Tempo Reale pays tribute to Berio

 

Francesco Canavese & Francesco Giomi: sound projection

TEMPO REALE | Center of musical research production and education

Founded by Luciano Berio in 1987, Tempo Reale is one of the main Italian points of reference for research purposes, production and education in the field of new musical technologies. Since its beginning, the Center has been engaged in the realization of the Berio's works, allowing it the possibility of working in the most prestigious musical contexts in the world. The development of a criteria of quality and creativity derived from the Center's experiences is reflected by its continuous work with both famous composers and artists as well as with young emerging musicians. The main topics of research reflect the multifaceted ideas that have always characterised the choices and initiatives of Tempo Reale: the conception of musical events of great depth, the study of electronic processing of "live" sound, the experience of interaction between sound and space and the synergy between creativity and performance and rigour. In addition to the activity of research in these areas, the Center regularly organises performances, events and projects in collaboration with various institutions in Tuscany involved in the fields of music, theatre and dance, as well as promotes a wide network of educational exchanges.

Since 2013, Tempo Reale has been recognized as a Significant Institution for music by the Tuscany Region; since 2018, it has been the Italian member of the International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music.

Francesco Giomi: composer, improviser and sound projectionist, he has coordinated the Tempo Reale team for the works of Luciano Berio and other composers, directors, and choreographers in major theaters and festivals worldwide. He has collaborated with musicians, orchestras, ensembles, choreographers, and theater companies from Italy and abroad. He teaches Electroacoustic Music Composition at the Conservatory of Music in Bologna.

Francesco Canavese: expert in computer music, guitarist, improviser, and composer in the jazz field. Over the past twenty years, he has specialized at Tempo Reale as a live electronics performer, participating in various performances and installation projects. He teaches Music Informatics at the Conservatory of Music in Bologna.

Program
A monographic concert dedicated to the centenary of Luciano Berio, one of the greatest Italian composers of the twentieth century.

The program begins with a performance / installation that is a true homage presented by Tempo Reale (in partnership with the Centro Studi Luciano Berio): a score of sounds and voices, a small partial journey into one of the most influential minds of the twentieth century. Fragments from some of his fundamental works (such as Naturale, featuring the voice of the Sicilian storyteller Celano), as well as sonic objects from his boundless documentary excursions, emerge and intertwine in a surprising and evocative path. This is enriched by the spatial dimension that Berio the composer so loved and used from the earliest stages of his repertoire.

The rest of the program focuses on the most well-known Berio of electronic music, whose masterpieces of vocal and timbral exploration are presented in a new light: some of them are offered in a very recent interpretation realized in an Ambisonics environment, capable of shedding new light on a timeless music.

Tempo Reale : In-Naturale, sound performance for Luciano Berio
Sound design: Simone Faraci and Francesco Giomi. Production: Centro Studi Luciano Berio, Tempo Reale

Luciano Berio : Thema (omaggio a Joyce) -  1958. Electroacoustic elaboration of Cathy Berberian's voice on tape. Text by James Joyce

Luciano Berio : Chants parallèles - 1975. Electronic sounds on tape

Luciano Berio : Visage - 1961. Electronic sounds and Cathy Berberian's voice on tape

Tempo Reale Website

This concert is made possible thanks to the financial support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal.