Giacinto Scelsi

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Lento trascolorare in Rome

Music is a powerful tool for going beyond the earthly limits of space and time.
This is a thought that comes to my mind as I think with a certain emotion about the upcoming concert, with music by Giancarlo Cardini and Giacinto Scelsi, at Isabella Scelsi Foundation in Rome on November, 22.
Journalist Paolo Carradori will introduce the concert, dedicated to Giancarlo Cardini.
On Monday, 21st November an interview made by composer Stefano Taglietti for his series “Clocks and clouds” at Radio Start will be dedicated to Lento trascolorare and the concert in Rome (here in podcast – Italian).
The day after I’ll spend some time researching at the Archives of Scelsi Foundation, and then I’ll get back on the road to reach Conservatorio “A. Vivaldi” in Alessandria, my new teaching position for this academic year.

Below some pics of the event made by Paolo Carradori, in concert and in rehearsal playing on Giacinto Scelsi’s Bechstein piano, and with Gianni Trovalusci who kindly played the gong in Rituals for the Ryoanji Garden. On the wall, a gong that Scelsi gave to composer Mario Bertoncini, now again in place; in the background some of Bertoncini’s sonic sculptures.


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Lento trascolorare – live at “Aurore”

A dreamy open-air location surrounded by majestic lime trees will host the recital “Lento trascolorare”, with music by Giancarlo Cardini, Caterina Venturelli, Tan Dun, John Cage and Giacinto Scelsi.
First planned on a very special day, the 8th of August (see G.Scelsi, 5 Jan 1905 – 8 Aug 1988), then moved to the 22nd to… follow the sun.
An ideal place to resound in quietness.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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Dlugoszewski, Cardini and Scelsi live – Bologna and Udine

Grateful and excited to play live again: a weekend on the road with music I love.
On Friday 18th Sept in Bologna, for Angelica 30th Festival. In program the intriguing music for timbre piano by Lucia Dlugoszewski (a European premiere) and a solo piano piece by Giancarlo Cardini from my new disc Lento trascolorare. Double set: it was great to share the stage with Frances Marie Uitti’s legendary cello (and music)!
On Sunday 20th Sept. in Villa di Toppo Florio (Buttrio, Ud), immersed in an enchanting botanical garden, for TreeArt Festival. A program dedicated to Giacinto Scelsi, introduced by Luciano Martinis’s lecture about the famous Palm Tree of Scelsi. In collaboration with Scelsi Foundation – Rome.
Below some pics and video of the events.

Angelica Festival, Bologna, before and during the concert

TreeArt Festival, Buttrio (UD), with Luciano Martinis and his series “La Palma di Scelsi” (Scelsi’s Palm Tree)

TreeArt Festival, Buttrio (UD), the concert (photo Lara Carrer)

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TreeArt Festival, Buttrio (UD), a video of the event


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Giacinto Scelsi in Paris

Thrilled to play Giacinto Scelsi‘s piano music in Paris, the city that first recognized and supported his music. First concert on the 21st May at the intimate and refined Galerie Hus, then at the coloured and lively Pavillon Le Corbusier – Fondation Suisse on the 24th. As often, the recorded reading voice was by the film author Sebastiano D’Ayala Valva. Below some pics.

at Galerie Hus – pic Alice Boeri

Lovely drawing by Maryam Geravandi and Tristan Cormier on the Galerie program notes, inspired by music.

Pavillon Le Corbusier – Fondation Suisse: playing immersed in colour, design and nature

 


THE FIRST MOTION OF THE IMMOVABLE

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The first motion of the immovable – Pordenone

It was a pleasure to introduce Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva’s documentary on Giacinto Scelsi “The first motion of the immovable” with some piano music by the composer last Friday, April 12th. The film, winner at Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival and Torino Film Festival, was part of the XIIth edition of Le Voci dell’inchiesta, a documentary film festival held in Pordenone (Italy). Here are some pics and a short video of the event.

With Sebastiano D’Ayala Valva and Riccardo Costantini
pics by Elisa Caldana, courtesy of Le voci dell’inchiesta

Daily LeVoci dell'Inchiesta – 12 aprile 2019

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Pubblicato da Le Voci dell'Inchiesta su Sabato 13 aprile 2019

E’ stato un piacere introdurre al pianoforte la proiezione dell’intenso documentario di Sebastiano D’Ayala Valva su Giacinto Scelsi, “The first motion of the immovable”, il 12 Aprile a Pordenone. Il film è stato proiettato per il Festival del documentario internazionale Le Voci dell’inchiesta, organizzato da Cinemazero e alla sua dodicesima edizione.


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Giacinto Scelsi in U.S.A.

Very excited to bring some piano music of Giacinto Scelsi in Texas, USA! From February 18th, recitals and lectures in Denton, Fort Worth and Austin. More details on the Events Page. Below, some pics and a live recording from Denton’s recital, in the perfectly resounding Voertman Concert Hall of UNT with the great Steinway “hybrid” piano by Cyrillus Aerts.

Pronta a volare negli Stati Uniti con la musica per pianoforte di Giacinto Scelsi! Concerti e conferenze a partire dal 18 febbraio a Denton, Fort Worth and Austin, Texas. Tutti i dettagli nella pagina degli Eventi,  Sotto, alcune foto del tour e un’estratto dal concerto nell’acustica perfetta della Voertman Concert Hall a Denton, con il meraviglioso Steinway ibrido di Cyrillus Aerts.

With the friends of Fogolar Furlan Southwest/Dallas after the recital with music and writings by Giacinto Scelsi at UNT in Denton (reading voice: S. D’Ayala Valva). Pic: Heidi Dietrich Klein

At TCU in Fort Worth: lecture-performance “The piano music of Giacinto Scelsi”.

In Austin at UT Austin, lecture-performance “The Amateur composer: Giacinto Scelsi and his piano music”. Pics by Andrew R Stoltz

 


A.Toniutti at Scelsi Foundation in Rome

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Bon anniversaire, Giacinto – Rome

Great opportunity to spend some time at Isabella Scelsi Foundation in Rome! On 8th January, Scelsi’s anniversary of birth, I performed a programme with his piano music and extracts from his poetic and biographical texts, playing one of the two instruments of the composer, a Bechstein grand piano. Then I dedicated some days to research at Scelsi Foundation Archive.

With Irmela Heimbacher, President of Scelsi Foundation (pic courtesy of Alessandra Carlotta Pellegrini)

Un’emozione suonare sul Bechstein di Giacinto Scelsi l’8 gennaio 2019, nel giorno del suo anniversario di nascita, alla Fondazione Isabella Scelsi di Roma! In programma una performance con brani pianistici del compositore più registrazioni di estratti dai suoi testi poetici e biografici. E poi, qualche giorno di ricerca in archivio.

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GAMO International Festival – Florence

Giancarlo Cardini‘s enchanted music at 39th GIF – GAMO International Festival in Florence. I had the opportunity to work together with the composer on several of his piano pieces, and to often perform them in concert. This time I played “Tre momenti di sessualità infantile”, two of his arrangements of songs by G.Paoli and C.Veloso, and the magic “Rituals on the Ryoanji Garden”, for piano with gong, dedicated to John Cage.

With Paolo Carradori, Giancarlo Cardini, Francesco Gesualdi e Ilaria Baldaccini after the concert (pic courtesy of Silvia Dossena)

La musica incantata di Giancarlo Cardini al 39° GIF – GAMO International Festival a Firenze. E’ sempre un piacere suonare in pubblico questo repertorio, sul quale ho avuto l’opportunità di lavorare assieme al compositore. Questa volta erano in programma i “Tre momenti di sessualità infantile”, due dei suoi amati arrangiamenti di canzoni di G.Paoli e C.Veloso, e il magico “Rituals on the Ryoanji Garden”, per pianoforte con interventi di gong, dedicato a John Cage.