Martini Elettrico 2026

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Friday, October 23 

11.00 (ITA time): Francesco Giomi: General introduction to the musical part of the BIP

11.10 | Federico Pipia: Reciprocal Influences and Reverberations Between the Academic and Non-Academic Worlds of Bologna’s Electronic Music Scene

11.30 | Cristina Mercuri: The Italian Electronic Music Scene: Institutions, Practices and Networks

11.50 | Enrico Sesselego: Modern Mixing: brief overview of sound treatments for different genres and Countries

Saturday, October 24

11.00 (ITA time): Francesco Canavese:  General introduction to the technical part of the BIP

11.10 | Pierpaolo Ovarini: Sound Plastic: Augmented Audio Reality and Virtual Symbolism in Sound Art and Electronic Music

11.30 | Luigino Pizzaleo: What is electroacoustic improvisation?

11.50 | Arianna Ferrara Gennari: Ghost Sch.s: The Gap Between Written and Unwritten Music in Movie Soundtracks

 

 

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PIAZZA ROSSINI 2

Tuesday, October 27 

10-13 Aula Banda | Workshop

Francesco Canavese ”The system befh. the sound: a practical workshop on the calibration and tuning of an immersive multichannel system”

 

14:30-16 Aula Respighi | lectures

Theodoros Lotis (GR) “Gestural and textural approaches in composition and performance with the embodied gestures instruments”

 

17 Cloister | Sound Installation

Ora et sonora (installation opening)

By Angelo Arena, Tommaso Cipresso, Bruno Cusumano, Vito Galgano, Tommaso Marzini Della Ragione, Nicola Mh.tti, Marco Picciano

Opening hours: mar, h. 17-20; mer-ven, h. 10-18

 

20 Sala Fugazza | Audiovisioni

Robert Cahen, Hong Kong Song (1989), opera audiovisiva

Valerio Timo, Algospeak (2026), opera audiovisiva

Gianmarco Carrozza, Bliss (2025), opera multimediale

Giuseppe Di Bisceglie e Anton Khlabov, Distortion of Signal (2025), opera audiovisiva

Fulvio Daviddi, Shi Ba (2025), opera multimediale

 

Wednesday, October 28

10-13 Aula Respighi | lectures

10.00 – 11.30 Federico Pipia (IT) “Speaks for Itself: The Computer as Object, Instrument, Performer”

11.30 – 13.00 Kilian Schwoon (DE) “A pleasure of text? Notating live electronic music”

 

14:30-16 Aula Respighi | lectures

Enrico Cosimi (IT) “Jurassic Synth: The amazing G.B. Martini’s Moog Modular System”

 

18 Aula Banda | acousmatic concert #1

Charalampos Aris Kazantzis (GR), Cycles of dystopia (2026)

Mariana Luz (PT), Alois (2026)

Philippos Theocharidis (GR) “Φύγαμε; / Are we off? ” (2024)

Pietro Trallori (IT), Fantômes (2026)

Dominic Thibault (CAN), Tout Croche-The Whole Shabang (except) (2015) 15’

 

20 Sala Fugazza

Bologna Improvisation Group | John Zorn COBRA
Prompter: Simone Faraci

Performer: Maru Barucco, Ludovica Manzo, Milena Punzi, Caterina Dufi, Enrico Pierantognetti, Giulia Galliani, Ale Abbate, Leonardo Saba, Federica Zuddas, Antonio Francioni, Cosimo Gallone, Francesco Canavese

 

Thursday, October 29

10-13 Aula Respighi | lectures

10.00 – 11.30 Pasquale Citera (IT) “Memory and Identity: Different Perceptions of Sound in the Articulation of Musical Events”

11.30 – 13.00 Dominic Thibault (CA) “Composing in the Generative Era: Crafting Musically-Meaningful Audio Datasets”

14:30-16 Aula Respighi | lectures

Cristina Mercuri (IT) “From interactive to sensitive: towards a multisensory and inclusive approaches  in artwork”

18 Aula Banda | acousmatic concert #2

Aliki Karali-Noraoto (GR), Metavasis (2026)

Guilherme Sá (PT), A Antonin Artaud (2026)

Eva Doudopoulou (GR), Stumbling Forwards (2026)

Francesco Interlandi (IT), La frana (2025)

Andreas Trichakis (GR), Underworld/Intro, (2026)

20 Sala Fugazza

Asabe Ensemble (GR) | All Sounds Are Born Equal

Direction: Theodoros Lotis, Philippos Theocharidis

Performer: Thanos Tsavouselis, Aris Kazantzis, Andreas Trichakis, Thanasis Markidis, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos and Noraoto 

 

 

Friday, October 30

10-13 Aula Respighi | lectures

10.00 – 11.30 William Succi (IT) “The Voice in Audiovisual Music: Vocal Expression, Sound and Narrative”

11.30 – 13.00 Philippos Theocharidis (GR) “Uses of the Max pattr system for the organisation of mapping and preset morphing in performance with live electronics” 

14:30-16 Aula Respighi | lectures

Arianna Ferrara-Gennari (IT) “Current Symbolic Video-to-Music Systems: Potential and Shortcomings for Supporting Human Agency in the Creative Process – A Systematic Review”

18 Aula Banda | acousmatic concert #3

Rafail-Danilo Giagkis (GR) Craftsman, the greaser (2026)

Cristina Mercuri (IT), Nemesi (2026)

Miguel Cunha (PT), Esboços Citadinos (2026)

Theodoros Lotis (GR), Voices (2022)
Jacopo Casasola (IT), Squarci, in sogno (2026)

20 Sala Fugazza Johanna Walleser (DE), AC_POV_022 (2026), per live electronics
Musica Diagonale | Electroacoustic improvisation for ensemble

Conduction: Francesco Giomi
Performer: Andrea Geremia e Andrea Mancuso (ConsBO), Domenico Bosio e Pietro Selvaggi (ConsCN), Michele Bishof e Eugenio Perugini (ConsFI)
With the supporto of MiC and SIAE, within the framework “Per Chi Crea”

 

Saturday, October 31

11 Soundwalk Bologna (leaded by Francesco Giomi)
[max 20 people, by reservation, duration 90 min.]

17 Sala Fugazza

Napoli Totale Elettronica | Concrete Bone (2026)
Performer: Paolo Montella (concrete reel), Francesco Santagata (live electronics), Carlo Mascolo (no-input trombone)

18-21 Sala Fugazza 

Senza Pubblico #2 | open improvisation for a community of performers

In collaboration with Tempo Reale

[max 30 people, by reservation, duration 180 min.]

TEMPO REALE – FIRENZE

Villa Strozzi, Via Pisana 77

Sunday, November 1

17 Globo | Concerto #1

Dominic Thibault (CAN), Tout Croche-The Whole Shabang (excerpt) (2015)

Mariana Luz (PT), Alois (2026)

Cristina Mercuri (IT), Nemesi (2026)

Miguel Cunha (PT), Esboços Citadinos (2026)

Pietro Trallori (IT), Fantômes (2026)

19 Globo | Concerto #2

Johanna Walleser (DE), AC_POV_022 (2026), per live electronics

Theodoros Lotis (GR), Voices (2022

Guilherme Sá (PT), A Antonin Artaud (2026)

Charalampos Aris Kazantzis (GR), Cycles of dystopia (2026)

Jacopo Casasola (IT), Squarci, in sogno (2026)