IMPROCOMP
IMPROVISATION/
composition
The Double Identity
of European Music
This project deals with one of the key issues of European music in the modern and contemporary eras:
the relationships between improvisation and composition.
The research team investigates the relationships between improvisation and composition from the early 17th century to our days on different levels: studying the treatises on composition and performance, ascertaining traces of improvisatory practice in sketches and drafts, analyzing audio and video documents, confronting theories of improvisation from different areas of the humanities, comparing the approaches of theatre and music. [read more]
Application Deadline: January 31, 2025
Scholarship board: Alexandra Cárdenas, Pierre Alexandre Tremblay, Walter Prati
The Role of the Performer in the Actualization of Music. Siena 4-6 December 2024
Application Deadline: February 15, 2025
Scholarship Board: Ewa Benesz, Cathy Marchand, Julia Varley
An initiative of conference, workshops and concerts dedicated to piano improvisation in the 19th century, to be held at the
The workshop is articulated as a journey in several stages (September 2024 – March 2025)
Musicology and Cultural Heritage Department, Pavia University Cremona
Basilica Palatina di Santa Barbara, Mantua
June 13-15, 2024