The MusicMediale Festival returns for its fourth edition from June 21 to July 6, 2025 with a multimedia premiere, instrumental concerts and concerts with electronics, videomapping and interactive installations.
Program
I fili dell’anima(The threads of the soul)
When: June 21, 2025, 8:30 p.m.
Where: Municipal Theater of Piacenza
New commission – premiere.
By Daniele Delogu. Chamber opera with video and electronics on a libretto by Greta Brigati.
Coproduction Fondazione Teatri di Piacenza and Nicolini Conservatory of Piacenza.
Folksongs from Inner Space
When: June 23, 2025, 9 p.m.
Where: Seminary Courtyard, 67 Scalabrini St.
An immersive and transformative listening experience in which folk roots intertwine with futuristic trajectories of sound, resulting in a collective ritual of musical exploration. Electronic Music.
Special guest: Gianluca Petrella – trombone
Serena Ferrara – vocals
Lucio Ferrara – guitar
Massimiliano Rolff – electric bass and double bass
Tony Arco – drums and percussion
Seyed Ali Hosseini – live electronics
Cosmophon
When: June 24, 2025, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Where: Ambisonic Hall – XNL Musica, 36 Santa Franca Street
An audiovisual installation that uses the 16.1 monitor sphere to provide an immersive experience. The installation includes a virtual reality simulation, with multiple sound generators that create a highly immersive sound and visual environment.
Voci_Trame_Memorie
When: June 25, 2025, 8 p.m.
Where: Chiostri della Galleria d’Arte Moderna Ricci Oddi, Via San Siro, 13
Installation and concert coordinated by Tony Arco and Alessandro Rotaci.
Ambiguità mahlerianeMalherian Ambiguities: from Joy as a Mask of Grief to Death as a Mask of Life
When: June 26, 2025, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and 3-6 p.m.
Where: Auditorium of the Conservatorio Nicolini, Via Santa Franca, 35
Lectures by Carlo Serra, scholar of philosophy.
Two open lectures focusing on critical reflection and guided listening dedicated to Gustav Mahler’s musical thought.
Textural_ Installation
When: June 26 and 27, 2025, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Where: Ambisonic XNL Hall, Santa Frnaca Street, 36
Installation by Riccardo Filianoti and Michele Violi. Installation inspired by ambient and minimal sounds.
Installation
When: June 29 to July 3, 2025, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 to 6 p.m.
Where: Space ‘694, Via Madoli, 4
Installation by Ali Hosseini.
Multidisciplinary audiovisual work that investigates themes of perception, absurdity and meaning in contemporary art. It combines synthetic voices, philosophical reflections and kinetic images to question concepts of authorship and authenticity.
Silenced Voices
When: June 29 to July 3, 2025, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 to 6 p.m.
Where: Sant’Ilario Auditorium, Corso Garibaldi, 17
Installation by Alice Brunelli.
Audio-visual installation that on the theme of violence against women, with a focus on the issue of feminicide.
Panel on applied research in music
When: July 1, 2025, 4 p.m.
Where: Piacenza and Vigevano Foundation Hall, via Sant’Eufemia, 12
Keynote by doctoral students Luca Frigo and Andrea Losi.
Artemi Maria Gioti’s Masterclass: interrogating ai through music
When: July 4 and 5, 2025, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Where: XNL Music Hall, Via Santa Franca, 36
Masterclass by an emerging artist who uses AI systems to interact with musicians from the vico.
Concert by Artemi Maria Gioti: BIAS
When: July 5, 2025, 9 p.m.
Where: Nicolini Conservatory Concert Hall, Via Santa Franca, 35
Charen de Carolis -pianoforte
Alice Brunelli – bass clarinet
Artemi Maria Goti – electronics
Fanfare for the horses square
When: July 6, 2025, 9:45 p.m.
Where: cloister of the Nicolini Conservatory, 35 Santa Franca Street
Double quintet for the grand finale joined by a videomapping work. Director, Daniele Balleello
Information: 0523 385720 – 385721 – biglietteria@teatripiacenza.it
