Luigi Nono’s La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura

One of the most important composers of the post-war period is the Italian Luigi Nono. One of his last works, La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura, is perhaps his most poetic and multi-faceted masterpiece.

This year, the Kalv Festival invites the violinist Marco Fusi, composers Pierluigi Billone and Davide Gagliardi to realize a new reading of this almost hour-long music for violin, 8 speakers and 10 music stands. The concert takes place 13 August 19.30 in Kalv’s church.

Italian composer Luigi Nono’s motto was what he came to read on a monastery wall in Toledo: “wanderer, there are no paths, only wandering!”. The music of his later life came to revolve around open forms, wandering sounds and space. Perhaps his La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura for violin and loudspeakers is one of the most astonishing examples of this. The violinist walks like a pilgrim around the acoustic room surrounded by speakers. In a dialogue between the violinist and the one who “diffuses” the electronic sound, a peculiar musical encounter arises, which in every performance is never the same. There is not ONE way.

A warm welcome!

Föreningen Kalvfestivalen

A warm welcome!

Föreningen Kalvfestivalen