Lorenzo Pagliei studied piano, composition, electronic music, and orchestra conducting in Italy where he studied with Azio Corghi, Ivan Vandor, Giorgio Nottoli, and Salvatore Sciarrino. Pagliei received his diploma in composition from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome the year that Luciano Berio presided the jury; Pagliei continued to discuss his work with Berio after this. Lorenzo Pagliei went on to continue his training at the Académie Chigiana in Sienna and attended master classes taught by Gérard Grisey, Helmut Lachenmann, Henri Pousseur, and Philippe Leroux.
Lorenzo Pagliei © Tiziana Cera RoscoMoreover, Lorenzo Pagliei worked with the engineering school at the University Tor Vergata in Rome from 1996 to 1998 on the development and musical use of a system for electronic synthesis in real-tiem (the SAIPH). Pagliei continued to work as a computer music designer and produced several performances of Stockhausen’s Mantra in collaboration with the duo Redaelli – Bellocchio. He is the artistic director of the XXI Musicale, a collection of recordings dedicated to contemporary and electronic music in collaboration with the Italian radio RAI. Lorenzo Pagliei teaches electronic music at the Vicenza Conservatory in Italy.