Gabriele Vanoni speaks about his Suggestioni Festival in Boston

After a first edition focusing on Italian composers, the 2011 edition of the Suggestioni Festival will feature Italian performers. This year the Ensemble L’arsenale is the ensemble in residence and the festival program concludes with a concert featuring music by Sciarrino, Costanza, Vaglini, Tadini and Buso.

Zeitschichten.com spoke with Gabriele Vanoni, co-founder of the festival, about his artistic vision and the world of contemporary music both in Italy and the US.

Why Musicologists fly Delta

Usually, flipping through the classical channel on a flight is an exercise in masochism that ends with me saying aloud, “this is why classical music is dead and rotting!” But Delta’s new selection is different. For their product’s ability to keep a musicologist occupied without his iPod for an entire eight hour flight, those who worked on the system for Delta’s 757-200(E) are definitely to be praised.