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ICONOMUSICA
Beamish, 'The Day Dawn',
89 x 116cm acrylic on canvas
World Premiere of 'The Day Dawn' by contemporary Scottish composer, Sally Beamish
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Event : Art exhibition and classical music festival Title : ICONOMUSICA Paintings by Michel Le Goff for the Music FestiValGardena Synopsis : British pianist and French artist combine the best of art and music in the splendid setting of the Dolomites. (main sponsors - Jaguar, Maxim’s de Paris, Corriere della Sera, RAI) Where : Palazzo dei Congressi, Ortisei, Val Gardena, Dolomites - Italy When : 13th July – 3rd August 2002 The relationship between visual art and music has long been explored by artists. It is a subject that fascinates the French born painter Michel Le Goff and his friend, the British pianist Clive Britton. After two years in the planning, an extraordinary art exhibition in Italy will give public voice to their combined interests. Entitled “Iconomusica”, the exhibition will consist of more than thirty paintings Le Goff has painted whilst listening to music performed at the Music FestiValGardena. Clive Britton is the Artistic Director of this classical music festival held in the Dolomites each summer. “Iconomusica” will open on the 13 th July at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Ortisei on the same evening that Norbert Brainin, of the legendary Amadeus Quartet, will open the festival by conducting the Orchestra del Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana with the first ever Italian performance of 'The Day Dawn' by contemporary Scottish composer, Sally Beamish. The paintings and the music will share the same venue. Guests will be able to mingle downstairs in the art gallery before and after attending the concerts which run till August 3rd. For anyone that loves fine art and music but is dismayed by the holiday crowds that throng Southern Europe, this festival in the green Val Gardena presents a civilized alternative. Michel Le Goff has created the series of vibrant abstract paintings for Iconomusica in isolation on a small Greek island. The artist rigged up a special audio system in his cliff-top studio enabling him to paint whilst being completely immersed in the music. Le Goff will be leaving his island eyrie to be present at the festival and give a talk about his work. “It seems to have been the prerogative of composers to inspire themselves from the visual arts. Franz Liszt shows us Orcagna: Il trionfo della morte, Mussorgsky takes us to the Pictures at an Exhibition, Sergei Rachmaninoff described Arnold Bocklin’s Isle of the Dead. The list goes on. All of these musicians tried to capture with sounds the essence of visual sensation embedded in paintings. With Iconomusica I reverse the process. Abstract art is the ideal medium to visualize the fugitive response the listener feels whilst listening to the works of great composers.” Clive Britton will not only be busy running the festival but will also perform piano sonatas by Kodaly, Brahms and Beethoven with the British violoncellist Robert Cohen.
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| All the Art works are protected by ADAGP © Michel Le Goff |
