Stefano Vagnini (born 1963) is an Italian musician, composer, researcher, poet and Modular Art theorist.
Biography
Stefano Vagnini was born in Fano, Italy.
Vagnini studied organ, composition and electronic music at the “G. Rossini” conservatory in Italy and at the Georgia State University in Atlanta, USA. He graduated in organ, organ composition with Professor Armando Pierucci and in electronic music with Professor Eugenio Giordani from the Conservatorio Statale di Musica in Pesaro (Italy). He attended several prestigious Organ masterclasses with famous organists such as Monserrat Torrent, Michael Radulescu, Liuwe Tamminga, André Isoir, Sarah L. Martin.
Vagnini has taught organ and composition at the Conservatories in Verona and L'Aquila (Italy).
From 1986 to 2013 he has been Art Director of the International Organ Festival at Santa Maria Nuova in Fano, Italy, where internationally acclaimed organists performed, including Liuwe Tamminga, Michael Radulescu, Arturo Sacchetti, Gaston Litaize and Odile Pierre.
In 1997 he starts developing a new composing methodology, specifically applied to music, called ModulArt, which is today his main field of research.
Since 2003, together with soprano Giorgia Ragni, he forms a musical duo in art and in life called Aidaduo. Aidaduo researches, elaborates and creates new kind of concerts and Modular performances which are presented through seminars and conferences in Universities and cultural centers around the world.
Works
Concerts as organist and choir director in Italy, U.S.A (’86,’08,’09,’10,’11,’12), Germany (’92,’93,’99,’06, ’12), Austria (’99), Switzerland (’99,’10), Russia (‘95), Brazil (’95,’98), Argentina (’95,’98), Uruguay (’95,’98), China (’98,’16,’17,’18), Spain (’05,’07) England (’11), Scotland (’12), Denmark (’12), Poland (’12,’14), Finland (’12), Holland (’12), South Korea (’13,’14,’15,’16,’17), Japan (’16,’17,’18), France (’89,’06,’12,’19 ).
Vagnini has conducted the Slave Song gospel choir and the Mezio Agostini opera choir in Fano, Italy.
Compositions and performances
Ballet
Cappuccetto Rosso: Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône, performed in France and Fano (Italy) Le Fou de Notre Dame: choreographer Sylvie Roukhadze’ Kroma Theater Waiting for Godot: Transteatro Fano Production, director Massimo Puliani, Napoli and Roma (Italy) Thesys: director Fernando Scarpa, Wittenberg (Germany), 2002 Luther Stories: director Fernando Scarpa, Wittenberg (Germany) Video Incubi Catodici: director Renato Toniato (Italy) winning the following awards: Mirano Award: 1985, Mirano (Italy) The Linz Award: 1986, Linz (Austria) Concerto a Berlino: director Stefano Vagnini, Teatro della Fortuna, Fano (Italy) Organ solo Meditazione Meditazione 2 Preludio, Ricercare e Finale Luci Aenigma Aracne Les Danses Modulaires Organ and tape Isola di Koch: performed in Pesaro (Italy), Auditorium Pedrotti, Fano, Santa Maria Nuova Church. Orchestra Il Meraviglioso Segreto del Biondo (Part A): commissioned by il Teatro della Fortuna, Fano (Italy), art director Fabrizio Festa. Via Crucis (Stations of the Cross): modular oratory performed at: Beijing Concert Hall (China), 1998, first sacred opera authorized by the Chinese Popular Authority; Fano (Italy), Corte Malatestiana, 1998 Sao Paulo, Monasterio de Sao Bento, 1998 Montevideo, 1998 Buenos Aires, San Telmo Cathedral, 1998 Berlin, Kaiser Wilhelm Kirche, 2003 Salzburg (Austria), Dome, 1999 Lausanne (Switzerland), Cathedral, 1999 Potsdam (Germany), 1999 Biberach (Germany), 1999 Rastatt (Germany), 1999 Geislingen an der Steige (Germany), 1999 Warstein (Germany), 1999 Darmstadt (Germany), 2000 Tolentino (Italy), Saint Nicola Sanctuary Fossano (Italy) Cermenate (Italy)
AiDADUO
AiDADUO Style is a combination of classical music (piano and soprano) incorporating literature, cinema and fine arts mixed with a constant innovative, experimental and ironic research.