Archipelago is a series of concert and artistic residences at Giorgio Cini Foundation on Isola di San Giorgio in Venice, which involves excellent young chamber groups together with soloists and represents an important step in their growth path through a period of residence and study at the Venetian Foundation to perfect pieces in new formations and develop new projects.
The 2022 edition explores the relationship between architecture and music trough itineraries that plan guided tours in the spaces of Cini Foundation and Teatro Verde, and concerts with musical programs inspired by the places visited on Isola di San Giorgio.
2022 CALENDAR
ARCHIPELAGO #1
Friday 27th May 2022
at 5 pm Guided tour
at 6.30 pm Concert of Kleio Quartet (United Kingdom) and Nikolas Altieri, viola, at Auditorium “Lo Squero”
ARCHIPELAGO #2
Friday 24th June 2022
at 5 pm Guided tour
at 6.30 pm Concert of Cuarteto Iberia (Spain) and Claudio LAureti, viola, at Auditorium “Lo Squero”
ARCHIPELAGO #3
Friday 30th September 2022
at 5 pm Guided tour
at 6.30 pm Concert of Quatuor Agate (France) and Eleonora Testa, cello, at Auditorium “Lo Squero”
ARCHIPELAGO #4
Friday 28th October 2022
at 5 pm Guided tour
at 6.30 pm Concert of Karski Quartet (Belgium) and Fabrizio Buzzi, double-bass, at Auditorium “Lo Squero”
ARCHIPELAGO IS A PLACE OF MEETING AND EXCHANGE
•For young ensembles and soloists, who through the artistic residence and the supervision of Giancarlo di Vacri have the opportunity to try different repertories and challenge themselves by working on different formations.
•For different arts and disciplines such as music and architecture, with the aim of evaluating the artistic and cultural heritage, experimenting the connection between different creative disciplines, and reaching a more and more heterogenous audience.
The project, ideated and organized by Le Dimore del Quartetto under the artistic direction of Simone Gramaglia (Viola of Quartetto di Cremona) in collaboration with Fondazione Gioventù Musicale d’Italia and Fondazione Walter Stauffer. Thanks to the Patronage of Fondazione Italia Patria della Bellezza the project has been adopted by Crafted, agency which follows its digital communication.
We use music as a universal language that overcomes the boundaries of space and becomes an intersection point between different worlds, creating a perfect deal among people, places and passions
“The noun pelago derives from the ancient Greek pélagos which means sea.
With ARCHIPELAGO we imagined a “sea for strings” with its island, an ideal place where to dock and express yourself. No place, better than Fondazione Cini with its stunning Auditorium, could have represented this ideal place, this, in fact, is ARCHIPELAGO.
In the latest years the number of young people who pursue the discipline of string quartet has grown a lot, regardless of any crisis. A strong signal that beauty and quality don’t fear anything and that they can, on the contrary, bring benefits to those who decide to follow, support, and invest in projects that follow these two precious standards.
– Artistic Director, Simone Gramaglia
PAST EDITIONS
SATURDAY, JUNE 26TH, 2021 | #1
Chaos String Quartet and Alexander Ullmann, piano
SATURDAY, JULY 24th | Archipelago #2
Atenea Quartet and Virginia Luca, viola
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH | Archipelago #3
Echéa Quartet and Vitor Fernandes, clarinet
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9TH | Archipelago #4
Zorá Quartet and Luigi Attademo, guitar
ENJOY THE APERITIF AT SAN GIORGIO CAFÈ WITH ARCHIPELAGO
Before taking your seat at San Giorgio Cafè, show your Archipelago concert ticket at the cashier to receive a special 20% discount on a cocktail of your choice.
Opening hours: 10 am – 8 pm
ARCHIPELAGO ONLINE | IL QUARTETTO QUESTO SCONOSCIUTO
Giorgio Cini Foundation hosts the first online format in live streaming signed by Le Dimore del Quartetto. Three episodes dedicated to the string quartet world, discovering composers and repertoire through stories and anecdotes. To enrich the exchange, each episode sees the presence of a guest from a different background: a scholar, a musician, a philosopher.
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