio, 1991)
for: guitar
duration: about 9’ 
commission: Sonopolis-Teatro la Fenice 1st Edition
dedication: a Dario Bisso
first performance: Venezia, Teatro a l'Avogaria, 16/10/1992
performer Dario Bisso 
Pdf available in the general section CATALOG OF WORKS

Il ventaglio cinese
(1992)

5 pieces for guitar from the stage music for The fan  by Carlo Goldoni directed by Andrea Dosio (1991)
duration: about 5'
First performance: Rovigo, Chiesa della "Rotonda" 4th of July 1992
Piero Bonaguri - guitar
Pdf of the score available in the general section CATALOG OF WORKS

Ricercare
(1992)

for: dobachi, vibraphone and deep gong 
duration: 4’30” 
commission: Sonopolis-Teatro La Fenice 1st Edition
first performance: Mestre, Teatro del Parco Bissuola, 23/5/1992 
performer: Annunziata (Kiki) Dellisanti – percussions
Pdf available in the general section CATALOG OF WORKS

Salmi
(1993)

text: The Book of Psalms
for: solo soprano 
duration: around 13’ 
shortlisted in the "Olympia International Composition Prize 1993" of Athens
In 2003 Prof. Dr. Ute Büchter-Römer (Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität zu Köln) studied Salmi  in her article Kompositionen für Stimme zeitgenössischer italienischer Komponistinnen published in n° 66 of the review Viva Voce
Pdfs of the score and of the article are available in the general section CATALOG OF WORKS

Hommage à Escher
(1995)

for: piano
duration: about 5' 30''
Pdf available in the general section CATALOG OF WORKS

Omaggio a Kavafis
(1995)

theme and varied fantasy from the incidental music for Phonés (Voci) directed by Stefano Pagin
for: guitar
duration: about 4'
commission: "Sonopolis" – Teatro La Fenice of Venice 
first performance: Venezia, Chiesa di San Samuele, 14/11/1995 
performer: Dario Bisso
Pdf and mp3 audio available in the general section CATALOG OF WORK

Cinque pezzi per organo
(1999)

for: organ
duration: 9' 
commission: Fondazione Adkins Chiti "Donne in Musica" for Jubilee 2000

Farewell
(1999)

version for vibraphone (and voice of the performer ad libitum)
text: the verbal forms "Forget, forgot, forgotten" 
duration: about 5'
commission: Venezia Nuova Musica
first performance: THETIS, Arsenale Novissimo di Venezia, 9th of May 1999
Antonio Ceravolo - vibraphone and voice
Pdf available in the general section CATALOG OF WORKS

Teòdoton
(2002)

(from the incidental music for Due Dialoghi: Parlamento e Bilora by Ruzante, directed by Damiano Michieletto)
for: double bass
duration: about 5'40'' 
first performance: Venezia, Teatrino Groggia, 12/4/2003 
performer: Stefano Sciascia
audio: recorded at Condulmer Studio at Mogliano Veneto (TV) in January 2003 by Stefano Sciascia
Audio and pdf available in the general section CATALOG OF WORKS

Der Schützengel als Begleiter des Menschen
(2004)

Variations on the theme of the Passacaglia from the Sonata XVI by H.I.F. von Biber 
for: violin 
duration: 5'40" 
commission: Fondo Ambiente Italiano - Section of Venice
dedication: "A Curtolo Gisella, Violinista brava e bella!" 
first performance: FAI Summer Concert - Venezia, Chiesa di San Salvador, 21/6/2004 
performer: Gisella Curtolo
Audio live recorded on 21/6/2004
Video taken from Professors Concerts of Conservatorio J. Tomadini di Udine / Prof.ssa Gisella Curtolo streamed on the 23rd of July 2020. 
Complete video of the concert easily accessible at https://youtu.be/0tMaUvosqtw
Pdf of the score and audiorecording available in the general section CATALOG OF WORKS

Come in uno specchio
(2008)

for: piano (and narrator ad libitum)
duration: about 13' 
commission: “Europe Direct – VE.net.O”  for the Performance "Donne d'Europa in letteratura e musica: la musica incontra la poesia" 
first performance: Venezia, Sale Apollinee del Teatro La Fenice, 10/5/2008 
performers: Caterina Marcuglia - piano, Margherita Stevanato - reciting voice
Audio available in the general section CATALOG OF WORKS

Sette fantasie
(2008)

Variations on Così fan tutte by W. A. Mozart
for: piano
duration: about 8' 
commission: Donne in Musica - Section of Venice 
first performance: Venezia, Sale Apollinee del Teatro La Fenice, 10/9/2008
performers: Caterina Marcuglia - piano, Margherita Stevanato - reading Lorenzo Da Ponte's verses
Pdf of the score available in the general section CATALOG OF WORKS

O sgouros vasilikòs
(2018)

for: piano 
duration: 3' 
commission: Technopolis - Atene for An Italian book of Greek songs: 26 pieces of Italian composers on themes of Greek popular melodies
dedication: to Riccardo Vaglini 
first performance: Athens, Tecnopolis, Aerofilakio 1, Anfiteatro, 13/4/2018 
performer: Riccardo Vaglini
Pdf score available in the general section CATALOG OF WORKS

Viola che vola I, II, III
(2018)

for: viola (and shadow of a piano ad libitum)
duration 10' 10''
dedication: a Samuele Scarpa
Written for the  #Fai volare la tua musica Rockol/Alitalia Contest 
Audio recorded by Daniele Frison at Zen's place on the 10th of December 2018
performers: Samuele Scarpa - viola, Maria Gabriella Zen - piano
Audio and pdf score available in the general section CATALOG OF WORKS

L' arco immaginifico
(2021)

Video by Tempe Hernandez
Visual design camera applied to the bow of Gisella Curtolo's violin playing  my Der Schützengel als Begleiter des Menschen (2004)
Editing: Tempe Hernandez and Tomas Gasulla

Micromusic1
(2024)