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Via Luciano Berio in Milan

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The CSLB announces with great happiness that a street has been named after Luciano Berio in a new Milan development being built in what used to be the Fiera area, called City Life. Via Luciano Berio is in a pedestrian area in the heart of the new neighborhood, and it flows into a piazza named after Elsa Morante; for plans of the area click here. An analogous street which will also flow into Piazza Morante will be dedicated to Italo Calvino. This musical and literary "crossing" was proposed by Filippo del Corno, Culture Minister of the City of Milan, and described to the press: "A writer and a composer who both had a special relationship with the city of Milan are remembered for their innovative view towards the future, and concern for the development of the city"; for the complete article click here.

Via Berio and Piazza Morante were inaugurated on Saturday, November 8th at 11:30 am, with a ceremony that took place in a pavilion erected on the piazza especially for the occasion. The greeting remarks by Filippo del Corno, Giorgio Lazzaro (Director of City Life) and Talia Pecker Berio were alternated with a selection from Luciano Berio’s Duetti played by the young violinists of the Conservatory of Milan, prepared and directed by Giovanna Polacco. The ceremony was concluded in front of the uncovered plate of the new street with a further homage to Berio: a surprise performance of a Bartók Duet by the entire group.
For a selection of Press clips click here.
For a photo gallery click here.
For the text of Talia Pecker Berio’s speech click here.

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1. Performance in via Luciano Berio in the frame of "PianoCity" festival (Milan, 22-24 May 2015).

2. Via Luciano Berio in the City Life area, in Milan.

(By courtesy of Comune di Milano)