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12/09/2024

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.
11/27/2024

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.
11/23/2024

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.
11/20/2024

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.
11/05/2024

ICAMus is looking at the future: Planning years of initiatives and events for the American Music Center Prato/Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana.

At ICAMus, with Aloma Bardi as the newly-appointed Curator, we are planning years of initiatives and events for the American Music Center Prato/Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana: new acquisitions, cataloguing, expansion of our collection, bibliographic and documentary exhibitions, specialist lectures, tailored guided tours of the Center, book-and-recording release celebration events.
10/29/2024

Aloma Bardi appointed Curator of the American Music Center/Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana in Prato, Italy.

The Palazzo della Musica of Prato, Italy, appointed American-music scholar and ICAMus founding director Aloma Bardi as Curator of the American Music Center/Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana in Prato, Italy for the next five years.
10/28/2024

Great Success for Beniamino Iozzelli’s Concert in Prato, Italy: A Gallery of Photographic Memories.

We joyfully share the first shots of yesterday's success in Prato. The pianist Beniamino Iozzelli, in his splendid first collaboration with ICAMus, enchanted the audience with his inspired performance of Chopin, Skrjabin and Crumb, where American music entered into dialogue with the great international piano repertoire.
10/17/2024

A new program with pianist Beniamino Iozzelli, introducing George Crumb into the international piano repertoire of Chopin and Skrjabin.

ICAMus launches an ongoing collaborative project with pianist Beniamino Iozzelli. In Prato, Italy, Saturday, October 26, 2024, at 5:00 PM, a new concert program features works by Fryderyk Chopin, Aleksandr Skrjabin, George Crumb (1929-2022). Sala Zipoli, Palazzo della Musica, Via Santa Trinita 2, Prato. Free admission. A collaboration of ICAMus with Scuola di Musica G. Verdi.
09/15/2024

A new exhibition at the American Music Center Prato, honoring the Rhapsody in Blue Centennial, curated by Prof. Paolo Somigli.

Professor Paolo Somigli, a musicologist and longtime collaborator of ICAMus, assisted by the Center’s librarian, Paolo Belli, has curated an exhibit showcasing music scores, landmarks of musicological and biographical interpretation of Gershwin and the Rhapsody, and recordings, including fascinating collector’s items. “Rhapsody in Blue: cent’anni di un capolavoro [100 years of a masterpiece] ” honors the centennial of one of the most influential and beloved American musical compositions of all time. On display September 18, 2024-February 12, 2025; open Mon-Fri, library office hours; Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana, Palazzo della Musica, Via Santa Trinita 2, Prato, Italy.
05/10/2024

Read and download the Program booklet for the upcoming opening event of the American Music Center in Prato, Italy.

The Program booklet (PDF - in Italian) for the upcoming opening event of the American Music Center (Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana) is accessible and can be downloaded from this page. The booklet is also printed and available at the Center. The program provides a guide to the event (presentations & live performances) as well as to the Center’s space and its content (Library & Special Collections).

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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.

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

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

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

ICAMus is looking at the future: Planning years of initiatives and events for the American Music Center Prato/Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana.

Aloma Bardi appointed Curator of the American Music Center/Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana in Prato, Italy.

Great Success for Beniamino Iozzelli’s Concert in Prato, Italy: A Gallery of Photographic Memories.

A new program with pianist Beniamino Iozzelli, introducing George Crumb into the international piano repertoire of Chopin and Skrjabin.

A new exhibition at the American Music Center Prato, honoring the Rhapsody in Blue Centennial, curated by Prof. Paolo Somigli.

Read and download the Program booklet for the upcoming opening event of the American Music Center in Prato, Italy.

HIGHLIGHTS

American Songs and Poetry of Contemplation and the Natural World. Tessa Romano, mezzo-soprano; LiLai Nan, piano. A new ICAMus program in Florence.

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

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

Aloma Bardi appointed Curator of the American Music Center/Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana in Prato, Italy.

Great Success for Beniamino Iozzelli’s Concert in Prato, Italy: A Gallery of Photographic Memories.

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Aloma Bardi, Graduate Course "American Musical Romanticism", University of Florence.

Concert "Walt Whitman and American Art Song", Florence.

Journée d’étude sur Charles Ives, École Normale Supérieure, Paris.