*24.10.1925 Oneglia - 27.05.2003 Roma
"The truth, about which we cannot speak, we must sing, we must express it with music."
"Our relationship with music must remain in a certain way open. That is the privilege of music, not to be formalized, not to be trapped in a particular procedure, in a particular way."
Luciano Berio
For Luciano Berio, music is an idea that becomes physically experienceable. His view of music is uncompromisingly directed toward the future. Among Luciano Berio's most important piano works are the late piano sonata (2001), the frequently performed 6 Encores (1965-1990), the Sequenza IV (1966), Concerto II for piano & orchestra "Echoing Curves" (1988-89) and the Concerto for 2 pianos & orchestra (1973).
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"I am interested in music that imitates and in a sense describes the wonderful phenomenon that lies at the heart of every language: sound becomes meaning."
Luciano Berio
Quellen: www.lucianoberio.org thing.net, bruceduffie.com
Sonata for Pianoforte (2001)
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Benjamin Kobler - piano
Sequenza IV for piano (1966)
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Florent Boffard - piano
Six Encores for piano
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Andrea Lucchesini - piano
Concerto per due pianoforti e orchestra (1972/1973)
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GrauSchuhmacher Piano Duo - pianoforti
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand de Billy - dir.;
Live - Wien Konzerthaus, 2. November 2007
A preliminary study for the Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra is the composition "Memory" (1972), which is dedicated to pianist Peter Serkin. Memory exists in three versions: piano & electronic piano, 2 pianos and for 2 pianos & orchestra (identical with the beginning of the Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra).
Memory (1972) - Version for electronic piano and electronic harpsichord
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Aldo Orvieto - electric piano, Fausto Bongellli - electric harpsichord
Concerto II (Echoing Curves) per pianoforte a due gruppi strumentali (1988-1989)
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London Symphony Orchestra, Luciano Berio - Dir., Andrea Lucchesini - piano
Due pezzi per violino e pianoforte (1951)
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Romuald Tecco - violin, Dennis Russell Davies - piano
An exciting historical document is the Interview of Luciano Berio with Glenn Gould from 1962, which you can hear in full length (50') here:
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Numerous further pieces of information about Luciano Berio can be found in the Centro Studi Luciano Berio:
www.lucianoberio.org
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Luciano Berio: Composer of the Week No. 29 / March 2019