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Italian composer
Niccolo Castiglioni
(17 July 1932 ? 7 September 1996) was an Italian composer, pianist, and writer on music.
Castiglioni was born and raised in
Milan
, where he began studying piano at the age of 7. He received his performer's diploma from the
Milan Conservatory
in 1952, and graduated there in composition in 1953. His student compositions were marked by Stravinsky's neo-classicism, but after graduation his style changed under the influence of the Second Viennese School. His interest in
twelve-tone technique
was joined with musical-political engagement, though this was short-lived. The
Impromptus I?IV
, identified by the composer as his first true opus, abandoned these
expressionistic
tensions, and these four short pieces exhibit a close relationship to Webern's aphoristic style, while also moving closer to the European avant garde. Personal contact with
Luciano Berio
at the RAI electronic music studio in Milan also influenced Castiglioni's direction at that time, and his attendance at the
Darmstadter Ferienkurse
completed this development.
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During the years 1958 to 1965 he taught at the Darmstadt Summer Courses. From 1966 to 1970 he taught
composition
as composer-in-residence at
SUNY Buffalo
(1966), visiting professor at the
University of Michigan
in
Ann Arbor
(1967), Regent Lecturer in composition at the
University of California at San Diego
(1968), and professor of the history of Renaissance music at the
University of Washington
in
Seattle
(1969?70).
Following his return to Italy in 1970, he eventually resumed teaching composition at the conservatories of
Trent
(1976?77), Milan (1977?89),
Como
(1989?91) and Milan once again (1991?96). Among his many students are Armando Franceschini,
Giampaolo Testoni
and Carlo Galante,
Alfio Fazio
, Aldo Brizzi,
Matteo Silva
and
Esa-Pekka Salonen
.
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