Rodrigo Maturana Foscolo – Klangdramatiker
Rodrigo Maturana Foscolo is an Italian-Argentine composer and playwright based in Berlin, working in contemporary music, instrumental theatre, and opera. As a Klangdramatiker – a composer-playwright who conceives libretto and score as a single creative organism – he integrates sound, dramaturgy, and stage space, allowing music and theatrical action to unfold simultaneously in a unified operatic experience.
His dramaturgical thinking is influenced by writers such as Jorge Luis Borges, Vladimir Nabokov, Truman Capote, and Thomas Pynchon, shaping works that combine irony, structural complexity, and precise narrative construction.
His musical training began in Latin America, where he participated in new music festivals and developed an early interest in instrumental theatre. He later studied composition in Karlsruhe with Wolfgang Rihm and attended seminars with Helmut Lachenmann, deepening his engagement with musical form, materiality, and theatrical expression. Encounters with the maximalist aesthetic of Flo Menezes also played a formative role in his development.
He is the artistic director of Ensemble Ugo, dedicated to contemporary and experimental projects. His first opera, Il Sottile Delirium (2022), exemplifies his integrated approach to music and dramaturgy. His second opera, An Intentionally Failed Tribute, is scheduled to premiere in 2026 and continues his exploration of opera as an integrated space of text, stage action, and sound.