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Laura
Marconi
Composer |
Choir Conductor
Laura Marconi
Composer | Choir Conductor

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.

John Cage

agenda

Upcoming

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

Past

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)

Listen

Microdanza

Allumée dans ton coeur,
au chant
des violons, la danse macabre:
ses yeux profonds son faits de vide.

Listen

Lettere a Izanami

Lo buon maestro disse: “Omai, figliuolo,
s’appressa la città c’ha nome Dite,
coi gravi cittadin, col grande stuolo”

Listen  //  Watch

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.

  • Stimmgewandt Studio

    Thanks to a great organization and a wonderful atmosphere, Stimmgewandt Studio is just the right music school for you!

  • Coro Italia Altrove

    A unique reality that attracts people of all ages who share their common love for singing and the Italian culture.