Giancarlo Scalia

Giancarlo Scalia is a Canadian pianist and composer. He was born in Montreal, Canada. He began studying the piano and theory at the relatively late age of 10 with Paolo Vani at the McGill Conservatory of Music. After graduating at 16 with Honors, he continued with [http://www.angelachan.ca Dr. Angela Chan] , before entering l'Ecole de Musique Vincent d'Indy.

He works as both pianist and composer and, despite his successes to date in both fields, is still an artist in development.

Works

Scalia's compositions number in the 90s and are written for a variety of different instrumentations (going from solo piano to full orchestra). His compositional style is "a unique blend of classical-romantic and contemporary melodies and harmonies, and his compositions usually have a very distinctive tonal melody flowing through them" ( [http://www.giancarloscalia.com/html/bio.html Giancarlo Scalia official biography] .

In November 2004, he was commissioned to compose a short piece for students of Dr. Chan. His "Rondo Facile" for 1 piano, 8 hands op. 29 was premiered the 18th of December 2004 at the Maison Trestler in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec. The performers were Sihan Guo, Emily and Jacqueline To and Kathleen Wong.

Giancarlo Scalia began working in the film music field when he was commissioned in 2006 by the Laurier Macdonald Media Foundation to compose the score for the documentary "Ripples in Time". The film was premiered in February 2006 and won an AMTEC award later that year.

Sogno d'Amore

Giancarlo Scalia's first album was entitled "Sogno d'Amore (Liebestraum)". The CD was released in 2005 under the independent label Davisca Productions.

The CD features 14 of Giancarlo Scalia's compositions for solo piano, which were composed between the years 2002 and 2005. Although the compositions from this disc are not as complex or mature as some of Scalia's more recent work, they still give us an insight into his creative world.

Current Activities

According to his website, Giancarlo Scalia is presently dividing his time between performing, studying and composing.

His most recent completed composition is a piece for string orchestra, entitled "Aria for Strings".

External links

* [http://www.giancarloscalia.com Giancarlo Scalia official website]
* [http://www.indiepool.com Indie Pool, distributor of Sogno d'Amore]

References

* [http://www.ottawaxpress.ca/music/spin.aspx?iIDDisque=3338 Review by Isa Tousignant of "Sogno d'amore" in Ottawa XPress, December 22nd, 2005]