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Luigi Antonio Irlandini

 

Performances

 

Lecture/Recital MÚSICA ESPIRAL,
Department of Music Auditorium, UDESC (Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina), Florianópolis, Brazil, on 25 November, 2011.
In this event, Irlandini's presentation on spirals and their role as a compositional process in his music included performances of
Trail of Tears: performed byJoão Titton, Izabela Köenig (violins), Luigi Antonio Irlandini (piano)
Pythagoras:
performed by Valéria Bittar (tenor recorder)
Porta do Sol...nos Confins do Mundo
: (world premiere of the second version)
performed by Alicia Cupani (soprano), Luigi Antonio Irlandini (shakuhachi), Maria Bernardete Castalan Póvoas (piano), João Titton (violin), Rubens Marques Farias (viola), Hans Twitchell (cello)

Opening Concert at the XX Congresso da ANPPOM (Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Música),
FIESC Auditorium, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil, on August 23, 2010.
Trail of Tears: performed by Luís Cláudio Barros (piano), João Eduardo Dias Titton, Izabela Köenig (violins).

Concert "A Musical Encounter with Brazil: Modern and Experimental Composers" as part of the Brazilian Music Festival
at Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, on February 11, 2007.
Irlandini's piecesi in this program were:
Agnistoma I, performed by Sarah Fox (soprano), Emma Bonanno, Lucia Alves Melo (recorders), Luigi Antonio Irlandini (didjeridu)
Luna, for mixed choir a cappella (world premiere), performed by the Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, with conductor Carmen Helena Téllez.

"Spiral - Music: a Lecture/Recital with Luigi Antonio Irlandini",
at room MU 204, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, on February 8, 2007.
In this event, Irlandini's presentation on spirals and their role as a compositional process in his music included his performances of
Pralâya, for piano solo performed y Luigi Antonio Irlandini
Pythagoras, for tenor recorder solo, performed by Luigi Antonio Irlandini

Concert "SPIRALS AND MOVEMENTS: CHAMBER MUSIC OF LUIGI ANTONIO IRLANDINI" ,
at the Ford Hall, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, on February 6, 2007.
Program:
Pralâya
, for piano solo - performed by Luigi Antonio Irlandini
Agnistoma I, for soprano, didjeridu, and two soprano recorders - performed by Sarah Fox (soprano), Luigi Antonio Irlandini (didjeridu), Emma Bonanno, Lucia Alves Melo (recorders)
Agnistoma II, for four recorder players - conducted by Charles Latshaw
Sol das Almas, for guitar solo - performed by Espen Jensen
Pythagoras, for tenor recorder solo - performed by Eva Legêne
Partita, for six recorder players - conducted by Iara Fricke-Matte

Lecture/Recital: Spiral Forms in Music
at the Old Little Theater, College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 11 April 2006.
Luigi Antonio Irlandini discusses the spiral as a special form of temporality, and how it determines the passing of time, change and becoming in music, and performs three of his own compositions as examples of spiral forms in music:
Pythagoras,
performed by Luigi Antonio Irlandini
Pralâya,
performed by Luigi Antonio Irlandini,
Trail of Tears (recording)

Lecture/Recital: Spiral Forms in Music,

at the O'Shaugnessy Permance Space, Benildus Hall, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 28 April 2006.
Luigi Antonio Irlandini discusses the spiral as a special form of temporality, and how it determines the passing of time, change and becoming in music. Included performances of:
Pythagoras:
performed by Eva Legêne
Pralâya: performed by Luigi Antonio Irlandini
Trail of Tears: performed by Elena Sopoci and Gail Robertson (violins), and Luigi Antonio Irlandini (piano)

New Music Festival XV BIENAL DA MÚSICA BRASILEIRA CONTEMPORÂNEA.
Sala Cecilia Meirelles, Rio de Janeiro, 10 November 2005
Sacrificio
(version for two pianos)

Pillow Concert
Santa Fe Waldorf School Great Hall, Santa Fe, N.M., U.S.A., 4 November 2005
Trail of Tears

10th RICE (Rio International Cello Encounter, 2005) ,
19 August 2005, Sala Cecilia Meirelles, Rio de Janeiro,
Conductor: David Ashbridge - Soprano: Martha Herr -
Cellos: Anatoly Krastev, Armen Ksajikian, Ina-Esther Joost, Lars Hoefs, Maria Alice Brandão, Michael Vollhardt. Minna Rose, and Ricardo Bru.
Porta do Sol...nos Confins do Mundo

New Music Festival XV BIENAL DA MÚSICA BRASILEIRA CONTEMPORÂNEA.
Sala Cecilia Meirelles, Rio de Janeiro, 15 November 2003, Brass Quintet conducted by Zdenek Zwab
Cromlech

Concert "In stile antico e moderno", a concert of 16th-century and contemporary music for recorders
Waalse Kerke, Amsterdam, 28 March 2003
Lutheran Church, Hondstraat, Maastricht, 29 March 2003
Kloveniersdoelen, Achter de Houttuinen, Middelburg, 30 March 2003
BRISK Recorder Quartet Amsterdam & DUIX Recorder Duo (Kees Boeke Antonio Politano)
Partita

New Music Festival XIV BIENAL DA MÚSICA BRASILEIRA CONTEMPORÂNEA.
Sala Cecilia Meirelles, Rio de Janeiro, 28 October 2001
Cosmologia II

Recital by Eva Legene, recorders
Christ Church, Kagoshima, Japan, April 2001
Pythagoras

2000 UCSB CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL New Music for a New Century"
Lehamn Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, 21 April, 2000
UCSB ECM (Ensemble of Contemporary Music of the University of California, Santa Barbara) conducted by Steve Hofer
Cosmologia I

Recitals by guitarrist Silvia Cesco, guitar:
1.Theater in der Altstadt, Merano, Italy, 27 May 1999
2. Incontri con la Musica, estate 1999, Tione, Italy, 3 August, 1999
3. Colegio de Escribanos, La Plata, Argentina, 13 August 1999
4. Colegio de Escribanos, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13 August 1999
5. Conservatorio Nacional de Musica, Iuna, Argentina, 19 August 1999
6. Conservatorio Nacional de Musica, Buenos Aires, 19 August 1999
7. Teatro La Scala de San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 22 August 1999
8. Conservatorio A. Ginastera de Moron, Argentina, 23 August 1999
9. RAI (Radio Diffusione Italiana), Radio Broadcasting: March 2000
10. Theater in der Altstadt, Merano, Italy, 30 March 2000
11. Music at Noon, Center of Performing Arts, Santa Clara University, 19 April 2000
12. Schoenberg Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, 22 April 2000
13. Karl Geiringer Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, 24 April 2000
Sol das Almas

UCSB ECM concert
(Ensemble of Contemporary Music of the University of California, Santa Barbara),
Lehman Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2 March 1999
Agnistoma I

"Contemporary Breakfast", hosted by Brian Brown,
at Radio Station KCSB, Santa Barbara, California,
April 1999. One-hour long interview with Irlandini and broadcasting of his work:
Mojave, Madrigal de Fogo, Archipelago

1998 UCSB CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL,
Lehaman Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, May 1998
UCSB ECM (Ensemble of Contemporary Music of the University of California, Santa Barbara), conducted by Steve Hofer
Archipelago, conducted by Steve Hofer

"MUSIC OF LUIGI ANTONIO IRLANDINI - MUSICAL COSMOLOGIES, Part II", monographic recital.
Karl Geiringer Hall, Music Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, 10 May 1998
Program:
Archipelago
, conducted by Steve Hofer
A Idade do Ferro
Pythagoras
(computer music, withdrawn composition)
Sacrificio (4-hand piano version)

"MUSIC OF LUIGI ANTONIO IRLANDINI - MUSICAL COSMOLOGIES, Part I", monographic recital.
St. Anthony's Seminary Chapel, Santa Barbara, California, 3 May 1998
Program:
Vox clamans in deserto (first performance of the horn version)
Cosmologia II
Agnistoma I
Matrimônio do Céu e da Terra (first performance of the third version) conducted by Jeremy Haladyna

Festival SIMBOLI E ALLEGORIE DEL SACRO NELLA MUSICA STRUMENTALE ANTICA E CONTEMPORANEA,
of Musica Reservata Association, Vicenza and Varese,
Recital of Ensemble "The Running Quartet", (recorders) at the Oratorio San Nicola, Vicenta, Italy, 27 March 1998
Agnistoma II

New Music Festival XII BIENAL DE MÚSICA BRASILEIRA CONTEMPORÂNEA,
Sala Cecilia Meirelles, Rio de Janeiro, October 1997
Matrimônio do Céu e da Terra (first performance of the second version for chamber orchestra), conducted by Ricardo Wilson da Rocha

Recital: Thomas Piercy, clarinet, New York City 1997-8 concert season
Vox clamans in deserto (first performance of the bass clarinet version)

1997 UCSB CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL,
Lehman Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, May 1997
UCSB ECM (Ensemble of Contemporary Music of the University of California, Santa Barbara) conducted by Steve Hofer
Madrigal de Fogo, conducted by Steve Hofer

1996 UCSB CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL,
Lehamn Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, May 1996
UCSB ECM (Ensemble of Contemporary Music of the University of California, Santa Barbara) at the
De natura

Nine concerts of the ensemble UC Davis Contemporary Music Players
during their tour at all campuses of the University of California (Davis, Berkeley, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara, RiversideLos Angeles, Irvine, San Diego), and Stanford University, October 1995
Mojave, conducted by Peter Nowlen

1995 UCSB CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL,
Karl Geiringer Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, May 1995
UCSB ECM (Ensemble of Contemporary Music of the University of California, Santa Barbara)
Matrimônio do Céu e da Terra (first performance of the original version)

New Music Festival IX BIENAL DE MÚSICA BRASILEIRA CONTEMPORÂNEA,
Sala Cecilia Meirelles, Rio de Janeiro, October 1991 Grupo de Percussão da UNESP
Archipelago

"MUSIC OF LUIGI ANTONIO IRLANDINI", monographic recital.
Roy O. Disney Hall, California Institute of the Arts, November 1990
Program:
A Idade do Ferro, performed by Luigi Antonio Irlandini
Mojave
, conducted by Robert Lawson
"…a natureza ama esconder-se…"
, conducted by Stephen L. Mosko
Archipelago
, conducted by Robert Lawson

Gruppo Octandre concert
Palazzo Chigi Saracini, Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Siena, Italy, August 1990
Archipelago conducted by Paulo Bighignoli

New Music festival VIII BIENAL DE MÚSICA BRASILEIRA CONTEMPORÂNEA
Sala Cecilia Meirelles, Rio de Janeiro, November 1989
De natura (world premiere) performed by Bruce Mak (violin) and Eliane Kardosos (piano)

New Music festival VII BIENAL DE MÚSICA BRASILEIRA CONTEMPORÂNEA .
Sala Cecilia Meirelles, Rio de Janeiro, November 1987
Quatro Cenas d'O Olhar de Orfeu, directed by Luigi Antonio Irlandini

"MÚSICA DE LUIGI ANTONIO IRLANDINI", monographic recital.
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 1986
A Idade do Ferro performed by Luigi Antonio Irlandini
Numen
(under the original title MÚSICA ANTIGA)directed by Luigi Antonio Irlandini

New Music Festival CICLO DE MÚSICA CONTEMPORÂNEA DE BELO HORIZONTE, Teatro Ceschiatti, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, June 1986
A Idade do Ferro performed by Berenice Menegale

New Music Festival VI BIENAL DA MÚSICA BRASILEIRA CONTEMPORÂNEA.
Sala Cecilia Meirelles, Rio de Janeiro, November, 1985
A Idade do Ferro performed by Luigi Antonio Irlandini

Ensemble NAGUAL, co-founded by Irlandini: concert with pieces by John Cage, Oscar Bazan, and Irlandini.
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, February 1985
A Idade do Ferroperformed by Luigi Antonio Irlandini

Festival II MOSTRA DOS NOVOS COMPOSITORES E INTÉRPRETES
Sala Funarte Sidney Miller, Rio de Janeiro, June 1984
Vox clamans in deserto (first performance of the tenor saxophone version), performed by Carlos Alberto Soares andLuigi Antonio Irlandini

New Music festival V BIENAL DE MÚSICA BRASILEIRA CONTEMPORÂNEA
Sala Cecilia Meirelles, Rio de Janeiro, 5 November 1983
Fragmentos performed by Luigi Antonio Irlandini

Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini, Florence, Italy, 27 May 1983
Fragmentos performed by Luigi Antonio Irlandini