CAMPODONICO, Beatrice

Beatrice Campodonico (born 1958 in Milan) is an Italian composer, choral conductor and music educator whose work is centred primarily on contemporary solo and chamber music. She studied composition with Vittorio Fellegara at the “Gaetano Donizetti” Musical Institute in Bergamo and graduated in Music and Choral Singing from the Verona Conservatory. She subsequently pursued advanced studies in electronic composition with Angelo Paccagnini, composition pedagogy with Boris Porena, composition with Ada Gentile and Franco Donatoni, and choral conducting with Mino Bordignon.
Campodonico’s catalogue encompasses works for solo instruments, chamber ensembles, voices, choir, orchestra and electronics, as well as compositions written for educational purposes. Many of her works were created in close collaboration with individual performers. Her early distinctions include a commendation in the 1987 USCI National Composition Competition for the choral work Isola di Ulisse, the Etruria Prize in 1989 for the piano composition Carillon, and a Diploma of Merit at the 1994 Paolo Borsacchi International Composition Competition for the guitar work La leggenda di Vassilissa.

Her music has been presented at festivals and concert venues including the Maggio della Musica Contemporanea, the Teatro Filarmonico di Verona, the RomaEuropa Festival and the International Symposium Donne in Musica. Her works have also been performed in Spain, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, Hungary, Canada, the United States and Argentina. They have been published by Agenda, Carrara, Pentaflowers, Rugginenti, Casa Musicale Eco and Sconfinarte, and broadcast by Italian radio stations including Rai Radio 3.
Campodonico has also played an important role in promoting music by women. From 2000 to 2011 she coordinated the In-audita Musica project at the “Guido Cantelli” Conservatory in Novara, organising concerts, seminars and workshops devoted to historical and contemporary women composers. She has additionally held leadership positions in several organisations supporting contemporary music and conducted the vocal ensemble Harmoniae Mundi for approximately a decade. In 2011 she joined the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan as a teacher of music theory, rhythm and aural perception.
Her later chamber works include Esprit d’automne and Esprit de printemps for flute and piano, premiered in Milan in 2021, while the 2025 recording Suoni e silenzi delle corde includes compositions for guitar, harp and piano such as Aforismi for Life, In divenire, Sulla/nella cordiera, Der Atem des Windes and Free Island