Giulia Lorusso is an italian composer based in Paris.
She began her studies in piano and composition at the Conservatory "Giuseppe Verdi" in Milan, under the guidance of Alessandro Solbiati. Continuing her education in Paris, she attended the IRCAM Cursus and completed a Master’s degree at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP), where she studied with Frédéric Durieux. Additionally, she participated in the generative improvisation class led by Vincent Lê Quang.
Her catalogue includes both instrumental and electroacoustic compositions, interdisciplinary projects, installations, interactive and experimental music theatre, as well as collective creations.
Through her compositions, Lorusso explores the dynamic interplay between listener, sound, and space, while also engaging in a critical dialogue with the tradition.
One of her projects, Fabrica, is an exploration within a three-dimensional virtual environment that examines the concepts of freedom of choice and responsibility in listening. In this work, listeners assume the role of active participants, shaping their own musical journey within an immersive music virtual landscape.
Collaboration is a cornerstone of her creative approach. She works with researchers, philosophers (as in If it was a Forest), visual artists (Biome, Fabrica), puppeteers (Corpo Unico), and fellow composers.
In 2021, she co-created Invitation to how it’s done with Mathieu Corajod and Giovanni Montiani. This piece featured eight spatialized musicians positioned across different rooms, an itinerant audience, and electronics diffused through bone-conduction headphones.
Lorusso’s dialogue with tradition is exemplified in Sedimenti (2021), where she deconstructs a fragment from Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings Op. 48, stretching it to the extreme and transforming it beyond recognition.
This transfigured material is performed by four spatialized string quartets, multiplying and reinterpreting the traditional chamber ensemble to explore the perception of sound in space.
Her compositions have been commissioned by prestigious institutions, including IRCAM-Centre Pompidou, GMEM de Marseille, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Radio France, and ProQuartet.
Renowned ensembles such as the Brussels Philharmonic, Quatuor Tana, Quatuor Diotima, Ensemble 2e2m, United Instruments of Lucilin, and Yarn/ Wire have performed her works.
Lorusso has held artist residencies at leading institutions, such as ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medien) in Karlsruhe, IRCAM in Paris, the European University of Cyprus (EUC), Royaumont Fondation (Incubator project), and Fondazione Spinola-Banna per l’arte in Turin.
She has been a composer associated with Ensemble 2e2m for the 2023–2024 season.
Her accolades include the Prix SACEM Hervé Dugardin (2023) and the Premio Una vita nella musica giovani, awarded by Teatro La Fenice of Venice (2024).
Her interactive installation Fabrica was featured in the Réseaux Monde exhibition at Centre Pompidou in 2022.
Lorusso is also an active educator. She served as a guest professor for the inaugural edition of the Académie MIXTE, organized by Proxima Centauri Ensemble in Bordeaux, France, and has taught composition at both undergraduate and graduate levels at the Conservatories of Pesaro and Vibo Valentia in Italy.
She is an admirer of Pauline Oliveros's work and currently organizes workshops inspired by the Deep Listening practice as part of her music theory courses at the Conservatory of Pantin (Île-de-France).
Giulia Lorusso is an italian composer based in Paris.
She began her studies in piano and composition at the Conservatory "Giuseppe Verdi" in Milan, under the guidance of Alessandro Solbiati. Continuing her education in Paris, she attended the IRCAM Cursus and completed a Master’s degree at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP), where she studied with Frédéric Durieux. Additionally, she participated in the generative improvisation class led by Vincent Lê Quang.
Her catalogue includes both instrumental and electroacoustic compositions, interdisciplinary projects, installations, interactive and experimental music theatre, as well as collective creations.
Through her compositions, Lorusso explores the dynamic interplay between listener, sound, and space, while also engaging in a critical dialogue with the tradition.
One of her projects, Fabrica, is an exploration within a three-dimensional virtual environment that examines the concepts of freedom of choice and responsibility in listening. In this work, listeners assume the role of active participants, shaping their own musical journey within an immersive music virtual landscape.
Collaboration is a cornerstone of her creative approach. She works with researchers, philosophers (as in If it was a Forest), visual artists (Biome, Fabrica), puppeteers (Corpo Unico), and fellow composers.
In 2021, she co-created Invitation to how it’s done with Mathieu Corajod and Giovanni Montiani. This piece featured eight spatialized musicians positioned across different rooms, an itinerant audience, and electronics diffused through bone-conduction headphones.
Lorusso’s dialogue with tradition is exemplified in Sedimenti (2021), where she deconstructs a fragment from Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings Op. 48, stretching it to the extreme and transforming it beyond recognition.
This transfigured material is performed by four spatialized string quartets, multiplying and reinterpreting the traditional chamber ensemble to explore the perception of sound in space.
Her compositions have been commissioned by prestigious institutions, including IRCAM-Centre Pompidou, GMEM de Marseille, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Radio France, and ProQuartet.
Renowned ensembles such as the Brussels Philharmonic, Quatuor Tana, Quatuor Diotima, Ensemble 2e2m, United Instruments of Lucilin, and Yarn/ Wire have performed her works.
Lorusso has held artist residencies at leading institutions, such as ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medien) in Karlsruhe, IRCAM in Paris, the European University of Cyprus (EUC), Royaumont Fondation (Incubator project), and Fondazione Spinola-Banna per l’arte in Turin.
She has been a composer associated with Ensemble 2e2m for the 2023–2024 season.
Her accolades include the Prix SACEM Hervé Dugardin (2023) and the Premio Una vita nella musica giovani, awarded by Teatro La Fenice of Venice (2024).
Her interactive installation Fabrica was featured in the Réseaux Monde exhibition at Centre Pompidou in 2022.
Lorusso is also an active educator. She served as a guest professor for the inaugural edition of the Académie MIXTE, organized by Proxima Centauri Ensemble in Bordeaux, France, and has taught composition at both undergraduate and graduate levels at the Conservatories of Pesaro and Vibo Valentia in Italy.
She is an admirer of Pauline Oliveros's work and currently organizes workshops inspired by the Deep Listening practice as part of her music theory courses at the Conservatory of Pantin (Île-de-France).