Andrea Amici
Andrea Amici con l'Orchestra del Conservatorio "V.Bellini" di Palermo | Andrea Amici with the Orchestra of the Bellini Conservatory of Palermo
Andrea Amici has been inclined towards music since the age of ten, when he first taught himself organ, piano, and composition (in that order). After various experiences across various musical styles, he began academic studies in composition, piano, organ, and conducting, obtaining degrees in both orchestral and choral conducting. He simultaneously studied humanities, obtaining a degree in classical literature with an emphasis in philological-literary studies.
Amici’s musical production ranges from vocal, choral, and symphonic works to organ, piano, and chamber music.
In his music, various cultural experiences, often extramusical (above all literary, religious, and historical influences), merge and become the basis for ever more unpredictable musical pathways, in which one’s experiences, psychology, techniques, and culture — every aspect of the human soul and its richness — subconsciously flow together in a synthesis that finds its raison d’être in mystery.
Particular attention is given to harmonic structures, often based on a form of free diatonic style, in which melodic motives re-emerge from past humanistic eras, particularly influenced by the spirit of Gregorian chant.
Andrea Amici and Leonardo Ciampa in Dürnstein (AT), July 2008|Andrea Amici e Leonardo Ciampa a Dürnstein (Austria), Luglio 2008
Much of the music of Andrea Amici consists, in the final analysis, of a kind of meditation, expressed in music often allegorically, on thoughts and issues that plunge the depths of Christianity or of the purely humanistic intermingling of past philosophical and literary thought.
Prof. Amici’s musical experiences include: participation in commemorative events for the 50th anniversary of the death of Antonio Tirabassi in Amalfi, with two organ concerts and the world-premiere of Amici’s Trittico Gregoriano for organ; participation in the First Alfeo Gigli National Composition Festival at the Accademia Filarmonica in Bologna, October 19, 1997, with the composition “Sentieri Nascosti” (“Hidden Trails”) for soprano and piano on texts by Rosalia Nigrelli, performed by singer Barbara Vignudelli and pianist Ivo Lorenzini; the commission of “Tre Preghiere per Organo” (“Three Prayers for Organ”) by Maestro Leonardo Ciampa; the commission of the “Inno a Sant’Andrea” (“Hymn to St. Andrew”) for the octocentennial of the transfer of the Relics of St. Andrew from Constantinople to Amalfi.
Psalm 116 for chorus and piano by Andrea Amici was premiered on April 27, 2009, at the Lutheran Church in Naples, and won First Prize in the Ninth Annual Composition Contest on Sacred Text “Musica e Cultura a Piazza dei Martiri” by Comunità Evangelica Luterana di Napoli.
Andrea Amici all'organo Tamburini della Chiesa di S.Domenico a Messina - at the Tamburini organ of the S.Domenico Church in Messina (IT)
Andrea Amici is also a graphic and web designer; visit his internet site Musica & Multimedia Musica & Multimedia – www.musicamultimedia.net.
Andrea Amici lives and works in Catania (Italy). For commissions of new music, musical and artistic realizations, multimedia work proposals, or for any other type of information or “idea-sharing,” you can contact him directly by sending an email to: prof.amici@gmail.com
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