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h 18.30
⦿ Syntax Ensemble [IT] /// PIERROT PERSPECTIVES
concert for ensemble + electronics

• Mauro Lanza [IT] /// The Lincolnshire Poacher
  
• Bethany Younge [US] /// At Midnight I Walked into the Middle of the Desert [honorable mention]
  
• Nahuel Eduardo Litwin [AR] /// Close your eyes and see [award of distinction]ù
  
• Cacciatore|Cresta [IT] /// Pierrot Perspective
  • Violino di luna (Gianvincenzo Cresta)
  • Sfondo azzurro miele (Gianvincenzo Cresta)
  • Rosso e bianco  (Maurilio Cacciatore)
  • Cena sull’acqua (Maurilio Cacciatore)
  • Tramonto (Maurilio Cacciatore)

Pasquale Corrado| music director and conductor
Maurilio Cacciatore | electronics
Valentina Coladonato | voice
Maruta Staravoitava | flutes
Marco Ignoti | clarinets and wind controller
Francesco D’Orazio | violin and electric violin
Dario Savron | percussion
Giulia Loperfido| piano and keyboards
Fernando Caida Greco| cello

/// PIERROT PERSPECTIVES [mixed media] The 150th anniversary of Arnold Schoenberg's birth is a landmark in the history of music and live performance. This project aims to focus attention on one of the Viennese composer's most important works, Pierrot lunaire, and at the same time to breathe new life into the texts by the Symbolist poet Albert Giraud, which Schoenberg did not include in his work, by commissioning new pieces from three important composers of the Italian scene. The inventions contained in Pierrot, such as the Sprechstimme and the Sprechgesang, represent a new way of imagining singing and acting that has undoubtedly marked the history of 20th century composition. There is a legacy left by Pierrot that needs to be collected in order to determine new artistic paths from the Schoenbergian acquisitions. Pierrot Perspectives includes the performance of the original Pierrot Lunaire interspersed with new works entrusted to Maurilio Cacciatore and Gianvincenzo Cresta. The texts chosen were taken from the remaining poems by Giraud that Schönberg did not use in his work. It is therefore a question of reconstructing a precious poetic mosaic, of which Pierrot lunaire is only one piece. Then there is the use of electronics as a further development of a discourse on sonic utopia initiated by Schoenberg at the beginning of the last century. Pierrot Perspectives is more than a performance: it is a musical archaeology that, by digging into historical and cultural layers, invites us to contemplate the complex relationships between past and present, offering us an experience rich in meanings and connections.
The Syntax Ensemble was founded in Milan in 2018 as a contemporary music ensemble. It quickly established itself as a reference in the Italian music scene. The ensemble is made up of musicians of the highest calibre from Italy and all over Europe. In 2019, Syntax held its inaugural concert season at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan, where it received critical acclaim and great public support. The ensemble's concert series, now held at the Auditorium San Fedele, has won awards for its innovative concert formats. It incorporates collaborations with multimedia artists and creates dialogues between different repertoires, resulting in an engaging and stimulating experience for the audience. Syntax Ensemble has performed at the most prestigious festivals on the Italian scene. It collaborates with some of the most important composers of our time. In 2020 the ensemble was awarded the 'Italian way of life in music' prize.