Stefano Gervasoni is one of the leading contemporary composers of his generation in Europe. Winner of numerous prizes, including the recent "Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation Award" (2018) and Premio della Critica Musicale "Franco Abbiati" (2010). Since 2006 Stefano Gervasoni has held a regular teaching position as professor of composition at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris.

"I consider myself a pure composer, not in the sense that I wish to claim the purity of my sources of inspiration, which are instead numerous and wide-ranging, or that the results of my artistic research are in any way absolute (which is far from my case), or in the way I conceive the task (or rather the "mission") of a composer. I write music and teach composition, and I view both as an expression of thought – with a strong will to recount and bear witness to the aspirations of our time – respecting history and endeavoring to act on the present to leave traces that are as "clear" and efficient as possible to the future of humanity." Stefano Gervasoni, 2017

Stefano Gervasoni will highlight his musical vision and talk about his composition process. The public can also hear live music and some recordings of the Italian composer who is coming to Budapest following the personal invitation of Peter Eötvös.


Program:

Stefano Gervasoni: ODOI II for two saxophone soprano

Featuring: Erzsébet Seleljo, Viktor Nagy - saxophone


Host: Gergely Fazekas, music historian


Language of the talks: English


Partners: Istituto Italiano Budapest, Institut français de Budapest

We are grateful for the help of Concertgebouorkest, Camerata RCO and Gutman Records.