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Up one levelTeneke at La Scala
Fabio Vacchi’s new long-awaited work shall be presented at the Scala theater, under the direction of Ermanno Olmi, scenes by Arnaldo Pomodoro and directo r Roberto Abbado.
Adriano in Siria in Jesi
The Pergolesi Festival in Jesi opens up with Adriano in Siria, a drama piece for music based on Pietro Metastasio’s text, written by Giovan Battista Pergolesi for the San Carlo Theater in Naples in 1734.
Prova d'Orchestra in Bern
Prova d’orchestra, one of Giorgio Battistelli’s most successful works, will be presented at the Stadttheater in Bern
Sciarrino in Bologna
A large show of music by Salvatore Sciarrino at the Bologna Festival from September 19 through 28 for the program Il nuovo – L’antico.
Grisey in Warsaw
First Polish performance for L’icône paradoxale by Gérard Grisey during the Autumn in Warsaw season in Poland.
Francesconi in Parma
A major event at the Traiettorie 2007 festival will be the Italian premiere of Luca Francesconi’s Kubrick’s Bone, a concerto for cimbalom and ensemble, on September 25 at the Teatro Farnese in Parma.
Nieder in Amsterdam
First performance in Amsterdam (Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ) for Fabio Nieder this 28 September for the Output Festival.
Sciarrino in Oslo and Tallin
Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival will have three country premieres of Sciarrino’s works. Three local premires in Estonia too at the the NYDD ’07, X International New Music Festival of Tallin.
Francesconi in Dresden
The German creation of Strade parallele by Luca Francesconi will be in Dresden on October 3rd.
Guo Wenjing in Copenhagen
Öresund Biennale Sound Around, will present four works by Guo Wenjing in Copenhagen from 4 to 14 October.
Battistelli in Aldeburgh
A creation by Giorgio Battistelli will be performed on October 6th at the Aldeburgh Festival: Snape skyscapes for orchestra.
Casale, Colasanti and Lanza in Venice
A number of Ricordi young composers have been commissioned by the Venice Biennale and Compagnia per la Musica in Rome. These new works will receive their world premières on October 6th and 7th in Venice: Emanuele Casale, Silvia Colasanti and Mauro Lanza.
Ambrosini, Guo and Lim in Venice
On October 13th at the Venice Biennale the RAI National Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Pierre-André Valade will perform three works by Ricordi’s composers: Liza Lim, Claudio Ambrosini and Guo Wenjing.
Giacomo Manzoni awarded with the “Leone d’Oro”
This year the Venice Music Biennale has awarded the “Leone d’Oro” for lifetime achievement to Giacomo Manzoni. The prestigious award will be presented on 13th October in the Teatro alle Tese.
Nono: Fragments of Venice
Major festival in London is dedicated to the composer and concludes with two performances of Prometeo. The Southbank Centre together with the Royal Academy of Music is organising a festival in London from October 16th to November 1st that is dedicated to Luigi Nono and his city, Venice.
Ambrosini awarded with The Golden Lion for the Music of the Present
The 51st International Festival of Contemporary Music, Oltre la linea, directed by Giorgio Battistelli, came to an end on Saturday 13 October. The Golden Lion for the Music of the Present has been awarded to Claudio Ambrosini for his work Plurimo (per Emilio Vedova).
Betta in Munich
First performance in Munich, Italian Cultural Institute, for Marco Betta.
Ferrero in Bolzano
Fist performance of Fantasy suite, for flute, cello and piano by Lorenzo Ferrero, will be in Bolzano next October 29 in the frame of 33rd Festival of Contemporary Music.
Corghi in Bari
The world premiere of Azio Corghi’s Histoire d’un petit train de plaisir (text by Quirino Principe) for voice, two pianos and two percussionists will take place in Bari on 25th October at Palazzo Ateneo, Aula Magna.
Nova in Reggio Emilia
On 1st November in Reggio Emilia, Teatro Ariosto, Riccardo Nova will present his new version of Thirteen Faces Formula for trumpet, percussion and electronics.
Francesconi in Nice
French premiere for Luca Francesconi with Etymo II for soprano, electronics and large orchestra at the Manca Festival in Nice on 3rd November.
Battistelli in Reggio Emilia
To celebrate its 150th anniversary Teatro Valli in Reggio Emilia has commissioned Giorgio Battistelli to write a new opera: Miracolo a Milano, based freely on Totò il buono by Cesare Zavattini.
Colla in Trieste
First complete performance for Cinque frammenti lirici by Alberto Colla next November 8 in Trieste, San Silvestro Church.
Zebeljan in Ostrava
Czech premiere for Isidora Zebeljan with three works in Ostrava, Concert Hall of the City of Ostrava Cultural Centre on November 15.
Boccadoro in Amelia
This year among its various activities the Associazione In Canto in Narni has commissioned the Milan composer Carlo Boccadoro to write an opera. The subject comes from one of the great literary classics for teenagers: the new opera in one act, Robinson. The world premiere will take place in Amelia at the Teatro Sociale on 18th November.
Ferrero in Palermo
The Teatro Massimo in Palermo has commissioned Lorenzo Ferrero to write a two-act ballet, Franca Florio, regina di Palermo. The premiere will take place on 21st November with additional performances on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th and 27th.
Colla in Prato
First performance for Ottetto – L’orizzonte degli eventi, for ensemble by Alberto Colla on November 23rd in Prato.
Di Bari in Brussels
Three Belgian premieres for Marco Di Bari in Brussels on 26th November. The concert, completely devoted to the composer, has been organized by the Italian Cultural Institute with Europalia Festival.
Ferrero in Modena
Another important theatrical novelty by Ferrero will be performed at Teatro Comunale in Modena on 9th December: the one-act chamber opera Le piccole storie, based on a libretto by Giuseppe Di Leva.
Luigi Nono: la creatività condivisa
The Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, the oldest scientific academy in the world, is organizing in Rome at Palazzo Corsini for the 12th and 13th of December an event called Luigi Nono: shared creativity.
Francesconi in Rome
Trumpet concerto at the Santa Cecilia with Pappano and Hardenberger as part of the Pollini Project. Hard Pace by Luca Francesconi, written specially for Håkan Hardenberger, will be performed by the Swedish trumpet virtuoso on 5th January, 2008 at the Parco della Musica in Rome. The concert, to be conducted by Pappano, forms part of the Pollini Project (additional performances on 7th and 8th).
Bussotti in Tokyo
Milan’s MDI Ensemble conducted by Yoichi Sugiyama, prepared together with Sylvano Bussotti a series of 4 concerts in Tokyo on 10th, 12th, 13th and 16th January.
Nova in Berlin
Riccardo Nova’s Seventeen Mantras of Victory will be premiered on 20th January in Berlin.
Sciarrino in Berlin
Salvatore Sciarrino’s Cantare con silenzio and Un fruscio lungo trent’anni are the works included in the monographic concert which is scheduled on 19th January in Berlin at Ultraschall Festival für Neue Musik.
Panni in Turin
On 25th January the RAI National Symphony Orchestra will perform, in the frame of RAI NuovaMusica 2008 concerts, the premiere of “Calatafimi!” by Marcello Panni.
Battistelli in Düsseldorf
The world premiere of an opera by Battistelli, The Fashion, with a libretto in English by Bob Goody, will be performed on 26th January, 2008 at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Additional performances on 29th January and 1st, 9th, 12th, 14th, 17th and 23rd February, 2008).
Francesconi in London
British premiere of Kubrick’s Bone and Encore/Da capo by Luca Francesconi in London on 31st January 2008.
Alfano in Milan
Franco Alfano’s Cyrano de Bergerac opens at the Scala on 29th January, 2008 (additional performances on 1st, 5th, 9th, 12th and 15th of February).
D'Amico in Turin
On 1st February , in the frame of the closing concert of Rai Nuova Musica Festival 2008, the RAI National Symphony Orchestra will present in Turin the world premiere of Ira by Matteo D’Amico.
Battistelli in Malaga
On 1st February Spanish premiere in Malaga of Après Josquin by Giorgio Battistelli .
López López in Cologne
On 9th February German premiere of La pluma de hu by José Manuel López López in Cologne.
Nova in Stuttgart
German premiere for Ma’s sequence 7 by Riccardo Nova next February 15 in Stuttgart.
Francesconi in Stockholm
Fresco is the new work by Luca Francesconi for five orchestras in space scheduled on 16th February in Stockholm.
Panni in Stockholm
Fogli d’album is the new work for piano by Marcello Panni. The premiere is scheduled on 18th February in Stockholm.
Castiglioni in Innsbruck
On 26th February, the Innsbruck Conservatoire Orchestra will be performing the Austrian premiere of Niccolò Castiglioni’s Märchen, Traum und Legende.
Romitelli in Porto
On 1st March, the Remix Ensemble will be performing the Portuguese premiere of Fausto Romitelli’s Professor Bad Trip: lesson III, for ensemble.
Battistelli in Lugano
On 7th March, the Swiss-Italian Orchestra will perform the Country premiere of Après Josquin by Giorgio Battistelli .
Lanza in Villeurbanne (Lyon)
On 14th March in Villeurbanne (Lyon), the Biennale Musique en Scène 2008 will host the premiere of Descrizione del Diluvio, a multimedia performance for video projections, voice, percussion and electronics, the result of an artistic collaboration between the composer, Mauro Lanza and video artist, Paolo Pachini.
Sciarrino in Wien
On 13th March, Klangforum Wien will be performing the Austrian premiere of Salvatore Sciarrino’s Il silenzio degli oracoli.
Betta in Palermo
Pavane, the new work for orchestra by Marco Betta will have its premiere on 14th March in Palermo in the frame of the ballet I have a dream.
Sinopoli in Amsterdam
On 19th March in Amsterdam, Netherlands premiere of Giuseppe Sinopoli’s Drei Stücke aus ‘Souvenir à la mémoire’.
Puccini’s Trittico in Milan
The new production of the Trittico (Tabarro, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi) by Puccini, staged last 6th March at Teatro alla Scala in Milan, is one of the most important event in the frame of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Puccini.
Donatoni in Amsterdam
On 19th March in Amsterdam Netherlands premiere of Franco Donatoni’s Abyss.
Francesconi in Singapore
On 20th March in Singapore, Asian premiere of Animus, by Luca Francesconi.
Sciarrino in Rousse
On 26th March in Rousse (Bulgaria), country premiere of two Salvatore Sciarrino’s works: Codex purpureus and D’un faune.
Donatoni in Rousse
On March 26th in Rousse (Bulgaria) country premiere of the work Ronda by Franco Donatoni.
Gervasoni in Lugano
On 30th March, the Swiss premiere of Concertino per voce e fischietti by Stefano Gervasoni in Lugano.
Pennisi in Lugano
On March 30th, the Swiss premiere of Francesco Pennisi’s I mandolini e le chitarre in Lugano.
Donatoni in Amsterdam
On 2nd April in Amsterdam, the Nieuw Ensemble, will give the Netherlands premiere of three Franco Donatoni’s compositions.
Gervasoni in Gera
On 2nd April, German premiere of Stefano Gervasoni’s Sonata sopra Sancta Maria. ‘Ricreazione’ after Claudio Monteverdi, for orchestra (new version 2007).
Bellini in Baden Baden
First German performance (concert version) of La Sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835), critical edition by Alessandro Roccatagliati and Luca Zoppelli, next April 4th and 6th in Baden Baden (Baden Baden Festspielhaus).
Romitelli in Brussels
On April 8th the Belgian premiere of Fausto Romitelli’s Dead City Radio. Audiodrome in Brussels.
Bussotti in Berlin
The German premiere of Sylvano Bussotti’s Pieces de chair II is taking place (in music theatre version) on 11th April in Berlin.
Lanza in Brussels
On 18th April in Brussels (two additional performances on 19th April), in the frame of Ars Musica Festival (Halles de Schaerbeek), Belgian premiere of Descrizione del Diluvio, a multimedia performance for video projections, voice, percussion and electronics, the result of an artistic collaboration between the composer, Mauro Lanza and video artist, Paolo Pachini.
Corghi in Parma
Italian premiere in Parma for Azio Corghi’s Affekte next 19th April.
Battistelli in Florence
The world premiere of Giorgio Battistelli’s Sinfonia da Experimentum mundi will take place on 25th April at the Teatro Verdi in Florence.
Francesconi in Rome
On 26th April (additional performances on 28th and 29th April) at the Parco della Musica in Rome world premiere for Hard Pace by Luca Francesconi.
Stroppa in Munich
On 27th April the world premiere of the definitive version of Marco Stroppa’s From Needle’s Eye at the Münchener Biennale (Philharmonie am Gasteig, Carl-Orff-Saal).
Puccini in Leipzig
Riccardo Chailly conducts the original version of Puccini’s opera Manon Lescaut in Casa Ricordi’s new critical edition edited by Roger Parker. The opera will be performed at the Teatro dell’Opera in Leipzig from 9th May (additional performances on 11th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 24th and 28th May). As stage director, alongside the conductor Riccardo Chailly, will be Giancarlo Del Monaco, while the part of Manon will be sung alternately by Sondra Radvanowski and Francesca Patané. Teddy Rhodes will sing Lescaut and Alexandrs Antonenko will be Des Grieux.
Marco Betta
On 9th May the network Mediaset will transmit the television film Aldo Moro, the President based on the life of the statesman killed in 1978 by the Red Brigades. The music soundtrack for the film is by Marco Betta, who returns for a second time to the television world after the success of Maria Montessori in 2007.
Nono in London
On 9th and 10th May there will be in London, at the Royal Festival Hall, the UK premiere of Luigi Nono’s Prometeo.Tragedia dell’ascolto.
Casale in Andrézieux-Bouthéon (France)
On 13th May at the Festival Mai aux éclats in Andrézieux-Bouthéon (France) the world premiere of Emanuele Casale’s 11, for ensemble and electronic, will be performed by the Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain under the direction of Daniel Kawka.
Guo Wenjing in Rome
On 23rd May Guo’s opera for four singers, choir and orchestra, Poet Li Bai, opens the CinaviCina Festival of the Fondazione Musica per Roma conducted in collaboration with ‘Contemporanea’, the Contemporary Music Programme.
Colla in Terzo d’Acqui
On 23rd May in Terzo d’Acqui (Alessandria) a very special world premiere will take place of the piano piece entitled Notturno II by Alberto Colla.
Francesconi in Koln
The world premiere of two Luca Francesconi’s pieces will be performed on 25th May in Koln (Funkhaus am Wallrafplatz, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal): Animus III and Unexpected End of Formula.
Ferrero in Kiel
German premiere on 30th May in Kiel for Lorenzo Ferrero’s melodious “playdrama” in two acts La figlia del mago.
Battistelli in Rovereto
Giorgio Battistelli received a commission by the Fondazione Opera Campana dei Caduti di Rovereto (Trento) of a work for baritone and orchestra, Angeli. The world premiere will take place on 6th June in Rovereto.
Sciarrino in Wellington
The New Zealand premiere of Salvatore Sciarrino’s quintet Lo spazio inverso will be performed on 13th June in Wellington.
Lanza in Rome
On 16th June in Rome (Teatro Studio, 8.30 p.m.), in the frame of the festival “Suona francese” and Dissonanze, The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, in collaboration with the French Embassy in Italy, will give the Italian premiere of Descrizione del Diluvio, a multimedia performance for video projections, voices, percussions and electronics, the result of an artistic collaboration between the composer, Mauro Lanza and the video artist, Paolo Pachini.
Colla in Santo Stefano Belbo and Potsdam
On 20th June two world premieres of Alberto Colla’s works will be presented in Italy and Germany. The first composition, Voce d’ombra, will be performed n Santo Stefano Belbo (Cuneo). The second one, Il ponte dei sospiri, will be performed Potsdam.
Puccini in Turin
The rediscovered opera by Puccini on stage for the first time. The extraordinary appointment with the last opera of the 2007-08 Opera Season of the Teatro Regio, Turin. Wednesday 25 June the contemporary public will be able to hear, for the first time, the original version in four acts of Edgar by Giacomo Puccini.
Nono in Amsterdam
In Amsterdam (Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ), on 21st June, as part of the Holland Festival,), will be performed the Dutch premiere of Luigi Nono’s 1°) Caminantes…Ayacucho.
Francesconi in Aix en Provence
On July 1st in the frame of the Aix-en-Provence Festival 2008, will take place the French premiere of Luca Francesconi’s Islands.
Fabio Nieder in Metz
On July 5th in Metz, Acanthes, will take place the French premiere of Fabio Nieder’s Sogno 10 lùnedi gennaio 1892, in una casa molte gente musiche son entrato a casa.
Stroppa in Munich
On July 9th in Munich will take place the German premiere of Marco Stroppa’s …of Silence.
Nieder in Metz
The French premiere of Fabio Nieder’s Kresna for piano will take place in Metz, on July 15.
Campogrande in Valmaggiore
The first performance of Nicola Campogrande’s Woody Woody, for string sextet, will take place on July 15 in Valmaggiore.
Francesconi in Belgrade
The first Serbian performance of Luca Francesconi’s Plot II, for saxophone and 15 instruments, will take place in Belgrade.
Colla in Estoril
The first Portuguese performance of Alberto Colla’s Starlights will take place on July 18th in Estoril.
Ferrero in Bologna
Lorenzo Ferrero’s composition 2 Agosto. Prima variazione for organ and orchestra will have its world premiere in Bologna on 2nd August .
Sciarrino in Salzburg
Kontinent Sciarrino at the Salzburg Festival. An extensive retrospective dedicated to the Italian composer at the centre of the summer music festival. Kontinent Sciarrino will unfold in Salzburg from 3rd to 16th August and will consist of nine events.
Corghi in Paganica
The first performance of Azio Corghi’s Tang’jok-her for viola, will take place in Paganica on 11th August.
Grisey in Tokyo
Two important performances of Gérard Grisey’s music are scheduled in Tokyo, Suntory Hall, in August to commemorate the 10th anniversary of his death.
Castiglioni in Tokyo
Niccolò Castiglioni’s composition Inverno in-ver for small orchestra will have its Japanise premiere on 29th August in Tokyo.
Gervasoni in Tokyo
Stefano Gervasoni’s Antiterra for ensemble will have its first Japanese performance on 24th August in Tokyo, Suntory Hall. On 29th August, always at Suntory Hall, is foreseen the world premiere of Reconnaissance for large orchestra.
Rossini Opera Festival
The 19th edition of the Rossini Opera Festival will be held in Pesaro from 9th August throughout 23rd August 2008.
Francesconi in Milan
On 16th and 17th September, 2008 there will be the first Italian production of Gesualdo Considered as a Murderer by Luca Francesconi. at Teatro Franco Parenti in Milan as part of the MITO SettembreMusica music festival.
