In autumn 2025, soundscapes.live will bring together ten authors from Italy and Switzerland in cooperation with Sud Sonico. In contributions written especially for the project, the writers will give voice to mythological and legendary figures.
Carmen Nolasco, for example, wrote a monologue for the Cumaean Sibyl in which the figure longs for redemption from her waiting position and wants to be heard in the present. The text by Maria Grazia Calandrone is inspired by Bernini's famous sculpture ‘The Rapture of St Teresa’.
The two texts are representative of the different approaches taken by literary creators to cultural-historical references in contemporary Italian-language literature.
The literary contributions will be performed for the first time at the AVANT Festival in Lecce in October 2025. The TOSUNIAN collective will interpret the texts in the format of a literary-musical soundscape. A first reading performance will follow on 11 December 2025 in Zurich as part of the ‘Zurigo in italiano’ initiative.
STREET BALLADS III
Authors from Switzerland: Fabiano Alborghetti, Zora del Buono, Begoña Feijoo Fariña, Doris Femminis, Marko Miladinović
Authors from Italy: Maria Grazia Calandrone, Andrea Donaera, Michele Mari, Andrea Martina, Carmen Nolasco
Realisation Soundscape: Caterina Dufì, Filippo Caniato, Marco Saracino, Matilde Davoli, Daniele Carcassi
Project management: Serge Honegger, Manuela Casari
Project partner Sud Sonico: Ludovico Esposito
A project by soundscapes.live