On 17th and 18th June, Music@VillaRomana, curated by Francesco Dillon and Emanuele Torquati, will take place in Florence. The 7th Edition of the Festival will include some of the most original and adventurous New Music interpreters, performing Repertoire’s milestones but also Impro and electronic sets. Click here for the FULL PROGRAM!

Fidelio Piano Trio from Ireland, recently shortlisted for the RPS Awards, will present a varied program, with the rare Transcription of Schoenberg’s Verklaerte Nacht, juxstaposed with recent works by Luke Bedford, Donnacha Dennehy and Mexican composer Arturo Fuentes.
Saxophone virtuoso David Brutti will perform two different sets, with some new pieces by talented Italian composers Marco Momi and Michele Sanna paired with iconic figures of American Music such as John Cage, Terry Riley and Steve Reich.

On Saturday 18th, eclectic Nadia Ratsymandresy, will be on stage for a program devoted to Ondes Martenot, an early electronic musical instrument invented in 1928 by Maurice Martenot. Musical selection will include the first version of Messiaen’s 5th Movement from Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps, originally written for Ondes Martenot and piano, and pieces by Tristan Murail, Konstantin Koukias and Alain Louvier.
On the very same evening, Music@VillaRomana pay homage to a great Argentinian composer, Mariano Etkin, recently passed away, with the perfomance of his last Piano piece, “Lagrimas sobre Lagrimas” by Emanuele Torquati.
Closing event of the Festival will be the turntablist and sound artist Maria Chavez, Peruvian based in New York City, who will animate with her scratching sounds the last part of the evening.