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07/05/2023

How They Became American Composers. ICAMus session at the 2nd Italian Jewish Studies Conference - La musica e gli ebrei nell’Italia moderna e contemporanea, Camaldoli, Arezzo, Italy, July 3-7, 2023.

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ICAMus participates in a major international conference, organized by Fondazione CDEC - Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea, and Camaldoli: 2nd Italian Jewish Studies Conference - La musica e gli ebrei nell’Italia moderna e contemporanea, Camaldoli, Arezzo, Italy, July 3-7, 2023. The Conference is directed by Profs. Gabriele Boccaccini and Gadi Luzzatto Voghera; Diletta Cesana, Fundraising & Assistant to the Director.

Our research deals with Italian Jewish composers who emigrated to the Americas, and how they contributed to the music and musical life of their new countries: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Vittorio Rieti, and Renzo Massarani. Presentation by Aloma Bardi, concert by Caroline Helton (soprano) and Muse Ye (piano).

A collaboration of ICAMus with the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance, and the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, for the CDEC-Camaldoli Conference 2023.

Presentation - Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 4:30 PM.

Concert - Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 9:00 PM.

The presentation and concert are part of the 2nd Italian Jewish Studies Conference - La musica e gli ebrei nell’Italia moderna e contemporanea, organized by Fondazione CDEC - Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea (Milan, Italy) and Settimane Camaldolesi.

 

READ AND DOWNLOAD THE CONCERT PROGRAM (PDF), WITH COMPLETE TEXTS IN POETRY AND POETIC PROSE SET TO MUSIC BY CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, RENZO MASSARANI, AND VITTORIO RIETI AT THIS PAGE.

 

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In the photo above: the Monastery of Camaldoli (Arezzo, Italy) where the 2nd Italian Jewish Studies Conference - La musica e gli ebrei nell’Italia moderna e contemporanea organized by Fondazione CDEC - Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea takes place, July 3-7, 2023.

 

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