Concert of Camerata Strumentale di Prato conducted by Jonathan Webb as homage to ICAMus and the American Music Center/Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana.

Works by Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber are included in the program of the December 12, 2024 concert of Camerata Strumentale di Prato conducted by Jonathan Webb. Program Notes by Aloma Bardi. We express our appreciation to the Camerata for presenting the concert as a homage to ICAMus and the recently established American Music Center/Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana!

Newly Published Article: Rhapsody in Blue: A work by Gershwin, a work in progress, a “collective” work, by Prof. Paolo Somigli, curator of the Rhapsody in Blue Centennial bibliographic exhibit at the American Music Center Prato.

In this new ICAMus publication, Professor Paolo Somigli (Libera Università di Bolzano/Freie Universität Bozen), a scholar of 20^th-century American music, provides in-depth insights into the unique genesis of one of the most celebrated masterpieces of American music, offering a reflection on Gershwin’s creative process. The article is accompanied and complemented by Dr. Somigli’s Guide to the Rhapsody Centennial bibliographic exhibit, “Rhapsody in Blue: cent’anni di un capolavoro [100 years of a masterpiece]”. PDF; in Italian.

Beniamino Iozzelli: American Music in Conversation with the Great International Piano Repertoire.

In Prato, Italy, Saturday, October 26, 2024, at 5:00 PM. A collaboration of ICAMus with Scuola di Musica G. Verdi. Pianist Beniamino Iozzelli performs a program featuring works by Fryderyk Chopin, Aleksandr Skrjabin, George Crumb (1929-2022). Sala Zipoli, Palazzo della Musica, Via Santa Trinita 2, Prato. Free admission.

Rhapsody in Blue Centennial bibliographic exhibit curated by Prof. Paolo Somigli at the American Music Center Prato.

Inaugurazione di ICAMus-Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana, Prato.

Riflessioni, immagini, documenti, visite, ascolti per illuminare l’apertura al pubblico di ICAMus come nuovo Centro di Documentazione sulla Musica Americana al Palazzo Martini-Palazzo della Musica di Prato. Sabato 18 maggio 2024, Palazzo Martini-Palazzo della Musica, Via Santa Trinita 2, Prato, ore 17. Con Aloma Bardi, Duo Alberto Bologni (violino)-Carlo Palese (pianoforte). Partecipano Douglas Hedwig (compositore, strumentista e direttore, educatore musicale) e ospiti speciali, tra i quali Nicole Panizza (pianista, musicologa).