An Event on Giancarlo Cardini and John Cage at the ICAMus SoundSpace in Prato, Italy.

Presentation of Giancarlo Cardini Live, a newly-published volume of musical, musicological and personal tributes to Giancarlo Cardini, an outstanding pianist and composer, pioneer performer and promoter of American avant-garde and unconventional music. The event is curated by prof. Paolo Somigli, who also performs Two Pieces for Piano (1946) by Cage. Participants: Paolo Somigli, Aloma Bardi, Renzo Cresti, Paolo Ponzecchi, Gianpaolo Salbego, Francesco Gesualdi, Roberto Satta. Friday, November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM; American Music Center - Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana; Palazzo della Musica, Via Santa Trinita 2, Prato, Italy; free admission.

ICAMus takes part in the Luciano Berio-Cathy Berberian centennial celebration online conference October 24, 2025, with Aloma Bardi’s presentation.

The Centro Studi Musicali "Rosario Scalero" celebrates the 2025 Centennial of Luciano Berio and Cathy Berberian with an international online conference, An Artistic Partnership: Discovering Luciano Berio and Cathy Berberian; Ludovica Del Bagno, conference chairperson and curator. Friday October 24, 2025, 7:00pm-9:00pm CET (Central European Time - Italy). Broadcast live on the Centro Studi Musicali "Rosario Scalero" YouTube Channel. In representation of ICAMus, Aloma Bardi speaks on A Philosophy of the Voice in Cathy Berberian: Performance as Music Creation.

Alla scoperta della I Sonata per pf. di Charles E. Ives. Conferenza-concerto. Programma di sala accessibile e scaricabile dal website.

Lunedì 14 aprile 2025, ore 18, a Firenze! Alla scoperta della Prima Sonata per Pianoforte di Charles E. Ives. Conferenza-concerto; Aloma Bardi e Beniamino Iozzelli. Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze, Palazzo Adami Lami, Lungarno Guicciardini 17. Leggi e scarica il programma di sala (PDF - in italiano) curato da Aloma Bardi.

The program-guide to the exhibit "Discovering and Interpreting Charles Ives, 1890-2025" is accessible for download.

Brochure Card for the Ives event in Florence, April 14, 2025.

As we look forward to the new year with great anticipation, we are happy to share the latest ICAMus collector’s item: the brochure card for our upcoming spring event in Florence, Discovering the Piano Sonata No. 1 by Charles E. Ives: A Lecture-Recital with Aloma Bardi and Beniamino Iozzelli; Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze, Palazzo Adami Lami, Lungarno Guicciardini 17, Florence, Italy; April 14, 2025.

“Duke Ellington’s Symphonic Visions” by Luca Bragalini in publication by the University Press of Mississippi.

The English edition of Duke Ellington’s Symphonic Visions by Luca Bragalini is in publication by the University Press of Mississippi. An exciting accomplishment for the ICAMus community and Aloma Bardi who have supervised this new international edition. Pre-orders from the spring 2025, available in December 2025.

Read and Download the Program Notes by Aloma Bardi for the Concert of Camerata Strumentale Prato conducted by Jonathan Webb (Copland, Barber) presented as a homage to ICAMus.

Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring - Suite for 13 instruments, and Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 for voice and orchestra are included in the December 12, 2024 concert of Camerata Strumentale di Prato conducted by Jonathan Webb, presented by the Palazzo della Musica Prato as a homage to ICAMus. Read and Download the Program Notes by Aloma Bardi.

Discovering the Piano Sonata No. 1 by Charles Ives: A Lecture-Recital with Aloma Bardi and Beniamino Iozzelli.

ICAMus announces a new collaboration with Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze. Aloma Bardi (lecturer) and Beniamino Iozzelli (piano) explore the Piano Sonata No. 1 by Charles E. Ives. Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze, Palazzo Adami Lami, Lungarno Guicciardini 17, Florence, Italy; Monday, April 14, 2025, at 6:00 PM; free admission with reservation: sezionemusicalyceum@gmail.com.

Recently Published Music Scores by Douglas Hedwig Donated by the Composer to The ICAMus Library.

Welcoming a meaningful addition to the ICAMus library: the recently published music scores by Douglas Hedwig (Da Vinci Edition and Potenza Music, 2021-2024). Each score is inscribed to ICAMus and signed by the composer.

New article by Prof. Paolo Somigli, honoring the centennial of Rhapsody in Blue published on the ICAMus Website.

Rhapsody in Blue: un’opera di Gershwin, un work in progress, un’opera “collettiva” [Rhapsody in Blue: A work by Gershwin, a work in progress, a “collective” work] by Prof. Paolo Somigli (Libera Università di Bolzano/Freie Universität Bozen), curator of the Rhapsody in Blue Centennial bibliographic exhibit currently on show at the American Music Center Prato; PDF; in Italian.