Voice, the new musical space of Triennale Milano
The music returns to the Three -year Of Milan. On May 13, in conjunction with the 24th International Exhibition Inequalitieswill open Voicethe new space dedicated to the art of sound obtained in the large living room of 300 square meters (plus 700 square meters of the adjacent garden) which previously housed the Old Fashion disco inside the Palazzo dell’Arte di Muzio. « It is a project in continuity with the musical vocation of this whole Milanese reality » says the president Stefano Boer Remember when Luciano Berio and Bruno Maderna founded, in 1955, the studio of musical phonology of the Rai of Milan. The new three -year listening room, designed to welcome 200 people, was a dancing room during the 30s and 40s, therefore an irradiation point of the programs of the Third Rai channel in the 1950s, and then became the « Piper of Milan » populated by characters such as Patty Pravo, Lucio Dalla and other great names of Italian music. But it is June 23, 1968 that the restaurant enters the Milanese history with a concert by Jimi Hendrix, while in 1970 it was renovated and renamed Old Fashion, a name that accompanied him until 2024 when he returned under the direct management of Triennale Milano.
« It is a historic turning point for three years, » says the General Director Carla Morogallo« An institution that has always brought a cultural strategy that looks to contamination between the disciplines. Open from morning to evening, voice will be a space for musical experimentation but also a training place ». Item, in fact, will welcome the three -year musical programming, hosting live concerts, DJ sets and sound installations, as well as a series workshops dedicated to sound and listening. « It will be a place of musical use of the highest technical quality and live music », he wants to clarify Boer«But not only: there will also be a collection of unpublished musical works that can only be used by the public here, giving life to a real music gallery. A statement of authenticity in a historical moment in which music is easily replicable « . In addition to enhancing audio archives and already existing musical heritage, voice will also be responsible for the exploration of the new electronic and digital productions by dialoguing with contemporary research realities, many of which are based in Milan.
The space was totally rethought by the architect Luca Cipelletti, Architectural director of the Palazzo dell’Arte since 2019, In order to enhance the project of Giovanni Muzio in 1933 and to re -establish the spaces to make them more accessible and contemporary, without forgetting the energy and sustainability requirements. The original Rectangular skeleton was shown in the large salon, the original rectangular skeleton by a system of pillars that produces three asymmetrical naves, but the space – after a careful acoustic study – has been fully equipped with soundproofing panels, sound -absorbing and phonoriflects, including ceiling, as well as reverberating cavities. “I wanted to make An almost abstract music box« , Says the architect. « Voice is a small cathedral devoted to music, An essential harmonic case based on technology and not on decoration. With a very technical aesthetic, purely linked to listening to sound».
Heart of voice, in fact, is a Large central soundwall Equipped with an advanced system of speakers in distributed mode (« 8 satellites for a spatialized sound »), which will allow an immersive and the highest quality of the sound content. The audio and acoustic project was carried out by Giorgio Di Salvodesigner, musician and manufacturer of hi-fi systems, together with the acoustic engineer Lucio Visentini and in collaboration with Knauf. Not only that. Within voice, music and lights travel at the same rhythm thanks to the dynamic lighting project designed by Alberto Saggia And Stefania Kalogeropoulos of the study Anonymous light which installed 350 meters of strip led, over 8 kilometers of cables for a total of 15 thousand light points. The result? Suggestive animation effects both monochromatic and gradient in space, which we were able to admire in the Sound Test on April 16.
Developed with the scientific advice of Carlo AntonelliVoice will have a programming which, thanks to the curatorial coordination of Damiano Gullìwill develop throughout the year and will involve Italian and international artists. From mid -May to the end of July, Boosta (May 16), the Danish band The Raveonettes (29 May), La Niña (11 June), the electronic musician Christian Löffler (3 July), the historic voice of Portishead Beth Gibbons with his first solo album (11 July), as well as collaborations with the Kappa Future Festival and EXO Terramento, are scheduled. « With voice, » he says Antonelli« We want to create an elastic space reconfigurable, a ‘spacecraft’ that changes according to our sensitivity towards the world of sounds. We only think about how much, with podcasts, audio sources are growing compared to the overcrowding of images of social networks. Voice is a large machine powered by 16 km of cables and speakers scattered everywhere. We want to give an enveloping experience to rediscover the sensation of the body in front of music and feel all the stratifications of sound ».
It is not over here: in addition to the part of musical programming, the Triennale Listening Room will open outside with two stages in the summer months and will then welcome a rich program of meetings and events with thematic focus including Orbita format produced by Chora and Will in collaboration with Triennale. From 13 May, for the first month of opening, item will be open to the public from 10.30 to 20.30, while from mid -June the opening will be from Tuesday to Sunday, from 18.00 to 2.00. Inside, a cocktail bar and comfortable listening stations designed by the Canadian Philippe Malouin with Meritalia.
Where: Triennale Milano, Viale Alemagna 6, Milan (entrance also from viale camoens)
When: from 13 May
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