(1963–2004)

Born in Gorizia, he graduated in composition from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatoire in Milan and also attended courses at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and the Scuola Civica in Milan. In 1991, he moved to Paris, where he studied computer music at IRCAM. He collaborated with this centre from 1993 to 1995 as a compositeur en recherche. After successes at international competitions in Amsterdam, Graz, Milan, Stockholm, Siena (1st Prize at the Alfredo Casella Competition in 1989) and Frankfurt, Romitelli’s music has been performed at prestigious festivals such as Musica in Strasbourg, Présences, Ars Musica in Brussels, as well as during the IRCAM – Intercontemporain seasons, at the Venice Biennale, and the Milano Musica festival.

His compositions have been performed by ensembles such as Ictus, L’Itinéraire, Court-circuit, Ensemble intercontemporain, Musiques Nouvelles, Ensemble Recherche, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, and Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. His works have notably been commissioned by the French Ministry of Culture, Musiques Nouvelles, the Ictus ensemble, Radio France, IRCAM, the Gulbenkian Foundation, and the Royaumont Festival.

Selected works: Kü for 14 performers (1989), Nell’alto dei giorni immobili for six performers (1990), Natura morta con fiamme forstring quartet and electronics (1991), Seascape for Paetzold flute (1994), EnTrance for soprano, ensemble and electronics (1995), Domeniche alla periferia dell’impero. Prima domenica for four instruments (1995–96), The Nameless City for orchestra (1997), Professor Bad Trip: Lessons I–III for instrumental ensemble and electronics (1998–2000), Blood on the Floor, Painting 1986 for instrumental ensemble (2000), Domeniche alla periferia dell’impero. Seconda domenica: hommage à Gérard Grisey for four instruments (2000), Flowing down too slow for orchestra and live electronics (2001), Amok Komafor strings, percussion and electronics (2001), Trash TV Trance for e-guitar (2002), Dead City Radio. Audiodrome for orchestra (2003), An Index ofMetals, video opera to texts by Kenka Lekovich (2003), Green, Yellow and Blue for ensemble (2003).