Productions

Where creation finds its shape, and every shape finds its stage

W.A. MOZART – Requiem in D K626

for soloists, choir and orchestra

PALAU DE LA MUSICA CATALANA | Barcelona

25th July 2025, 20:30

Misaki Takahashi soprano
Estíbaliz Ruiz mezzosoprano
Joe Tsuchizaki tenor
Lluís Martínez-Agudo bass-bariton

Mozart Requiem Chorus of Japan

Orquestra Simfònica ESMAR

Sergio Alapont conductor

in collaboration with Full Score International (Tokyo)

JON Nationale Jeugdorkesten Nederland

GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony n.1 in D “Titan”

© Rob van Dam-2023

Jurjen Hempel

© Sarah Wijzenbeek

LOGGIA DEI LANZI | Piazza Signoria, Florence (Italy)

24th July 2025, 8:30PM

Florence Youth Orchestra Festival

S. Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No.2
J. de Bock, Losing (commissioned piece)
G. Mahler, Symphony nr.1 in D “Titan”
piano Nikola Meeuwsen

direttore Jurjen Hempel

In collaboration with FOG | Festival Orchestre Giovanili

LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA – Scheherazade

LOGGIA DEI LANZI | Piazza Signoria, Florence (Italy)

31st July 2024, 8:30PM

Florence Youth Orchestra Festival

Bizet | Carmen (Suite selections)
A. Rimsky-Korsakov | Scheherazade
Lauren Wasynczuk director

In collaboration with FOG | Festival Orchestre Giovanili

PIERO MANZONI – Piero Manzoni & ZERO

documentary film and concert

IIC – Italian Cultural Institute Tokyo | Tokyo (Japan)

15th October 2019, 6:00PM

Francesca Pola | film
Andrea Cavallari | music
Ciro Longobardi | piano

Produced by: ASF Ltd

In collaboration with: IIC Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Tokyo)

FLASH FLUXUS – A 4 hour non-stop Fluxus Style Marathon performance

by FLAME ENSEMBLE

MUSEO NOVECENTO | Florence (Italy)

27th September 2019, from 18:00 to 22:00

FIRENZE SUONA CONTEMPORANEA FESTIVAL

Music, operas, performances, theatrical actions by John Cage, Nam June Paik, Joseph Beuys, George Maciunas, Marchel Duchamp, George Brecht, Yoko Ono, Robert Fillou, La Monte Yung, Giuseppe Chiari.

Performers: Roberto Fabbriciani, Andrea Cavallari, Francesco Dillon, Vincenzo Pasquariello, Michele Greco, Veronica Del Signore, Ilaria Ippoliti, Camilla Laschi, Emanuela Del Signore, Francesco Recami, Chiara Saccone, Luca di Volo, Zeno Cavallari, Luisa Valeria Carpignano, Serena Becagli, Eleonora Tassinari, Gregorio Nardi, Valentina Negri.

Produced by Firenze Suona Contemporanea and ASF Ltd

In collaboration with MUSEO NOVECENTO (Firenze)

 

WILLIAM KENTRIDGE – A Guided Tour of the exhibition: for Soprano and Handbag

stage version

photo © Richard Eaton

MANIFATTURA TABACCHI | Florence (Italy)

25th September 2019, 8:30PM and 10:00PM (2 shows)

FIRENZE SUONA CONTEMPORANEA FESTIVAL

Conception William Kentridge, Joanna Dudley
Vocal construction, choreography and performance Joanna Dudley
Technical direction: Michele Greco

Produced by: Firenze Suona Contemporanea and ASF Ltd

In collaboration with GALLERIA LIA RUMMA (Milano-Napoli)

NANCY BURSON – DNA Has No Color

sculpture installation – media: glass, wood, lights

MUSEO MARINO MARINI | Florence (Italy)

13th->23rd September 2019, museum opening hours

Produced by: Berengo Studio and ASF Ltd

In collaboration with PACI Contemporary, Berengo Studio, Fondazione Berengo

MICHAEL NYMAN – Earthquakes

world premiere

MANIFATTURA TABACCHI | Florence (Italy)

7th September 2019, 9:30PM

FIRENZE SUONA CONTEMPORANEA FESTIVAL

Film and live sound mix: Michael Nyman
Editor: Max Pugh
Technical direction: Michele Greco

Produced by: Firenze Suona Contemporanea and ASF Ltd

東京 歩く – TOKYO ARUKU

an urban sound and video installation

MANIFATTURA TABACCHI | Florence (Italy)

7th->23rd September 2019, 11:00AM to 10:30PM

FIRENZE SUONA CONTEMPORANEA FESTIVAL

Andrea Cavallari video and sound
Veronica Citi video editor
Michele Greco technical supervision
Irene Zamora, Takada Aya, Nomura Akiko, Rocco Greppi production assistants

Produced by London Ear Festival and ASF Ltd

Special thanks to: Maestro Arts (London)

VANESSA BEECROFT – VB84

installation

photo © Riccardo Cavallari

GALLERIE DEGLI UFFIZI – Sala della Niobe | Florence (Italy)

1st October 2017, from 6:00PM

Music by: Julius Eastman | The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc

Cristina Bomba costumes
Bonotto fabrics

With the collaboration of Mary Jane Leach

Produced by Firenze Suona Contemporanea and ASF Ltd

In collaboration with GALLERIA LIA RUMMA (Milano-Napoli)

Main sponsor TOD’S

UMBERTO GALIMBERTI – La Bellezza: Legge Segreta della Vita

conference

photo © Riccardo Cavallari

[from left to right: Fabio Cavallucci, Umberto Galimberti, Andrea Cavallari, Michele Greco]

MUSEO PECCI | Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato (Italy)

30th September 2017, 5:00PM

Umberto Galimberti (born Monza, 2 May 1942) is a prominent Italian philosopher, psychoanalyst, and academic known for his work on the human condition in the age of technology and culture. He has served as Professor of Philosophy of History and Dynamic Psychology at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and is an ordinary member of the International Association for Analytical Psychology. A student and translator of Karl Jaspers, Galimberti has published widely on themes such as the symbolic, the body, and the impact of technology on modern existence.

Produced by Firenze Suona Contemporanea and ASF Ltd

In collaboration with MUSEO PECCI

VANESSA BEECROFT – VB83

installation and concert

photo © Riccardo Cavallari

MUSEO DI PALAZZO STROZZI | Florence (Italy)

29th September 2017, 9:00PM

FIRENZE SUONA CONTEMPORANEA FESTIVAL

Music by: Julius Eastman | The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc
Cristina Bomba costumes
Bonotto fabrics
FLAME | Florence Art Music Ensemble
Francesco Dillon first cello and conductor

With the collaboration of Mary Jane Leach and Njabulo Madlala

Produced by Firenze Suona Contemporanea and ASF Ltd

In collaboration with GALLERIA LIA RUMMA (Milano-Napoli)

Main sponsor TOD’S

ALDA MERINI – La Pazza della Porta Accanto

opera

SEMIOTTAGONO delle Murate | Florence (Italy)

29th September 2016, 9:00PM

Direction, screenplay, scenography and music composition: Andrea Cavallari
Vocal construction, choreography and performance Alwynne Pritchard
Costumes: Veronica Del Signore
Technical direction: Michele Greco

Produced by: Firenze Suona Contemporanea and ASF Ltd

MICHAEL NYMAN – War Work, 8 songs with film

world premiere

PALAZZO VECCHIO – Sala D’Arme | Florence (Italy)

from 21st to 24th September 2016, from 11AM to 7:00PM

FIRENZE SUONA CONTEMPORANEA FESTIVAL

Films and music: Michael Nyman
Editor: Max Pugh
Performers: Michael Nyman Band
Technical direction: Michele Greco

Produced by: Firenze Suona Contemporanea and ASF Ltd

In collaboration with MAESTRO ARTS (London)

ERWIN WURM – Fallen Falls

world premiere

TIEPIDARIUM ROSTER | Florence (Italy)

14th September 2016, 9:00PM

FIRENZE SUONA CONTEMPORANEA FESTIVAL

Erwin Wurm video
Giulia Peri soprano
Bernhard Zachhuber clarinet
Florian Müller piano
Michele Greco sound engineer
Klangforum Wien (Vienna)

Music by Andrea Cavallari

Produced by Firenze Suona Contemporanea and ASF Ltd

In collaboration with FONDAZIONE BERENGO (Venice)

KAMMEROPER FRANKFURT – Die Winterreise

24 songs by Schubert/Cavallari on lirics by W. Müller

stage opera

MUSEO NAZIONALE DEL BARGELLO | Florence (Italy)

20th September 2015, 9:00PM

Wilhelm Müller | lyrics
Franz Schubert | music
Andrea Cavallari | music

Thomas Peter | baritone
Ingrid El Sigai | soprano
Marco Ramaglia | piano
Yumiko Noda | viola
Rainer Pudenz | stage direction
Mateo Vilagrasa | installation and schenography
Margarete Berghoff | costumes
Frank Keller | mlightsusic
Bert Bresgen | text transcription
Giovanni Cattasen | translation

In collaboration with Fundación Mateo Vilagrasa and ASF Ltd

LONDON SINFONIETTA – Sculpting Time

concert

photo © Kevin Leighton

MUSEO NAZIONALE DEL BARGELLO | Florence (Italy)

14th September 2015, 9:00PM

Gwyn PRITCHARD | Evolution [4’]
Toshio HOSOKAWA | Stunden Blumen [20′]
Thomas ADÉS | Court Studies [9’]
Andrea CAVALLARI | Whim of Silence II [8’]
Jonathan HARVEY | The Riot [10’]

Michael Cox | flaute/piccolo
James Burke | clarinet/basso
Alexandra Wood | violin
Richard Lester | cello
Rolf Hind | piano

production: Andrew Bruke

In collaboration with Firenze Suona Contemporanea festival

WILLIAM KENTRIDGE – Breathe Dissolve Return

video installation

MUSEO NAZIONALE DEL BARGELLO | Florence (Italy)

12th September opening 6:00PM until 21st September 2015
Installation visible during museum opening hours

William Kentridge | video
Philip Miller | music

DVcam, HDV; video transfer
6 minute loop
Music composed by Philip Miller with singing by Nokrismesi Skota
Editing / Catherine Meyburgh
Construction collaborator / Gerhard Marx
Construction assistants / Naomi van Niekerk, Catherine Walker
Steel sculpture collaborator: Christoff Wolmarans
Steel sculpture assistant: Sibert Letsie
Animation assistants / Gerhard Marx, Natalie Dembo, Linda Leibowitz, Anne McIlleron

In collaboration with Galleria LIA RUMMA (Milano-Napoli)

ALFREDO PIRRI – Passi

Site specific installation with sound manipulation by Alvin Curran

MUSEO NOVECENTO | Florence (Italy)

11th September until 29th November 2015
Visible during museum opening hours

FIRENZE SUONA CONTEMPORANEA FESTIVAL

Alfredo Pirri | installation
Alvin Curran | sound design
Andrea Cavallari | production
Maria Hernandez Torres | production assistant

In collaboration with Museo Novecento, Galleria Il Ponte, Regione Toscana, Estate Fiorentina

JANNIS KOUNELLIS – Senza titolo

installation

MUSEO NAZIONALE DEL BARGELLO | Florence (Italy)

9th September opening 6:00PM until 27th September 2015
Installation visible during museum opening hours

Jannis Kounellis | installation
FLAME Ensemble
Michele Marasco | flute
Chiara Scucces | flute
Emilio Checchini | clarinet
Ilaria Lanzoni | violin
Michele Marco Rossi | cello
Luisa Valeria Carpignano | piano

Andrea Cavallari | production
Maria Hernandez Torres | production assistant

In collaboration with Museo del Bargello, Nextam Partners, Regione Toscana, Estate Fiorentina, Renato Corti.

WILLIAM KENTRIDGE – Paper Music ciné-concert

world premiere

MUSEO DEL BARGELLO | Florence (Italy)

10th, 11th, 12th September 2014, 8:30PM

FIRENZE SUONA CONTEMPORANEA FESTIVAL

Films: William Kentridge
Vocalist: Ann Masina
Vocalist: Joanna Dudley
Pianist: Vincenzo Pasquariello
Music: Philip Miller
Costumes: Greta Goiris

Produced by: Firenze Suona Contemporanea and ASF Ltd

Photos: Christopher Hewitt

In collaboration with GALLERIA LIA RUMMA (Milano-Napoli)

 

ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG – PIERROT LUNAIRE

concert in scenic form

MUSEO NAZIONALE DEL BARGELLO | Florence (Italy)

21th September 9:00PM 2013

Frauke Aubert soprano
Guilluame Bertrand acrobat

FLAME | Florence Art Music Experience
Chiara Scucces | flaute
Emilio Checchini | clarinet
Jacob Ventura | violin
Veronica Fabbri | cello
Luisa Valeria Carpignano | piano
Andrea Cavallari | director

A production of ASF Ltd and Firenze Suona Contemporanea festival

ENSEMBLE INTERCONTEMPORAIN

concert

photo © A.Warme-Janville

MUSEO NAZIONALE DEL BARGELLO | Florence (Italy)

13th September 9:00PM 2013

Pierre BOULEZ | Dialogue de l’ombre double (18′)
Bruno MANTOVANI | 5 pièces pour Paul Klee (12′)
Iannis XENAKIS | Charisma (4′)
Helmuth LACHENMANN | Allegro sostenuto (30′)

Soloists of the Ensemble Intercontemporain (Paris)
Jérôme Comte | clarinet
Eric-Maria Couturier | cello
Dimitri Vassilakis | piano

In collaboration with Tempo Reale
Damiano Meacci | sound direction
Francesco Giomi | sound direction

A production of ASF Ltd and Firenze Suona Contemporanea festival

ANOUSHKA SHANKAR & BAND – My Sitar

concert

CHIESA DI SANTO STEFANO AL PONTE | Florence (Italy)

8th June 2010 9:00PM

FESTIVAL DI MUSICA SACRA DAL MONDO

Anoushka Shankar | sitar  
Tanmoy Bose | tabla
Ravichandra Kulur | flute, kanjira
Pirashanna Thevarajah | mridangam, kanjira, ghatam
Nick Able | tanpura

Michele Greco | sound direction

In collaboration with festival MUSICA SACRA DAL MONDO

With the support of Regione Toscana, Comune di Firenze

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