# Massimo Di Gesu

> Composer


## Posts

- [Omaggio a Novaro](https://massimodigesu.com/omaggio-a-novaro/): Duration: 8'
- [Gradus ad responsum](https://massimodigesu.com/gradus-ad-responsum/): Duration: 8'
- [iridHESSEnza](https://massimodigesu.com/iridhessenza/): Duration: 8'
- [È notte](https://massimodigesu.com/e-notte/): Duration: 7'
- [Lilith](https://massimodigesu.com/lilith/): Duration: 7′
- [... hinter Eis und Nacht...](https://massimodigesu.com/hinter-eis-und-nacht-frech-horn-sextet/): Duration: 3'
- [... hinter Eis und Nacht...](https://massimodigesu.com/hinter-eis-und-nacht/): Duration: 3'
- [A view from the pier](https://massimodigesu.com/a-view-from-the-pier-sax-quartet/): Duration: 6'
- [A view from the pier](https://massimodigesu.com/a-view-from-the-pier-brass-quartet/): Duration: 6'
- [A view from the pier](https://massimodigesu.com/a-view-from-the-pier-string-quartet/): Duration: 6'
- [A view from the pier](https://massimodigesu.com/a-view-from-the-pier-string-orchestra/): Duration: 6'
- [A view from the pier](https://massimodigesu.com/a-view-from-the-pier-symphony-orchestra/): Duration: 9'
- [Portrait](https://massimodigesu.com/portrait/): Duration: 7′
- [Enigma](https://massimodigesu.com/enigma/): Duration: 3′
- [La cometa… e la meta](https://massimodigesu.com/la-cometa-e-la-meta/): Duration: 2'
- [Rima Petrosa](https://massimodigesu.com/rima-petrosa/): Duration: 5′
- [Capriccio](https://massimodigesu.com/capriccio/): Duration: 6′
- [UN contrAPPUNTO - Prelude](https://massimodigesu.com/un-contrappunto-prelude/): Duration: 2′
- [… the unanswerable question](https://massimodigesu.com/the-unanswerable-question/): Duration: 3'
- [FUlGidA - Fugue](https://massimodigesu.com/fulgida-fugue/): Duration: 3′
- [Das Eismeer](https://massimodigesu.com/das-eismeer/): Duration: 2′
- [Lapillus](https://massimodigesu.com/lapillus/): Duration: 6′
- [Bastet](https://massimodigesu.com/bastet/): Duration: 2′
- [De-bussybus non tacendum est](https://massimodigesu.com/de-bussybus-non-tacendum-est/): Duration: 6′
- [Redolence](https://massimodigesu.com/redolence/): Duration: 2′
- [Lumineux](https://massimodigesu.com/lumineux/): Duration: 6'
- [Il verde e il nero](https://massimodigesu.com/il-verde-e-il-nero/): Duration: 6‘
- [Dionisiaco](https://massimodigesu.com/dionisiaco/): Duration: 10′
- [Quasi un recitativo](https://massimodigesu.com/quasi-un-recitativo/): Duration: 5′
- [Blu astro](https://massimodigesu.com/blu-astro/): Duration: 7′
- [Dialogo](https://massimodigesu.com/dialogo/): Duration: 7'
- [Fulgidamente](https://massimodigesu.com/fulgidamente/): Duration: 5′
- [oCra e amarANTO](https://massimodigesu.com/ocra-e-amaranto/): Duration: 6′
- [Mesmer-eyes-ing](https://massimodigesu.com/mesmer-eyes-ing/): Duration: 1'
- [Verdigo](https://massimodigesu.com/verdigo/): Duration: 12′
- [Aristocanto](https://massimodigesu.com/aristocanto/): Duration: 3′
- [Sguardo II](https://massimodigesu.com/sguardo-ii/): Duration: 3′
- [Sguardo I](https://massimodigesu.com/sguardo-i/): Duration: 3′
- [Im Tempo eines Walzers](https://massimodigesu.com/im-tempo-eines-walzers/): Duration: 6'
- [KLAVIER(von)STUCK](https://massimodigesu.com/klaviervonstuck/): Duration: 1'
- [Omaggio a Novaro](https://massimodigesu.com/omaggio-a-novaro-2/): Duration: 8'
- [Sonata in “F.”](https://massimodigesu.com/sonata-in-f/): Duration: 7′
- [An die Fernanda Geliebte](https://massimodigesu.com/an-die-fernanda-geliebte/): Duration: 3'
- [… Argin render fuga…](https://massimodigesu.com/argin-render-fuga/): Duration: 8'
- [Linea I and Linea II](https://massimodigesu.com/linea-i-and-ii/): Duration: 6'
- [Cadenza “H1” for the 1st mov. from the Cello Concerto No.1 in C major, Hob.VIIb:1](https://massimodigesu.com/cadenza-h1-for-the-1st-mov-from-the-cello-concerto-no-1-in-c-major-hob-viib1/): Duration: 2'
- [Assonanaza](https://massimodigesu.com/assonanaza/): Duration: 6'
- [Ampelomorfismi](https://massimodigesu.com/ampelomorfismi/): Duration: 4'
- [Studio lirico](https://massimodigesu.com/studio-lirico/): Duration: 6'
- [Music Stamps](https://massimodigesu.com/music-stamps/): Duration: 6′
- [Visioni](https://massimodigesu.com/visioni/): Duration: 5′
- [Corale trasfigurato](https://massimodigesu.com/corale-trasfigurato/): Duration: 2'
- [Cadenza “H2” for the 1st mov. from the Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob.VIIb:2](https://massimodigesu.com/cadenza-h2-for-the-1st-mov-from-the-cello-concerto-no-2-in-d-major-hob-viib2/): Duration: 2'
- [Slivers](https://massimodigesu.com/slivers/): Duration: 10'
- [Through a glass…](https://massimodigesu.com/through-a-glass/): Duration: 7′
- [Trilogia dell’assenza](https://massimodigesu.com/trilogia-dellassenza/): Duration: 6′
- [Ansikte mot ansikte](https://massimodigesu.com/ansikte-mot-ansikte/): Duration: 8′

## Pages

- [Instrument Piano 4 hands](https://massimodigesu.com/instrument-piano-4-hands/): Instrument – Piano 4 hands All instruments| Piano 4 hands| Piano, Piano 4 hands … the unanswerable question Duration: 3'
- [Bass](https://massimodigesu.com/bass/): Bass All instruments| Bass| Alto, Baritone, Bass, Mezzosoprano, Soprano, Tenor … hinter Eis und Nacht… Duration: 3'
- [Baritone](https://massimodigesu.com/baritone/): Baritone All instruments| Baritone| Alto, Baritone, Bass, Mezzosoprano, Soprano, Tenor … hinter Eis und Nacht… Duration: 3'
- [Tenor](https://massimodigesu.com/tenor/): Tenor All instruments| Tenor| Alto, Baritone, Bass, Mezzosoprano, Soprano, Tenor … hinter Eis und Nacht… Duration: 3'
- [Alto](https://massimodigesu.com/alto/): Alto All instruments| Alto| Alto, Baritone, Bass, Mezzosoprano, Soprano, Tenor … hinter Eis und Nacht… Duration: 3'
- [Mezzosoprano](https://massimodigesu.com/mezzosoprano/): Mezzosoprano All instruments| Mezzosoprano| Mezzosoprano, Piano, Viola È notte Duration: 7' Alto, Baritone, Bass, Mezzosoprano, Soprano, Tenor … hinter Eis und Nacht… Duration: 3'
- [Narrator](https://massimodigesu.com/narrator/): Narrator All instruments| Narrator| French horn, Narrator, Piano Il verde e il nero Duration: 6‘ Narrator, Piano Assonanaza Duration: 6'
- [Instrument Organ](https://massimodigesu.com/instrument-organ/): Instrument – Organ All instruments| Organ| Organ Visioni Duration: 5′
- [Instrument Clarinet](https://massimodigesu.com/instrument-clarinet/): Instrument – Clarinet All instruments| Clarinet| Clarinet Studio lirico Duration: 6'
- [Instrument Alto sax](https://massimodigesu.com/instrument-alto-sax/): Instrument – Alto sax All instruments| Alto sax| Alto sax, Cello oCra e amarANTO Duration: 6′
- [Instrument Viola](https://massimodigesu.com/instrument-viola/): Instrument – Viola All instruments| Viola| Mezzosoprano, Piano, Viola È notte Duration: 7'
- [Instrument Guitar](https://massimodigesu.com/instrument-guitar/): Instrument – Guitar All instruments| Guitar| Flute, Guitar iridHESSEnza Duration: 8' Guitar Lapillus Duration: 6′
- [French horn sextet](https://massimodigesu.com/french-horn-sextet/): French horn sextet All instruments| French horn sextet| French horn sextet … hinter Eis und Nacht… Duration: 3'
- [String trio](https://massimodigesu.com/string-trio/): String trio All instruments| String trio| String trio … Argin render fuga… Duration: 8'
- [Brass quartet](https://massimodigesu.com/brass-quartet/): Brass quartet All instruments| Brass quartet| Brass quartet A view from the pier Duration: 6'
- [Sax quartet](https://massimodigesu.com/sax-quartet/): Sax quartet All instruments| Sax quartet| Sax quartet A view from the pier Duration: 6'
- [Wind quintet](https://massimodigesu.com/wind-quintet/): Wind quintet All instruments| Wind quintet| Wind quintet Capriccio Duration: 6′ String quintet, Wind quintet Im Tempo eines Walzers Duration: 6'
- [String quintet](https://massimodigesu.com/string-quintet/): String quintet All instruments| String quintet| String quintet, Wind quintet Im Tempo eines Walzers Duration: 6'
- [String quartet](https://massimodigesu.com/string-quartet/): String quartet All instruments| String quartet| Flute, String quartet Omaggio a Novaro Duration: 8' String quartet A view from the pier Duration: 6' String quartet Verdigo Duration: 12′ String quartet Ansikte mot ansikte Duration: 8′
- [Instrument Violin](https://massimodigesu.com/instrument-violin/): Instrument – Violin All instruments| Violin| Piano, Violin De-bussybus non tacendum est Duration: 6′ Violin Lumineux Duration: 6'
- [Instrument Cello](https://massimodigesu.com/instrument-cello/): Instrument – Cello All instruments| Cello| Alto sax, Cello oCra e amarANTO Duration: 6′ Cello, Piano Sonata in “F.” Duration: 7′ Cello Linea I and Linea II Duration: 6' Cello Cadenza “H1” for the 1st mov. from the Cello Concerto No.1 in C major, Hob.VIIb:1 Duration: 2' Cello Cadenza “H2” for the 1st mov. from the Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob.VIIb:2 Duration: 2'
- [String orchestra](https://massimodigesu.com/string-orchestra/): String orchestra All instruments| String orchestra| String orchestra A view from the pier Duration: 6'
- [Symphony orchestra](https://massimodigesu.com/symphony-orchestra/): Symphony orchestra All instruments| Symphony orchestra| Symphony orchestra A view from the pier Duration: 9'
- [Soprano](https://massimodigesu.com/soprano/): Soprano All instruments| Soprano| Alto, Baritone, Bass, Mezzosoprano, Soprano, Tenor … hinter Eis und Nacht… Duration: 3' French horn, Piano, Soprano Blu astro Duration: 7′ Piano, Soprano Aristocanto Duration: 3′ Piano, Soprano Sguardo II Duration: 3′ Piano, Soprano Sguardo I Duration: 3′ Piano, Soprano An die Fernanda Geliebte Duration: 3'
- [Instrument Flute](https://massimodigesu.com/instrument-flute/): Instrument – Flute All instruments| Flute| Flute, String quartet Omaggio a Novaro Duration: 8' Flute, Guitar iridHESSEnza Duration: 8' Flute, Piano Omaggio a Novaro Duration: 8'
- [Instrument French horn](https://massimodigesu.com/instrument-french-horn/): Instrument – French horn All instruments| French horn| French horn, Narrator, Piano Il verde e il nero Duration: 6‘ French horn, Piano, Soprano Blu astro Duration: 7′ French horn, Piano Dialogo Duration: 7'
- [Instrument Piano](https://massimodigesu.com/instrument-piano/): Instrument – Piano All instruments| Piano| Piano Gradus ad responsum Duration: 8' Mezzosoprano, Piano, Viola È notte Duration: 7' Piano Lilith Duration: 7′ Piano Portrait Duration: 7′ Piano Enigma Duration: 3′ Piano La cometa… e la meta Duration: 2' Piano Rima Petrosa Duration: 5′ Piano UN contrAPPUNTO – Prelude Duration: 2′ Piano, Piano 4 hands … the unanswerable question Duration: 3' Piano FUlGidA – Fugue Duration: 3′ Piano Das Eismeer Duration: 2′ Piano Bastet Duration: 2′ Piano, Violin De-bussybus non tacendum est Duration: 6′ Piano Redolence Duration: 2′ French horn, Narrator, Piano Il verde e il nero Duration: 6‘ Piano
- [Testimonials](https://massimodigesu.com/testimonials/): Testimonials «… it is music that BREATHES.» Allan Atlas(Distinguished Professor of Music Emeritus,The Graduate Center,The City University of New York)on A view from the pier for string orchestra «The piece shows an impeccable sense of form, and arare insight into the idiomatic resourcesof the instrument for which it was composed.At first, his musical thought could be traced back tothe expressionism of Schönberg and the mastery of Berg.Actually, what is here perceptible isthe mighty shadow of J. S. Bach.» Flavio Emilio Scogna(conductor, composer)on Gradus ad responsum for piano «A refined musician, Di Gesu has a versatile cultural spectrum.His musical language has
- [Compositions](https://massimodigesu.com/compositions/): Compositions Get the scores Click on the title – or preview – for further details and recording All instruments| Alto| Alto sax| Baritone| Bass| Brass quartet| Cello| Clarinet| Flute| French horn| French horn sextet| Guitar| Mezzosoprano| Narrator| Organ| Piano| Sax quartet| Soprano| String orchestra| String quartet| String quintet| String trio| Symphony orchestra| Tenor| Viola| Violin| Wind quintet| Flute, String quintet Omaggio a Novaro Duration: 8' Piano Gradus ad responsum Duration: 8' Flute, Guitar iridHESSEnza Duration: 8' Mezzosoprano, Piano, Viola È notte Duration: 7' Piano Lilith Commission: Dina Pysarenko French horn sextet …hinter Eis und Nacht… Duration: 3' Alto, Baritone, Bass,
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- [Media](https://massimodigesu.com/media/): Media Lilith (2020) – piano Im Tempo eines Walzers (2012) – double quintet Rima Petrosa (2019) – piano A view from the pier (2020) – string orchestra Ansikte mot ansikte (2000) – string quartet Omaggio a Novaro (2011) – flute, piano Gradus ad responsum (2024) – piano Verdigo (2013) – string quartet iridHESSEnza (2024) – flute, guitar Trilogia dell’assenza (2000) – piano An die Fernanda Geliebte (2009) – soprano, piano Linea I and Linea II (2009) – cello Das Eismeer (2018) – piano Sonata in “F.” (2009) – cello, piano Blu astro (2016) – soprano, horn, piano Capriccio (2019) –
- [Contacts](https://massimodigesu.com/contacts/): Contacts Manager – Giorgio Barbolinigiorgio.barbolini@aryaconsulting.it Massimo Di Gesumdgcomposer@gmail.com Scores: info – Olga Magnanimdgscores@gmail.com Name Email Message Send
- [Biography](https://massimodigesu.com/biography/): Biography «His masterful craftis the achievement ofa deep aesthetic vocationand rigorous research discipline.»La Scala String Quartet Massimo Di Gesu attained the diplomas in Piano and Composition at the Conservatory of Milan. He studied composition with Bruno Bettinelli, and piano with Jole Mantegazza and Anita Porrini, one of the favourite pupils of Cortot and Benedetti Michelangeli. Di Gesu’s distinctive atonal idiom stems from an idea of musical discourse according to which a note has meaning if it sounds necessary, i.e. gravitationally attracted to every other element of the texture (P. Bradley-Fulgoni, 2024, “Composer and performer”, RAE, p. 153). His works have
- [Home](https://massimodigesu.com/): Massimo Di Gesu Massimo Di Gesu is an Italian composerknown for his distinctive atonal language,whithin which each note is devised in such a wayas to sound necessary and perceptibly interconnected. His works have been performed by renowned soloists and ensemblesat venues such asLa Scala, La Fenice, Salle Cortot, Carnegie Hall. His music has been praisedas the technically impeccable expressionof a powerful aesthetic vision. Recent compositions Complete works Load More Testimonials “The piece shows an impeccable sense of form, and a rare insight into the idiomatic resources of the instrument for which it was composed.At first, his musical thought could be
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