Officina Musicale (The Music Workshop) was started as the “Ensemble Barattelli” in 1986 by the lawyer Nino Carloni, who was at that time Artistic Director for the L’Aquila Concert Society “B. Barattelli”. Officina Musicale is now the “Ensemble in Residence” for the medieval village Santo Stefano di Sessanio, located inside the National Park of Gran Sasso.
Past concert activities:
Rome (Accademia Tedesca, Nuova consonanza, Stagione Universitaria dei Concerti), Milan (The Elf Theatre, Royal Palace), Buenos Aires (Auditorium Ciudad), Toronto (J. Mallet Theatre, Grand Hall Conservatory), New York (Guggenheim Auditorium), Monaco (Geistag, Marstall), Berlin (Cafè Einstein), London (Queen Elisabeth Hall, Italian Academy ), Linz (Bruckner House), Vienna (Schauspielhaus), Florence ( Florentine May Musical), Ravenna (Ravenna Festival).
On the one hundredth anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi’s death, January 26, 2001, Officina Musicale played live for Radio Three in Via Asiago the first performance of “Vappensiero” (also called Nabucco: music by Antonello Neri , dramatization and recital by Vittorio Sermonti).
Recently Officina Musicale has recorded a CD dedicated to the music of Henri Pousseur.
Orazio Tuccella is the director of the foundation.
Past concert activities:
Rome (Accademia Tedesca, Nuova consonanza, Stagione Universitaria dei Concerti), Milan (The Elf Theatre, Royal Palace), Buenos Aires (Auditorium Ciudad), Toronto (J. Mallet Theatre, Grand Hall Conservatory), New York (Guggenheim Auditorium), Monaco (Geistag, Marstall), Berlin (Cafè Einstein), London (Queen Elisabeth Hall, Italian Academy ), Linz (Bruckner House), Vienna (Schauspielhaus), Florence ( Florentine May Musical), Ravenna (Ravenna Festival).
On the one hundredth anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi’s death, January 26, 2001, Officina Musicale played live for Radio Three in Via Asiago the first performance of “Vappensiero” (also called Nabucco: music by Antonello Neri , dramatization and recital by Vittorio Sermonti).
Recently Officina Musicale has recorded a CD dedicated to the music of Henri Pousseur.
Orazio Tuccella is the director of the foundation.
