CROSS-BORDERS MEETING AND PERFORMANCES

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1 PRESENTATION Electronic Generations is a meeting centred around electronic music. It was held for the first time in 2009 by the DAMS - Music Department of the University of Udine - Gorizia with the specific aim of inquiring into the present state and the possible future of this repertory, in light of a changed historical, social and technological context. Electronic music is, indeed, an ever-expanding universe. Ever since the fifties it has taken complex and often unexpected directions. In other words it has become an area of particular interest and full of possibilities for new generations. Nonetheless, traditional historical musicology underestimated the impact of new electronic media on the recording forms and the spread of knowledge, and too often found itself before an epistemological impasse. This caused a great delay in the full understanding of this repertoire. By insisting on the separation between a high and vulgar culture, and based on the analysis of pre-composition models at the expense of performance, a large number of critics has ignored the common laboratorial practice which unites the different forms of expression. Through the study of the dynamic process for creating electronic works a change of the interpretational paradigms therefore can emerge: a new vision that no longer focuses on the differences but rather on common factors. This year the aim of the meeting is to confront the different approaches to musical electronics, exploring the various aspects from multiple points of view. The inquiry focuses on the evolutions of the so-called classical electronic repertory, on the new pop(ular) tendencies and on the continuous contaminations between genres, styles and usages, without leaving out the history of the evolution of technology and taste. A critical reflection cannot take place without an active debate. For this reason, Electronic Generations has been transformed this year in an international round table. Italian, Slovenian and Austrian musicians and musicologists will be hosted in the name of a cross-border unity that will witness Gorizia and Nova Gorica, cities that are a symbol of division, reunited for this year's meeting. 1

2 PROGRAM Wednesday 20th October pm-6.30pm Palazzo Alvarez Aula C (University of Udine - Gorizia) 2nd Electronic Generation: High vs Low? Theoretical scenario Prof. Mauro Pascolini (chief of the CEGO) greetings Prof. Roberto Calabretto (chief of the DAMS course) greetings Luca Cossettini (University of Udine) Introduction: musicology and electronic music: an epistemological impasse? Simone Heilgendorff (University of Klagenfurt) John Cage and the contemporary music audience Franco Fabbri (University of Turin) From musique concrète to rock n roll, from tape and electronic music to the Beatles, from minimalism and progressive rock to disco and techno: unscored music and its challenge to score-centered musicology Angelo Orcalli (University of Udine) Cybernetic generation: sounds for a forbidden planet 9.30pm Circolo Culturale Mostovna (Cesta IX Korpusa 99a, Solkan, Nova- Gorica) Electronic Action Concert: Andrea "Zorro" Zorat, Fabrizio Fiore, Lorenzo Pagliei, Simone Peraz, Nicola Buso, Marjan Šijanec, Dahlia Borsche, Marcus Weiser. 2

3 Thursday 21st october am-1pm Palazzo Alvarez - Aula C (University of Udine Gorizia) Electronic Conversation 1st Act, Research papers Eveline Vernooij (University of Udine) Sound in progress? On Varese s Deserts Gregor Pompe (University of Ljubljana) Electronic music in Slovenia: reasons and influences, institutions and alternatives Dahlia Borsche (University of Klagenfurt) Beyond pop. Reflecting noise music as model for a trans-categorial musicological approach Nicola Buso (Conservatorium of Trieste) Sound and drama: playing electronic music Chairman: Luca Cossettini (University of Udine). 2pm-4pm Palazzo Alvarez - Aula C (University of Udine Gorizia) Electronic Conversation 2nd Act, Meet the composers : Larisa Vrhunc talks to composers: Marjan Š ijanec (Ljubljana, composer); Lorenzo Pagliei (IRCAM - Paris); Marc Weiser (Rechenzentrum - Berlin); Andrea Zorro Zorat (Conservatorium of Trieste); Simone Peraz (Conservatorium of Udine); Fabrizio Fiore (Conservatorium of Trieste); 4pm-5.30pm Palazzo Alvarez - Aula C (University of Udine Gorizia) Round Table 3

4 PARTNERS Institutional Partners: -Udine University -Udine University CEGO -Consorzio per lo sviluppo del polo universitario di Gorizia -University of Klagenfurt -Department of Musicology University of Klagenfurt -University of Ljubljana -Faculty of Humanities University of Ljubljana -MIRAGE Laboratory University of Udine -KGŠ (Klub goriških študentov) -Music School SCGV Emil Komel Institutions: -Comune di Gorizia -Provincia di Gorizia Assessorato alle Politiche Giovanili -Regione FVG -Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Gorizia -Forum Giovani Provincia di Gorizia -Conservatory J. Tommadini of Udine Media partner TV Koper - Capodistria 4

5 PRESS COMMUNICATION Italian Magazines Rolling Stone XL Blow-up Buscadero Il Mucchio Rumore Wired Rockerilla Amadeus Il Giornale della Musica Classic Voice Slovenian Magazine Glasna Italian Local Magazines Network Imagazine Il Friuli Voce Isontina Il Nuovo FVG Isonzo Soča Strade Slovenian Newspapers Primorske Novice Delo Italian Local Newspapers Il Piccolo Il Messaggero Veneto Primorski Dnevnik Il Gazzettino La Tribuna di Treviso Corriere del Veneto (Corriere della sera) Italian WEB Ondarock Rockit Troublezine Indie Meno Slovenian WEB Blog Muska Italian Radio and TV Rai Friuli-Venezia Giulia Telefriuli Telequattro Radio Fantasy Radio Belluno Radio Top Slovenian Radio and TV Radio Koper/Capodistria Radio Robin 5

6 ORGANIZATION CHART Artistic Director -Daniele Badocco Scientific Director -Luca Cossettini Scientific Committee -Gianni Di Capua -Eveline Vernooij -Dahlia Borsche Staff Nova Gorica -Tadej Stolic -KGŠ (Klub Goriških Študentov) Press Agency -Shadia El Tabch Communication Area -Nicola Balbinot Tech Stuff -Lorenzo Della Rovere Layout Artist -Alessandro Olto 6