MANNONE, Maria

    Maria Mannone is a composer and a theoretical physicist. She is active as a composer and as an improviser. Her music has been performed by the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, during the Orestiadi di Gibellina (Italy), and at the Art Quarter Festival in Minneapolis. In Italy, she graduated in Theoretical Physics, as well as in Orchestral Conducting, Composition, and Piano. In France, at IRCAM-UPMC Paris VI Sorbonne, she achieved the Master 2 ATIAM (Acoustics, Signal Processing, and Computer Sciences applied to Music). In the US, at the University of Minnesota, she gained her Ph.D. She conceptualized the CubeHarmonic, a musical instrument based on the Rubik's cube, developed in collaboration with the Tohoku University in Japan.

Author of articles and books on mathematics, nature, and music, she is associate editor for the Journal of Mathematics and Music and the Journal of Mathematics and the Arts. Her drawings have been displayed at the Mathematical Art Galleries in the US. Genres: Orchestral, Chamber Music, Art Songs, Improvisation. Her catalog of compositions includes: OPERA "Il coro degli animali”, lyric opera on animals EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC Musica Tridimensionale: Ruota di bicicletta, Concetto spaziale, Sagrada Familia Musica delle chiocciole Tour Eiffel 1 CONCRETE MUSIC Paris des bruits (youtube) IMPROVISATION Pangolin Pseudocode (youtube) ORCHESTRAL MUSIC A Fight for Light. This piece is described in the book "Mathematics, Nature, Art" Perfect Shapes in the Prehistoric Sea. This piece is described in the book "Mathematics, Nature, Art" A strange day Genesis of Music from Gestures: Fantasia and Fugue) A Dialogue Santa Rosalia (Rosalia Sinibaldi), premiered by the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, conduit 2013 Bacteria Animal Suite, symphonic suite with the themes from opera “Il coro degli animali” Gauss Green Domenica sul Corso : simulation et un court extrait avec l'orchestre Più lontana della luna Le mie note di viaggio String orchestra Wind and Ice in Minnesota CHAMBER MUSIC Fish-Math (original music and mathematical graphics) Branching-Ramificazioni: Thinking of St. Hildegard (soprano, violin, cello, vibraphone, triangle, piano) Fire (cello, piano, timpani, vibraphone, triangle, whip, wood-block) Seule (quintetto per oboe, clarinetto, violino, violoncello, pianoforte). Premiered at: Festival Orestiadi di Gibellina, 2013 Studio n.1, Attesa Dinamica (alto sax or clarinetto, vibraphone, triangle, violin, cello, piano) Domenica sul corso BRASS AND PERCUSSIONS Ultimo giorno di festa (premiered in Minneapolis, USA, 2015) Solo Flute FLine 4-flute music Tetraflauto Piano and Flute Elementi di un Teorema, sonata Violin and Piano Funny Music for duo String Quartet Entanglement Voice and Piano I Need Light (Youtube) La malinconia della primavera Un mattino di prima primavera Quand tout est perdu (vidéo live, partition) L'ange menteur (performed in the English version "The liar angel" at the University of Minnesota, May 2 2015) Sarai solo una canzone (le début de la pièce est écoutable sur youtube, et l'entière pièce est disponible sur iTunes ; partition : le début ; voix et piano : youtube) Il faut interdire d'etre si beau ! Non dirmelo I tasti del piano Per organo di Barberia (paroles de Sergio Corazzini) Piano solo Walking Alone Three musical gestures Vanitas (Chrome macabre) Più lontana della luna (version pour piano seul) La varca a la marina Canzone siciliana Con slancio Harp HarParis HarParis 2 en glissant L'ange menteur (version pour harpe et chant) Guitar Senz'i tia Due diverse soluzioni Organ Tempio dorico Toccata e fuga Cello CelloPhone Movies Original music for an existing video from "Le Tredici Variazioni sul Tema”, premiered at Accademia Musicale Chigiana di Siena (2010) Original music for an existing video from "The cook" with Buster Keaton, composed at Accademia Musicale Chigiana di Siena.