We celebrate the 400th anniversary of the birth of Queen Christina by exploring her cultural world in Rome, including the harpsichord builder Girolamo Zenti and the composer Bernardo Pasquini. This was a musical culture in which composition and improvisation were not clearly separated, and in which musicians participated creatively in the making of music.
Figured bass, partimenti, exercises, and purposefully incomplete notations offer insights into a musical practice buiot on interpretation, improvisation and shared knowledge. Bringing together perspectives from the ERC project Rem@ke and the Swedish Research Council project Unlocking the Art of Composition, the seminar explores these practices through historical sources, instrument building, practical music-making, and artistic experimentation. Queen Christina and her circle become a focal point for investigating how such knowledge and practices circulated among musicians, instrument makers, patrons, and pedagogical traditions. What can this culture teach us about the relationship between coposition, interpretation, and improvisation today?
Alessandro de Marchi International Conductor and Baroque specialist, Staatsoper Berlin (DE), Susanne Rydèn Soprano vocalist and Baroque specialist, CEO of Konserthuset Stockholm, and Erik Kjellberg Professor Emeritus Musicology, Uppsala University.
From ERC project Rem@ke:
Elia Pivetta Post Doctoral Researcher, Massimiliano Guido Associate Professor and Principal Investigator, and Matteo Lombardi Doctoral Student, all three at Università di Pavia (IT). Andrea Schiavio Professor and Principal Investigator, University of York (UK). Eleanor Smith-Guido Associate Researcher, and Joel Speerstra Senior Lecturer and Principal Investigator, both at Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg.
From Swedish Research Council project Unlocking the Art of Composition:
Karin Nelson Professor, Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg; Peter van Tour Researcher and Mattias Lundberg, Professor of Musicology, both at Uppsala University.
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INVITATIONS
Personal invitations are sent out to the conference, and the number of seats are limited.
