Projects

A sound essay created on the occasion of the 2023 Berio Festival, dedicated to the presence of the Sicilian folk song “E si fussi pisci” in the human and artistic biography of Luciano Berio.

Choral conducting and research workshop organized as part of the Luciano Berio Festival 2025, dedicated to published and unpublished works by Berio and to composers related to his thought and biography. Designed by Centro Studi Luciano Berio and ITER for young choral conductors, it will take place in Cremona, Milan, and Radicondoli (Italy) in the fall of 2025.

An album dedicated to the choral and guitar repertoire (Nicolò Spera), featuring the world premieres of Corrado Margutti’s “Rivers” and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s “Romancero Gitano” in the new critical edition by Stefano Colombo and Lorenzo Giustozzi (ITER Research Ensemble).

Mario Panatero (1919-1962), a Piedmontese composer, founded a youth choir, “I Vaganti,” in 1950 and prepared transcriptions of the most famous works of ancient music for his choristers. Members of ITER re-perform the pieces reading from copies of the original parts, and they add their own annotations alongside those of the previous singers.

“Chants, Places, Sources. Microhistories in Vocal Polyphony” is a performance by ITER Research Ensemble based on four distinct research projects undertaken by the group, each focused on musical sources related to specific communities.

A new critical edition of “Romancero Gitano” (1951), a central work in the oeuvre of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968). This seven-movement suite for mixed choir and classical guitar, set to the poetry of Federico García Lorca, is the cornerstone of the modern repertoire for this ensemble.

Building on ethnomusicological research, ITER Research Ensemble brings to light the polyphonies of an ancient rite from Rovinj-Rovigno, which vanished with the rise of the Yugoslav era. With the support and involvement of the local Italian community and its singers, this multi-faceted project intersects research, restitution, and performance.

Since the late 17th century, the canons of Lu, a small town in Monferrato, have been compiling music books for their parishes. They composed new music—even though they were not professional composers—and wrote notes in the margins about life events and personal reflections. Through various initiatives, the richness of these sources is now being brought back to light.

The Liber generationis contained in Trent Codex 91 is a rare late-15th-century setting of the genealogy of Christ, starting from Abraham. Based on rigorous analytical and philological work, ITER Research Ensemble has created a concert version that highlights its formulaic structure and narrative progression.