Antonino Riccardo Luciani (10 August 1931 – 29 January 2020) was an Italian classical composer, conductor and academic.
Life and career Born in Palermo, Luciani moved with his family in Florence when he was two years old. Following his early studies by , at 17 he moved to Canavese to become the last pupil of Rosario Scalero. After studying counterpoint with Scalero for three years and a half, he returned to Florence, where he graduated in composition from the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory, and attended Vito Frazzi's specialisation courses at the Accademia Chigiana. His early compositions include the chamber opera Lo starnuto and the sonatina Sonatina Chigiana. After getting his diploma, Luciani moved in Bogotà for three years, where he studied South American music and worked as professor of orchestra and choir conducting and music teaching.
Returned to Italy, Luciani started collaborating with RAI as a composer, and became professor of score reading in his alma mater. During this period he also collaborated with the Fiesole School of Music, and authored numerous compositions including the opera Talgor with a libretto by Giuliano Toraldo di Francia, the cantata Hoy como ayer, and the sacred cantata Ecco, verranno i giorni. In 1976, he wrote his best known composition, Chanson balladée, which was for 16 years the opening theme of Rai 1 programme Almanacco del giorno dopo.
Starting from 1991, Luciani collaborated with . On the occasion of Mozart's bicentenary, he composed another well-known work, the symphonic composition for string orchestra Le tombeau perdu. He died in Florence on 29 January 2020, at the age of 88.
Partial discography 1970: Panoramiche 1970: Musiche Per Un Telefilm (with Paolo Renosto) 1970: Contraspunti 1971: Musica Poliformale 1971: Civiltà Sepolte 1971: Panorami Attuali 1972: Agonia della Civiltà 1973: Allarme Ecologico 1975: Situazioni 1975: Europa 1930-1940 1975: Documenti di Storia 1975: Musica Arcaica 1975: Dal Medioevo al Rinascimento 1976: Ambiente e Musica 1976: Jazz in Libertà 1976: Mediterranee 1976: Paesi del Sud 1976: Barocchiade 1977: Gli Occhi sulla Città 1978: Eventi 1979: Cronache 1979: Psyco Mood 1979: Tecnica di un colpo di stato 1980: Atmosfere (with Marco Melchiori) 1980: Aspetti della Natura (with Marco Melchiori) 1983: "Picnic" 1984: Contemporary Classics
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