Electronic Music Foundation is bringing to New York some of the close partners, collaborators, and performers of Italian composer Luigo Nono for a three-day celebration of his music and ideas.
About the artist: "Nono is known for his stunningly beautiful sounds and innovative use of space, but also for his political message of justice and humanity. Through the 1950s and 60s, he equated musical revolution with social revolution, and his signature pieces are often characterized by political activism. In the 1970s, his thoughts were more on relating the performed sounds of acoustic instruments with electronic transformations, time displacements and synthesized sounds."
The first concert, presented in collaboration with NYU Interactive Arts at NYU Frederick Loewe Theater (February 27), will feature some of Nono’s signature works, such as La Fabbrica Illuminata (The Illuminated Factory, 1964) and Ricorda cosa ti hanno fatto in Auschwitz (Remember what they did to you in Auschwitz, 1965). The second concert, to take place at Judson Church (February 28), will highlight a rarely performed composition for violinista caminante (walking violinist) and display Nono’s creative use of electronics and space in performance: La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura — Madrigal per più "caminantes" con Gidon Kremer (The distance nostalgic utopian future — Madrigal for other "walkers" with Gidon Kremer).
Performers include vocalist Stacey Mastrian; pianist Stefan Litwin; and electronics performer Alvise Vidolin, among others. The series will also include a lecture-performance, Music as Resistance: Luigi Nono, to be presented at Greenwich Music School (February 26) by Stefan Litwin.
SCHEDULE OF PERFORMANCES:
* Sunday, February 26, 2 p.m.
STEFAN LITWIN: MUSIC AS RESISTANCE
Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street
Admission: $10 Suggested contribution at the door
Performance and lecture on Luigi Nono and political activism
Stefan Litwin, pianist/lecturer
* Monday, February 27, 8 p.m.
SIGNATURE COMPOSITIONS BY LUIGI NONO
Frederick Loewe Theater, 35 West 4th Street, NYC
Admission free but reservations are strongly advised. Email: events@emf.org
Alvise Vidolin, artistic director
Thomas Beyer, technical director
La Fabbrica Illuminata (The Illuminated Factory, 1964)
For voice and recorded sounds
Stacey Mastrian, voice
Ricorda cosa ti hanno fatto in Auschwitz
(Remember what they did to you in Auschwitz, 1965)
For fixed media
... sofferte onde serene ... (... suffering quiet waves ... ,1977)
For piano and recorded piano sounds
Stefan Litwin, piano
Con Luigi Dallapiccola (With Luigi Dallapiccola, 1979)
For six percussionists and live electronics
NYU Percussion Ensemble; David Fein conducting; Jonathan Haas director; Alvise Vidolin, electronics
* Tuesday, February 28, 8 p.m.
Judson Church, 55 Washington Square South
Admission: $10 Suggested contribution at the door
La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura — Madrigal per più "caminantes" con Gidon Kremer
(The distance nostalgic utopian future — Madrigal for other "walkers" with Gidon Kremer, 1988)
For walking violinist and eight places of sound
Conrad Harris, violin
Alvise Vidolin, artistic director and electronics performance; Thomas Beyer, technical director; Daniel Neumann, audio engineer
For more information, visit emfproductions.org or email events@emf.org or call (518) 434-4110.
This event is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Additional support has been provided by Meet The Composer's Cary New Music Performance Fund, Amphion Foundation, and New Spectrum Foundation. Thanks also to Joel Chadabe, William Blakeney, Stephen Blum, Thomas Buckner, Morwaread Farbood, Barry Hoggard, Richard Teitelbaum, and the generosity of other individuals.
