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, Filippo Del Corno and Angelo Miotto. The ensemble has worked with composers such as

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, Michael Nyman, Philip Glass,

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, David Lang,

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, Lorenzo Ferrero, Ivan Fedele and

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. Sentieri Selvaggi has been a regular guest at Italian musical festivals including Teatro Alla Scala,

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and MITO Music September, as well as at Italian cultural events including the Literary Festival at

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, the Science Festival at

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, and at international festivals including the Bang On A Can Marathon in

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and the SKIF Festival in

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. The group also organized a festival in

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which, since 2005, has become a contemporary music season with a program of concerts, public talks, and master classes. Every program focuses on a specific theme: in 2010 the title of the season was ''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) *''Zingiber'' In 2006 the ensemble recorded the anthology ''AC/DC'' for the American label

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. In 2008 the recording of ''Il cantante al microfono'' with soloist Eugenio Finardi won the 2008 ''Targa Tenco'' award.

Repertoire

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: ''Gnarly Buttons'', '' Hallelujah Junction'' *

: ''Passeggiata in tram in America e ritorno'' (new version), ''Hout'', ''Zilver'', ''De Staat'' * Christina Athinodorou: ''Aktaí'' (2008) *

Luciano Berio Luciano Berio (24 October 1925 – 27 May 2003) was an Italian composer noted for his experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition ''Sinfonia'' and his series of virtuosic solo pieces titled '' Sequenza''), and for his pioneering work ...

: ''O King'' * Carlo Boccadoro: ''Bad blood'', ''Bibì&Bibò'', ''Keep Cool'', ''Zingiber'' *

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: ''Non la conobbe il mondo mentre l’ebbe'', ''

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'' * Michael Daugherty: ''Diamond in the rough'', ''Sinatra shag'' * Filippo Del Corno: ''Dogma#6'', ''Hotel Occidental'', ''L’uomo armato'', ''Mancanza di soldi'' *

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: ''Maja'', ''Immagini da Escher'' * Lorenzo Ferrero: ''

Glamorama Spies ''Glamorama Spies'' for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano is a chamber-music work by Italian composer Lorenzo Ferrero, written in 1999. Overview The composition was commissioned by Sentieri Selvaggi and first performed by them at t ...

'', ''Tourists and Oracles'' * Carlo Galante: ''La formula del fiore'', ''Urban Ring'' * Philip Glass; ''Facades'', ''The Sound of a Voice'', ''Wichita Vortex Sutra'' * Michael Gordon: ''AC/DC'', ''Industry'' *

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: ''Exil'', ''Nach dem Weinen'' * David Lang: ''Developer'', ''I fought the law'', ''Stick figure'', ''Sweet air'' *

: ''Raising sparks'', ''Parthenogenesis'', ''The Prophecy'' * Michael Nyman: ''Acts of beauty'', ''Something Connected With Energy'', '' The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat'' * Arvo Pärt: '' Miserere'', '' Stabat Mater'' * Steve Reich: ''

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'', '' Daniel Variations'', ''Proverb'' *

: ''Dai calanchi di Sabbiuno'', ''Mi chiamo Roberta''

References

External links

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