The newly-released CD, “I’m a stranger here.” Homage to Kurt Weill features a selection of songs in English, German and French, mainly from the composer’s American years. Claudia Marie-Thérèse Hasslinger, voice - Anita Azzi, piano; in collaboration with ICAMus; EMA Vinci.
The Center welcomes a new collaborator: Italian musicologist Roberta De Piccoli, who will be leaving soon for Canada on a North American mission that expands and deepens in innovative directions the scope of the ICAMus initiatives. Dr. De Piccoli will be working on a paper-video presentation focused on diaspora awareness and definition of musical identity. We look forward to sharing the outcome of her research in the spring.
Claudia Marie-Thérèse Hasslinger is an Austrian-born international performer and multilingual singer and actress, whose career has spanned through different musical genres and styles. Our collaboration focuses on how twentieth century prominent European composers became central figures of the musical life in the Americas, including Kurt Weill and particularly focusing on Italian-Brazilian Jewish composer Renzo Massarani (1898-1975).
Highlights from the ICAMus Archive. Dybbuk, to music by Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein. Choreography by Antonella Bardi, solo dancer Giulia Morandi. At SguardiDanza Center for the Arts. Photos by Fotografia Sorelle Sarti.
Showcasing highlights from recent gifts & donations to the ICAMus Collections: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Exotica: And Other Works for Solo Piano and Violin & Piano. Angelo Arciglione, piano; Eleonora Turtur, violin. A CD of rare and unpublished works, among which, Stars: Four Sketches, musical portraits of Hollywood movie stars composed in 1940. Thankfully received from the performer, pianist Angelo Arciglione. Highly recommended & on display at The ICAMus Studio.
Upcoming publication of Barbara Boganini’s article, Giacomo Puccini e Amedeo Bassi: connessioni toscane in America. L’ascesa artistica del tenore italiano dalla campagna fiorentina alla gloria internazionale (Giacomo Puccini and Amedeo Bassi: Tuscan connections in America. An Italian tenor's rise from rural life to international acclaim). A revised version of the presentation delivered at Museo Caruso (Lastra a Signa, Florence, Italy) on January 21st, 2018; illustrated with rare archival images. Available for dowload (PDF) on the Center’s Website (In Depth Previews), Friday, October 12, 2018.
The complete Conference Papers presented in the ICAMus Session at "Intersections/Intersezioni" 2017 (Florence, Kent State University - Florence Program, June 1st, 2017, Profs. Fulvio Santo Orsitto and Simona Wright, Directors) are published (PDF), Aloma Bardi, Ed. The article by Gretchen Peters, The Significance of “Real Indians” in the Minneapolis Performance of "Winona," llustrated with rare images from the ICAMus Bimboni Collection, is available for download.
The Conference Papers presented in the ICAMus Session at the conference "Intersections/Intersezioni" 2017 (Florence, Kent State University - Florence Program, June 1st, 2017, Profs. Fulvio Santo Orsitto and Simona Wright, Directors) are published (PDF), Aloma Bardi, Ed. Essays by Davide Ceriani, Alexandra Monchick, Barbara Boganini, and Aloma Bardi; forthcoming essay by Gretchen Peters. The articles are illustrated with rare images from the ICAMus Bimboni Collection and other archives.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Renaissance. ICAMus currently collaborates with Università di Roma “Sapienza” and Assonanze, on three days of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco events in Rome, June 12-14, 2018, to celebrate this prominent Florence-Born American composer on the 50th anniversary of his death (16 March 1968). Years of continued ICAMus work on Castelnuovo-Tedesco have produced concerts, conferences, lectures, publications, recordings.
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.
