The Center is honored to be featured in the printed programs and posters of Opera di Firenze and Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. In our collaboration with Prescott Studio, we have provided historically documented translation of libretti & style revision of projection texts.
A charming addition to the ICAMus Archive: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s early score of Alghe, for piano (1920) inscribed by the composer 18 years before Castelnuovo emigrated to the US. A most appreciated gift of Italian artist Dr. Pietro Antonio Bernabei, Florence.
Original essays from the Florence 2015 events, devoted to Florence-born American Jewish composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968): a session of papers and live performance at the “Intersections/Intersezioni” Conference (5 June 2015) and a conference-concert at the Lyceum (8 June 2015). Published & available for download (PDF) by November 30th, In-Depth Section.
The revised contents (papers, recital program and texts, photos of presentations and of live performance) of the ICAMus session on Florence-born American composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco at the “Intersections/Intersezioni” Conference (Florence, June 5, 2015) are being published on the ICAMus Website, In-Depth section.
Aloma Bardi, a long-time Gershwin scholar, has written a "Porgy and Bess" Discography, in publication on the ICAMus Website, to honor the 80th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of George and Ira Gershwin's opera: October 10, 1935-2015.
The film will be launched on the ICAMus Website on Saturday October 3rd, 2015.
Florence-Born US Composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) And His Unpublished Settings of Whitman & Shakespeare Poetry. The session includes live performance of rare, unpublished songs. Participants: Aloma Bardi, Salvatore Champagne, Howard Lubin, John Champagne, Mila De Santis, Eleonora Negri.
World premiere performance of the early Fantasie for Two Pianos by Samuel Barber. ICAMus grants its sponsorship to the Duo Keira (Michela Chiara Borghese and Sabrina De Carlo, pianos) and their Festival in Rome opening on February 27, 2015.
Read the praising reviews of the Samuel Barber CD Souvenirs & Recollections (Pianists Giampaolo Nuti and Daniela De Santis) released by Stradivarius with the collaboration of ICAMus, including rare early piano pieces and world premiere recordings. A year ago we celebrated the CD release with an event in Prato, Italy. Today we invite you to learn about its international success.
You're the Top was successfully presented in Prato, Italy, on December 31st, 2014 by the Camerata Strumentale: Seventeen songs from different Cole Porter musicals arranged in four instrumental suites-fantasies by composer-pianist Alessandro Lucchetti. Read and download the Event Program, with a Note by Alessandro Lucchetti, and an ICAMus Program Note contributed for the Center by Aloma Bardi.
