DISSONANZE 2007 - 1st and 2nd June 2007 - Roma 

Dissonanze is the electronic music and digital art festival of Rome and 2007 marks its seventh year. As well as the main event taking place on 1st and 2nd June, there will also be three associated PREVIEW EVENTS in May leading up to the weekend of Dissonanze 7. The first of these is the Italian (for the first) and World (for the second performance) premiere of two recent compositions by legendary German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. The first, entitled ‘Wednesday Greeting’, is his last work in the WDR studio (1996-98), is the Electronic Music of ‘Michaelion’, and is part of the cycle LICHT (LIGHT), Die 7 Tage der Woche (The 7 Days of the Week). The second one, entitled ‘13th Hour: cosmic pulses’, is a special work commissioned by Dissonanze Festival, and is part of KLANG (SOUND), Die 24 Stunden des Tages (The 24 Hours of the Day).

On May 16th folktronica duo The Books (Nick Zammuto & Paul De Jong) entertain the Italian capital with a combination of homemade electro-acoustic sound sculptures, found sounds and video, whilst the final Dissonanze preview event on 25 May features the independent and no-profit record label/publishing house Die Schachtel. The aim of Die Schachtel is to publish both archival and unreleased material from some of the most interesting (and often unknown) names of both the electronic avant-garde music and the sound-art scene, of the period 1960-1980. Special attention is given to those artists who, although recognised as pioneers and masters of their own genre, seldom had the possibility to publish their music, and consequently never gained a wider recognition for their work.
The FESTIVAL experiments with the relationship between creativity and technology whilst researching the unusual connections between sight and sound in a fantastic and unique setting in the historic city of Rome. As well as famous artists and successful art works, the festival presents emerging artists, previews, original collaborations and site-specific productions, commissioned by Dissonanze for the different and unusual spaces to host it.
Dissonanze 7 continues the journey through new sound and visual art which will be presented in the architecture of the magnificent Palazzo dei Congressi. Experimentation will be as much a part of Dissonanze as prime time dancefloor entertainment. Split into three rooms, the massive domed Hall of Culture, the more intimate Aula Magna and the roof-top Terrace – Dissonanze 7 will once again put Rome at the centre of the electronic universe at the beginning of June.

more info:
http://www.dissonanze.it