2008 festival

Formerly known as the Cortona Contemporary Music Festival, the fourth season of this event ushered in many changes and new ideas. First and foremost, the festival adopted the new name of soundSCAPE, and began a fruitful relationship with the city and people of Pavia. Held from 15-25 July, the festival was produced in part by the Associazione Culturale Biquadro, and hosted at the Vittadini School of Music.

soundSCAPE awards

Each season, soundSCAPE recognizes the overall contributions of two participants during the festival period. The soundSCAPE Commission Award carries a cash prize of 250 USD, and a commission to compose a piece to be premiered by faculty performers at the following year's festival. The 2008 recipient of this award was Andrew Colella. The soundSCAPE Performer Prize also carries a cash prize of 250 USD, and was awarded to soprano Amanda DeBoer.

guest artists

Residencies provide participants an opportunity to work closely with leading artists in a variety of disciplines. 2008 soundSCAPE guest artists included pianist Alfonso Alberti, mandolinist Avi Avital, composer Karl Korte, composer Michael Quell, musicologist Martin Scherzinger, and pianist Omri Shimron.

performances

Performances at soundSCAPE were hosted in historic venues throughout the city of Pavia. The series featured eleven concerts over a span of eight days, with 26 pieces receiving their world premiere. The following participants were featured in recital: Andrew Booth guitar, Marco Fusi violin, Rachel Beetz flute, Dustin Donahue percussion, Amanda DeBoer soprano, and Bobby Mitchell piano. Click below to download complete program details:

participants

COMPOSERS
country
PERFORMERS
country
Stephen Bachicha
USA
Rachel Beetz, flute
USA
Jason Baskin
USA
Andrew Booth, guitar
UK
Justin Blackburn
USA
Amanda DeBoer, soprano
USA
Brian Ciach
USA
Dustin Donahue, percussion
USA
USA
Marco Fusi, violin
Italy
USA
Derek Kwan, percussion
USA
USA
USA
Hakki Eren
North Cyprus
Matt Page, percussion
USA
Kurt Isaacson
USA
Sarah Puckett, piano
USA
Mike Johnson
USA
Dulce Rodriguez, flute
USA
Seunghee Lee
Korea
Stephanie Thomas, piano
USA
April Mok
USA
Deovides Reyes
Philippines
Daniel Siepmann
USA
Stamatia Statherou
Greece
Jeremy Vaughan
USA
Chris Williams*
Australia
*awarded the '07 commission prize