A glimpse at some of our accomplishments in a new carousel slideshow. Concerts, conferences, publications, recordings, research. A fresh look on American music, in an international perspective.
A Talk by Barbara Boganini on Tuscan Connections in American Music: Giacomo Puccini, Amedeo Bassi, the US Tours of La Fanciulla del West, and the Reception of Italian Culture in the early 1900s in the United States, when Enrico Caruso was an acclaimed star of the Metropolitan Opera. Caruso premiered the role of Dick Johnson at the Met on December 10, 1910, Arturo Toscanini conducting. Bassi performed in US tours of Fanciulla, and premiered the same role outside of the US. At Villa Caruso - Bellosguardo, Lastra a Signa, Florence, Italy, Sunday, January 21, 2018, at 4:30 PM.
Showcasing a most welcome gift to the Center's Collections: George Gershwin: The Complete Piano Works (1917-1937). CD; Andrea Trovato, piano. The American exploration of an Italian pianist, and the internationally enduring charm of an American composer. Just received from the performer.
The Online Resources in American Music - Research Aids, on the ICAMus Website, is the most comprehensive listing devoted to diverse aspects of American music and musical life, ever available on the Web. It is researched and compiled by Aloma Bardi. Please visit our newly revised and much enlarged Links Page.
The Center announces an October 9, 2017 Guest Master Class and Guest Recital by pianist-researcher Nico de Villiers on The Songs of Richard Hageman at the University of Michigan School of Music in Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Showcasing special gifts & donations to the ICAMus Collections: The Vale of Dreams. Piano Music by Charles Tomlinson Griffes. An invitation to discover American musical Impressionism. A CD inscribed to ICAMus by the performer, pianist Emanuele Torquati.
A charming voice that is heard from the American musical past. A new ICAMus video is published on the Center's YouTube Channel. Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781-1861), "The Voice of Faithful Love" (1832). From the April 4, 2017 concert in Florence, "At the Origins of art Music for the Flute in North America. A Program of Early American Music, 1800-1858". Myung San Ko, soprano: Viola S. Valerio, flute; Anna Toccafondi, piano. Modern première performance & recording. Video by Yoon Kyu Yoon.
Rehearsing the new event, Between Two Worlds, premiering at SguardiDanza-Center for the Arts in Montespertoli (Florence, Italy) on May 20, 2017. All original choreographies are by Antonella Bardi, to Dybbuk-inspired compositions by Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein. Tra i Due Mondi (Between Two Worlds) is the first collaboration of ICAMus with SguardiDanza (Antonella Bardi, Artistic Director). With critical introductions by Aloma Bardi, author of a book on musical adaptations of S. An-Ski's powerful play, The Dybbuk.
We share with our audience yet more beautiful moments from the April 4, 2017 successful concert in Florence: The Performers. Myung San Ko, soprano; Kyle Sullivan, baritone; Viola S. Valerio, flute; Anna Toccafondi, piano. At the Origins of Art Music for the Flute in North America. A program of Early American Music, 1800-1858. An ICAMus Collaboration with Conservatorio di Musica "Luigi Cherubini" di Firenze and Villa-Museo Bardini. A Project by Aloma Bardi. Photos by Jae Hun Choi.
More memories from the April 4, 2017 successful concert in Florence: The venue, the audience, the refreshments, the conversation. At the Origins of Art Music for the Flute in North America: A Program of Early American Music, 1800-1858. Works by E. Riley, B. Carr, A.Ph. Heinrich, S.C. Foster. The concert was a collaboration of ICAMus with Conservatorio di Musica "L. Cherubini" di Firenze and Villa-Museo Bardini. The performers were: Myung San Ko, Kyle Sullivan, Viola S. Valerio, Anna Toccafondi. All photos by Jae Hun Choi.
