Carlo Sampaolesi & Pigini Accordions present

PNE.UMA

CONTEMPORARY ACCORDION FESTIVAL

workshop, masterclass and concerts

in collaboration w/ NÜGO - Records

24th - 28th JULY

CASTELFIDARDO

PNE.UMA is a masterclass and music ​education project dedicated to the ​accordion, with a focus on the ​contemporaneity and the areas of ​research within which this instrument is ​placed.

The project comes from the need to ​create a space where accordionists from ​all over the world can meet under the ​guidance of a renowned Teacher to work ​on a concert project together. Participants, ​therefore, will not only be called upon as ​students, but will follow the planning and all ​curatorial aspects for the realization of the ​concert.

The Teacher and Concert Artist, on the ​other hand, will be tasked with creating a ​performance that involves the ​participating musicians. Everything from ​the audience arrangement to the staging ​of the concert will be the result of ​collaboration and teamwork.

The PNE.UMA masterclass will be held in ​collaboration with the prestigious ​accordion brand Pigini Accordions, which ​will provide factory space for the final ​concert.

The masterclass will last a total of five days ​and will be hosted by the city of ​Castelfidardo, becoming an opportunity for ​the participating musicians to experience ​the "City of Accordions." The residency ​days will be hosted in the recording studio ​of the record label NÜGO - Records and ​food will be provided by the organization, ​to give the opportunity to create moments ​of community and learning even outside ​the studio spaces.

The Guest Teacher of the first edition of ​PNE.UMA will be Claudio Jacomucci, and ​in collaboration with the Pigini Accordions ​company and the NUGO - Records label, ​two concerts by internationally renowned ​accordionists will be hosted on those days.

The First Edition of PNE.UMA will focus on the figure of American composer and accordionist Pauline Oliveros (1932 - 2016).

"Pauline Oliveros has been among the most prolific ​music composers of our time. A pivotal figure in ​avant-garde music after World War II, she counts a ​long list of professional attributes, a reason why, ​as she herself points out, it is not possible to assign ​her either a canon or a category. She has been a ​musician, theorist, author, researcher, teacher and ​LGBTQIA+ activist. Such multifacetedness is ​reflected in a thought that is devoid of ​contradictions and yet accommodates the - ​seemingly - distant themes of electronic music and ​meditation. Her name is linked to the theory of Deep ​Listening: it is "a practice that combines feminist and ​queer thought, a hacker approach to any ​instrument capable of emitting sound, and a ​libertarian method in sharing it."

CLAUDIO ​JACOMUCCI

TEACHER OF ​THE ​WORKSHOP/

SITE SPECIFIC ​PERFORMANCE

Concertist, Accordion Professor, Composer

Winner of international contests such as Grand Prix International d’Accordéon in St. Etienne (1988), Trofeo Mundial de acordeón ​(C.M.A.) in Cuenca (1990), Premio Città di Castelfidardo (1990) and Arrasate Hiria (1994).

He has premiered a number of new works cooperating with composers such as Luciano Berio, Franco Donatoni, György Kurtag, Luis De ​Pablo, Boris Porena, etc.

He has been performing in Europe, USA, China, Mexico, Russia in many festivals and institution such as Cornell University (USA), Berlin ​Philharmonic, Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Salle Messiaen in Paris, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Gaudeamus Foundation in ​Amsterdam, Teatro dell’Opera, Rome, GoG/Teatro Carlo Feilce in Genova, Sala Chavez in Mexico City, Beethoven Haus in Bonn ​(Germany), to name a few.

He is the founding teacher of the Italian Accordion Academy [Amsterdam/Urbino]. He has given masterclasses at Paris Conservatory of ​Music, Royal Academy of Music of London, Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Danish Royal Academy of Music of Copenhagen, Chopin ​University Warsaw, Conservatory of Barcelona, Amsterdam Conservatory, HEAR Académie Supérieure de Musique Strasbourg, Yoliztli ​Academy in Mexico, Tianjin's Conservatory (China), Rome Conservatory.

CONCERTS

FRIDAY 26th JULY

HANNAH HAJAR

Jeanne Merone (accordion) & Mathilde ​Proy (live electronics)

SATURDAY 27th JULY

LUCA PIOVESAN

concert for accordion, electronics and field recordings

July 24-28, 2024 - Castelfidardo (AN) 60022 Italy

TEACHER: CLAUDIO JACOMUCCI

• cost: 350€ per participant (minimum of three participants)
  

• Food (lunch and dinner) included for each participant
  

• Recommended accommodation: B&B Accordéon ​(Castelfidardo) - 100€ per person for five nights
  

(max. 6 people)

• masterclass schedule: from the 24th to the 27th ​individual lessons, group meetings, talks and ​workshops with Claudio Jacomucci. Preparation and ​organization for the collective concert
• 28th july: staging and concert (6pm) at Pigini ​Accordions Factory