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11/22/2018

Welcoming a new collaborator: Mezzo-soprano Claudia Marie-Thérèse Hasslinger, in a project on Italian-Brazilian Jewish composer Renzo Massarani (1898-1975).

Claudia Marie-Thérèse Hasslinger is an Austrian-born international performer and multilingual singer and actress, whose career has spanned through different musical genres and styles. Our collaboration focuses on how twentieth century prominent European composers became central figures of the musical life in the Americas, including Kurt Weill and particularly focusing on Italian-Brazilian Jewish composer Renzo Massarani (1898-1975).
10/17/2018

Dybbuk: A New Carousel Slideshow by ICAMus.

Highlights from the ICAMus Archive. Dybbuk, to music by Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein. Choreography by Antonella Bardi, solo dancer Giulia Morandi. At SguardiDanza Center for the Arts. Photos by Fotografia Sorelle Sarti.
10/04/2018

A much appreciated gift to the ICAMus Collections: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. "Exotica: And Other Works for Solo Piano and Violin & Piano."

Showcasing highlights from recent gifts & donations to the ICAMus Collections: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Exotica: And Other Works for Solo Piano and Violin & Piano. Angelo Arciglione, piano; Eleonora Turtur, violin. A CD of rare and unpublished works, among which, Stars: Four Sketches, musical portraits of Hollywood movie stars composed in 1940. Thankfully received from the performer, pianist Angelo Arciglione. Highly recommended & on display at The ICAMus Studio.
09/26/2018

Upcoming publication of Barbara Boganini’s article, "Giacomo Puccini e Amedeo Bassi: connessioni toscane in America" ("Giacomo Puccini and Amedeo Bassi: Tuscan connections in American Music"), October 12, 2018.

Upcoming publication of Barbara Boganini’s article, Giacomo Puccini e Amedeo Bassi: connessioni toscane in America. L’ascesa artistica del tenore italiano dalla campagna fiorentina alla gloria internazionale (Giacomo Puccini and Amedeo Bassi: Tuscan connections in America. An Italian tenor's rise from rural life to international acclaim). A revised version of the presentation delivered at Museo Caruso (Lastra a Signa, Florence, Italy) on January 21^st, 2018; illustrated with rare archival images. Available for dowload (PDF) on the Center’s Website (In Depth Previews), Friday, October 12, 2018.
06/20/2018

Gretchen Peters, "The Significance of 'Real Indians' in the Minneapolis Performance of 'Winona.'"The article is published on the ICAMus website.

The complete Conference Papers presented in the ICAMus Session at "Intersections/Intersezioni" 2017 (Florence, Kent State University - Florence Program, June 1st, 2017, Profs. Fulvio Santo Orsitto and Simona Wright, Directors) are published (PDF), Aloma Bardi, Ed. The article by Gretchen Peters, The Significance of “Real Indians” in the Minneapolis Performance of "Winona," llustrated with rare images from the ICAMus Bimboni Collection, is available for download.
05/14/2018

Winona: An Unpublished American Opera by Alberto Bimboni. ICAMus at Intersections 2017: Conference Papers, Edited by Aloma Bardi.

The Conference Papers presented in the ICAMus Session at the conference "Intersections/Intersezioni" 2017 (Florence, Kent State University - Florence Program, June 1st, 2017, Profs. Fulvio Santo Orsitto and Simona Wright, Directors) are published (PDF), Aloma Bardi, Ed. Essays by Davide Ceriani, Alexandra Monchick, Barbara Boganini, and Aloma Bardi; forthcoming essay by Gretchen Peters. The articles are illustrated with rare images from the ICAMus Bimboni Collection and other archives.
03/16/2018

Celebrating Florence-Born American Composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco on the 50th anniversary of his death (16 March 1968).

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Renaissance. ICAMus currently collaborates with Università di Roma “Sapienza” and Assonanze, on three days of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco events in Rome, June 12-14, 2018, to celebrate this prominent Florence-Born American composer on the 50th anniversary of his death (16 March 1968). Years of continued ICAMus work on Castelnuovo-Tedesco have produced concerts, conferences, lectures, publications, recordings.
03/01/2018

A New Promotional Carousel Slideshow by ICAMus.

A glimpse at some of our accomplishments in a new carousel slideshow. Concerts, conferences, publications, recordings, research. A fresh look on American music, in an international perspective.
01/09/2018

A Talk by Barbara Boganini on Tuscan Connections in American Music: Puccini, Amedeo Bassi, the US Tours of "La Fanciulla del West", January 21st.

A Talk by Barbara Boganini on Tuscan Connections in American Music: Giacomo Puccini, Amedeo Bassi, the US Tours of La Fanciulla del West, and the Reception of Italian Culture in the early 1900s in the United States, when Enrico Caruso was an acclaimed star of the Metropolitan Opera. Caruso premiered the role of Dick Johnson at the Met on December 10, 1910, Arturo Toscanini conducting. Bassi performed in US tours of Fanciulla, and premiered the same role outside of the US. At Villa Caruso - Bellosguardo, Lastra a Signa, Florence, Italy, Sunday, January 21, 2018, at 4:30 PM.
12/08/2017

Highlights from recent gifts & donations to the ICAMus Collections: George Gershwin: The Complete Piano Works; Andrea Trovato, piano.

Showcasing a most welcome gift to the Center's Collections: George Gershwin: The Complete Piano Works (1917-1937). CD; Andrea Trovato, piano. The American exploration of an Italian pianist, and the internationally enduring charm of an American composer. Just received from the performer.

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Welcoming a new collaborator: Mezzo-soprano Claudia Marie-Thérèse Hasslinger, in a project on Italian-Brazilian Jewish composer Renzo Massarani (1898-1975).

Dybbuk: A New Carousel Slideshow by ICAMus.

A much appreciated gift to the ICAMus Collections: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. "Exotica: And Other Works for Solo Piano and Violin & Piano."

Upcoming publication of Barbara Boganini’s article, "Giacomo Puccini e Amedeo Bassi: connessioni toscane in America" ("Giacomo Puccini and Amedeo Bassi: Tuscan connections in American Music"), October 12, 2018.

Gretchen Peters, "The Significance of 'Real Indians' in the Minneapolis Performance of 'Winona.'"The article is published on the ICAMus website.

Winona: An Unpublished American Opera by Alberto Bimboni. ICAMus at Intersections 2017: Conference Papers, Edited by Aloma Bardi.

Celebrating Florence-Born American Composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco on the 50th anniversary of his death (16 March 1968).

A New Promotional Carousel Slideshow by ICAMus.

A Talk by Barbara Boganini on Tuscan Connections in American Music: Puccini, Amedeo Bassi, the US Tours of "La Fanciulla del West", January 21st.

Highlights from recent gifts & donations to the ICAMus Collections: George Gershwin: The Complete Piano Works; Andrea Trovato, piano.

HIGHLIGHTS

The program-guide to the exhibit "Discovering and Interpreting Charles Ives, 1890-2025" is accessible for download.

Discovering the Piano Sonata No. 1 by Charles Ives: A Lecture-Recital with Aloma Bardi and Beniamino Iozzelli.

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.

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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.