Biography (Scorrere verso il basso per la versione italiana.)
David Salvage (b.1978) is an American composer and pianist living in Bologna, Italy. Born into a family of non-musicians, at age four he asked his parents for a piano, a wish that was granted on the condition that he take lessons for five years. Instead, he took them for fifteen years, along the way developing an interest in composition, winning local and national competitions as a pianist and composer, becoming one of the first pianists selected for the prestigious Perlman Music Program, and winning a scholarship to Harvard University, where he shifted his focus to composition. He continued his studies at Manhattan School of Music and the City University of New York, earned his PhD with a dissertation on György Kurtàg, and went into academia full-time, teaching music theory and history. A lifelong Europhile, when the opportunity arose to live abroad, he took it, and now he is a dual citizen of Italy and the United States. He has been commissioned to write for orchestra, film, choir, and ensembles of all kinds and has received over a hundred performances at venues ranging from the Juilliard School in New York to the British Institute of Florence and the Minobu Town Center in Minobu, Japan. His music is published by Universal Edition, Vienna, and has been recorded on Deux-Elles and Navona Records. His most recent commission was a new work for the world-famous ocarina player Fabio Galliani. In Bologna, Salvage sings tenor in the Cappella Musicale di San Petronio and gives concerts with trumpeter Marco Trebbi (Duo Himmel). He is married with three children.
Versione italiana —
David Salvage (1978) è un compositore e pianista statunitense che abita a Bologna. Nato in una famiglia estranea alla musica, all’età di quattro anni ha chiesto un pianoforte ai genitori, un desiderio che è stato esaudito a condizione che prendesse lezioni per cinque anni. Le ha seguite invece per quindici anni, e lungo il percorso ha sviluppato un particolare interesse per la composizione, ha vinto premi regionali e nazionali come pianista e compositore, è diventato uno dei primi giovani pianisti scelti per il Perlman Music Program, e ha vinto una borsa di studio alla Harvard University, per poi decidere di concentrarsi sulla composizione. Ha continuato i suoi studi presso la Manhattan School of Music e la City University of New York, ha conseguito il dottorato di ricerca con una tesi su Gyorgy Kurtàg, e ha trovato lavoro nell’ateneo insegnando a tempo pieno storia della musica e teoria musicale. Filoeuropeo da sempre, ha colto l’opportunità di trasferirsi all’estero quando questa gli si è presentata e ora possiede la doppia cittadinanza statunitense e italiana. Ha composto musica per orchestra, film, coro e insiemi di diversi generi e le sue opere hanno ricevuto più di cento esecuzioni in sedi come la Juilliard School, il British Institute of Florence, e il Minobu Town Center in Giappone. La sua musica è pubblicata da Universal Edition Vienna e è stata registrata su Deux-Elles e Navona. La sua commissione più recente è un’opera nuova per l’ocarinista Fabio Galliani, famoso in tutto il mondo. A Bologna Salvage canta tenore nella Cappella Musicale di San Petronio e dà concerti col trombettista Marco Trebbi (Duo Himmel). È sposato con tre figli.
January 7, 2019 – 12:01 PM
Albumleaf 154: January 3, 2019 (Bologna) Colin, a shepherd’s boy, bemoans his unrequited love for Rosalind and likens his state to the barren season around him. Bereft of hope, he breaks his pipe in pieces.
December 17, 2018 – 12:59 PM
Albumleaf 153: December 17, 2018 (Bologna) Colin likens his life to the passing of the seasons and bids adieu to the world.
December 6, 2018 – 12:04 PM
Albumleaf 152: December 6, 2018 (Bologna) As in “Mood Indigo” or “Parker’s Mood.” That vein kind of.
November 26, 2018 – 9:00 AM
Albumleaf 151: November 19, 2018 (Bologna) Homage to Kurtág Recurring throughout György Kurtág’s oeuvre is an eight-note melody which has lyrics, though to my knowledge they are never actually sung: “Flowers we are, frail flowers.â€Â Albumleaf 151 presents a variation of this melody. Notes 1-5, 10-11, and 14 are Kurtág’s. The others are mine.
November 15, 2018 – 12:37 PM
Albumleaf 150: November 15, 2018 (Bologna) Colin sings of Dido’s death.
November 1, 2018 – 9:00 AM
Albumleaf 149: October 25, 2018 (Bologna) Goe little booke: thy selfe present, As child whose parent is unkent . . . And asked, who thee forth did bring A shepheards swaine saye did thee sing, All as his straying flocke he fedde . . . But if that any aske thy name, Say thou wert […]
October 25, 2018 – 11:27 AM
Albumleaf 148: October 18, 2018 (Bologna) For reference.
October 17, 2018 – 12:15 PM
Albumleaf 147: October 15, 2018 (Bologna) Alas, Cuddie, your gift for poetry, given by God, we do not reward. Perhaps you should turn to singing songs of war?
October 3, 2018 – 11:41 AM
Albumleaf 146: October 3, 2018 (Bologna) A piano is pretty heavy–even for a horse! A cowboy who plays the piano is already more promising . . . But maybe it would be good if he always carried it near him, on a horse . . . “Pianoforte Jack always travels with two horses–he on the […]
September 29, 2018 – 9:00 AM
Albumleaf 145: September 27, 2018 (Bologna) Cob is an ancient building material that consists of mud and straw. It’s still used today–and is even ecologically sound and inexpensive. The problem is you have to wait for one layer to dry before putting another on top. So, cob buildings take a long time to construct. This […]