Sofia Goetz & Riccardo Acciarino, Performers with the willingness to innovate the academic music scene. They achieved academic degrees with top marks and honours, winning international awards, recording with importantrecord labels and collaborating with leading orchestras and ensembles; an international concert career in a wide variety of musical fields, that led them to meet and share an interest in artistic research with practical application. They founded the duoCup of Coffee producing events and music for tv series, with the aim of abandoning all genre prejudices in music, taking the listener by the hand through combinations they did not think could coexist
In a society where the musical product is diversified to the point of dispersing the interest of the audience, as performers we feel the need to design more inclusive and innovative shows, focusing on the concentration and attention required to the people, the role of the musician, the musical choices and the variety of interpretation.
In a society where the musical product is diversified to the point of dispersing the interest of the audience, as performers we feel the need to design more inclusive and innovative shows, focusing on the concentration and attention required to the people, the role of the musician, the musical choices and the variety of interpretation.
The application of the research take place on different levels: the study of perception in the psychological, social and musical fields; the historical-geographical contextualisation of the musical programmes of relevant institutions; the practical application with live performances centred on unconventional musical choices; the involvement of musical realities that already implement diversified proposals, with the consequent perception analysis of audience and ‘insiders’.
The aim is to find a malleable performance practice for every occasion, which can allow several musical genres to coexist in the same performance, without simply juxtaposing them. A praxis that contemplates the impact of each performance on the listener. We want to move away from the very idea of ‘genre’, which outlines a closed and non-inclusive concept, fighting closure in favour of discovery and encouraging open-mindedness, the basis of our artistic ideal.
The knowledge acquired will be disseminated among ‘insiders’ and thanks to the European channels that are supporting us (SoC Zürich, Zürcher Hoschule Der Künste, Orpheus Institute Ghent, Consvervatorio of Milano, Conservatorio of Firenze), the project is taking on an international and intercultural scope, which is necessary for modern, functional and innovative research.
Riccardo Acciarino
A multifaceted multi-instrumentalist with an international concert career that ranges across opposing musical genres.
Sofia Goetz
Sofia began studying the violin at the age of three thanks to the Suzuki method. Her studies led her to obtain a master's degree in violin at the Conservatorio G. Verdi in Milan, with top marks, honours and an honourable mention.
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