ROME, 17-19 OCTOBER 2024
The workshop is addressed to pianists, fortepianists, musicians, musicologists, students and researchers interested in historical keyboard improvisation, who are invited to experiment with new methods of learning improvisation based on improvised preludes and interludes in the Romantic repertoire.
FACULTY
Costantino Mastroprimiano, Conservatorio Francesco Morlacchi, Perugia
John Mortensen, Cedarville University
Giorgio Sanguinetti, Università di Roma Tor Vergata
PARTICIPATION
Participation as an auditor is free and open to all who wish to attend.
10 active participants will be selected to receive free accommodation in Rome during the days of the workshop.
TOPICS
– Improvisation and historically informed performance.
– Partimento in the early nineteenth century.
– Techniques of early Romantic improvisation.
– Sources of improvised preludes in early Romantic piano music.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
To take part in the selection process as an active participant, candidates must complete the ONLINE APPLICATION by 20 June, 2024.
PREVISIONAL SCHEDULE
17 October, Thursday: 9.00-13.00; 15.00-19.00
18 October, Friday: 9.00-13.00; 15.00-19.00
19 October, Saturday: 9.00-13.00; 15.00-22.00
The workshop is part of a joint research project on historical improvisation involving the Universities of Pavia, Roma Sapienza, Roma Tor Vergata, Cassino, Macerata and the Conservatory Francesco Morlacchi in Perugia.
The lectures will be preceded by plenary sessions chaired by Susanna Pasticci, with the participation of other musicians and musicologists involved in the project.
The results of the workshop will also be presented and discussed in a session of the conference Performing Classics Today. The Role of the Performer in the Actualisation of Music, organised by the Accademia Musicale Chigiana (Siena, 4-6 December 2024).
