INTERNATIONAL ROSTRUM OF COMPOSERS
Palermo, May 16 - 20 2017
PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE
Conservatorio Vincenzo Bellini
Via Squarcialupo 45, Palermo
Unless a different venue is indicated, all meetings take place in the Sollima Hall of the Conservatory.
Monday May 15
18:30 – 21:00
Welcome evening - Santa Cita Cloister
21:00 – 22:30
Concert “I.C.R.O.” - Interactive Composition for Robot and Orchestra
Bellini Conservatory - Scarlatti music hall
Tuesday May 16
10:00 – 10:30
Welcome and opening
10:30 – 11:30
Listening session I
11:30 – 12:00
Coffee Break
12:00 – 13.00
Listening Session II
Lunch
15:00 – 16:00
Listening session III
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30
Listening session IV
17:30 – 17:45
Presentation of CIDIM (National Music Council of Italy)
17.45 – 18:30
Open Mic I
21:00 – 22:30
Mediterranean Brass, music of Gabrieli, Susato, Gershwin
Santa Cecilia theatre
Wednesday May 17
10:00 – 11:00
Listening session V
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00
Listening Session VI
Lunch
15:00 – 16:30
Listening Session VII
16:30 – 17:00
Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:30
Open Mic II
18:30 – 19.30
Conference "Composition and Orchestration: Musical Gestures as a Bridge
between Scores and Acoustics, and between Music and Visual Arts"
Room 12 (Conservatory)
21:00 – 22:30
Ensemble Dinouart: Arias and Cantatas of Alessandro Scarlatti and his
contemporaries, music of Scarlatti, Porpora, Vinci and Haendel
S.S. Salvatore Church
Thursday May 18
10:00 – 11:00
Listening session VIII
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00
Listening session IX
Lunch
15:00 – 16:00
Listening session X
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:00
Windows on the World I – Countries
17:00 – 17:30
Windows on the World II - Conservatories
17.30 – 18:30
Open Mic III – Distribution of Ballot Sheets
19:00 – 20:00
Music-historical tour in "Loggia" District (Old town, near the Conservatory)
Friday May 19
10:00 – 11:00
Exchange with students and observers
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break - Collecting of ballot sheets
11:30 – 13:00
Business Meeting/ Presentation IRC 2018/ Presentation of candidate(s)/
Lunch
14:30 – 16:00
Business Meeting/Election of new chair
16:00 – 17:30
Interview with the composer Salvatore Sciarrino
conducted by Stephen Adams (ABC)
18:00 – 19:00
Announcement of results - Scarlatti Music Hall
19:00 – 20:00
Concert of the Contemporary music ensemble - Scarlatti music Hall
(Conservatory)
20:00 – 22.00
Closing cocktail
Saturday May 20
09:30 – 17:00
Guided tour in Monreale and Palermo
N.B. Should the listening time be shorter than indicated in the timetable, the remaining time could
be used for networking and exchange among delegates.