Vincent Calianno

Vincent Calianno is a New York City and Tucson based composer of contemporary classical music, sound artist, and filmmaker.

Biography

Calianno began writing music at age 11, beginning his composition studies with Livingston Gearhart at the University of New York at Buffalo. He formally studied composition at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the Eastman School of Music, and New York University studying with John Luther Adams, Lewis Nielson, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, David Liptak, Zack Browning, and Mark Suozzo.
His music has been commissioned and performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble, Alarm Will Sound, JACK Quartet, the Thalea String Quartet, Nouveau Classical Project, Ensemble Mise-en, Rocket City New Music, Jennifer Koh, John Pickford Richards, Kivie Cahn-Lipman, the American Composers Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, the Bruges Philharmonia, Artifact Dance Project, and others.

The Galvanic Twitch
A History of the String Quartet in its Natural Habitat for string quartet and electronics
Notes on the Deliverance Machine for cello trio and electronics
When I Dream Some Letters Fall Out Of My Mouth To Make A Word for string trio and electronics
Bone Chinoiserie and the Alabastard Cowboy for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and contrabass
les étoiles secrètes for vibraphone and piano
String Quartet
pissing into the sunset with a raincoat in my hand for electric violin, electric viola and two percussionists
Elyria-O for five solo contrabasses and chamber ensemble
To Boston for Sex'' for pierrot sextet