In Nono’s Footsteps
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.
Program for the Symposium In Nono’s Footsteps
June 1, 19:30 Symposium Opening and Reception; Studio A
Performance of Iran Lamento of Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf Studio A, Grieg Academy (Performance also at 20:15 and 20:45)
June 2, 9:30 – 18:00, Gunnar Sævigs sal
9:30: Welcome with coffee
Session 1: Marion Hestholm, Moderator 10:00: Dániel Péter Biró, Grieg Academy: Introduction to the Work and Philosophy of Luigi Nono
10:15: Lydia Jeschke, SWR Experimentalstudio: Resonating the world – Luigi Nono’s Compositional Approach
11:00: Bjørnar Habbestad: Performing as a Mode of Creating
12:00: Lunch
Session 2: Erik Håkon Halvorsen, moderator 12:30: Henrik Hellstenius, Norwegian Music Academy: Re-Composing Nono
13:15: Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf and Fojan Gharibnejad: On the composition “Iran-Lamento”
14:00: Marta Gentilucci, Cambridge University: Political Sound(s): Space/Text
14:45: Coffee Break
15:00: Responses to Nono in 2024. Erik Håkon Halvorsen, moderator Round Table discussion with Dániel Péter Biró, Henrik Helstinius, Marta Gentilucci, Julia Constance Wiger-Nordås, Ida Grande Kaurin, Ljubov Katerli and James Layton.
15:30: Coffee Break
Studio A 16:00: Open rehearsal with Nono’s Post-praeludium per donau with Max Murray, tuba and the SWR Experimentalstudio. Sergej Tchikov, moderator.
Concert 1 on June 3, 2024
University of Bergen Aula
18:00
Cikada Ensemble
Anne Karine Hauge, flute Rolf Borch, clarinet Kenneth Karlsson, piano
SWR Experimentalstudio
Michael Acker Joachim Haas Daniel Miska, Sound Direction
Max Murray tuba Zsuzsa Zseni mezzo-soprano Dániel Péter Biró, conductor
Program
Luigi Nono … Sofferte onde serene … for piano and magnetic tape (1976) Kenneth Karlsson, piano
Luigi Nono A Pierre. Dell’azzurro silenzio, inquietum for contrabass flute, contrabass clarinet and live-electronics (1985) Anne Karine Hauge, contrabass flute Rolf Borch, contrabass clarinet
Luigi Nono Omaggio a György Kurtág for alto, flute, clarinet, tuba and live-electronics (1986) Zsuzsa Zseni, Mezzo-Soprano Max Murray, Tuba Anne Karine Hauge, Flute Rolf Borch, Clarinet
Luigi Nono Post-prae-ludium nr. 1 per Donau for F-tuba and live-electronics (1987) Max Murray, Tuba SWR Experimentalstudio, Joachim Haas, Michael Aker, Daniel Miska, Sound Direction
Concert 2 on June 3, 2024
University of Bergen Aula
19:30
Julia Constance Wiger-Nordås Desiderium (2024)
Ljubov Katerli Dies Irae (2024)
James Layton weav (2024)
Ida Grande Kaurin Sitting at the Bottom of the Ocean (2024)
Zsuzsa Zseni, mezzo-soprano Max Murray, tuba Cikada : Kenneth Karlsen, piano Anne Karine Hauge, flute Rolf Borch, clarinet Dániel Péter Biró, conductor
Helmut Lachenmann _Dal Niente (Intérieur III) _(1980) Adrià Torres Amoros, clarinet
Salvatore Sciarrino Kom vengono prodotti gli incantesimi ? (1985) Canzona di ringraziamento (1985) Bjørnar Habbestad, flute
Henrik Hellstinius _Søkk _(1990) Marta Gentilucci: Exercice de Stratigraphie (2009-2011) Sergej Tchirkov, accordion
SWR Experimentalstudio, Joachim Haas, Michael Aker, Daniel Miska, Sound Direction.
The symposium and concerts are done in conjunction with and supported by the Bergen International Festival, the Holberg Week, the department of Fine Arts Music and Design, Cikada, the SWR Experimentalstudio, the artistic research project Sounding Philosophy supported by the Norwegain Artistic Research Program, nyMusikk Bergen and Bergen Kommune.