OCTOBER 3

9.15 pm
TRANCE-TROMER: Words and Sounds around Tomas Transtromer
Music by Silvia Borzelli (premiere), Laurent Durupt (premiere), Benjamin Britten, Salvatore Sciarrino, Thomas Adès, Edvard Grieg
Francesco Dillon (violoncello), Emanuele Torquati (piano)

11 pm
NIGHT CONCERT
Sergei Tcherepnin (electronics)

OCTOBER 4

7 pm
POPULAR CONTEXTS – FOCUS UK
music by Matthew Shlomowitz und Joanna Bailie (premiere)
Mark Knoop (piano), Francesco Dillon (violoncello)

8 pm
Buffet

9.30 pm
DOMENICHE ALLA PERIFERIA DELL’IMPERO
Music by Salvatore Sciarrino, Fausto Romitelli, Matthew Shlomowitz, Newton Armstrong
Alter Ego (Aldo Campagnari, violine – Paolo Ravaglia, clarinet – Manuel Zurria, flute – Francesco Dillon, violincello – Oscar Pizzo, piano)
Mark Knoop (piano)

11 pm
NIGHT CONCERT
ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENTS
Music by Alvin Lucier, Joanna Bailie, Matthew Shlomowitz
Alter Ego

OCTOBER 5

12 pm
Brunch

1.30 pm
SIMILAR MOTION
Music by Philip Glass, Matthew Shlomowitz, Emanuele Casale
Alter Ego

After the successful first part of the festival music@villaromana held in June this year, the second edition PLAYGROUND begins on October 3 with the premiere of the project “TRANCE-TROMER: Words and Sounds around Tomas Transtromer”.

Inspired by the verses of the Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer, the duo Francesco Dillon and Emanuele Torquati is seeking possible intersections between music that is only apparently faraway and common denominators that enable the development of unusual directions involving sounds, voices, electronic formulations. They interpret specially for music@villaromana commissioned pieces by two composers Silvia Borzelli and Laurence Durupt.

The evening will conclude at 11 pm with the NIGHT CONCERT by artist and Villa Romana Fellow 2014 Sergei Tcherepnin. He will present a new sound-piece.

On Saturday and Sunday (October 4/5) the group Alter Ego presents both ‘classic’ American avant-garde music – early works of Philip Glass and Alvin Lucier, two composers with whom the ensemble has worked on various occasions – as well as pieces of Fausto Romitelli and the Sicilian composer Emanuele Casale.

Another important part of AlterEgo’s performance will be their encounter with two composers of the London scene: Joanna Bailie and the Australian Matthew Shlomowitz. Founders and artistic directors of the collective PLUS-MINUS along with pianist Mark Knoop, who will also be in Florence, the two musicians are forging an entirely original path between musical and theatrical performance, bridging sound and noise or ambient noise, high and low culture and British humour.

Radio Papesse will stream the festival music@villaromana LIVE

3 OTTOBRE

21:15
TRANCE-TROMER: Words and Sounds around Tomas Transtromer
musiche di Silvia Borzelli (prima assoluta), Laurent Durupt (prima assoluta), Benjamin Britten, Salvatore Sciarrino, Thomas Adès, Edvard Grieg
Francesco Dillon (violoncello), Emanuele Torquati (pianoforte)

23:00
NIGHT CONCERT
Sergei Tcherepnin (electronics)

4 OTTOBRE

19:00
POPULAR CONTEXTS – FOCUS UK
musiche di Matthew Shlomowitz und Joanna Bailie (prima assoluta)
Mark Knoop (pianoforte), Francesco Dillon (violoncello)

20:00
Buffet

21:30
DOMENICHE ALLA PERIFERIA DELL’IMPERO
musiche di Salvatore Sciarrino, Fausto Romitelli, Matthew Shlomowitz, Newton Armstrong
Alter Ego (Aldo Campagnari, violino – Paolo Ravaglia, clarinetto – Manuel Zurria, flauto – Francesco Dillon, violoncello – Oscar Pizzo, pianoforte)
Mark Knoop (pianoforte)

23:00
NIGHT CONCERT
ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENTS
musiche di Alvin Lucier, Joanna Bailie, Matthew Shlomowitz
Alter Ego

5 OTTOBRE

12:00
Brunch

13:30
SIMILAR MOTION
musiche di Philip Glass, Matthew Shlomowitz, Emanuele Casale
Alter Ego

Dopo il primo appuntamento della Quinta Edizione di music@villavomana, tenutosi con successo nel mese di giugno, la seconda parte – PLAYGROUND – inizia il 3 ottobre con la prima assoluta del progetto “TRANCE-TROMER: Words and Sounds around Tomas Transtromer”.

Ispirato ai versi del poeta svedese Tomas Transtromer, premio Nobel per la Letteratura 2011, il progetto del Duo Dillon-Torquati cerca degli incroci possibili fra musiche solo apparentemente lontane, suoni, voci, elaborazioni elettroniche ed esecuzione acustica. Oltre ad alcuni classici contemporanei come Sciarrino e Adès, Il Duo interpreterà pezzi commissionati ai giovani compositori Silvia Borzelli e Laurent Durupt appositamente per music@villaromana.

Per concludere la serata, il NIGHT CONCERT delle 23:00 vedrà come protagonista uno degli artisti vincitori del Premio Villa Romana 2014, Sergei Tcherepnin, che presenterà una nuova opera elettronica.

La programmazione continuerà sabato 4 e domenica 5 ottobre con la presenza dello storico gruppo Alter Ego, che presenterà da un lato musica “classica” americana d’avanguardia – con un focus su Alvin Lucier e sulle prime opere di Philip Glass, due autori con i quali l’ensemble ha lavorato in molte occasioni – e dallʼaltro musiche di Fausto Romitelli e del compositore siciliano Emanuele Casale.

L’ensemble si dedicherà inoltre a due compositori della scena londinese: l’australiano Matthew Shlomowitz e Joanna Bailie, fondatori e direttori artistici del collettivo PLUS-MINUS con il pianista Mark Knoop, che eseguirà le loro due opere per pianoforte ed elettronica. Shlomowitz e Bailie uniscono nelle loro creazioni musica e performance teatrali, suoni, rumori ambientali, cultura alta, cultura popolare e umorismo “british”.

Il festival music@villaromana verrà trasmesso in diretta streaming da Radio Papesse.

3. OKTOBER

21:15 Uhr
TRANCE-TROMER: Words and Sounds around Tomas Transtromer
Musik von Silvia Borzelli (Uraufführung), Laurent Durupt (Uraufführung), Benjamin Britten, Salvatore Sciarrino, Thomas Adès, Edvard Grieg
Francesco Dillon (Violoncello), Emanuele Torquati (Klavier)

23:00 Uhr
NIGHT CONCERT
Sergei Tcherepnin (electronics)

4. OKTOBER

19:00 Uhr
POPULAR CONTEXTS – FOCUS UK
Musik von Matthew Shlomowitz und Joanna Bailie (Uraufführung)
Mark Knoop (Klavier), Francesco Dillon (Violoncello)

20:00 Uhr
Buffet

21:30 Uhr
DOMENICHE ALLA PERIFERIA DELL’IMPERO
Musik von Salvatore Sciarrino, Fausto Romitelli, Matthew Shlomowitz, Newton Armstrong
Alter Ego (Aldo Campagnari, Violine – Paolo Ravaglia, Klarinette – Manuel Zurria, Flöte – Francesco Dillon, Violoncello – Oscar Pizzo, Klavier)
Mark Knoop (Klavier)

23:00 Uhr
NIGHT CONCERT
ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENTS
Musik von Alvin Lucier, Joanna Bailie, Matthew Shlomowitz
Alter Ego

5. OKTOBER

12:00 Uhr
Brunch

13:30 Uhr
SIMILAR MOTION
Musik von Philip Glass, Matthew Shlomowitz, Emanuele Casale
Alter Ego

Nach dem erfolgreichen ersten Teil des Festivals music@villaromana im Juni diesen Jahres beginnt die zweite Ausgabe PLAYGROUND am 3. Oktober mit der Premiere des Projekts “TRANCE-TROMER: Words and Sounds around Tomas Transtromer”.

Inspiriert von den Versen des schwedischen Dichters Tomas Transtromer sucht das Duo Francesco Dillon und Emanuele Torquati nach Schnittpunkten von einander scheinbar fremden Klängen, Stimmen und Musikrichtungen. Sie interpretieren Stücke, die speziell für music@villaromana bei den Komponisten Silvia Borzelli und Laurent Durupt in Auftrag gegeben wurden.

Den Abschluss des Abends bildet das NIGHT CONCERT um 23 Uhr mit dem Künstler und diesjährigen Villa Romana-Preisträger Sergei Tcherepnin. Er wird eine neue Sound-Arbeit präsentieren.

Am Samstag und Sonntag (4./5. Oktober) wird die Gruppe Alter Ego sowohl „klassische“ amerikanische Avantgarde-Musik – wie frühe Arbeiten der Komponisten Philipp Glass und Alvin Lucier, mit denen das Ensemble mehrfach zusammengearbeitet hat – präsentieren wie auch Stücke von Fausto Romitelli und den beiden sizilianischen Komponisten Salvatore Sciarrino und Emanuele Casale.

Außerdem widmen sie sich zwei Komponisten der Londoner Szene, dem Australier Matthew Shlomowitz und Joanna Bailie, die mit dem Pianisten Mark Knoop Gründer und künstlerische Leiter des Kollektivs PLUS-MINUS sind. Mark Knoop wird bei den Konzerten anwesend sein. Shlomowitz und Bailie vereinen in ihren Darbietungen Musik- und Theaterperformance, Klänge, Laute und Umweltgeräusche, Hoch- und Alltagskultur und britischen Humor.

Radio Papesse streamt alle Konzerte des Festivals music@villaromana LIVE.

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