Nicola Sani
Italian Composer of Contemporary Music

Monday, 27 March
4:00 p.m.
2441 Humanities Building
 "Luigi Nono: From Political Engagement to the New Prometheus"

Tuesday, 28 March
2:30 p.m.
254 Van Hise Hall
"Recent Trends in Italian New Music:
From Electro-Acoustic to Intermedia Works"

6:00 – 8:00 p.m
104 Van Hise Hall
"Nicola Sani: Between Sound and Image"
A program of videos presented by Nicola Sani:

"Non tutte le isole hanno intorno il mare",
music by Nicola Sani, video by Mario Sasso,
RAISAT Productions, 2000. 52 mins.

"Noto-Mandorli-Vulcano-Stromboli-Carnevale",
short feature by Michelangelo Antonioni, with music by Nicola Sani, ENEL Production, 1992, 10 mins.

"Footprint",
Video by Mario Sasso and Nicola Sani, Ars Electronica Prize 1990, RAISAT Productions, 1990, 3 mins.

"Spargimento",
Opera for music and dance by Nicola Sani, texts by Erri De Luca, choreography by Laura Balis and Cinzia Romiti - Compagnia Corte Sconta, Milano, Video direction by di Kiko Stella, Corte Sconta Productions, 1998, 15 mins.

Video extracts from Video Installations by Mario Sasso and Nicola Sani (10 mins):
"La Torre delle Trilogie",
Guggenheim Prize, 1999
"Omaggio a Giacomo Leopardi",
Quadriennale Roma, 1998
"Le cittą continue/La stanza di Vertov",
Berlino Sonambiente, 1996


Wednesday, 29 March
12:00 p.m.
67 Bascom
"Political Engagement and Democracy in
Italian Avant-Garde Music"

3:15 p.m.
2551 Humanities Building
"The Musical Composition of Nicola Sani: Approaching Multiplicity"


Sponsored by the Center for European Studies
the School of Music
and the Department of French and Italian

with generous support from the
Istituto Italiano di Cultura - Chicago

and the Anonymous Fund
Nicola Sani was born in Ferrara in 1961. Following his first musical experiences with Maura Cova, he studied composition with Domenico Guaccero and electronic music with Giorgio Nottoli. He attended the composition workshops by Karlheinz Stockhausen and the CSC computer music workshops organised by the University of Padova and the IMEB in Bourges. He is the author of numerous instrumental and electroacoustic compositions, musical theatre operas, dance operas and multimedia installations performed within the most important international seasons and festivals.

For more information, see Nicola Sani's website.