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The network enhancing young string quartets and historic houses
in a circular economy
DECEMBER 2020
75 Ensembles
263 Houses in 16 Countries
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FARULLI 100 | INTERNATIONAL ONLINE CONGRESS
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2 - 4 DECEMBER 2020
"Paideia 2020: music and knowledge"
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In honor of Piero Farulli's 100th birthday
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Le Dimore del Quartetto, member of the National Committee "Farulli 100", announces the International Congress "Paideia 2020: music and knowledge", which will be held on December 2-4 2020 entirely online, with simultaneous translation into Italian and English, and during which the specific scientific-cognitive dimension of music will be highlighted.
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The conference will open with a day dedicated to "Music and Neuroscience", later deepening the topic "Music and Education" and closing the program with a day dedicated to "Music and Society".
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"Farulli 100" brings a series of initiatives throughout 2020 to various cities in Italy and Europe - with Florence at the center - in places particularly significant for its artistic history with the aim of remembering the message and the tireless commitment of Maestro Piero Farulli (Florence, January 13th 1920 - Fiesole, September 2nd 2012). He was a dedicated messenger of the intrinsic values of training and teaching for the recognition of the "cultural value of music".
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Discover the guests, speakers and thematic sessions in detail
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TALES IN THE FORM OF A QUARTET
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The project Racconti in forma di Quartetto (“Tales in the form of a Quartet”), conceived by the Quartetto Felix, wants to enhance the Italian artistic, musical and landscape heritage with the support of Le Dimore del Quartetto and the Fondazione G. Cini. It will entangle the audio/video recording of four songs (never recorded on CD and one of which was composed especially for the occasion) by as many contemporary Italian composers at the Auditorium “Lo Squero” in Venice. The selected composers each have their own distinctive stylistic traits and cultural, territorial and social roots. They are the bearers of specific cultural ideas and values with marked evocative traits that well embody the Italian way of living in music.
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Carlo Galante (1959) – Racconti in forma di Quartetto
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Franco Mannino (1924 – 2005) – Ballata Drammatica op. 67
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Giovanni Sollima (1962) – Quartetfiles
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Gianvincenzo Cresta (1968) – Persa, lontano e tuttavia distinta
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Event open to employees only
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“Racconti in forma di Quartetto” is among the projects selected by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for the Call “Vivere all’italiana in musica“
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Le Dimore del Quartetto loves spreading the excellence of the Quartet all over the world and when it is Quartetto di Cremona disseminating it we are even happier to celebrate with them on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.
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The Quartetto di Cremona, an internationally recognized ambassador of the Italian quartet culture, on the occasion of its twentieth anniversary launches a new record with which it proposes a further tribute to Italy: Italian Postcards, in fact, stands as the next chapter to Italian Journey, a trip to discover the Italian masterpieces that began in 2012 through the works of Respighi, Puccini, Verdi and Boccherini. Just like a postcard, each piece is a small casket, a time capsule that collects, fixes and passes on the impressions and sounds experienced by composers visiting or dreaming of Italy.
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For more info and to watch the video trailer click here
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Le Dimore del Quartetto supports Fondazione Laureus Italia ONLUS by donating a Fourismore training session.
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Deadline: December 9th 2020, 7.45 pm
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Fourismore is a corporate training and team-building tool by Le Dimore del Quartetto that brings the Culture of Communication to working groups of all levels, from boards of directors to project teams. The training includes the presence of a professional string quartet, two conductors and a graphic presentation of the meeting.
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Since 2005, Laureus Italia has been developing and supporting numerous projects aimed at minors living in situations of severe socio-economic deprivation, helping them to feel part of a community. The Foundation collaborates with more than 70 local realities and involves over 30 Ambassadors, sports champions and more. In addition to supporting minors in difficulty, the Laureus Italia Onlus Foundation is also aimed at coaches, educators and teachers through training courses.
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CHRISTMAS WITH LE DIMORE DEL QUARTETTO
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The Christmas Newsletter has come!
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It's going to be a more intimate Christmas for all of us, but Maria Renata Leto makes us dream anyway with her stories and tips, reminding us of the value of the small things. "Christmas with Le Dimore del Quartetto" is a starting point for making refined gifts, which enhance the identity of the territories and support small local realities.
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Do you want to promote your activities through our communication channels? Write an email to info@ledimoredelquartetto.eu to have more information
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APPLICATIONS FOR MUSA ARE NOW OPEN
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Program curated by Le Dimore del Quartetto and IED Istituto Europeo di Design
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THE MUSA FIRST CALL FOR APPLICATIONS IS NOW OPEN!
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Deadline for submission: December 15th 2020, 11.59 pm
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The first Program of MUSA – European young MUsicians soft Skills Alliance - a European professional training project for young string quartets providing them with entrepreneurial knowledge, skills and competences - aims at building or improving the string quartet image through Workshops, Residencies and Concerts. It focuses on the identity and style of the musicians and of the quartet as a whole, social media communication, dynamics and relationships with the environment taking into consideration the scenographic and choreographic aspects of the performance. At the end of the programme, musicians will receive professional photo/video materials and style guidelines.
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String quartets will be trained by IED teachers and experts, photographers, video-makers and fashion professionals. Residencies and concerts will take place in Historic Houses in Lombardy.
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THE PLAYLIST OF THE MONTH
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This month we inaugurate our new column "The Playlist of the Month", with ten songs carefully selected for our community by quartets, trios and alumni of Le Dimore del Quartetto. This month we start from the playlist curated by the Quartetto di Cremona for its first 20 years.
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"We are very happy, as testimonial of Le Dimore del Quartetto, to present the playlist of our first twenty years here in the December newsletter. Twenty years is undoubtedly a great achievement for a string quartet, but also an important starting point.
If I think of all the artistic, musical and human experiences lived in all these years with my colleagues - and with many other musicians with whom we have been lucky enough to work - I can only be grateful to have said yes to Cristiano, our first violin, who twenty years ago asked me if I wanted to form a Quartet during a break from a concert with Salvatore Accardo's orchestra, somewhere in the world.
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This playlist somehow represents our greatest passions. On the one hand, Italian music - of course - and on the other, Beethoven that has been accompanying us for so long.
I can't help but leave some space also to the music of our last album, which contains both a tribute to Italy - through composers who have written from abroad inspired by this wonderful country - and our personal tribute to this land, that has given so much to art.
A tribute to our 20 years, to the Quartet and to all the good things we wish for music."
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SIMONE GRAMAGLIA, viola of Quartetto di Cremona
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NO COUNTRY FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS (?)
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Le Dimore del Quartetto will join the round table “No Country for young musicians (?)” – organized by Associazione Musicale Appassionata – through our founder and sole director Francesca Moncada and our artistic director Simone Gramaglia.
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The event concludes the musical residencies of 2020 in collaboration with Region Marche and will be entirely online, on the Appassionata YouTube channel.
Some of the most prestigious institutions operating in the classical music sector will discuss issues regarding the current Italian musical context and the future initiatives for young musicians.
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LE DIMORE DEL QUARTETTO IN HUNGARY
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FEHÉRVÁRCSURGÓ (UNGHERIA)
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This stately home, which has just become part of Le Dimore del Quartetto network, was built in the neoclassical style in Fehérvárcsurgó (Hungary) between 1844 and 1850 by Count George Károlyi. When the current managers began to think about doing something in Károlyi Kastély, it was around 1992-1993 and the legal situation was very complicated. Thanks to a long-term loan from the Council of Europe Development Bank and the European Union Structural Funds, the Joseph Károlyi Foundation - founded in 1994 to assist the restoration and reuse of the structure - managed to renovate the building successfully.
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Today it houses the European Cultural Meeting Center and is visited by more than 25,000 people a year.
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Do you want to know more about the history and spaces of Károlyi Kastély?
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"Thank you very much for including us in this extraordinary project. These three days in this gloomy atmosphere were like a breath of fresh air and as Francesca said we now have a project that exceeds our hopes. An indescribable thanks to Francesca for thinking at ProQuartet and having found together with Alice these exceptional partners, and a big thank you also to Alexandra for allowing this project to be valid before the eyes of the European Commission. Thanks to you we are in a cloud!"
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FABIENNE MASONI, ProQuartet, November 4th 2020
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"A new important milestone is the one reached in these hours by the Quartetto Felic which, in fact, was chosen by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation from among the thousands of projects that have joined the call entitled "Vivere all'Italiana in Musica" . [...] The Quartetto Felix presented the project called Racconti in forma di Quartetto (“Tales in the form of a Quartet”), conceived with the support of Le Dimore del Quartetto and the Fondazione Giorgio Cini to represent their idea of Italianness in music."
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ANTONELLA RUSSONIELLO, Il Ciriaco, November 11th 2020
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Extract of the interview with Simone Gramaglia, viola of the Quartetto di Cremona and artistic director of Le Dimore del Quartetto
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"The last few years have seen a flourishing of quartets in Italy. "Some of the first order, renowned internationally like the Adorno, Lyskamm, Nous, Guadagnini, Eos... Every year from the Stauffer Academy of Cremona, where we were born and where we teach, about ten come out. And this is also thanks to the synergy started with Le Dimore del Quartetto, a network of historic houses and buildings among the most beautiful in Europe that host these young musicians for study stays. Together, we will briefly start with a European project of music and art workshops."
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Extract of the interview with Simone Gramaglia, viola of the Quartetto di Cremona and artistic director of Le Dimore del Quartetto
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"Who or what inspired you to pursue a career in music and who or what have been the most important influences on your musical life and career? Simone Gramaglia: [...] I must also mention Francesca Moncada di Paternò, a Sicilian princess, who always supported our quartet and then, enchanted by the string quartet world, founded the wonderful project “Le Dimore del Quartetto” to support young gifted string quartets from all over the world."
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"How did we get to today's Quartets, with musicians who live off this repertoire and, at the same time, the prejudice that this is an elitist form of music? Has it always been like this? And, above all, how was the Quartet born and why is it so surprisingly linked to the thought, philosophy and social dimension of men? We decided to ask ourselves about all these aspects and we were surprised by what we discovered. We will try to tell you about it in this and two other articles that are the result of three videos-conferences produced by Le Dimore del Quartetto, accompanied by playlists and lists of readings that we have prepared for those wishing to deepen the fascinating history of the Quartet."
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