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Mario
Mariani proposes a concert dedicated to improvisation. Improvisation,
from the Latin “Inprovisus”, not forseen, not calculated.
Such praxis is costantly quoted in music history as a common trait of
the greatest composers, up to the “standardization” of musical theory
brought about by the 20th Century - improvisation was intended as the
compositional spark and, probably, it still is.
The concert therefore aims at offering the listener a large-scale of
vision of the possibilities of this extraordinary medium, retracing its
immaginary story, from its “alleged” origins up to today, in the
different “improvisational languages”: renaissance, baroque, romantic,
expressionist, aleatory and jazz.
Not only improvisation as “embellished variation” of a given theme, but
also a kind of “juxtaposition”, a kind of “real-time” composition.
There is, in other words, a “playful” element (in some languages the
terminology for “playing” and “the playing of music” are akin): game
pieces will in fact appear like, for example, musical notes called out
from the audience on which to improvise, or letting a “musically
illeterate” volunteer play the upper half of the piano or conducting
the audience with gestures .. all contributing to real-time
composition...
Pianist and piano can exchange roles of actor and audience, alternating
in and out of the spotlight: a process that almost automatically breaks
down the barriers between listener and performer.
“Improvised transcriptions” from Rossini, Beethoven, John Dowland and
Haendel will also be performed with the most “free-flowing” variations.
The piano will thus be used not as a mere accompaniment/solistic
instrument, but at the disposal of percussive, orchestral, timbrical
and, why not, ironical means.
Mario Mariani has been performing this kind of concert on the most
diverse musical occasions for more than ten years, always obtaining a
strong and pleasant approval from the audience.
click below to hear some music
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