Lucio Gregoretti

Lucio Gregoretti (born 1961) is an Italian composer. He composed operas, symphonic and chamber music, electroacoustic music, as well as incidental music for theatre plays, musical comedies, and film scores. He studied composition with Mauro Bortolotti and music history with Bruno Cagli at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in the city of his birth, Rome, and there obtained his diploma. He also attended seminars and courses in composition with Sylvano Bussotti and Ennio Morricone, and courses in conducting with Franco Ferrara and Giampiero Taverna. He has been composer-in-residence at a number of institutions including Instituto Sacatar (Brazil, 2006), the MacDowell Colony (New Hampshire, 2005 and 2006), Künstlerhäuser Worpswede (Germany, 2005), Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen (Germany 2002–2003).

His works have been commissioned and performed by a number of institution including Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome), Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, Solistes Européens (Luxembourg), Teatro Sociale di Rovigo, ISCM Bucharest, Festival Pergolesi-Spontini (Jesi), Nuova Orchestra Scarlatti (Naples), Progetto Sonora (Cologne), Todi Music Fest (Todi), Klangspectrum (Villach); and they are regularly performed worldwide in contemporary music festivals.

He is the author of incidental music for theatre plays, musical comedies, and film scores since 1983, including works for Henryk Baranowski, Marco Mattolini, Margarethe von Trotta, and Lina Wertmüller.

His works are published by Rai Trade and Suvini Zerboni, and released on CD by CNI, Musicaimmagine, Rai Trade, and Vdm.

He lives in Rome and Berlin.