He studied composition and conducting in Bologna, Rome, Siena, and Salzburg. He has received numerous awards, including First Prize in the competition of the Zagreb Biennale (1987), two special mentions in the A. Casella competition in Siena (1987, 1989) and First Prize in the competition of the European Biennale in Italy (1988). More recently, he received First Prize in the Gino Contilli string quartet competition in Italy (1991), the Government of Canada Award (1997) and the Japan Foundation Fellowship (1998). His works have been performed throughout Europe, as well as in Canada, Japan and the USA.

As a conductor, he served as principal conductor of a number of chamber orchestras and ensembles in Italy and Vancouver and, as a guest conductor, in Ireland (1983), France (1984), Japan (1996), and Syria (1998).

He is also active in other positions. He has worked on numerous multimedia projects, in cooperation with soloists such as Kees Boeke, Nanni Canale, François Houle, David Moss, Ron Samworth, Douglas Schmidt, and Walter Zanetti, as well as with many ensembles, and co-founded the electroacoustic studio Musica Musicisti e Tecnologie in Milan in 1992. Currently, he is the Artistic Director of Vancouver New Music.

Mr. Magnanensi taught counterpoint and harmony at conservatories in Italy and lectured at the College of Music in Tokyo in 1996 and 1998. He has lectured at the University of British Columbia since 2000.

BMG, Edipan, Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, and Ricordi publish most of his early works.

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