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Ben Frost Ben Frost 10/7/2016 Ben Frost e Daniel Bjarnason a Siena per Music For Solaris, con i visual curati da Brian Eno :: News :: OndaRock di Claudio Lancia Tweet 0 Mi piace 1 Venerdì 8 luglio il Teatro dei Rinnovati di Siena ospiterà Music For Solaris, opera scritta a quattro mani da Ben Frost e dal compositore islandese Daniel Bjarnason. Già presentata all’interno di prestigiose rassegne internazionali, Music For Solaris aprirà l’edizione 2016 del Chigiana International Festival And Summer Academy. Il progetto è stato realizzato con la collaborazione di Brian Eno, che curerà i visual assieme a Nick Robertson. L’esecuzione vedrà protagonisti, oltre a Frost (chitarra elettrica, laptop) e Bjarnason (direzione e piano preparato), un’orchestra composta da 26 elementi (24 archi e due percussionisti). L’album che raccoglie le musiche composte da Frost e Bjarnason è stato pubblicato nel 2012 con il titolo di “Solaris”. Le prevendite dello spettacolo sono disponibili sul webshop dell’Accademia Chigiana e sul circuito Ticketone. 0 commenti Ordina per Meno recenti Aggiungi un commento... Facebook Comments Plugin Ben Frost su OndaRock Recensioni BEN FROST A U R O R A (2014 ­ Mute) L'elettronica sui generis dell'artista trapiantato in Islanda BEN FROST By The Throat (2009 ­ Bedroom Community) Dall'Australia, un'esperienza totalizzante di tenebrosa ambient­music http://www.ondarock.it/news.php?id=4730 3/4 Ordine n. 45545 del 06/07/2016 - Licenza esclusiva a Floriana Tessitore 320 2016 LUGLIO I ANNO XXVII ANNO Amadeus CD1 ESCLUSIVO I Solisti dell'Orchestra Mozart CD2 download Fabio Bonizzoni e il cembalo napoletano di Gregorio Strozzi Ordine n. 45545 del 06/07/2016 - Licenza esclusiva a Floriana Tessitore Carmela Remigio Musiche per aria, terra e mare Domenico Zipoli Ordine n. 45545 del 06/07/2016 - Licenza esclusiva a Floriana Tessitore 2016EURO 11,00 MENSILE POSTE ITALIANE SPED. IND.L.A. - 353/2003P L. 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Un programma in bilico tra Alessio Vlad (musica) e Laura Valente (danza). Si comincia l’1 con di cui ricorre il bicentenario della morte. In apertura, dunque, il difusione musicale anche in relazione alle espressioni figurative il jazz e la musica classica e che ha come filo conduttore, per la l’Orchestra Giovanile Italiana diretta da Jurai Valčuha. Si prosegue, prezioso repêchage di una brillante commedia per musica: La del contemporaneo. Novità 2016 sarà la nuova sezione dedicata sezione melodica, una serie di progetti in omaggio a Fabrizio De il 2 e 3, con Yuri Temirkanov e la Filarmonica di San Pietroburgo. grotta di Trofonio (il 14 e il 31 luglio); sul podio Giuseppe Grazioli, alla Sound Art: “ChigianaRadioArte” a cura di Federico Fusi. Andrè. Apertura il 2 con Neri Marcorè & Gnu Quartet. Da non perdere, il 24, il premio Oscar, Tim Robbins, voce recitante al tavolo di regia Alfonso Antoniozzi. Da non perdere la prima Segnaliamo il concerto d’apertura, l’8 luglio, con Ben Frost, Daniel Da non perdere il 20 Mischa Maisky con il suo Bach per sulla musica di scena di Mendelssohn, A midsummer night’s assoluta mondiale di Francesca da Rimini, opera inedita di Bjarnason, l’Orchestra della Toscana e i video a cura di Brian violoncello virtuoso. Dal 23 al 25 luglio il primo trekking con dream, eseguita dall’Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai diretta da Saverio Mercadante, uno dei progetti più ambiziosi dell’intera Eno e Nick Robertson. Musiche di Sciarrino risuoneranno, il 15, Mario Brunello afancato, quest’anno, da due musicisti di James Conlon. Per la danza triplice appuntamento con Dimitris storia del Festival (30 luglio, 2-4 agosto). Sul podio il direttore con il Quartetto Prometeo; omaggio a Giacinto Scelsi, il 16, con il caratura interazionale come Giuliano Carmignola e Rolf Papaioannou, personalità poliedrica tra le più interessanti della musicale Luisi. allestimento firmato dal regista Pierluigi Pizzi. Info: Contempoartensemble diretto da Mauro Ceccanti; il 19, Sound & Lieslevand. Chiusura il 26 agosto con la Barcelona Gipsy balKan scena internazionale: l’11 agosto Inside, il 13 Primal matter e il 14 un festivaldellavalleditria.it Action painting. Info: chigiana.it Orchestra. Info: isuonidelledolomiti.it workshop. Info: ravellofestival.com EMILIA ROMAGNA FESTIVAL TAORMINA OPERA FESTIVAL Ordine n. 45545 del 06/07/2016 - Licenza esclusiva a Floriana Tessitore Al via la 16ª edizione dell’Emilia Romagna Festival, Anche questa estate la perla dello ionio, famosa per il in programma dal 16 luglio all’11 settembre. “Building suo splendido teatro greco in cima al golfo di Naxos, sarà bridges” è il fil rouge del programma impaginato dal di- animata dal Taormina Opera Festival curato da Enrico rettore artistico Massimo Mercelli. Inaugurazione il 16 Castiglione. Il 7 e il 9 luglio va in scena Madama Butter- con la prima italiana di Confucius, un balletto prodotto di Puccini, regia dello stesso Castiglione. L’11 omag- dalla China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater, e gio a Vivaldi con Le quattro stagioni eseguite dall’Or- presentato in collaborazione con Festival Ljubljana e Mit- chestra da Camera del Festival Euro Mediterraneo. L’11 telfest 2016. Si chiude l’11 settembre nella Rocca di Imola e 13 agosto West Side Story; il 12 e 14 un gala dedicato (nella foto) con la Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra diretta a Shakespeare. Chiusura in settembre con l’ottava edi- da Daye LIn. Info: emiliaromagnafestival.it zione del Festival Belliniano. Info: taorminafestival.org 41° CANTIERE DI MONTEPULCIANO FESTIVAL DEI 2 MONDI FESTIVAL PONTINO TRASIMENO MUSIC FESTIVAL È ispirata al tema “Natura e tecnologia” l’edizione nu- Continua fino al 10 il cartellone del Festival di Spoleto. Torna lo storico Festival Pontino di Musica in pro- Dal 30 giugno al 6 luglio si svolgerà il Trasimeno mero 41 del Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte. Proget- Segnaliamo anzitutto i Concerti di Mezzogiorno e della gramma dall’8 al 31 luglio, con un ricco cartellone di Music Festival diretto da Angela Hewitt. L’Orchestra tato dal direttore artistico e musicale Roland Böer, il Sera a cura della Scuola di Musica di Fiesole. L’1 e il concerti ospitati nella sede storica del Castello Caetani di Verdi di Milano diretta dal finlandese Hannu Lintu, cartellone si articola tra opere liriche, concerti sinfo- 2 da non perdere la video-opera di Adriano Guarnieri Sermoneta. Si spazierà dal jazz al grande repertorio clas- Matthew Sadler, Pieter Wispelwey, Jeffrey Tate, il nici, musica da camera, prosa, danza contemporanea, L’Amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle (commissione di sico fino alla musica per film, con un’attenzione anche Quartetto di Cremona e l'attore Simon Callow (nella arti visive e performance insolite. Ben 44 gli appunta- Ravenna Festival) con la direzione di Pietro Borgonovo al teatro. Segnaliamo l’omaggio a Rossini (il 31) e una foto) voce recitante nelle Ultime sette parole di Cristo menti in programma dal 15 al 31 luglio. Da non perdere e la regia di Cristina Mazzavillani Muti. Il 9 omaggio a serata di teatro musicale tratta dalla pièce Morte di Ga- sulla Croce di Haydn, Susan Bullock, Alessandro Car- la prima assoluta dell’opera Icarus di David Blake, su Monteverdi con il Vespro della Beata Vergine eseguito lezzo Ciano di Enzo Siciliano (il 30). Non mancheranno bonare e Giovanni Scaglione; questi i protagonisti. Da libretto di Keith Warner (nella foto) che firma qui an- dall’ensemble Concerto Italiano diretto da Rinaldo Ales- gli ensemble internazionali come il Quartetto Diotima non perdere la mostra Musiche di Silvia Lelli e Roberto che la regia (il 15 e 16). Info: fondazionecantiere.it sandrini (nella foto). Info: festivaldispoleto.com (nella foto) il 23 al Castello. Info: campusmusica.it Masotti (1 luglio). Info: trasimenomusicfestival.org 32 Amadeus Amadeus 33 Ordine n. 45545 del 06/07/2016 - Licenza esclusiva a Floriana Tessitore 13/7/2016 Music For Solaris presentato in anteprima a Siena HOME / MUSICA / NEWS Music For Solaris presentato in anteprima a Siena 01 luglio 2016 - Federica Carlino 1 Venerdì 8 luglio al Teatro dei Rinnovati di Siena verrà presentato Music For Solaris, il progetto scritto a quattro mani da Ben Frost e Daniel Bjarnason, con l'aiuto di Brian Eno, nel 2011, in occasione del 50esimo anniversario della pubblicazione di Solaris di Stanislaw Lem, testo che ispirò l'omonimo lm di Andrej Tarkovskij. Music for Solaris è un chiaro omaggio al romanzo di Lem, ma ancor più alla celebre pellicola del cineasta russo: se la colonna sonora di Artemyev risulta completamente stravolta dal duo Frost-Bjarnason, le suggestive immagini del lm di Tarkovskij rivivono, in un parallelo visivo con il processo di esecuzione musicale, attraverso il trattamento (di manipolazione e rielaborazione) di Brian Eno e Nick Robertson.
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