Workshop Research-led Performance Harmony and Form in the String Quartets of John Cage, Bruno Maderna, and Giacomo Manzoni

The Istituto per la Musica, in collaboration with mdi ensemble, organizes a new Workshop of the Research-led Performance cycle: Harmony and Form in the String Quartets of John Cage, Bruno Maderna, and Giacomo Manzoni.

The workshop is aimed at already formed string quartets (2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello).

The works will take place at Fondazione Giorgio Cini on the Island od San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice 2- 3  October 2021.

The following compositions will be discussed in theoretical and practical sessions:

– John Cage, String Quartet in Four Parts

– Giacomo Manzoni, Musica per Pontormo (Secondo Quartetto)

– Bruno Maderna, Quartetto in due tempi