The Grieg Academy invites you to an international Symposium on the music of Luigi Nono.
The Italian composer Luigi Nono (1924–1990) is referred to as one of the most central – and radical – composers of the last century. In 2024 Nono would have turned a hundred years old, and at the Grieg Academy in conjunction with the Bergen International Festival, the Holberg Week and the artistic research project Sounding Philosophy, we celebrate the centennial anniversary of Nono’s birth with a symposium and concerts around his work, thinking, philosophy and ongoing relevance in our time.
“Nono expands and enlarges even the most delicate sounds of the ensemble and uses live electronics almost like a magnifying glass to showcase what exists in this microscopic world” conductor and Professor for Composition at the Grieg Academy, Dániel Péter Biró explains. The works on the first program were created at SWR Experimentalstudio, which has worked for more than 50 years with music utilizing live electronics. Throughout the 1980s, Luigi Nono was a regular presence at this important studio, which has also been a workplace for composers such as Karlheinz Stockhausen and Pierre Boulez.
There will be an opening reception for symposium participants on June 1, 2024 at 19:30 in Gunnar Sævigs sal, Grieg Academy.
On June 2, 2024 in Gunnar Sævigs Sal at the Grieg Academy, an international symposium at the Grieg Academy featuring international scholars and composers will discuss the music and thinking of Luigi Nono and its influence on the next generation of composers and musicians.
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