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11/20/2024

New article by Prof. Paolo Somigli, honoring the centennial of Rhapsody in Blue published on the ICAMus Website.

Rhapsody in Blue: un’opera di Gershwin, un work in progress, un’opera “collettiva” [Rhapsody in Blue: A work by Gershwin, a work in progress, a “collective” work] by Prof. Paolo Somigli (Libera Università di Bolzano/Freie Universität Bozen), curator of the Rhapsody in Blue Centennial bibliographic exhibit currently on show at the American Music Center Prato; PDF; in Italian.
11/05/2024

ICAMus is looking at the future: Planning years of initiatives and events for the American Music Center Prato/Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana.

At ICAMus, with Aloma Bardi as the newly-appointed Curator, we are planning years of initiatives and events for the American Music Center Prato/Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana: new acquisitions, cataloguing, expansion of our collection, bibliographic and documentary exhibitions, specialist lectures, tailored guided tours of the Center, book-and-recording release celebration events.
10/29/2024

Aloma Bardi appointed Curator of the American Music Center/Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana in Prato, Italy.

The Palazzo della Musica of Prato, Italy, appointed American-music scholar and ICAMus founding director Aloma Bardi as Curator of the American Music Center/Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana in Prato, Italy for the next five years.
10/28/2024

Great Success for Beniamino Iozzelli’s Concert in Prato, Italy: A Gallery of Photographic Memories.

We joyfully share the first shots of yesterday's success in Prato. The pianist Beniamino Iozzelli, in his splendid first collaboration with ICAMus, enchanted the audience with his inspired performance of Chopin, Skrjabin and Crumb, where American music entered into dialogue with the great international piano repertoire.
10/17/2024

A new program with pianist Beniamino Iozzelli, introducing George Crumb into the international piano repertoire of Chopin and Skrjabin.

ICAMus launches an ongoing collaborative project with pianist Beniamino Iozzelli. In Prato, Italy, Saturday, October 26, 2024, at 5:00 PM, a new concert program features works by Fryderyk Chopin, Aleksandr Skrjabin, George Crumb (1929-2022). Sala Zipoli, Palazzo della Musica, Via Santa Trinita 2, Prato. Free admission. A collaboration of ICAMus with Scuola di Musica G. Verdi.
09/15/2024

A new exhibition at the American Music Center Prato, honoring the Rhapsody in Blue Centennial, curated by Prof. Paolo Somigli.

Professor Paolo Somigli, a musicologist and longtime collaborator of ICAMus, assisted by the Center’s librarian, Paolo Belli, has curated an exhibit showcasing music scores, landmarks of musicological and biographical interpretation of Gershwin and the Rhapsody, and recordings, including fascinating collector’s items. “Rhapsody in Blue: cent’anni di un capolavoro [100 years of a masterpiece] ” honors the centennial of one of the most influential and beloved American musical compositions of all time. On display September 18, 2024-February 12, 2025; open Mon-Fri, library office hours; Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana, Palazzo della Musica, Via Santa Trinita 2, Prato, Italy.
05/10/2024

Read and download the Program booklet for the upcoming opening event of the American Music Center in Prato, Italy.

The Program booklet (PDF - in Italian) for the upcoming opening event of the American Music Center (Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana) is accessible and can be downloaded from this page. The booklet is also printed and available at the Center. The program provides a guide to the event (presentations & live performances) as well as to the Center’s space and its content (Library & Special Collections).
01/06/2024

The Inauguration Program of our new American Music Center - Prato, Italy, May 18, 2024 - is published.

The public opening of ICAMus in Prato, Italy, includes presentations, performances, and a tour of the Collection. With Aloma Bardi, the Duo Alberto Bologni-Carlo Palese (violin and piano) and special guests. A day of celebration of American Music in its extraordinary diversity through the centuries. Palazzo Martini-Palazzo della Musica, Via Santa Trinita 2, Prato, Italy; Saturday, May 18, 2024, beginning at 5:00PM; free admission to the presentation and visit; admission ticket to the 9:00PM concert.
01/05/2024

An important donation to the ICAMus Special Collections: The Personal Archive of American Composer Douglas Hedwig.

Dr. Douglas Hedwig is an American composer, trumpeter, conductor, scholar, and music educator, who recently (August 2023) donated to ICAMus his extensive personal archive of compositions, sketches, recordings, documenting his extraordinary musical career as a composer and performer. A selection of the Douglas Hedwig Collection will be on display at the new American Music Center in Prato, Italy; the entire Collection will remain accessible for study and research.
12/28/2023

Major news: Establishing the American Music Center in Prato, Italy!

After twenty-two years of activity, ICAMus has now donated the Non-Profit Organization's Library and Archive to the City of Prato, Italy, to create an American Music Center! The Collection and Archive have been moved from the ICAMus Studio in Ann Arbor, MI, to Palazzo Martini, Prato. The public opening of the new Center is announced for May 18, 2024.

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New article by Prof. Paolo Somigli, honoring the centennial of Rhapsody in Blue published on the ICAMus Website.

ICAMus is looking at the future: Planning years of initiatives and events for the American Music Center Prato/Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana.

Aloma Bardi appointed Curator of the American Music Center/Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana in Prato, Italy.

Great Success for Beniamino Iozzelli’s Concert in Prato, Italy: A Gallery of Photographic Memories.

A new program with pianist Beniamino Iozzelli, introducing George Crumb into the international piano repertoire of Chopin and Skrjabin.

A new exhibition at the American Music Center Prato, honoring the Rhapsody in Blue Centennial, curated by Prof. Paolo Somigli.

Read and download the Program booklet for the upcoming opening event of the American Music Center in Prato, Italy.

The Inauguration Program of our new American Music Center - Prato, Italy, May 18, 2024 - is published.

An important donation to the ICAMus Special Collections: The Personal Archive of American Composer Douglas Hedwig.

Major news: Establishing the American Music Center in Prato, Italy!

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Aloma Bardi appointed Curator of the American Music Center/Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana in Prato, Italy.

Great Success for Beniamino Iozzelli’s Concert in Prato, Italy: A Gallery of Photographic Memories.

A new program with pianist Beniamino Iozzelli, introducing George Crumb into the international piano repertoire of Chopin and Skrjabin.

A new exhibition at the American Music Center Prato, honoring the Rhapsody in Blue Centennial, curated by Prof. Paolo Somigli.

Major news: Establishing the American Music Center in Prato, Italy!

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Aloma Bardi, Graduate Course "American Musical Romanticism", University of Florence.

Concert "Walt Whitman and American Art Song", Florence.

Journée d’étude sur Charles Ives, École Normale Supérieure, Paris.