Chamber ensemble

Infin che'l mar fu sopra noi richiuso (1987) - 13'

chamber ensemble: 1 (also piccolo).1.1.0 - 1.1.0.0. - Vibraphone - strings (3 vn, vc, db)

First Prize at the 1988 “Concours International Ville de Bagneux”, France


Che visitando vai (1987) - 6' - fl, cl, vn, vc, guitar


Platys (1990) - 6' - fl, cl, vn, va, vc

Premiere: 24.VII.1992, Budapest; Intermodulation Ensemble Budapest - L. Tihanyi, conductor


Dots on the Paper (1991) - 5' - guitar, double bass


Pengetõ (1992) - 6' - 3 guitars

Premiere, 6.VI.2011, Trossingen (D) - Tage der Neuen Gitarrenmusik. Alexander Nolte, Felicitas Nerlich and Daniel Foley, guitars

Sheet music score and Ebook at https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SimFontanelli/

A video with this piece is available on Youtube 


Stanze (1994) - 9' - Solo trumpet, 2 cl, vn, va. vc

Premiere: 4.III.1994, Budapest; Intermodulation Ensemble Budapest / S. Fontanelli, conductor

recording available at https://soundcloud.com/simone-fontanelli 


...nel tempo che fugge (1994-95) - 8' - vn, pno

Premiere: Dole (F), Musée des beaux-arts, 19.III.2008 Leslie Rollet-Boulin, violin; Bruno Heinen, piano

A video with this piece is available on Youtube 

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A Friend within my Mind (1997) - 12' - fl, cl, vn, vc, pno

Premiere: 24.XI.1997, Salzburg; Ensemble ÖENM - S. Fontanelli, conductor

A video with this piece is available on Youtube 


Raccontami, Flora, dove vanno le comete (Tell Me, Flora, Where the Komets Go) (1998) - 13’ - cl, vc, pno

commissioned by Trio Rubin (András Horn, cl. Csilla Vályi, cello. Márta Rubin, pno)

Premiere: 28.X.1998, Budapest; Trio Rubin


Üvölt a csönd fülemben (Silence is Screaming Within My Ears) (1998) - 11’

vn, vc, pno

Premiere: 22.II.1999, Salzburg; Ensemble ÖENM


That means (after “That Means a Lot”, by J.Lennon e P.McCartney) (1998) - 14’

string quartet

commissioned by Quartetto Borciani. Premiere: 29.V.1999, Brugherio (I); Quartetto Borciani

Sheet music score and Ebook at https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SimFontanelli/

recording available at https://soundcloud.com/simone-fontanelli 


Lautrec (1998) - 7’ - tuba, pno

Premiere: 17.VIII.1999, Salzburger Festspiele; Josef Steinböck, tuba

Sheet music score and Ebook at https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SimFontanelli/


Bergerac (1999-2000) - 13’- fl, vn, pno

commissioned by Trio Albatros. Premiere: 26.VII.2000, Valparaiso (Chile); Trio Albatros


Court News (2001) - 12’ - 2 violins


As Dreams Are Made on (2002) - 13’ - pno 4 hands

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Fugerit invida aetas (2002) - 15' - fl, cl, vn, vc, pno

Premiere: 21.VI.2002, Balatonföldvár (H); Intermodulation Ens. Budapest, S. Fontanelli, conductor

A video with this piece is available on Youtube 


Storie da chissà dove (Stories, Who Knows Where from) (2003-2005) - 12’

vc, vibraphone

Commissioned by Klangstreich Duo. Première: 29.X.2005, St. Gallen (CH), Contrapunktkonzert im Pfalzkeller; Klangstreich Duo

Sheet music score and Ebook at https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SimFontanelli/

Live recording available at      https://soundcloud.com/simone-fontanelli


Partir per i paesi della nebbia (Leaving for the Villages of the Fog) (2004) - 11’

2 cl, bn

commissioned by Trio Lignum. Premiere: 16.X.2005, Budapest; Trio Lignum


Chocolat (2005) - 11’ - cl, vn, pno

commissioned by Trio Tombre. First Performance: 2.VI.2005, Salzburg; Trio Tombre


"...nel tempo che fugge" - II (2009) - 8'  - cello, pno

Premiere, 20.VI.2011, University of Missouri - Kansas City, MO, USA Conservatory of Music. Daniel Saenz, cello; Brendan Kinsella, pno

recording available at https://soundcloud.com/simone-fontanelli 


Mit leerem Mund (2009) – 5’ 

Soprano and clarinet. Text: Gottfried Bachl

Premiere: 9.V.2009, Ebensee (Austria), “Stimmen aus Ebensee”. Gertraud Steinkogler, soprano; Daniela Fuchs, clarinet


Ist es erlaubt (2009) – 5’ 

Soprano and violin. Text: Gottfried Bachl

Premiere: 9.V.2009, Ebensee (Austria), “Stimmen aus Ebensee”. Anna Landgraf, soprano; Nina Napotnig, violin


Was haben die Toten davon (Iersera messi un giglio) (2009) – 5’ 

Soprano, guitar and speaker. Text: Gottfried Bachl

Premiere: 9.V.2009, Ebensee (Austria), “Stimmen aus Ebensee”. Eva Thalmaier, soprano; Sara Hilger, guit.; Simone Fontanelli, speaker


Un minuto, quattro salti e sono lì (2011) - 1' - Flute and Harpsichord

Premiere: Bologna (I), 16.I.2011, Associazione Clavicembalistica Bolognese

Duo Novecembalo (Chiara Agosti, fl; Diadorim Saviola, harpsichord)


...sed fieri sentio (2011) – 10’ - for 8 cellos

Premiere: 23.XI.2011, Salzburg (A), Universität Mozarteum, Solitär - Musikalische Akademie,

Enrico Bronzi (Musikalische Leitung) Studierenden der Abteilung für Streich- und Zupfinstrumente

Sheet music score and Ebook at https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SimFontanelli/

A video with this piece is available on Youtube  


Mosaico (2011) - 5'  - 2 guitars

Commissioned by NoiZ guitar Duo (Dora Nakou & Pedro Izquierdo)

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A video with this piece is available on Youtube 


Buffets And Rewards Taken With Equal Thanks (2008 -2011) - 15’ 

for 4 violins

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A video with this piece is available on Youtube 


Dialoghi tra una viola e una chitarra (2011) – 9’  - for viola and guitar


Il mio bianco taccuino sotto il sole (2012) – 14’

(My White Diary Underneath The Sunlight) - for violin, bass clarinet and marimba

Premiere, 30. XI. 2014, Winterthur (CH) Theater am Gleis?Ensemble TaG - Neue Musik Winterthur 

Sheet music score and Ebook at https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SimFontanelli/

A video with this piece is available on Youtube 


Continuities (2012) – 7’  - for flute and guitar

Premiere, Treviso (I), 23. III. 2013; Gabriele Guglielmi,flute; Carlo Mattiuzzo, guitar

Sheet music score and Ebook at https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SimFontanelli/

A video with this piece is available on Youtube 


We Two Alone Will Sing (2012) – 12’

for violin and guitar (with a vocal part for the violin player)


Introduzione, Chat e Finale (2013) – 9’30” 

for Harmonika (Diatonic accordion), Zither and Hackbrett (Hammered dulcimer)

Commissioned by the Folkmusic Dept. of the Mozarteum Salzburg

Premiere: 15.XI.2013, Salzburg (A), Universität Mozarteum, Solitär - Aufg'spielt und Eing'stimmt 

20 Jahre Volksmusik an der Universität Mozarteum

Sheet music score and Ebook at https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SimFontanelli/


Imre (2014) – 7’  - for 2 trumpets and 2 trombones

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Mi nasconda la notte e il dolce vento (2014) – 12’ - for 2 vl and pno


Short Talk (2004 - rev.2015) - 2'30” - for clarinet and bassoon 

Score (also as Pdf) available at www.lulu.com/spotlight/SimFontanelli 


Strade della città tumultuosa (2015) - 8' - fl. cl, vl and cello

Premiere: 31.V.2015. SIMC Ensemble; Marcello Parolini, conductor 

A video with this piece is available on Youtube

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Aus einem Bruchstück von Mozart (2015) - 11'

for clarinet and string quartet 


Cose leggere e vaganti (Mild And Wandering Things) (2015) – 11’

 flute and piano

Premiere, Milano (I), June 12th, 2016, Antonella Bini, flute and Gabriele Rota, piano

A video with this piece is available on Youtube 

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Muta sarà la notte (Silent Will Be The Night) (2015) – 9’40”   

For piano, violin and cello


Faltering Talks (2016) – 8’ 

for Tenor recorder and Percussion

Premiere: 02.VI.2017 Schwäbisch Hall (D), Duo Anne-Suse Enßle & Philipp Lamprecht

A video with this piece is available on Youtube 

Sheet music score and Ebook at https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SimFontanelli/


Tricky NewsFor 3, or multiple of 3, guitars (2016) – 7’30”

WP, 05.06.2019. Frosinone (I) – Conservatorio. Ensemble e-cetra. Eugenio Becherucci, conductor

Music score (also as Pdf) available at http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SimFontanelli 

A video with this piece is available on Youtube 

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A Port Of Call - For solo Horn and Narrator (2016) - 7’30”

Words by Fernando Pessoa

WP, 11.10.2018, Grinnell, Iowa – USA. Rob Clower, narrator; Eric McIntyre, horn

A video with this piece is available on Youtube 

Sheet music score and Ebook at https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SimFontanelli/


Je commence par déclarer - For violin and recorder with a vocal part for both performers (2017) – 10’.

Commissioned by Musikfestspiele Sanssouci Potsdam

WP, 08.06.2018, Potsdam (D). DorotheeOberlinger, recorder/voice, Dmitry Sinkovsky, violin/voice

A video with this piece is available on Youtube 

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Strings And Pipes (2017) – For Bariton Sax and Cello – 7’ca

WP, 24.11.2017. Brescia (I). Duo Tubi & Corde: Marco Bonetti, saxophone; Guido Boselli, cello

A video with this piece is available on Youtube 

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Once When I Was (2018) - For 2 pianos - 7’30”


Things We LoveFor soprano and violin (2019) - 3’

Words by Oscar Wilde


Amadè – 5 pieces for clarinet and percussion (2019) - 8’ 


Your Mountainish Inhumanity - For Viola da gamba and Narrator (2019) - 6’30”

Words by William Shakespeare (from Sir Thomas More)

Sheet music score and Ebook at https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SimFontanelli/


IMRE Fantasia su temi di Gesualdo da Venosa, Monteverdi, Scarlatti, Rossini e Verdi - New version for brass quintet (2019) - 8’30”

A video with this piece is available on Youtube 


Two Poems - For Cello and Narrator (2019) - 7’30”

On poems by Federico Garcia Lorca and Khalil Gibran 

A video with this piece is available on Youtube 

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And All Is Mended - For 2 Clarinets in B-flat and Bass clarinet (2019) - 8’30”

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Echoes Of A Beatles Song - For string octet (2019) – 8’

WP, 26.02.2020. Manchester (UK) – Chetham’s Shool of Music String Octet


Dresden Septet (Homage a Beethoven) For Ob, Cl, Bn, Vn, Vla, Vc, Db (2020) – 26’

Commission Staatskapelle Dresden. WP, 04.10.2020. Dresden (D), Semperoper. Soloists of the Staatskapelle Dresden.


Epilogo - For Soprano, Baritono and Baroque Ensemble (2021) – 9’ ca

Words by Antonia Pozzi (1912-1938)

A video with this piece is available on Youtube 


Den Schmerz zu heilen - For Mezzo-soprano, Recorders and Percussion (2021) – 10’ ca 

Commissioned by the Internationale Paul Hofhaymer Gesellschaft Salzburg.

WP, 02.10.2021. Salzburg (A), Literaturhaus. Ensemble Mönch von Salzburg: Cordula Stepp, Voice; Anne Enßle, Recorders; Philipp Lamprecht, Percussion



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