This concert series was born from the collaboration between musicologist Filipa Magalhães and the Tempo Reale centre, founded by Luciano Berio in 1987, in Florence, and currently led by Francesco Giomi. As part of her research into musical theatre, Filipa Magalhães proposed dedicating the first edition of the Musical Theatre Festival to Berio, whose birth centenary will be celebrated in 2025. A central figure of the European musical avant-garde of the twentieth century, Berio was a pioneer in the use of experimental techniques. His research began in 1955 at the RAI’s Studio di Fonologia Musicale in Milan, where he explored new relationships between acoustic and electronic sounds, and between sound and spoken word, in close collaboration with Bruno Maderna, paving the way for new forms of musical expression.

Piano +
Luciano Berio Sequenza X for trumpet (amplified by piano resonances)
Luigi Nono …sofferte onde serene…, for piano and magnetic tape
Salvatore Sciarrino Perduto in una città d’acque, for piano
Adriano Guarnieri Sospeso d’incanto n. 3, for piano and electronics