Call for papers
The dramaturgy of sound in the music of Luigi Nono
International Symposium
to be held at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy
25-27.06.2009
The Archivio Luigi Nono in Venice, in collaboration with the University of Venice is organizing an international symposium on The dramaturgy of sound in the music of Luigi Nono .
In the catalogue of Luigi Nono’s compositions only three works are normally considered as “music for the theater” because, for different reasons, these works can be associated with scenic or visual components: Intolleranza 1960, Al gran sole carico d’amore and Prometeo. Tragedia dell’ascolto. However, deeply ingrained in Nono’s entire œuvre, regardless of ensemble or destination, there is the search for an acoustic dramaturgy (in the classical meaning of drâma or drân); an “active” sound the implications of which embrace different dimensions relating as much to the form as to the content of the work. The use of electronic technologies and consequently the possibility of spatialization and transformation of the sound-event in real time have radicalized the dimension of “drama” in Nono’s creative horizon.
The Organization Committee is pleased to invite scholars (musicologists, philosophers, literature and theater historians) to present proposals for papers relating to the following subjects:
1)Dramaturgy of sound and listening space
2)Dramaturgy and sound action
3)Dramaturgy and text
4)Dramaturgy and the stage
5)Compositional process and sound dramaturgy
First priority will be given to proposals based on new archival research.
Presentation of the abstracts
Applications must contain the following information:
1) The thematic subject chosen
2) Method of research
3) Object of the research/ Aim pursued
4) A selective bibliography
5) A short curriculum vitae (max. 100 words; in case of two applicants, max. 150 words.
6) Present position and referral contacts
The abstracts (containing points 1-6) should not have over 3000 characters, counting the spaces.
The abstracts, written in Italian or English in rtf format, must be presented by and not later than the 1st November 2008.
They should be sent as an attachment to the following e-mail address: info@luiginono.it
The Organization Committee is made up of the following members of the Committee of scholars of the Fondazione Archivio Luigi Nono:
Gianmario Borio (University of Pavia)
Angela Ida De Benedictis (University of Pavia)
Marco Mazzolini (Universal Music Publishing Ricordi)
Giovanni Morelli (University of Venice)
Veniero Rizzardi (University of Venice)
Jürg Stenzl (University of Salzburg)
For further information
Claudia Vincis
Artistic Director
Fondazione Archivio Luigi Nono ONLUS
Ex Convento SS. Cosma e Damiano
Giudecca 619-621
30133 Venice, Italy
tel/fax: +39 041 5209713
www.luiginono.it