Sentieri selvaggi
Sentieri Selvaggi is an Italian music, specialising in contemporary music.
It was founded in 1997 by Carlo Boccadoro, Filippo Del Corno and Angelo Miotto. The ensemble has worked with with composers such as Michael Nyman, Philip Glass, Fabio Vacchi, David Lang, James MacMillan, Lorenzo Ferrero, Ivan Fedele]] and Louis Andriessen.
Sentieri Selvaggi has been a regular guest at Italian musical festivals including Teatro Alla Scala, Venice Biennale and MITO Music September, as well as at Italian cultural events including the Literary Festival at Mantua and the Science Festival at Genoa, and at international festivals including the Bang On A Can Marathon in New York and the SKIF Festival in Saint Petersburg.
The group also organized a festival in Milan which since 2005 has become a contemporary music season with a program of concerts, public talks, masterclasses. Every program focuses on a specific theme: in 2010 the title of the season is Nuovo Mondo (New World);
The ensemble has also staged chamber operas, including Io Hitler by Filippo Del Corno, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Michael Nyman and The Sound of a Voice by Philip Glass.
Publications and recordings
CDs
- La Formula del fiore
- Bad blood
- Child
- Acts of beauty
- Hotel occidental
- Musica Cœlestis (books/cd)
In 2006 the ensemble recorded the anthology AC/DC for the American label Cantaloupe Music. In 2008 the recording of Il cantante al microfono with soloist Eugenio Finardi won the 2008 Targa Tenco award.
Repertoire
- John Adams Gnarly Buttons ip - Allelujah Junction ip …
- Louis Andriessen Passeggiata in tram in America e ritorno (new version/wp)
- Hout - Zilver - De Staat …
- Luciano Berio O King - Chamber Music …Wp
- Carlo Boccadoro Bad blood wp - Bibì&Bibò - Keep Cool Wp - Zingiber wp …
- Gavin Bryars Non la conobbe il mondo mentre l’ebbe wp - Jesus’ blood never failed me yet
- Sub rosa …
- Michael Daugherty Diamond in the rough ip - Sinatra shag …
- Filippo Del Corno Dogma#6 wp - Hotel Occidental wp - L’uomo armato - Mancanza di soldi wp
- Ivan Fedele Maja - Immagini da Escher…
- Lorenzo Ferrero Glamorama spies wp - Tourists and Oracles wp …
- Carlo Galante La formula del fore wp - Urban Ring wp …
- Philip Glass Facades - The Sound of a Voice ip - Wichita Vortex Sutra …
- Michael Gordon acdc - Industry …
- Giya Kancheli Exil - Nach dem Weinen …
- David Lang Developer wp - I fought the law wp - Stick figure wp - Sweet air wp …
- James MacMillan Raising sparks ip - Parthenogenesis ip - The Prophecy ip …
- Michael Nyman Acts of beauty wp - Something Connected With Energy wp
- The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat …
- Arvo Pärt Miserere - Stabat Mater …
- Steve Reich Cello Counterpoint ip - Daniel Variations ip - Proverb ip …
- Fabio Vacchi Dai calanchi di Sabbiuno - Mi chiamo Roberta …
- … and over 250 scores and 100 authors…