Franco Donatoni has been played on NTS in shows including Slime w/ Little, featured first on 23 July 2017. Songs played include Études Pour Piano (1er Livre) and Nidi.

Franco Donatoni 1927–2000

An Italian composer of singular originality and unimpeachable integrity, Franco Donatoni was also at heart an artisan for whom ‘inspiration comes when I put myself on a chair to write’. Yet, paradoxically, his journey towards maturity was periodically hindered by existential crises and stylistic false starts. Despite a career that spanned nearly fifty years, it is only his compositions of the last two decades or so that sing with his quirky, often radiant voice.

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