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FROM SEQUENZA TO... (2015)

Matteo Sampaolo
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Main Subject: Classical Flute Research Coach: Paul Scheepers Title of Research: FROM SEQUENZA TO... an itinerary in the Italian contemporary music for flute after the theories of Opera Aperta Research Question: Did Berio's Sequenza contribute to create a compositional genre in the Italian flute repertoire? Summary of Results: From its publication in 1958 “Sequenza I” by Luciano Berio has been subject of a lot of studies. How to understand its theatrical emblematic construction and how to develop a good interpretation are questions that every flute player asks himself when he/she approaches that piece for the first time. But Sequenza is not only a milestone in the flute repertoire, in fact is one of the first works quoted by Umberto Eco in his photography of the one main artistic trend born in the last years of fifties, the book “Opera Aperta”. Berio was one of the leading composers, he dedicated Sequenza to the most innovative flute player, Severino Gazzelloni, and they were both part of the most fruitful musical environment of those years, the Ferienkurse of Darmstadt, so a question arises: which other pieces have been written in reply to the provocation launched by Sequenza? This research aim was to find concrete connections in pieces for solo flute written after Sequenza following the concepts described by Eco; while first and second chapter introduce the concepts of Opera Aperta and their evidences in Sequenza, the third looks to the repertoire for solo flute and proof that a real reply to Berio's work does not exist in it; in the last chapter is presented the production of Salvatore Sciarrino, a composer who wrote a lot works for solo flute and whose style is extremely different from Berio's but perhaps the philosophy behind his “Opera per Flauto” is not that far away from the theories of Eco. The presentation of this research will include a power point and some musical samples, recorded as well as played live by me. Biography: Matteo Armando Sampaolo studied flute with Di Tommaso in Pesaro where he was awarded his Diploma with honourable mention. He began his orchestral studies with the Italian Youth Orchestra (OGI) and he participated to the masterclasses of Sir. James Galway, Giampaolo Pretto and Andrea Oliva. He has worked with the Orchestra Cherubini, Orchestra della Toscana, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the European Union Youth Orchestra under the batons of Riccardo Muti, Vasily Petrenko and Vladimir Ashkenazy. In 2013 he moved to The Netherlands to study in a Master degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Den Haag with Thies Roorda, where he received a scholarship from the Residentie Orkest for the orchestral Master. Matteo frequently plays as soloist and is a passionate chamber musician.
typeresearch exposition
date01/01/2015
published02/06/2015
last modified02/06/2015
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urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/63483/63484
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