Armando ghidoni biography

An eclectic composer, his melodies reveal the sensitivity and tradition of "bel canto".
Of Italian origin, though French by adoption, Armando GHIDONI brings together in his music the spirits of both Italy and France.
Armando Ghidoni, né Ghidoni en 1959 à Trente (dans le Trentin-Haut-Adige), est un compositeur contemporain, alliant la musique classique et le jazz, italien d'.

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Italian by origin but French by adoption, Armando GHIDONI brings together in his music the spirit of Italy and that of France. An eclectic composer, his melodies reveal the sensitivity and tradition of "bel canto". His harmonic writing evokes both French impressionism and the rhythms of jazz, giving his works a unique and very personal character.

Many of his compositions are nowadays references, and are regularly imposed in the most important national and international competitions. Armando Ghidoni's catalogue brings together some one hundred works - a symphony, an opera, stage music, sacred music, chamber music, performed in prestigious venues all over the world: USA, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Russia, Korea, Carnegie Hall in New York, Opéra Bastille in Paris, "Semana Ghidoni" in Rio de Janeiro....

Programmed at the Vichy Minou and Gourmolon Opera, an opera in two acts, has been performed several times in France and abroad, notably in Vienna, Austria, in a German translation.

In 2015, he received an award from the National Flute Asso

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Armando Ghidoni

Composer of Italian origin, Armando Ghidoni brings together in his music the spirits of both Italy and France. In the songs of this eclectic composer we recognize the “Bel Canto” sensitivity and tradition, while his harmonic and rhythmic writing evokes both an impressionism “à la française” and a jazz spirit, features that lend his works a unique and highly personal character.

Armando Ghidoni is intensely active as a composer. His catalogue includes many instrumental scores that are regularly chosen as set prices in leading national and international competitions.
His Jazzy Flute Challenge (in 2014) for flute and piano, Badaluk Concerto (in 2006) for wind quintet and his Adagio for flute and harp (or piano) (in 1996) received an Honorable Mention from the National Flute Association in the USA. And in 2015, his wind quartet “Swinging Counterpoint” received the first award in the category “Chamber Works for Flute and Other Instruments”.

Since 1989, Armando Ghidoni has been published exclusively by Editions Alphonse Leduc in Paris, acquired in 2013 by the Music Sal

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Of Italian origin, though French by adoption, Armando GHIDONI brings together in his music the spirits of both Italy and France. In the songs of this eclectic composer one finds sensitivity and the bel canto tradition, while his harmonic writing evokes both an impressionism à la française and jazz rhythms, features that lend his works a unique and highly personal character. Honorary President of the Olivier Messiaen Music School in Nantes, Armando Ghidoni is intensely active as a composer, and his catalogue includes many instrumental scores that are regularly chosen as set pieces in leading national and international competitions, as well as chamber music, sacred music, incidental music and an opera that has been played throughout the world. His Badaluk-Concerto for wind quintet and his Adagio for flute and harp (or piano) received an Honorable Mention from the American National Flute Association. The 12th Picardy European Music Competition, devoted to the saxophone, has been dedicated to him as the ‘Armando Ghidoni Competition’, and a hall in the Municipal