The Collegio Einaudi Foundation partner of the 2022 edition of the Voxonous Festival
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The Voxonus Festival early music review was born in 2011 in Albissola Marina, in Liguria, becoming a production center synonymous with excellence in philological research.
The concert experience develops from the Academia project of musicians and singers, an idea of Claudio Gilio – artistic director of the Savona Symphony Orchestra – and of the specialist Filippo Maria Bressan.
The concerts, scheduled from June to December 2022, are experiential moments that promote the dissemination of music performed with informed practice and historical instruments, enhancing culture and territories. Among the new locations are Savona, with the splendid Sistine Chapel and the Santuario mariano di Nostra Signora di Misericordia; the church Croce Nera of Saluzzo, Sassello, home of the amaretto, and Milan.
Confermati gli appuntamenti di Albissola Marina, Vado Ligure e Torino, con un calendario di spettacoli diffusi che oltre alla biblioteca del Collegio Universitario Einaudi conquista anche la caratteristica Chiesa di Santa Pelagia, in collaborazione con la Fondazione Collegio Universitario Renato Einaudi e con l’Opera Munifica Istruzione. The appointments of Albissola Marina, Vado Ligure and Turin have been confirmed, with a calendar of widespread shows that, in addition to the library of Collegio Einaudi Foundation, also conquers the characteristic Church of Santa Pelagia, in collaboration with the Collegio Einaudi Foundation and with the Munifica Opera Instruction.
Program | Turin stages
Musica nel Mondo
Friday 14 October | Collegio Einaudi Library
Concert: h. 20.30
Conference: h. 18.30
Claudio Gilio, viola – Cristiano Alasia, guitar – Alberto Fantino, accordion
The Musica nel Mondo project opens a window on extra-cultured genres, as per tradition in the programming of the Voxonus Festival, which connects different eras, styles and traditions following the red thread of the Baroque tradition. Music in the world is an ideal journey through the most fascinating European countries and the Americas, a path that we could subtitle “from Bach to Piazzolla”, developed with the intention of bringing the listener into various cultures thanks to the evocative power of music. The concert was designed for viola, guitar and accordion.
October 28th | Chiesa di Santa Pelagia
Conference: h. 18.30
Concert: h. 20.30
Maurizio Cadossi and Claudia Monti, violins – Claudio Gilio, viola – Eugenio Solinas, cello
VOXONUS QUARTET
The Voxonus Quartet is the string quartet born within the larger Voxonus project “Academia di Musici e Cantori”. The latter is an instrumental and choral ensemble with variable staff that boasts important collaborations with the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Umbrian Music Festival and the Rai Orchestra. The quartet is composed of Maurizio Cadossi (violin), Claudia Monti (violin), Claudio Gilio (viola) and Eugenio Solinas (cello), “first parts” also in orchestras of national standing, the Voxonus Quartet specializes in the Baroque and classical repertoire , performed with original instruments of the time and according to historically informed practice. Particular attention is paid to the transition period with instruments with a classical setting, gut strings and 430 Hz tuning.
CARTOLINE DAL ‘900
November 11th | Collegio Einaudi Library
Conference: h. 18.30
Concert: h. 20.30
Claudio Gilio, viola – Marco Vincenzi, piano
The concert, one of the novelties of 2022, aims to return a broad, transversal look at the musical literature of the last century written for viola (Claudio Gilio) and piano (Marco Vincenzi, professor at the Genoa Conservatory). A program created around two timeless pillars: Darius Milhaud and Nino Rota. The duo will also perform music by Arvo Pärt and Maurice Ravel. It is evident that in these works the attention of the composers is turned to the classical tradition of which the Voxonus is the spokesman and discoverer. As per Voxonus tradition, Postcards from the 1900s is a program chosen by the artistic direction to intertwine historical-cultural lines between past and present. A contemporary riot that has its roots in the Baroque era, of which there will be no lack of suggestions.
LE QUATTRO STAGIONI DI ANTONIO VIVALDI
Da “Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’invetione” op. 8
November 25th December 2nd | Chiesa di Santa Pelagia
Conference: h. 18.30
Concert: h. 20.30
Voxonus Ensemble – Maurizio Cadossi concertante violin
December 16th | Collegio Einaudi Library
Conference: h. 18.30
Concert: h. 20.30
Maurizio Cadossi, violino – Claudio Gilio, viola
The Ensemble Voxonus is a baroque ensemble composed by Maurizio Cadossi, concertante violin; Claudia Monti and Paolo Costanzo, violins; Claudio Gilio, viola; Eugenio Solinas, cello; Roberto Massetti violone and Claudia Ferrero, harpsichord. The program has its roots in the tradition of the festival, a brand of the Savona Symphony Orchestra for eleven years, as it develops around the famous Four Seasons. It also reveals a narrative and descriptive path that is both a metaphor for human existence and an anthem to the Venetian composer. The program opens with the aria “Icy in every vein” from the opera Il Farnace, as an introduction to the theme of cold light, continuing with Winter (when the Sun reaches the lowest point on the horizon and then reborn) ending with Autumn. In this journey through the seasons of life, each instrument embodies the essence of the season from time to time, offering those baroque arias closest, musically and poetically, to what is intended to tell through music.
“VOXONUS DUO”
The Voxonus Duo composed of Claudio Gilio’s viola and Maurizio Cadossi’s violin is one of the longest-running and most popular ensembles of the festival. It combines two musicians, two interpretations and two musical characters in a single exquisitely baroque program. The duo plays with original Baroque instruments with a classical setting, gut strings and 430 Hz tuning, capable of enhancing the notes. The duo will also focus on the story of the Baroque concert tradition and what remains of it today
