Hindsight and repositioning: composers and the challenges of the third age

A study day devoted to the behaviour, reactions, choices and rethinking that characterised the final phase of the life and creativity of some of the most influential composers of the twentieth century: Arnold Schönberg, Igor Stravinsky, Gian Francesco Malipiero, Olivier Messiaen and Dmitri Shostakovich.

The theoretical reference is the concept of ‘late style’, which was coined by Theodor W. Adorno for Beethoven’s last works and later taken up and expanded by Edward Said in his book of the same name. The speakers aim to broaden the conceptual field traced by the two philosophers in the directions of intellectual biography and aesthetic evolution; longevity is related to the alienating perception of the new age and the response to the challenges coming from it.

The event concludes with a concert performed by the lecturers and students of the ‘Cesare Pollini’ Conservatory in Padua as part of the agreements concerning the Doctorate Course of National Interest (DIN) Artistic Research on Musical Heritage (ARMH)

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9:30 – 12:30

Introduzione e moderazione: Gianmario Borio

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Michela Garda

(Università di Pavia)

Le stagioni della vita e la creatività musicale: ripensare il “tardo stile”

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Massimiliano Locanto

(Università di Salerno)

“Pensieri di ottuagenario”: Stravinskij e le sfide della terza età

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Raffaele Pozzi

(Università Roma Tre)

Stile tardo come inattualità: visione e poetica dell’ultimo Messiaen

15:00 – 18:00

Moderazione: Michela Garda

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Gianmario Borio

(Università di Pavia – Fondazione Giorgio Cini)

“Wer bin ich….?” – Autoanalisi, inquietudine, cambiamento: gli ultimi anni di Arnold Schönberg

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Vincenzina Ottomano

(Università Ca’ Foscari)

“I due Šostakovič”: critica e ambiguità nelle opere vocali tarde

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Francisco Rocca

(Fondazione Giorgio Cini)

“Ottuagenario intransigente”: motivi del tardo Malipiero