After the success of the first edition, the Festival Note dall'Universo is back again this year, this time with numerous events that will take place between Conegliano and Pieve di Soligo over two weekends.
The innovative and interdisciplinary artistic project, which sees the artistic direction of Gisella Curtolo, conceives music as the perfect tool to amplify current issues addressed by speakers of great international prestige. Music is therefore the means of communication par excellence, it has always been since the dawn of civilization because it is the ideal channel to reach the deepest part of the human soul.
The Festival ensemble will be composed of Corrado Bolsi violin / Gisella Curtolo violin / Francesca Monego violin / Giorgio Di Giorgi flute / Francesco Lovato viola / Francesca Piccioni viola / Luca Franzetti cello / Walter Vestidello cello / Daniele Carnio double bass
PROGRAM:
4 october, 20.45 – CONVENTO SAN FRANCESCO CONEGLIANO
“DANTE E IL BIG BANG”
Musical journey between the poetry and physics of the Divine Comedy
With EUGENIO COCCIA / FISICO and the FESTIVAL ENSEMBLE
Music by Debussy, Gluck, Ginastera and Mozart
Eugenio Coccia, an internationally renowned physicist and one of the authors of the discovery of gravitational waves, will guide us in an exploration of the origin of the universe starting from the pre-Galileo and pre-Einstein intuitions of the great poet in the Divine Comedy.
In case of bad weather: Teatro Toniolo – Conegliano
FREE ENTRY / Seat reservation €3.00 + presale here
5 october, 17.00 – CHIESA DEI SANTI ROCCO E DOMENICO CONEGLIANO
“NOTE DI PACE”
Musical Reflections on Peace
Con TRIO VOCALE DEL SOPRANO ANNAMARIA DELL’OSTE e “SEZIONE RONDINE” / ISTITUTO PERCOTO DI UDINE
Music by Handel, Bach, Vivaldi and Boccherini
Between the notes of the vocal trio we will listen to the reflections of the boys of the Rondine Section of the Percoto Institute of Udine, an educational project born from the Cittadella della Pace of Rondine where for almost 30 years young people from war-torn realities have met to learn to live together and resolve conflicts.
FREE ENTRY / Seat reservation €3.00 + presale here
5 october, 20.45 – CONVENTO SAN FRANCESCO CONEGLIANO
“NOTTE TRASFIGURATA”
Illuminating the night of the soul
With STEFANIA FELICIOLI / ACTRESS and the FESTIVAL ENSEMBLE
Music by A. Shoenberg, “NOTTE TRASFIGURATA”, for string sextet
The Venetian actress, through the noir atmospheres of a femicide in the dreamlike story “Mercato distante” by Andrea Zanzotto and the poem “Verklärte Nacht” by Richard Dehmel, will explore both the darkest and the most enlightened side of the human soul.
In case of bad weather: Teatro Toniolo – Conegliano
FREE ENTRY / Seat reservation €3.00 + presale here
6 october, 11.30 – from CALLE MADONNA DELLA NEVE CONEGLIANO
“BRASS PATH TO THE CASTLE”
Musical walk and aperitif concert in the gardens of Conegliano Castle
With BBB BRASS BAND / OTTONI
Concert walk with the 15 brass band with splendid music from soundtracks, famous songs and pieces for Big Band of great effect.
In case of bad weather: porticoes of via XX Settembre starting from Porta Leone
FREE PARTICIPATION
6 october, 20.45 – SALA DEI BATTUTI CONEGLIANO
“METAMORFOSI”
For an awakening of consciences
With NOGAYE NDIAYE / WRITER and the FESTIVAL ENSEMBLE
Music by Richard Strauss, “Metamorphosen”
The festival Ensemble presents itself in the peculiar chamber formation of the string septet and tackles one of the most important pages of 20th century music. Fresh from the success of her book “Fortunatamente nera“ published by HarperCollins and the success of her Instagram channel “@leregoledeldirittoperfetto” the writer Nogaye Ndiaye will stimulate various reflections on racism and the need for a change of conscience, starting from her own metamorphosis.
FREE ENTRY / Seat reservation €3.00 + presale here
11 october, 20.45 – AUDITORIUM BATTISTELLA MOCCIA PIEVE DI SOLIGO
“UNIVERSO MULTIMEDIALE”
When a violin bow paints the universe dancing with music
With PIERO BENVENUTI / ASTROPHYSICIAN, GISELLA CURTOLO / VIOLIN and TEMPE HERNANDEZ / VIDEO ARTIST
Music by Bach
An innovative and multidisciplinary show where technology, physics, astrophysics, the ancient gesture of playing Bach's music, written more than 300 years ago, will merge together. The result will be to paint the music in real time through the gesture of the bow and visual projection, through the technology of an accelerometer positioned on the bow of the violinist Gisella Curtolo and applied to the programming of the visual artist Tempe Hernandez, and travel to a distant universe with the explanations of prof. Piero Benvenuti.
FREE ENTRY / Free reservation here
“CRESCENDO E DIMINUENDO”
Musical reflections between growth and degrowth
With TANJA TETZLAFF / CELLO, FLORIÁN DONDERER / VIOLIN and the FESTIVAL ENSEMBLE
Music by Mozart, Kodaly and Shostakovich
Crescendo and Diminuendo are two terms of musical language but also two terms around which important reflections are necessary, where in a world that continues to grow we ask ourselves if decreasing is not a good option for the future.
FREE ENTRY / Seat reservation €3.00 + presale here
12 october, 20.45 – AUDITORIUM “DON BOSCO” COLLEGIO IMMACOLATA CONEGLIANO
“SUITES FOR A SUFFERING WORLD”
Concert film
With TANJA TETZLAFF / CELLO
Music by Bach and Encke
The internationally renowned cellist will present her concert film shot in natural landscapes devastated by climate change. A touching musical and visual appeal to raise awareness of greater care and humility towards the beauty of our planet.
FREE ENTRY / Seat reservation €3.00 + presale here
13 october, 11.30 – TEATRO DINA ORSI CONEGLIANO
“NOTE D’ACQUA”
Musical flows between ecohydrology and sustainability
With ANDREA RINALDO / STOCKHOLM WATER PRIZE 2023 and GIACOMO MENEGARDI / PIANOFORTE – VENICE PRIZE 2023
Music by Debussy, Ravel, Chopin and Scriabin
Water has always inspired the greatest artists and composers. Giacomo Menegardi, a young pianist from Belluno, will interlude with wonderful pieces dedicated to water the words of prof. Andrea Rinaldo, winner of the Stockholm Water Prize 2023 also known as the Nobel Prize for water and for the first time awarded to an Italian, who will explain his research work to make the distribution of water fair in a context of progressive reduction of social and economic inequalities.
FREE ENTRY / Seat reservation € 3.00 + presale here
13 october, 20.45 – CONVENTO SAN FRANCESCO CONEGLIANO
“CAMPIONI SI NASCE O SI DIVENTA?”
Great champions in comparison between music and sport
With GIUSEPPE GIBBONI / VIOLIN – PAGANINI AWARD 2021 and IGOR CASSINA / OLYMPIC CHAMPION ATHLETE
Music by Ernst and Paganini
Talent, discipline and perseverance play key roles in achieving excellence and bring music and sport closer together, apparently very distant but which in reality have many points in common. Guests include the musician Giuseppe Gibboni, winner in 2021 of the prestigious Paganini Prize of Genoa awarded to an Italian violinist after 24 years, and the athlete Igor Cassina, Olympic gold medalist on the horizontal bar at the Athens Olympics in 2004.
In case of bad weather: Teatro Toniolo – Conegliano
Full ticket € 12.00 + presale here
