Roberta Vacca: biography

Roberta Vacca

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Roberta Vacca (L’Aquila, Italy, 1967)
• composer

Roberta Vacca obtained diplomas in Composition, Band Instrumentation, Choral Music and Chorus Direction and Piano studying with Matteo DíAmico, Mauro Cardi and Francesca Martinini at the Music Conservatory in LíAquila; in 1998 she obtained a superior degree in Composition studying at the Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia with Franco Donatoni and Azio Corghi, winning the S.I.A.E. bursary for the best partecipants, and then at the Accademia Chigiana, winning the Emma Contestabile prize. She was chosen as finalist in many Composition Competitions (Béla Bartok, 1997; Belveglio, 1998; Camillo Togni, 2000; Notturni alle conserve, 2001; Concours International de Musique et díArt Sonore Electroacoustiques, 2001), received different special mentions (Angelo Comneno, 1998; De Musica, 1999 and 2000; Egidio Carella, 2000; Franco Evangelisti, 2000; GF Malipiero, 2001) and obtained many prizes (Gesualdo da Venosa, 2000; Domenico Guaccero, 1999; FIDAPA, 2001; ICOMS, 2002; 8e Concours International de Composition de Musique Sacrée, 2002; CEMAT Prize for the commission of an electroacoustic opera for children, 1999; Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia, on the occasion of the Great Jubilee for composing an Hymn to S. Cecilia, 2000; G Spontini, 2001; Egidio Carella, 2002; Citta di Barletta, 2002). She has got commissions and has written many musical works played in Italian festivals like Progetto Musica, Settimana dei Beni Musicali, Extra Musica, Concerti dei Solisti dell’Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia, S. Cecilia for children (Roma), Compositori a confronto (Reggio Emilia), Il suono dei parchi (Torino) Stagione del Circolo Giovani Amici della Musica-Societa dei Concerti B Barattelli, Itinerari Celestiniani, I corpi del suono (L’Aquila), Donne in musica (Fiuggi-Frosinone), Festival Pontino (Latina), 58 Settimana Musicale Senese (Siena), Festival for Puppet Theatre Venivano dal mare (Cervia Rimini), Radio 3, and in other countries (U.S.A., France, Spain, Ucraine, Ungary). She is a teacher of Musical Theory at the GB Pergolesi Music Conservatory in Fermo.