Piccola Accademia degli Specchi
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The Piccola Accademia degli Specchi (Little Academy of Mirrors) was founded around the end of year 2000 in Rome, Italy, and it is specialized in the performance of contemporary classical music, with particular attention to the so-called minimalist music.
The ensemble's repertoire includes composers like Simon Jeffes, Wim Mertens, Michael Nyman, Philip Glass, Louis Andriessen, Steve Reich, Yann Tiersen, David Lang, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Morton Feldman, John Cage, Anton von Webern, and Gyorgy Ligeti. The Piccola Accademia degli Specchi's project has also the aim of diffusing the music of contemporary and living italian composers like Giovanni Sollima, Francesco Di Fiore, Matteo Sommacal, Franco Antonio Mirenzi, Ludovico Einaudi, Michele Biki Panitti.
[edit] Members
Former members: Matteo Sommacal (Composition/Recorder), Giovanni Rosati (Piano), Assunta Cavallari (Piano), Alessandra Amorino (Flute/Piccolo), Claudia Di Pietro (Alto Saxophone/Soprano Saxophone), Donato Cedrone (Cello), Valerio Marchitelli (Violin)
Other members: Giacomo Grandi (Cello), Marcello Sirignano (Violin), Mauro Conti (Flute)
[edit] Recordings
- Candidamente
Produced by Matteo Sommacal, Ruggero Lancia and Matteo Siccardi
Recorded and mixed by Giovanni Di Paolo, Roma, 2002
Private distribution
- MinimaMachta
Produced by Matteo Sommacal and Giovanni Rosati
Recorded and mixed by Fulvio Zafret, Urban Recording Studio, Trieste, 2004
[edit] References
- P. Ferialdi, "Piccola Accademia degli Specchi, minimalista", Il Piccolo, 8 Novembre 2004
- D. Bozovic, "Minimalismo riflesso dagli specchi", Il Corriere Veneto, 8 Novembre 2004
- L. Matteo, "Minimalisti a Roma", ARS - Anton Rubinstein Symposium, Anno II, Num. 1, February 2005, pp.3-5
- A. Mistaro, "Minimalismo Corale al Festival di Topolò", Choralia, Anno X, Num. 41, September 2005, pp.9-10
