Alberto Barberis [IT] + Rajan Craveri [IT] + Bera Romairone [AR] ///  ORATORIO VIRTUALE

Oratorio Virtuale is an electroacoustic rework of the baroque oratorio San Giovanni Battista composed in 1675 by Alessandro Stradella. An AV experience of strong emotional impact, that explodes as an act of rebellion of ancestral and proto-human forces. Ineluctable natural forces, always capable of renewal, overcoming even the hyper-technology domination of our times. In Oratorio Virtuale, fragments of the original baroque music undergo processes of electronic transfiguration, while the classical compositional elements are reshaped in an acoustic and electronic hybrid form. Together, the data of the original music generate an evolving real-time visual 3D particle system. Thus, the physics of the ancient sounds inhabits a new virtual space, which supports and sustains the metamorphosis of the early music. Technology, placed at the service of the audio-video relationship, is the main tool for exploring the nucleus of the ancestral pagan forces, related to the rituals of the solstice of the sun, that the story of San Giovanni Battista refers to. The result is a vibrant work, ancient and modern, rich in iridescent electroacoustic textures, that alternates moments of instrumental rarefaction with dramatic noise/IDM bursts, weaving a network of unexpected relationships with the meanings of the ancient story.

Alberto Barberis is active as composer, electroacoustic performer, code artist and sound engineer, mainly in the fields of contemporary and electronic music, digital and coding art, and AV installations. Along with an international artistic activity (Biennale di Venezia [IT], MCME [RUS], ElectroPark [IT], Lugano In Scena [CH], Afekt [ET], Festival Aperto [IT], Paco Urondo [ARG], FIT Festival [CH], ZED Festival [IT], TARA Festival [ARG], DASTE [IT], Spazio Musica [IT], CCMC [COL], etc.) he is lecturer in Electronic Music at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana [CH] and in Systems for assisted music composition at the IRMus - Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado [IT]. He is graduated in Classical Guitar (Conservatories of Turin and Brescia [IT]), Music Composition (Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana [IT]) and Cinema and Media Engineering (Polytechnic of Turin [IT]), mixing this knowledge into a personal aesthetics, in which he combines acoustic and electronic instruments, classical music and electronics, digital art, coding and robotics, always in search of a deep and moving communicability. Winner of the Werkjahr 2017 of the Christoph Delz Foundation [CH], he is constantly supported by Pro Helvetia [CH], and the Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS [CH]. From 2022 he is part of the basemental agency galaxy.

Bera Romairone is an Argentinean-Italian eclectic saxophonist based in Switzerland and active in the fields of contemporary creation and cultural management. She graduated in Musical Arts at the National University of Arts in Buenos Aires. She studied with Arno Bornkamp (Amsterdam [NL]), Marie-Bernadette Charrier (Bordeaux [FR]), and Pierre-Stéphane Meugé (Lausanne [CH]), and she received her Master’s degree in Performance and Musical Pedagogy from the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne. She holds a Páleo Hes-So Prize [CH] and has received the support of Mozarteum [ARG], National Fond of Arts [ARG], Foundation Max Jost [CH], Ibermúsicas [LA] and ProHelvetia [CH], among others. She is professor at the Conservatoire de Morge [CH]. She regularly participates in contemporary and classical music festivals such as Delian Academy for New Music [GR], Grachten Festival [NL], Darmstädter Ferienkurse [GE], Modern center of Teatro Argentino TaCEC [ARG], Próxima Centauri [FR], among others. Bera also holds a degree in cultural management from the University of Santiago de Compostela [ESP]. She collaborates with composers, visual and sound artists, dancers, and performers in various interdisciplinary projects. Currently, she works with the theater company 2b [CH]. She also plays latin music in different groups. Bera Romairone is a SELMER Artist.
Si è laureata in Arti Musicali presso la National University of Arts di Buenos Aires. Ha studiato con Arno Bornkamp (Amsterdam [NL]), Marie-Bernadette Charrier (Bordeaux [FR]) e Pierre-Stéphane Meugé (Lausanne [CH]), e ha conseguito la Magistrale in Performance e Pedagogia Musicale presso la Haute École de Musique di Losanna.
Ha vinto il Premio Páleo Hes-So [CH] e ha ricevuto il sostegno di Mozarteum [ARG], National Fond of Arts [ARG], Foundation Max Jost [CH], Ibermúsicas [LA], ProHelvetia [CH] e altri. È professoressa al Conservatorio di Morge [CH]. Partecipa regolarmente a festival di musica contemporanea e classica come Delian Academy for New Music [GR], Grachten Festival [NL], Darmstädter Ferienkurse [GE], Modern center of Teatro Argentino TaCEC [ARG], Próxima Centauri [FR], tra gli altri. Bera ha anche una laurea in gestione culturale presso l’Università di Santiago de Compostela [ESP]. Collabora con compositori, artisti visivi e sonori, ballerini e artisti in vari progetti interdisciplinari. Suona anche musica latina in diversi gruppi. Bera Romairone è un’artista supportata da SELME.

Rajan Craveri is specialized in the creation of interactive systems for art, and in real-time image generation and processing. He graduated from the Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi in Milan and he furthered his studies in New York, Porto and Bergen. He constantly collaborates with choreographers, composers, musicians, dancers, directors, poets, for the production of performances and multimedia installations. He loves collaboration, performance art and nature, especially the world of bees.