Catalogue of Compositions
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Published works
This piece was composed for the album Bach Variations (Zeer Music, 2023) recorded by the Placard Wind Quintet. The album is composed of several original wind quintet transcriptions of works by Bach. The Fantasia e Fuga, on the other hand, is an original piece that incorporates themes and subjects from the other tracks on the album, serving as kind of a “bonus track” and a fitting conclusion to the entire album. The piece was subsequently published by the German publisher Kammermusikverlag, both as a standalone and alongside the other pieces featured on the album.
I – Allegro
II – Andante (original piece in Mozart’s style composed by M.E. Righi)
III – Rondò (original version, reconstructed by M.E. Righi)
Preface from the printed edition:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s concerto K412 is universally recognized as one of the cornerstones of horn repertoire. Although the concerto is often listed in concert programs as “No. 1,” most likely the date of composition dates back to the last year of Mozart’s life (1791), making it in fact his last work for horn and orchestra. Only a few fragments remain of the manuscript, left unfinished by Mozart, and completed by his favorite pupil, Franz-Xaver Süssmayr. While in the first movement (Allegro) Süssmayr’s interpolations concern only the orchestral fillings of the woodwinds, in the rondo they are much more pronounced, de facto constituting a reworking that deviates greatly from the original. This edition aims to return to the performer a complete version of the concerto, preserving the first movement from the original manuscripts, adding an andante written in Mozart’s style and playable on the natural horn, and reconstructing the original version of the rondo.
The concert has been recorded by Hervè Joulain (Horn), Kaspars Ādamson (Conductor), with the Sinfonietta Rīga for the album Horn Universe (TYXart, 2023).
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Composition competitions
- Premio Alberghini, 9th edition (2025)
Finissimi sistri d’argento, for Harp and Guitar (7', 2024)
First Prize – Composition category
- Sculpture and Music Competition Il viaggio artistico , 1aedition (2024), Museo Virtuale del Garofalo (MUVIG)
Foresta di Sogni, for Orchestra (6’, 2023)
First Prize – Music category
The piece is now part of the MUVIG museum collection, and a copy of the score is currently on display.
- Call for Scores Lost Music 2023 (organized by ForlìMusica)
Richiami, for mixed ensemble (12’, 2022)
Second place
- Composition competition of the Aemilian Way Youth Orchestra (OGVE), 2a edition (2019)
In Silva, for Orchestra (7’, 2019)
First Prize
The piece was subsequently played by the OGVE for the 2019/2020 concert season in the theatres of Castelnovo ne' Monti (Bismantova), Piacenza (Sala dei Teatini), Parma (Regio) and Reggio Emilia (Valli). Antonio de Lorenzi and Michele Gamba alternated in conducting the orchestra.
- Composition competition of the Aemilian Way Youth Orchestra (OGVE), 1a edition (2018)
E il naufragar m’è dolce in questo mare, for Orchestra (7’, 2018)
Third place
03
Commissions
- Commission by Icarus ensemble to write a 10’ piece inspired by aemilian folk melodies for the IberMusicas project. The piece is called Canti di cavalieri and is set to premiere in Italy in july 2026 and in Mexico in September, under the baton of Juan Trigos
- Commission by Wunderkammer Orchestra to make a chamber orchestra version of Canti di cavalieri. The premiere is set for August 2nd, 2026 in Fano (Italy), under the direction of Mia Đogić
- Commission by FontanaMIX, Icarus and Istantanea Ensembles to write a 15’ piece for the celebrations of the Centenary of Luciano Berio. The three-movement work, called Segni premiered on November 15th, 2025 in the cities of Bologna, Ferrara and Reggio Emilia (Italy) under the direction of Tommaso Ussardi.
- Commission by Roberto Fontanella for a solo percussion work. The piece, titled To Set the Future Alight has been premiered on May 8th, 2025 in the prestigious KMSKA Museum in Atwerp (Belgium)
- Commission by Notami Classica for a 15’ suite for 8 French Horns. The piece, called Leggende, explores the relationship between folk melodies and ancestry.
- Commission by the Placard Wind Quintet for a 10’ original work and of the curation of an entire concert program. The piece, titled Riflessi di memoria, has been premiered by the Placard Wind Quintet Riflessi di memoria (2023) on September 23rd, 2023 in Lugano (Switzerland).
- Commission of the arrangement of the Moto perpetuo of N. Paganini for Viola and Cello, commissioned by Simone Gramaglia (violist of the Cremona String Quartet). 1st performance: Casa Usellini, Arona (NO), Simone Gramaglia (Viola), Martti Rousi (Cello). Opening concert of the LAGOMAGGIOREMUSICA Festival 2023 – 29th edition (28/07/2023)
- Commission of the arrangement of the II movement of Vivaldi’s Winter Concert for ensemble by Icarus vs Muzak. 1st performance: CENART (Centro National de las Artes), Auditorio Blas Galindo (Mexico City), Icarus vs Muzak, conductor Marco Pedrazzini, (16/10/2022).
- Commission of the arrangement of Beethoven’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra op.61 for Violin and Ensemble by the WunderKammer Orchestra. 1st performance: Villa Caprile (Pesaro), WKYE (Wunderkammer Youth Ensemble), Ivan Gambini (conductor), Fakizat Mubarak (soloist) – 31/07/2022
- Commission of an orchestral work by the Reggio Emilia Conservatory and the AmaRE cultural association. The piece, called Chlorophelia, is inspired to the Omar Galliani painting of the same name. The premiere (06/24/2022) by the Reggio Emilia Conservatory Symphonic Orchestra, conducted by Marco Boni, featured the coreography of Nuovo Balletto Classico.
- Commission by Una piaga rossa languente (2021)The work (titled Una piaga rossa languente) is inspired by a poem by Dino Campana and features the same instrumentation of Luciano Berio’s Folksongs (minus the voice). It has been premiered in CivitaFestival in Civita Castellana (Italy) on August 29th, 2021 under the direction of Mimma Campanale.
- Commission by Aterballetto/Fondazione Nazionale della Danza for a 3’ original piece for brass and percussion ensemble for the 2019 Dance Defilè, featuring more than 200 dancers in the streets of Reggio Emilia. The piece premiered on March 12th, 2019
- Commission by Pizzicando Trio for an original piece for guitar, mandolin and mandocello. (2018/19) The piece has been premiered in Reggio Emilia (Italy) on March 31st, 2019.
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Other artistic experiences
- Partecipation, as a horn player, at Willem Jeths’ The Tell-Tale Heart in its first italian performance, with the Camerata degli Ammutinati (Urbino, 19/03/2024)
- Partecipation, as a horn player, at the 48th Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte of Montepulciano (2023) with the WKYE (Wunderkammer Youth Ensemble)
- Winning the audition as 1st Horn for the UNIMI (Milan State University) Orchestra (9/05/2023)
