(Jan. 10) – The Italian Cultural Institute of Toronto organizes for the newt January 21st two events dedicated to Luciano Berio on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of his death. As part of the UOFT New Music Festival, at the Walter Hall will be performed for the very first in Canada his “Sequenze”. A 3-hours concert, starting from 18.30, that will involve Joseph Petric and David Hetherington from the Duo ConTempera, with Petric dealing with the poetic interludes that accompany each sequence, with the same words written by Berio and the poet Sanguineti. In addition, the Department of Italian Studies at the University of Toronto has, in the afternoon of January 21, will host a lesson to be held by Damiana Bratuz, Professor Emeritus at the University of Western Ontario and dedicated to the “Sequenze”, in which the composer explored the sonic matter as sound, timbre and movement. (Red)
