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IMS Congress 2012: «Musics, Cultures, Identities»

The 19th Congress of the International Musicological Society will be held in Rome from Sunday, 1 July, to Saturday, 7 July, 2012. The overall theme will be Musics, Cultures, Identities. Scholars who are currently engaged in research on Luciano Berio are invited to respond to the call for papers and to send the submissions to submission@ims2012.net. Proposals must be submitted by March 31, 2011.

«Workwithinwork» by William Forsythe : the Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon dances «Duetti per due violini» in Paris

From the 23th of February to the 1st of March, the show Workwithinwork, by the American choreographer William Forsythe and the Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon, will be performed in Paris at the Théâtre de la Ville. The program includes a performance of Forsythe's choreography for Luciano Berio's Duetti per due violini.

Concert : the Grau-Schumacher Duo performs «Concerto» with the Dresdner Philharmonie conducted by Roberto Abbado

On the 5th and the 6th of February 2011 the Grau-Schumacher Piano Duo with the Dresdner Philharmonie conducted by Roberto Abbado performed Concerto for two pianos and orchestra by Luciano Berio. The concert will take place at the Kulturpalast, Dresden.

Berio in Holland

Luciano Berio's music has always been widely and frequently performed in the various music centers. Recent performances include Naturale performed by members of The Het Gelders Orkest (Doorwerth,January 15); a tour of Différences with the Nieuw Ensemble Amsterdam conducted by Ed Spanjaard (Arnhem, Amsterdam and Enschede, January 19-20-21); Gesti for recorder performed by Erik Bosgraaf in Amsterdam (February 18 and 21). The Doelensemble and the VocalLAB Nederland conducted by Arie van Beek performed Laborintus II in Rotterdam and at the Amsterdam Muziekgebouw (February 26 and 27). A-Ronne and Cries of London were performed on March 1 by the VocalLAB conducted by Henry Kelder in a concert dedicated to Berio in the Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam.

Chamber works at the Southbank Centre, London

In the frame of the concert season of the Park Lane Group – Young Artists New Year Series 2011, and in collaboration with the Southbank Centre of London, three works by Luciano Berio were performed: Korót for 8 cellos (ensemble Cellophony, January 10); Sonata for piano (Jennifer Lee, January 12), and Gesti for recorder (Francesca Thompson, January 14). The concerts took place at the Queen Elisabeth Hall, Southbank Center, London.

«Quatre dédicaces» performed by the Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI at the opening concert for the 150° anniversary of the Italian Unification

The celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy were inaugurated in Reggio Emilia on the 7th of January with a solemn "Concerto per il Tricolore" at the Teatro Valli, at the presence of the President Giorgio Napolitano. The program of the concert, performed by Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai and conducted by Michele Mariotti, included Luciano Berio's Quatre dédicaces for orchestra. The concert was broadcast live on Radio Rai, and in tv streaming on Rai-Storia. Quatre dédicaces was performed again by the OSN on the 4th of February in Torino, with Frank Ollu conducting, within the frame of the concert series "RAI Nuova musica".

Hommage à Luciano Berio – Inauguration of the Berio-Saal in Vienna

On Thursday the 16th of December 2010, the new Berio-Saal, sponsored by Kapsch, was inaugurated in the historic Konzerthaus complex in Vienna. The event was capped by an extraordinary Hommage à Luciano Berio with the performance of Quattro canzoni popolari, Sequenza I, Momenti, Naturale, Altra voce and Sequenza XIII, and the participation of Alda Caiello, Mario Caroli, Garth Knox, Krassimir Sterev, Lukas Schiske, Marino Formenti and Tempo Reale.

Prolegomena by Talia Pecker Berio.

Concert: Music by Berio at the Centre Pompidou in Paris

On Friday, December 3rd, as part of the 2010-2011 musical season of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the soloists of the Ensemble Intercontemporain presented a concert dedicated entirely to the Sequenzas by Luciano Berio. They put themselves through their paces with the performance of a selection of Sequenzas, including I, II, V, VIII, IXa and XIV.

Concert : Katia e Marielle Labèque perform «Concerto» with the Bamberger Symphoniker conducted by Jonathan Nott

A series of four concerts took place between September 30th and October 3rd in Erlangen, Bamberg and Bonn (in the frame of the Beethovenfest), with the pianists Katia and Marielle Labeque and the Bamberger Symphoniker conducted by Jonathan Nott. The program included Berio’s Concerto for two pianos and orchestra and Rendering for orchestra as well as Beethoven’s Third Symphony.

Luciano Berio’s Musical Theater: 2010-2013

The project Luciano Berio's Musical Theater is the result of a collaboration between the D.M.C.E. (Dramaturgie Musicale Contemporaine en Europe), Université de Paris VIII; the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice and the Centro Studi Luciano Berio; it is directed by Giordano Ferrari with scientific coordination of Talia Pecker Berio, Gianmario Borio, Angela Ida De Benedictis, Giovanni Morelli and Gianfranco Vinay.