A new series of six, free-of-charge, online lectures on Italian literature and music, by Prof. Massimo Acanfora Torrefranca. In order to receive the link to the Zoom meeting, it is necessary to send an email to iichaifa@esteri.it. The link will be valid for all six meetings. Event in held Italian.
“Poetry and song. Two entities closely linked since ancient times. In some languages, including Hebrew, the two terms derive from the same root. Some cultures, such as the Italian one, have seen the development of almost indissoluble links between these two spheres from the very beginning of their own language. Generally, it is examined how the musicians (composers) have placed themselves in relation to existing poetic texts or to those created from scratch, as in the case of the opera. Instead I want to try to do the opposite: I want to try to explore the relationship of writers and poets with music, and I want to do it going back in time, from two distinguished poets of the twentieth century to the very original Monteverdi manipulations of poetic texts. chosen by him, where again and perhaps finally the composer becomes a poet by revising other people’s texts with his own music”, Massimo Acanfora Torrefranca.
- FREE admission. In order to receive the link to the Zoom meeting, it is necessary to send an email to iichaifa@esteri.it. The link will be valid for all six meetings.
The program of the series:
- 06.01.2021 | ANDREA ZANZOTTO’S MUSICAL JOURNEY
- 10.02.2021 | DIARY OF A FAILED BARITONE. EUGENIO MONTALE AND MUSIC
- 10.03.2021 | FRANCESCO MARIA PIAVE: BETTER THAN LEOPARDI?
- 21.04.2021 | EMANUEL CONEGLIANO, ALIAS LORENZO DA PONTE
- 05.05.2021 | A “ROMANACCIO” AT THE COURT OF VIENNA: PIETRO METASTASIO
- 09.06.2021 | CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Massimo Acanfora Torrefranca studied music and musicology in Rome, with Pierluigi Petrobelli (director of the Institute of Verdian Studies, one of the world’s leading authorities in the field of Italian opera), and completed his doctoral studies at Princeton and Jerusalem. He was a professor of music history at the Hebrew University for several years, editor-in-chief at the Deutsche Grammophon in Hamburg, director of the National Music Library and the National Sound Archives in Jerusalem, as well as director and host of music programs for Radio3 Rai.
Series of online events held in Italian. FREE of charge.
Once a month, from January to June 2021
* Wednesdays, 18:00-19:00
In order to receive the link to the Zoom meeting, it is necessary to send an email to iichaifa@esteri.it. The link will be valid for all six meetings.