And what is the purpose of writing music?
One is, of course, not dealing with purposes but dealing with sounds.
Or the answer must take the form of paradox:
a purposeful purposelessness or a purposeless play.
Laura
Marconi
Marconi
Composer |
Choir Conductor
Choir Conductor
Laura Marconi
Composer | Choir Conductor
agenda
Upcoming
November 8 2024 | Cenere
Cenere for female voices and percussion | Schönes Wochenende – Neue Musik Festival | Neanderkirche, Bolkerstraße 36, 40213 Düsseldorf | Performed by Rheinstimmen Ensemble and Kölner Vokalsolisten
Past
June 25 2024 – 8pm | Bachs Engram
Bachs Engram – Variationen über das Gedächtnis for vocal sextet | composed in collaboration with Gianluca Castelli | Schönberger Musiksommer | St. Laurentius Kirche, 23923 Schönberg | Performed by Sjaella
April 20 2024 | Giselle
Giselle for female vocal sextet and percussion | Leipziger Ballet | choreography: MARIO SCHRÖDER | music: ADOLPHE ADAM, LAURA MARCONI, DAVID LANG, FJÓLA EVANS, GIANLUCA CASTELLI | orchestra: Gewandhaus Leipzig | Performed by Sjaella and Xizi Wang | get ticket here: Opernhaus Leipzig | next performances: (28.04.2024, 09.05.2024, 11.05.2024, 24.05.2024, 26.05.2024, 01.06.2024, 09.06.2024, 12.06.2024, 29.06.2024)
March 17 2024 | Vorrei
Vorrei for vocal sextet | Schönes Wochenende – Neue Musik Festival | NRW-Forum | Performed by Rheinstimmen Ensemble
September 07 2023 – 7.30pm | Bachs Engram
Bachs Engram – Variationen über das Gedächtnis for vocal sextet | composed in collaboration with Gianluca Castelli | Abendmusik an den Silbermann-Orgeln | Freiberger Dom | Sjaella, voices/ Albrecht Koch, organ | get ticket here: Sjaella
June 10 2023 – 7pm | Altrove
Altrove for choir and large ensemble | supported by a Bogliasco Foundation fellowship | Schönes Wochenende – Neue Musik im Schumannfest | Tonhalle Düsseldorf | Chor des Städtischen Musikvereins and Notabu.Ensemble | get ticket here: Tonhalle Düsseldorf
May 14 2023 – 11am | Workshop on vocal technique with Valeria Laino
Rather Familienzentrum, Rather Kreuzweg 43, Düsseldorf, 40472 | Valeria Laino, soprano / Coro di Italia Altrove, conductor: Laura Marconi | hosted by Italia Altrove e.V. | book your place here: Italia Altrove
May 13 2023 – 6.30pm | Chamber music concert with Valeria Laino & Gianluca Guida
Steinway-Haus, Immermannstraße 14-16 , Düsseldorf, 40210 | Valeria Laino, soprano / Gianluca guida, piano | hosted by Italia Altrove e.V. | get ticket here: Italia Altrove
November 30 2022 – 8pm | Ethos19
Ethos19 for ensemble and narrator | Na hör´n Sie mal! | Tonhalle Düsseldorf | Notabu.Ensemble, conductor Mark-Andreas Schlingensiepen
September 25 2022 – 8pm | Vorrei
World première – Vorrei for vocal sextet | Elemente – Wasser und Feuer | founded by Neustart Kultur | Performed and commissioned by Kölner Vokalsolisten
June 22 2022 | Bakekujira
World première – Bakekujira for string quartet | Wandsworth Street Concerts WSC 2022 | St Anne’s Churchyard, Wandsworth, England | Medea String Quartet: Mira Marton, violin / Clara Mezzanatto, violin / Joanna Patrick, viola / Ada Guarnieri, cello
June 4 2022 | Lettere a Izanami
Lettere a Izanami for mezzosoprano solo | Salotto in Prova | Via Enrico Caviglia 5, 20139 Milan, Italy | Akiko Kozato
May 21 2022 | Die Wacht am Rhein
World première – Die Wacht am Rhein, das ist der Titel for a cappella choir | Marktmusik in der Maxkirche | Schulstraße 15, 40213 Düsseldorf | Junger Kammerchor Düsseldorf
May 15 2022 | Workshop with Elisa Di Dio and Trio Trigal
Barbara Saal, Becherstrasse 25, 40476 Düsseldorf | Workshop on Italian Folk Music with Elisa Di Dio and Trio Trigal
Hosted by Italia Altrove e.V.
May 14 2022 | Concert of Trio Trigal
Barbara Saal, Becherstrasse 25, 40476 Düsseldorf | Giancarlo Zedde, accordeon / Angelo Palma, guitar / Elisa Di Dio, voice and percussion | Hosted by Italia Altrove e.V. | For tickets please contact info@italia-altrove.com
works
Katsuraotoko
According to an ancient Japanese legend, the shadows on the moon are actually an apparition of a monster called Katsuraotoko (the man of Katsura)
Microdanza
Allumée dans ton coeur,
au chant
des violons, la danse macabre:
ses yeux profonds son faits de vide.
projects
La principessa luminosa
An opera for a cappella choir, audience and light inspired by George MacDonald’s fairy tale The Light Princess, commissioned to me by Coro G and Carlo Pavese.
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Stimmgewandt Studio
Thanks to a great organization and a wonderful atmosphere, Stimmgewandt Studio is just the right music school for you!
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Coro Italia Altrove
A unique reality that attracts people of all ages who share their common love for singing and the Italian culture.
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