Coro 1976-2016

October 24 marked the 91st anniversary of Luciano Berio’s birth. This year the date coincided with another important anniversary: the world première of Coro, one of the cornerstones of Berio’s oeuvre, which was performed for the first time forty years ago, on the 24th of October 1976 in Donaueschingen with the composer himself conducting the […]

Upcoming events with Berio’s music

The concerts featuring Luciano Berio’s music continue during the end of 2016. Here follows a selection of the most outstanding events (for a complete list, see the Concert calendar). Récit (Chemins VII) is scheduled in Cologne (October 28) and Essen (October 30) featuring the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln and saxophonist Lutz Koppetsch conducted by Brad Lubman. […]

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Umberto Eco and Luciano Berio

Le théatre musical de Luciano Berio – Copertina

Upcoming events with Berio’s music

The 2015 concert season around the world features many concerts with Luciano Berio’s music. The following is a selection of events scheduled from January to March 2015 (for the full program see the Concert Calendar). Workwithinwork, the choreography created by William Forsythe on Berio’s Duetti per due violini is scheduled in Switzerland, featuring the Ballet […]

Upcoming events with Berio’s music

The concerts featuring Luciano Berio’s music continue during the last month of Summer and Autumn 2015. Here follows a selection of the most outstanding events (for a complete list, see the Concert calendar). In the frame of Divertimento Ensemble’s season Rondò 2015 in Monferrato are scheduled two concerts with works by Berio: on September 5 […]

Remembering Mark

Mark Weir, a true friend and member of our team, passed away prematurely on Friday 2 October. Mark was a key figure of the Centro Studi Luciano Berio since its foundation in 2009 working ‘backstage’ for the English section of our website, translating and editing news, newsletters and documents. We wish to pay homage to […]

Upcoming events with Berio’s music

Between April and June 2015 are scheduled several concerts featuring Luciano Berio’s music. The following is a selection of the most outstanding events (for the full list see the Concert calendar). A-ronne will be performed by vocal ensemble SoloVoices in Basel (April 23). The same day Rendering is scheduled in Västerås, with the Västerås Sinfonietta […]

Turandot at La Scala theatre with Berio’s finale

Cover of the Sunday Calendar supplement of the «Los Angeles Times», 26 May 2002, featuring an image from the world première of Turandot with Luciano Berio’s Finale.For the documents on Berio’s completion of Turandot click here. – INTERVIEWS – DOCUMENTS – AUDIO – CHRONOLOGY – PRESS (SELECTION)

L. Berio, Turandot

L. Berio, Turandot, page 3 of the autograph score (by courtesy of Paul Sacher Stiftung and the Berio Estate).

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Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot with the third act completed by Luciano Berio in 2001 was performed at the La Scala theatre on May 1st to mark the opening of the world fair «Expo Milano 2015». The opera features an exceptional cast conducted by Riccardo Chailly and stage directed by with Nikolaus Lehnhoff. Seven more performances follow […]

Via Luciano Berio in Milan

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 […]