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WORKSHOP
CREATIVE IMPROVISATION
AND INSTANT COMPOSITION: 1960-2023
October 27-29, 2023
Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Rome Italy
Scholarship board:
Alvin Curran, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Eddie Prévost
THE WORKSHOP
The workshop is addressed to musicians with experience in the field of collective improvisation. The afternoon sessions – led by Alvin Curran, Giancarlo Schiaffini and Eddie Prévost – are devoted to instrumental practice, real-time-composing and deep listening.
The goal is to convey the notions, principles and techniques which characterized a phase of great creativity in this area.
The morning sessions deal with recent issues of musicological research: papers by Vincenzo Caporaletti, Sabine Feisst, Valentina Bertolani, Marc Hannaford, Maurizio Farina, Kai Lothwesen, Ingrid Pustijanac, Veniero Rizzardi and Gianmario Borio; report on experiences and historic perspectives by Alvin Curran, Giancarlo Schiaffini and Eddie Prévost.
PROGRAM
Friday, October 27
Accademia Filarmonica Romana 10.00 – 13.00: plenary session (musicians and musicologists)
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Accademia Filarmonica Romana 14.00 – 18.00: workshop (musicians)
Saturday, October 28
Accademia Filarmonica Romana 10.00 – 13.00: workshop (musicians)
Sapienza, Università di Roma, Aula ‘Nino Pirrotta’ ore 10.00 – 12.30: musicological session
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Accademia Filarmonica Romana ore 14.00 – 17.00: workshop (musicians)
Accademia Filarmonica Romana ore 19.30: concert
Sunday, October 29
Accademia Filarmonica Romana ore 10.00 – 12.30: plenary session (musicians and musicologists)
Locations Addresses:
• Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Via Flaminia, 118 – 00196 Roma (map)
• Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 – 00185 Roma (Aula ‘Nino Pirrotta’, Edificio di Lettere, 5° piano) (map)
• Casa La Salle, Via Aurelia, 472 – 00165 Roma (map)
FACULTY BIOS
ALVIN CURRAN
GIANCARLO SCHIAFFINI
EDDIE PRÉVOST