BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260524T225753EDT-2880OfO2xp@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260525T025753Z DESCRIPTION:A Celebration on the Occasion of the Centenary of their Births  \n\nWorkshops\, Lectures\, and Concerts\n\nThis event celebrates the work of two extraordinary creative minds\, mezzo-soprano Cathy Berberian (1925- 1983)\, whose vocal versatility and imagination had an enormous impact on twentieth-century avant-garde art music and music theater\, and composer L uciano Berio (1925-2003)\, who broke new ground in serialism\, the concept of the open work\, and the application of linguistic principles in musica l composition. Focusing on their collaborations as well as on their indivi dual artistic activities\, the workshops aim to advance fresh knowledge ab out Berberian and Berio through the lens of new primary sources from the B erberian and Berio archives at the Paul Sacher Stiftung in Basel\, Switzer land\, that illuminate the context and inner dynamics of their creative wo rlds and performance practice. Also discussed will be sources from the McG ill Archives pertaining to the collaboration between Berberian and Canadia n composer Harry Somers (1925-1999)\, who wrote one work for her. \n\nHeld at McGill University and a few other venues in Montreal\, Canada\, to mar k the centenary of the births of Berberian and Berio\, as well as Somers\, the event is co-organized by the Paul Sacher Stiftung and the Schulich Sc hool of Music of McGill University in collaboration with the Centro Studi Luciano Berio\, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Italian Cultural Institu te of Montreal)\, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT)\, and Paramirabo\, with support from the Social S ciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. We are pleased to featu re interactive scholarly sessions and lectures held by an international gr oup of performers and scholars\, three concerts\, and other activities. \n \nAll events are free and open to the public\, except for the concerts of Paramirabo (October 2) and the McGill Symphony Orchestra (October 5)\, for which tickets may be purchased.\n\nRegister here!\n\n\n Thursday\, October 2\, 2025\n\n \n Location: Conservatoire de musique de Montréal\, 4750 Av. H enri-Julien | Salle de concert\n\n Salle de concert du Conservatoire | Conc erts\n\n 5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Selections of Sequenze by Luciano Berio\n 8:00 p.m. Paramirabo performs works by Cathy Berberian\, Luciano Berio\, and Pi erre Boulez\n \n\n Friday\, October 3\, 2025\n\n \n Locations: \n\n \n Elizabeth Wirth Music Building\, McGill University\, 527 Sherbrooke Street West | W irth Lobby\, Tanna Schulich Hall\n \n\n Wirth Lobby | Posters and Registrati on\n\n 9:15 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Registration\n\n Student posters from graduate s eminar on Berberian and Berio on display October 3 to 6.\n\n Tanna Schulich Hall | Workshops and Lectures\n\n 10:00 a.m. Opening Remarks: \n Jonathan W ild (Associate Dean\, Research and Administration\, Schulich School of Mus ic\, McGill University)\n Angela Ida De Benedictis (Paul Sacher Stiftung) a nd Christoph Neidhöfer (McGill University)\, co-organizers\n\n Session 1: W orkshops on Berberian and the New Vocality\n\n 10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m. Candac e Smith (Director\, Cappella Artemisia): “5 Years\, and 45 More: Honoring the Legacy of a Mentor”\n 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Giovanni Cestino (Universit y of Milan)\, Angela Ida De Benedictis\, and Christoph Neidhöfer: Conversa tion with Candace Smith\n With the participation of Rebecca Gray\, soprano \n\n Session 2: Lecture and Workshop on Berberian and Identity\n\n 2:30 p.m. -3:30 p.m. Camilla Bork (Freie Universität Berlin): “Performing Music Hist ory – Cathy Berberian as Curator and Artistic Researcher”\n 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Giovanni Cestino (University of Milan): “Berberian’s Performing Score s as Artifacts\, Documents\, and Sources” \n With the participation of Rebe cca Gray\, soprano\n\n Session 3: On the Materials for an Exhibit\n\n 5:00 p .m.-6:00 p.m. Meeting with Marina Berio (visual artist) on her exhibit Ber io Bambino\, Berio Papà: Family Drawings\, Letters\, and Music\n\n Tanna Sc hulich Hall | Workshop\n\n Session 4: Workshop on Luciano Berio's Sequenza VII\n\n 8:00 p.m. Angela Ida De Benedictis (Paul Sacher Stiftung) and Jacqu eline Leclair\, oboe (McGill University) \n \n\n Saturday\, October 4\, 2025 \n\n \n Location: Elizabeth Wirth Music Building\, McGill University\, 527 S herbrooke Street West | Tanna Schulich Hall\n\n Tanna Schulich Hall | Works hops and Keynote\n\n Session 5: Workshops on A Thousand and One Voices\n\n 9 :00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Ulrich Mosch (Université de Genève – Faculté des lettr es): “Showing the Versatile Voice – Cathy Berberian in C’è musica e musica ”   \n 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Showing of Luciano Berio’s C’è musica e musica \, episode V\, “Mille e una voce”\n 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Conversation betw een Cristina Berio (cathyberberian.com) and Angela Ida De Benedictis (Paul Sacher Stiftung): “Exploring Cathy Berberian Through the Lens of Her Arch ives”\n\n Keynote\n\n 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Talia Pecker Berio (Centro Studi L uciano Berio): “Remembering the Future: Revisiting Berio’s Norton Lectures ”\n Introduction and moderation: Brian Cherney (McGill University)\n\n Sessi on 6: Workshops on Influences and Impact\n\n 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Jamuna Sam uel (University of Pennsylvania): “A Constellation of Influences: Joyce\, Dallapiccola\, and Berberian in Berio’s Chamber Music (1953)”\n 5:00 p.m.-6 :00 p.m. Tiffany Kuo (Mt. San Antonio College): “‘Encounters’ with Innovat ion: Leonard Stein\, Berio\, and Berberian in the Making of LA’s New Music Scene”\n\n Session 7: Workshop with performance of Les mots sont allés and Sequenza XIV\n\n 7:30 p.m. Angela Ida De Benedictis (Paul Sacher Stiftung) and Matt Haimovitz\, cello (University of Minnesota)\n \n\n Sunday\, Octobe r 5\, 2025\n\n \n Locations: \n\n \n Elizabeth Wirth Music Building\, McGill U niversity\, 527 Sherbrooke Street West | Conference Rooms A832 and A833\n S alle Pierre-Mercure\, 300 Boul. De Maisonneuve Est\n \n\n Conference Room A- 832/833 | Workshops\n\n Session 8: Berberian\, Berio\, and the Radio\n\n 9:1 5 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Mila De Santis (University of Florence): “A-Ronne: A Com position on Vocal Behaviors”\n 10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m. Brian Cherney (McGill University): “‘…why should I have troubles with Somers?’ — Cathy Berberian ’s Collaboration with Harry Somers on Voiceplay”\n 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Rou ndtable\n Discussion with presenters and audience\, moderated by Angela Ida De Benedictis and Christoph Neidhöfer\n\n Salle Pierre-Mercure | Concert\n \n 3:00 p.m. McGill Symphony Orchestra\n Alexis Hauser\, Artistic Director a nd Conductor\n\n JOHANN STRAUSS II Waldmeister Overture\n GEORGES BIZET Symp hony No. 1 in C major\n LOUISE FARRENC Overture No. 1 in E minor\, Op. 23\n LUCIANO BERIO Rendering for Orchestra after Franz Schubert's Symphony in D major\n\n Tickets to be purchased through the Salle Pierre-Mercure Box Off ice (Taxes and service fees apply)\n \n\n Monday\, October 6\, 2025\n\n \n Loc ation: Elizabeth Wirth Music Building\, McGill University\, 527 Sherbrooke Street West | Wirth Lobby\, Tanna Schulich Hall\n\n Tanna Schulich Hall | Distinguished Lecture\n\n Hosted by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Resear ch in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT)\n\n 3:30 p.m. Angela Ida De Bened ictis (Paul Sacher Stiftung\, Basel): “Berio and Technology” \n Introductio n and moderation: Andrea Gozzi (Université de Sherbrooke) \n\n Wirth Lobby | Student Poster Session\n\n 5:45 p.m.-7:00 p.m.\n\n Arya Bahmani (McGill Un iversity): “Comparing the Armenian and Azerbaijani Songs of Berio’s Folk S ongs (1964)”\n Hannah A. Barnes (McGill University): “Collaboration and Mul tiplicity at the Core of Luciano Berio’s Laborintus II”\n Ana Neocleous (Mc Gill University): “Gesture and Polyphony of Action in Berio’s Gesti for So lo Recorder (1966)”\n Nguyen Minh Tram (McGill University): “Phantom Resona nce: Timbre in Brin\, Erdenklavier\, and Luftklavier by Luciano Berio”\n Ng uyen Minh Tram: “The Illusion of Multiplicity: Listening Beyond Monody”\n \n Moderation: Angela Ida De Benedictis and Christoph Neidhöfer\n \n\n \n Ques tions? Please contact angelaida.debenedictis [at] unibas.ch (Angela Ida De Benedictis) and/or christoph.neidhofer [at] mcgill.ca (Christoph Neidhöfe r).\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251002 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251006 LOCATION:Elizabeth Wirth Music Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1E3\, 52 7 rue Sherbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:“Gestures\, Words\, Sounds”: The Creative Worlds of Cathy Berberian and Luciano Berio URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/music/channels/event/gestures-words-sounds-creati ve-worlds-cathy-berberian-and-luciano-berio-366385 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR