Federico Favali


Federico Favali is an Italian composer of classical music.

Biography

Born in Pietrasanta, and raised in Lucca, he began composing as a self-taught student. In 2004, he graduated in piano from Istituto superiore di studi musicali “L. Boccherini” of Lucca, and also graduated in from the University of Bologna with a thesis on the analysis of the first movement of the quartet op.3 by Alban Berg.
He studied composition at King’s College London, University of Birmingham, at the Conservatorio “G. Puccini” of La Spezia, at New York University-Steinhardt School.
His music has been performed all over the world. Among his various collaborations, the one with the double bass player Gabriele Ragghianti is worth mentioning.
In 2014, the Teatro del Giglio in Lucca commissioned the opera The fall of the house of Usher, inspired by the tale of Edgar Allan Poe. It was staged at the Teatro San Girolamo of Lucca on 4 May 2014.
In 2015, the Municipality of Lucca awarded him as "Lucca man of the year". In the same year, he was invited to Daegu International Contemporary Music Festival and in 2016 at the in Birmingham. In 2016 and in 2019, he also participated in the Lucca Classica Festival.
In 2016, he was composer in residence of the Associazione Musicale Lucchese for the winter chamber music season. In June, he organized in the Auditorium San Francesco in Lucca the concert "Harmony of the infinite. From San Francesco to the world. Music", dedicated to his music and to the music of the composers from Lucca.
As a musicologist, he mainly deals with the musical analysis of contemporary music. His fields of research are the music of György Ligeti, the music of Thomas Adès, the relationship between Jorge Luis Borges's poetics and contemporary music and the relationships between mathematics and music.

Main recent compositions

Chamber music and ensemble

Yemaya Hypothetical spaces Ombre di spazi e silenzi Quando passai di qui era di notte

Solo instrument

Raggio di sole di miele Empire of the light Intimate memories The world is on fire Zreg
  • ''Metalogicalities''

Vocal music

Ocean of time Beltà poiché t’assenti
  • ''Spontanea terra''

Orchestra

La meravigliosa storia delle onde del mare
  • ''Sun salutation''

Theatre

  • ''Il crollo di casa Usher''