"Aureliano Cattaneo is a composer full of obstinacy, versatility and imagination of sound. He has proved his talent with works in various genres, ranging from string quartets to the great orchestral form to opera, and is one of the most promising representatives of his generation." (Jury of Musikpreis Salzburg 2013)
"The music is full of whispered secrets and dizzying spirals, gossamer effects and sybaritic surprises. Cattaneo has an assured sense of architecture, a feel for dramatic pace, fine aesthetic sensibilities and plenty to say." (Financial Times – Shirley Apthorp)
Aureliano Cattaneo was born in Italy in 1974. He studied piano and composition with Vincenzo Balzani, Carlo Landini, Pippo Molino and Sonia Bo in Piacenza and Milan. He attended Masterclasses with Gerard Grisey and Mauricio Sotelo.
Winner of prizes of composition, in 2003 he won the "Comité de Lecture de l'IRCAM/Ensemble Intercontemporain" and in 2005 he was selected as "Stipendiat" by the Akademie der Künste of Berlin. In 2007 He was composer in residence of Ensemble 2e2m, Paris.
He has been awarded with the Förderpreis of the Musikpreis Salzburg 2013. In 2016 the Italian association of music critics awarded him with the prestigious “Premio Abbiati”.
His works are performed in some of the most important Festivals and venues: Münchener Biennale, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, Wien Modern, Festival Musica Strasbourg, Biennale di Venezia, Salzburg Biennale, MärzMusik Berlin, Musica Viva München, Warsaw Autumn, Milano Musica, Festival Presences and Festival Manifeste Paris, Wien - Konzerthaus, Berlin – Konzerthaus and Philharmonie, Zürich – Tonhalle, Paris – Philharmonie and Centre Pompidou, London – Royal Concert Hall and Wigmore Hall, Hamburg – Elbphilharmonie, Köln – Philharmonie, München - Gasteig, Madrid - Auditorio Nacional, Barcelona – Auditori, Essener Philharmonie.
His music is performed by soloists as Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Nicolas Crosse, Irvine Arditti, Sophie Schafleitner, Francesco D’Orazio, Krassimir Sterev, Otto Katzameier, Donatienne Michel-Dansac, Daniel Gloger, Sebastien Vichard and played by leading ensembles and orchestras as SWR Sinfonie Orchester, WDR Sinfonie Orchester, ORF RSO Wien, Philharmonia Orchestra London, Orchestre National de Lille, Essener Philharmoniker, NOSPR Katowice National Radio Orchestra, Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin, Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Klangforum Wien, Collegium Novum Zürich, ensemble musikFabrik, Ensemble Contrechamps, Quatuor Diotima, Cuarteto Casals, Trio Accanto, Mdi ensemble, Öenm Salzburg, Schola Heidelberg, Les Percussions de Strasbourg, conducted by Emilio Pomarico, Matthias Pintscher, Sylvain Cambreling, Marin Alsop, Jonathan Stockhammer, Alexander Bloch, Francois-Xavier Roth, Stefan Asbury, Roland Klutting, Susanna Mälkki, Bas Wiegers, Giovanni Antonini, Beat Furrer, Michael Wendeberg, Lothar Zagrosek, Lucas Vis, Johannes Kalitzke, Enno Poppe, Lars Mlekush, Walter Nussbaum, Lin Liao.
Since 2010 he is professor at ESMUC (Escuela Superior de Musica de Catalunya) - Barcelona.
His works are published by SZ Sugar - Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, Milan. He lives in Madrid.
