Manfredi Clemente is an electroacoustic composer and sound artist. His research is focused on the concept of sound image, on the phenomenology of listening, and on the evocative dimension of recorded sounds; at the same time it explores the relationship between culture and nature from ecological, aesthetical and mythopoeic perspectives. In his pieces field and studio recording, analogue feedback and synthesised sound all contribute to a general sense of materiality that stands at the core of his poetics.
He has completed his PhD in Electroacoustic Composition at the University of Birmingham in 2017 (supervisor: Jonty Harrison) and has thought Electroacoustic Composition in several Italian Conservatoires (Pesaro, Teramo, Alessandria). For several years he has been part of B.E.A.S.T. – Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre and has been in charge of the installation and performances of the acousmonium of FMC – Contemporary Music Festival of Cagliari. Between 2017 and 2019 he has been working as an A/V technician and sound engineer for the Teatro Massimo of Palermo. In 2020-2021 he has been chief sound engineer for audio recording and broadcasting in the same opera house, working aside names of the classical scene such as D. Gatti, M. Albrecht, R. Abbado, O.M. Wellber, D. Oren.
His interest for theatre and performing arts led him to collaborate with several artists, including Johannes Erath, Kor’sia, Maria Vittoria Bellingeri, Margherita Ortolani, LOT-EK, Gaetano Costa, Dario Enea (Soggettile Teatro), Marìka Pugliatti, Clémence Kazemi, Marco Giusti, Jacques Bonnaffé.
He has been artist in residence for several independent and institutional realities, including the Ass. Musiques&Recherches (Bruxelles – with the support of the Culture Moves Europe scheme), the Châteauvallon-Liberté scéne nationale (Toulon) and the Ass. APNÉES (Grenoble). His music is performed all around the world and has gained several international recognition, including the 1st Prize at Prix Presque Rien 2019, the GRM Banc d’Essai 2018 and the 1st Prize at DI_Stanze Festival 2014.
PRIZES
Prix Luigi Russolo 2023
to the piece Oubliez-moi sous ces cèdres
Honorary mention, MA/IN 2023
to the piece Hajime yori kotoba shirazariki
1st prize, Prix Presque Rien 2019
Fondazione Presque Rien, Paris (FR)
to the piece Un sonno che sogna di non sognare
Prix Banc d’Essai 2018
GRM, Paris (FR)
to the piece Isole
Finalist, Franz Liszt Prize 2017
Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar (DE)
to the piece La boucle
Mention, Prix Presque Rien 2015
Fondazione Presque Rien, Paris
Mention of the prize to the piece La boucle
1st prize, Festival Di_Stanze 2014
CIMA, CEMAT, MOTUS, University of Osaka et al.
per il brano Les dimensions du réel
Finalist, Destellos Competition 2014
Destellos Foundation, Mar del Plata (AR)
per il brano Les dimensions du réel
TEACHING ACTIVITY
2022-ongoing Prof. of Electroacoustic Composition
Conservatorio A.Vivaldi di Alessandria
2021-22 Prof. of Electroacoustic Composition
Conservatorio G. Braga di Teramo
2020-21 Prof. of Electroacoustic Composition
Conservatorio G. Rossini di Pesaro
2014-16 Teaching associate
University of Birmingham
College of Arts and Law – Department of Music.
2013-14 Teaching assistant
University of Birmingham
College of Arts and Law – Department of Music.
RESIDENCIES
Musiques & Recherches (2023)
Bruxelles (BE)
Artistic residency for the creation of a new 8-channel piece based on texts by Michiko Ishimure – Part 2, supported by Culture Moves Europe
Musiques & Recherches (2022)
Bruxelles (BE)
Artistic residency for the creation of a new 8-channel piece based on texts by Michiko Ishimure – Part 1
APNÉES (2022)
Grenoble (FR)
Artistic residency and live concert
Léviathan (2021)
Châteauvallon-Liberté scéne nationale, Compagnie Wild are the Donkeys – Toulon (FR)
Residency for the creation of the theatrical performance Léviathan, by Clémence Kazemi, Marco Giusti, with Jacques Bonnaffé, Luna Scolari
Le Paysage sonore dans lequel nous vivons (2017)
GMVL, Tempo Reale, Amici della Musica di Cagliari, EPHMEE, A.F.E.A. – Cagliari (IT)
Realization of a series of naturalistic soundscape recording, in the context of the project ‘Le paysage sonore dans lequel nous vivons’
EDUCATION
2016-20 Laurea magistrale in Musicologia e Scienze dello Spettacolo [MA in Musicology and Performing Arts]
Università degli studi di Palermo – Scuola delle Scienze Umane e del Patrimonio Culturale
2013-17 PhD in Electroacoustic Composition
University of Birmingham – College of Arts and Law – Department of Music
Supervisor: Prof. Jonty Harrison
Internal examiners: Dr. Scott Wilson; External examiner: Prof. John Young
2012-13 MRes in Elctroacoustic composition
University of Birmingham – College of Arts and Law – Department of Music
2008-12 Diploma Accademico di I livello in Musica e Nuove Tecnologie [BA in Music and New Technology]
Conservatorio di Musica ‘V. Bellini’ di Palermo