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. 2, 3 and 4 April from 10h to 18h - Italian Cultural Institute, Paris
The year 2008 did mark the twentieth anniversary of the death of Giacinto Scelsi (1905 - 1988). On this occasion, and following the release of the three volumes of Scelsi’s writings by the publisher Actes Sud – Les anges sont ailleurs… (texts on music and art), L'homme du son (poetry), Il Sogno 101 (autobiography) – the Isabella Scelsi Foundation of Rome – in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute, Paris, and the Cdmc – was supporting and organising an international study conference « Scelsi and France » in Paris from 2 to 4 April 2008.
The conference consisted of five sessions and gathered many musicologists of various origins who presented the results of their research on the Italian composer.
The programme was completed by two round tables - one dedicated to Scelsi’s poetry, the other to Scelsi’s performers; five musical interludes were held during the sessions by musicians who have worked directly with the composer.
The conference was accompanied by two monographic concerts given by the Ensemble 2e2m and the Ensemble S.I.C.
An exhibition of biographical documents on Giacinto Scelsi was presented under the direction of the Isabella Scelsi Foundation and Luciano Martinis.
Session I – President : Nicola Sani
9h15 : Rossana Rummo, director of the Italian Cultural Institute, Laure Marcel-Berlioz, director of the Cdmc : welcome for participants
9h30 : Nicola Sani, president of the Isabella Scelsi Foundation of Rome : Presentation of the Isabella Scelsi Foundation’s activities
10h00 : Mario Baroni, University of Bologna : Temporality through Debussy’s and Scelsi’s works. Observations about some works composed in the Thirties and the Forties
10h30 : Break
11h00 : Makis Solomos, Paul Valéry University / Montpellier 3 : Two visions of the « inner life » of sound : Scelsi and Xenakis
11h30 : Alessandra Carlotta Pellegrini, Isabella Scelsi Foundation of Rome : Scelsi’s early years in Paris 12h00 : Musical intervention : Geneviève Renon, viola
12h30 : Discussion with the audience
Session II – President : Sharon Kanach
14h30 – 16h00 : Round table : Scelsi, French literature and poetry. Moderator : Emmanuelle Gaume. Speakers : Micheline Catti, Sharon Kanach, Joëlle Léandre, Luciano Martinis, Paul Méfano, Jean-Baptiste Riffault, Castor Seibel, Anne Serre, Muriel Jaër. During the round table, presentation of the book Giacinto Scelsi, Il Sogno 101, Actes Sud, Arles 2008
16h00 : Break
16h30 : Harry Halbreich, musicologist – Title unknown
17h00 : Nicola Verzina, University of Bologna : Scelsi and French poetry. Relationships and influences 17h30 : Musical intervention : Jay Gottlieb, piano
18h00 : Discussion with the audience
18h30 : Presentation of the “O SOM SEM O SOM” exhibition, organized by the Isabella Scelsi Foundation and Luciano Martinis, gathering biographical documents about Giacinto Scelsi
20h30 : Concert by the 2e2m Ensemble
Rossana Rummo, directrice de l'Institut Culturel Italien
Laure Marcel-Berlioz, directrice du Cdmc
Nicola Sani, président de la Fondation Isabella Scelsi
Mario Baroni, Università degli Studi - Bologne
Tempo debussiano e tempo scelsiano. Osservazioni su alcune opere degli anni Trenta e Quaranta
Makis Solomos, Université Paul Valéry - Montpellier 3
Alessandra Carlotta Pellegrini, Fondation Isabella Scelsi - Rome
Modératrice : Emmanuelle Gaume
Interventions de Sharon Kanach, Joëlle Léandre, Luciano Martinis, Paul Méfano, Jean-Baptiste Riffault, Castor Seibel, Anne Serre, Muriel Jaër
Dans le cadre de la table ronde, présentation du livre : Giacinto Scelsi, Il Sogno 101, Actes Sud, Arles 2008
Harry Halbreich, musicologue
Nicola Verzina, Università degli Studi - Bologne
Hôtel de Galliffet
50 rue de Varenne
Session III – President : Pierre-Albert Castanet
9h15 : Pierre-Albert Castanet, University of Rouen : Introduction and presentation of the book Giacinto Scelsi aujourd’hui [Giacinto Scelsi today] (proceedings of the 2005 conference, Cdmc, Paris, 2008)
9h30 : Alessandra Montali, University of Bologna : Scelsi, Jolivet and the parisian musical context around the Thirties
10h00 : Luciano Martinis, le parole gelate Publishing, Aquileja : « Terrible est le nom de jacinthe » [« Fearsome is the noun hyacinth »] – a travel into Giacinto Scelsi’s parisian mystery
10h30 : Break
11h00 : Nicola Cisternino, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice : Scelsi : between sacrifice and initiation
11h30 : Jean-Baptiste Riffault, University of Rouen : Reverie and Transfiguration – meditation on Gaston Bachelard and Giacinto Scelsi
12h00 : Musical intervention : Carol Robinson, clarinet
12h30 : Discussion with the audience
Alessandra Montali, Università degli Studi - Bologne
En introduction, présentation du livre : Giacinto Scelsi aujourd'hui par Pierre-Albert Castanet (Actes du Colloque 2005, Cdmc, Paris, 2008)
Luciano Martinis, Éditions le parole gelate, Aquileja
« Terrible est le nom de jacinthe » - Viaggi nella Parigi segreta di Giacinto Scelsi
Nicola Cisternino, Accademia di Belle Arti - Venise
Jean-Baptiste Riffault, Université de Rouen
Modératrice : Suzanne Giraud
Interventions de Jay Gottlieb, Sharon Kanach, Joëlle Léandre, Geneviève Renon, Carol Robinson, Benny Sluchin, Muriel Jaer, Paul Méfano
Carol Robinson, interprète
Benny Sluchin, interprète
Hôtel de Galliffet
50 rue de Varenne
Session V – President : Gianmario Borio
9h15 : Gianmario Borio, Faculty of Musicology, Cremona ; University of Pavia : Introduction
9h30 : Irène Assayag, University of Rouen : Giacinto Scelsi and Henri Michaux : a poetic, musical, artistic and spiritual friendship
10h00 : Luciano Chessa, Italian Institute of Culture, San Francisco – The spirituality of Rotative
10h30 : Break
11h00 : Daniela Tortora, Sapienza University of Rome : Around the creation of La Naissance du Verbe [Birth of the Word] (Paris 1949)
11h30 : Ingrid Pustijanac, Faculty of Musicology, Cremona ; University of Pavia : Materials for sound composition in Scelsi’s and Grisey’s works
12h00 : Musical intervention : Joëlle Léandre, double bass
12h30 : Discussion with the audience
Irène Assayag, Université de Rouen
Luciano Chessa, Istituto Italiano di Cultura - San Francisco
Intervention en italien
Daniela Tortora, Università degli Studi - Rome «La Sapienza»
Ingrid Pustijanac, Facoltà di Musicologia - Crémone ; Università degli Studi - Pavie
Hôtel de Galliffet
50 rue de Varenne
Co-production Cdmc - Fondation Isabella Scelsi - Istituto italiano di cultura
16 place de la Fontaine aux Lions
