Luigi De Angelis - director, composer, lighting designer
Luigi De Angelis was born in Bruxelles in 1974. He is director, set and lighting
designer, and musician. As a child he moved to Italy together with his family and
in 1992 he found the company Fanny & Alexander Since 2010 he lives again in
Belgium.
His work and projects are always influenced by the interrelation between music,
sound space and scenic space, arising from visual arts and contemporary music repertoire.
His work has been represented in Italy and in international festivals including:
Biennale Teatro di Venezia, Santarcangelo dei Teatri, Volterra Teatro, Drodesera,
Napoli Teatro Festival, Ravenna Festival, Festival delle Colline Torinesi, KunstenFestivaldesArts
(Bruxelles, Belgium), Bitef (Beograd, Serbia), Eurokaz e Music Zagreb Biennal (Zagabria,
Croatia), Mess Festival (Sarajevo, Bosnia), Mostra Sesc Des Artes (San Paulo, Brazil),
Norderzone (Groningen, Netherlands), Kampnagel (Hamburg, Germany), Sophiensaele
(Berlin, Germany), Flying Circus Project (Singapore), Aylul Festival (Beirut, Lebanon),
Festival di Tampere (Finland), Perfect Performance (Stochkolm, Sweden).
His productions received several international recognitions: Bitef International
Festival of Beograd Special Prize of the Jury, Music Theatre Now 2013 (Jonkonping,
Sweden), 2 times UBU Theatre Prize in Italy.
Between 2011 and 2013 together with the Italian-Argentinian artist Sergio Policicchio
he composed the Soundscape Symphony of the city of Ravenna which was published in
the cd collection by Tempo Reale, the Foundation of Luciano Berio in Firenze. This
concert-installation has been presented in many cities in Italy (Milan, Rome, Salerno,
Ravenna) and was chosen by the municipality of Ravenna as the project to be presented
to the Artistic European Commission during the final competition for the European
Cultural Capital 2019.
In may 2015 he directed and designed (set and lighting) Die Zauberflöte by
W. A. Mozart at the Teatro Comunale of Bologna, conducted by Michele Mariotti.
In August 2015 he was invited by Muziektheater Transparant to direct JOP2015 at
deSingel, Antwerpen, a campus for young musicians and singers. The final work of
the workshop was presented to the audience at the Theaterstudio of deSingel.
He has been invited to direct a performance inspired on Diaghilev in collaboration
with Kaleidoskope Ensemble in Berlin: this production is commissioned by Klara Festival
and will be presented in Bruges (Concertgebouw), Bruxelles (Bozar), Antwerp (deSingel),
and Berlin.
concept, electronic compositions, lighting design: Luigi De Angelis and Sergio Policicchio
sound design: Damiano Meacci, Tempo Reale
ensemble: Contempoartensemble
conductor: Mauro Ceccanti
mezzo soprano: Els Mondelaers
in collaboration with Fondazione Isabella Scelsi
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