With this event, the Institute for Music participates in the celebrations of the centenary of Luigi Nono’s birth and renews its collaboration with the Fondazione Archivio Luigi Nono. The two days are in direct concurrence with the performance of one of the composer’s greatest creations: Prometeo. Tragedia dell’ascolto.

The conference part is dedicated to recent musicological studies on this work. Esteban Buch, Pauline Driesen, Jörn Peter Hickel, Jonathan Impett, Matteo Nanni, and Veniero Rizzardi will discuss the following aspects: the myth of Prometheus in 20th century culture and music, the choice and setting to music of the texts, the planning of the acoustic space, the role of live electronics, the stages of the compositional process, and the philosophical foundations of the work. In the central session, Marco Angius, Roberto Fabbriciani, Giancarlo Schiaffini and Alvise Vidolin will examine performance issues: the placement of instrumental and vocal groups in the space of San Lorenzo the church, the management of live electronics equipment, the correct rendering of soloist and choir parts, the overall sound balance. Joseph Auner and Michela Garda will participate as discussants.