The Composer

Livia Malossi Bottignole

About

Born in Cesena (IT) in 1996, Livia Malossi Bottignole graduated in Piano (2017) with full marks and in Chamber Music (2019) magna cum laude. In 2022 she gained a Bachelor Degree and in 2023 a Master Degree in Composition, both magna cum laude in Bologna (IT), under the guidance of Paolo Aralla and Luigi Verdi. In 2024 she obtained the Masters’ Degree Composition Studies at Royal Conservatoire The Hague (NL), with Martijn Padding, Calliope Tsoupakis, Mayke Nas and occasional masterclasses with Oscar Bettison, Matthew Wright, Genevieve Murphy and Salvatore Sciarrino.
She is currently a student of the Institute of Sonology in The Hague.
In both countries she also attended various workshops about sound, multidisciplinarity and multimedia with artists like Cathy van Eck, Aliona Yurtsevich, Justin Bennett, Gabriel Paiuk, Enrico Malatesta, Scott Gibbons, Leandros Ntolas and Dganit Elyakim.

Resident Composer at Gioventù Musicale Italia for the season 2024/2025, her compositions have recently been played at Festival Nuova Consonanza in Rome (IT), Festival Gaudeamus in Utrecht (NL), Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ in Amsterdam (NL), Musiikkitalo in Helsinki (FIN), Accademia Chigiana in Siena (IT), Brandeis University (MA, USA) and, as a member of In.Nova Fert collective, at 64° Festival Internazionale di Musica Contemporanea – Biennale di Venezia 2020 (FontanaMix Ensemble dir. Francesco La Licata).

In 2023, she signed a discography and recording contract with Digressione Music (IT) and Da_sh Music (ES).

Additionally, in 2021 she won the Juurilla Commissioning Grant from Versoi Ensemble (FIN-USA), and she received a commission from La Piana del Cavaliere, for the project “Coincidenze” in Orvieto (IT) realized in collaboration with Chigiana Academy (IT), Impuls Festival (DE) and Gaudeamus Festival (NL). She has also been selected for the 27th Youth Composer Meeting by Orkest de Ereprijs (NL) where she won the RSKT 2021 commission for a piece premiered during the Andriessen Festival 2022, at Musis & Stadstheater in Arnhem (NL).
In 2023 she has been selected by Hong Kong New Music Ensemble 香港創樂團 for the project “Shapes Songs” in Hong Kong.

For her works she won several competition, including:
– Da_sh editions 3rd International Composition Competition;
– a first prize at “Caneres – International Music Competition Vienna“ 2022 (AT);
– first prize at at Maestro Vision Awards 2022 – International Music Competition in Beijing (CHI);
– first prize at both 30th and 32th International Competition “Città di Barletta” (IT), in 2020 and 2022;
– first absolute prize in section A and a first prize in section B at “17th Vitti international Composition Competition 2022” (IT);
– first prize (soloist instrument category) and second prize (chamber ensemble category) at “Donne in Musica” International Composition Competition 2022;
– a Grand Prize Award at “Red Maple Music Competition Spring Season 2022” in Toronto (CAN);
– a Grand Prize (100/100) at “USA MODERN & CONTEMPORARY International Music Competition” by IYMC (Atlanta, USA)
– RKST21 commission by Orkest de Ereprijs (NL);;
– 19’40” Call for Scores (2022) by Esecutori di Metallo su Carta (UK);
– “113 Composer Collective” Call for Scores in Minneapolis, US (season 22/23);
– second prize at “21st Century Talents Composition Competition” 2022 in Ottawa (CAN), Section “College Students and Professional Musician 18+, Advanced Composition”;
– second prize at European Composer Competition 2021 by The Franz Schubert Music Conservatory in Vienna (AT);
– second prize at 7th Vienna International Music Competition 2022 by The Franz Schubert Music Conservatory in Vienna (AT);
– second prize at “1st Tiziano Rossetti International Music Competition 2021” in Lugano (CH);
– second prize at the Second International Music Competition of Academia Musica in Vienna (AT);
– a third prize at 2021-22 Ensemble Ibis Composition Competition at Frost School of Music at the University of Miami (USA);
– Distinguished Mention at “Please Yourself 2020” ACO Composition Competition (UK);
– Special Mention at Amsonia International Composition Contest 2021 in New York (USA).

Grants and prizes

– Mobility Grant “Culture Moves Europe – individual mobility of artists and cultural professionals” by the Goethe-Institut Belgien for the research-oriented project “TIME IN_TIME OUT” with american Composer Gene Coleman and Istantanea Ensemble;

– “Subsidie cultuurparticipatie jong Den Haag – final session 2023” by The Hague Municipality, for the implementation of the project “Mr. White – A Musical Gaming Experience. Enhancing Musical Accessibility through Gaming Improvisation: A Workshop Series”.

– “Movin’up – SPETTACOLO – PERFORMING ARTS sessione unica 2022/2023″ Grant by GAI Torino association and the Italian Ministry of Culture, funding the original project “Mr. White – A Musical Gaming Experience”.

– De Zaaier Foundation Research Grant in 2023;

– “Premio Felice e Magone 2023” scholarship in Conservatorio G.B. Martini;

– Fromm Foundation Composition Fellows to join the 2022 Composers Conference in Boston, Massachusetts (USA),

– “Premio Felice e Magone 2022” scholarship in Conservatorio G.B. Martini;

– “Premio Zucchelli 2021” of Zucchelli Foundation in Bologna;

Her pieces have also been performed at Het OrgelPark in Amsterdam (NL); American Embassy in Helsinki (FIN); Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno (CZ); Associazione “Serate Musicali” in Milan (IT); Institute of Sonology in The Hague and by Residentie Orkest Den Haag (NL); University of Padua (IT); AngelicA – San Leonardo Theater Music Research Center and Teatro Comunale of Bologna (IT); EstOvest Festival in Torino (IT); Panstwowa Szkola Muzyczna im. Chopina di Olsztyn in Poland (PL), Teatro Comandini by Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio in Cesena and more.

She also worked in various productions, from dance to theatre, with original soundtracks and sonorizations, such as with Michele di Giacomo (“Umana Natura” about Maurizio Bufalini in 2019; “Il ’68, la ribellione che cambiò il mondo”, at Bocconi University of Milan and “We Reading Festival” in 2018; “Leonardo alla Prova”, in 2019), Francesco Dell’Accio (“L’ultimo giorno di un condannato a morte”, in 2020) and Piero Ramella (“Virtual Landscape / For the Rust”, in 2021). This last project has also been selected for screening at PuntWG in Amsterdam (NL) by Miami New Media Festival (MNMF), Ibrida Festival in Forlì (IT) and by ‘Empirica Records’ record label of MID SIDE aps (FG), for a recording and screening contract within REF – RESILIENCE FESTIVAL 2021 in Foggia.

A further artistic partnership is the one with Emanuele Rossi, aka Oroboro, with whom he composed “I SPLIT SINK” released on 14 July 2021 on the Maazef record label (London, UK) and the live soundtrack for the reading of “Lo stupro” – by Franca Rame, for We Reading association’s review for Indie pride 2018, at the TPO in Bologna (IT). Also, Livia has an open collaboration with the founder of Orientale Sarda Sara Svati, which started in 2018 with a movement-based performance at Lumen Festival in Ravenna (IT) and continued with a performance of “Five pieces for David Tudor” by Sylvano Bussotti for SIMC – Società Italiana della Musica Contemporanea, in Pesaro (IT).

In 2018 she appeared in “Proprio Destino”, a documentary film by Cesare Ronconi and Martina Dall’Ara for Valdoca Theater, which won the Cinema del Reale Award at the Royal Film Festival in Corigliano d’Otranto (IT) in 2019.

Livia is often involved in productions from an organisational level. She is co-director of ECHI Festival in Arezzo and works also with istantanea ensemble in Bologna (istantanea.eu).
She is also one of the founder of In.Nova Fert collective, a young composers association born in 2017, interested in “comunitary” music writing as an attempt to extend in the creative field the fellowship of friendship and collaboration.

Among others, In.Nova Fert received by FontanaMIX Ensemble the commission for “Sette canzoni per Bruno”, a documentary-concert about Bruno Maderna that has been premiered at the 64 ° International Festival of Contemporary Music – Biennale di Venezia 2020. “Sette canzoni per Bruno” has also been played in Bologna (“Teatro del Baraccano”, “Torri dell’acqua di Budrio”) and in Reggio Emilia (Teatro “La Cavallerizza”).

With In.Nova Fert, she has also joined other commissions: the exhibition “Le Grand Macabre” about the premiere of the work by György Ligeti in Italy, within FontanaMIX Ensemble ’23 season “EXITIME”; “Esercizio di Pazzia – Lettera alla mia isola” by Museo Internazionale della musica di Bologna (IT); “Voces Naturae” original concert-performance from “Amici della Musica di Modena” in Modena (IT); “Calendario Giapponese”, a Sylvano Bussotti’s work original transcription played at MamBO – Contemporary Art Museum of Bologna (IT); “Dìa Logos” for string quartet and percussion (played by NEXT ensemble and Teté de Silveira), “Tripla” and “Tripla IV” for large cello ensemble, for Romagna Cello Ensemble and 20cellos by Nicola Baroni and a small opera about Alessandro Baricco’s novel “Novecento” for Emilia – Romagna Region, with the project “Un genio tra le dita”.