Andrea Molino
Andrea Molino, composer and conductor, was born in Turin and studied in Turin, Milan, Venice, Paris and Freiburg. He lives in Zurich.
1996 to 2007 he was Musical Director of the Pocket Opera Company in Nuremberg. His own projects "the smiling carcass" (1999) and "Those Who Speak In A Faint Voice" (2001), about the death penalty (both in collaboration with Oliviero Toscani), are examples of his commitment towards innovative, multimedia-oriented music theatre. He conducted the death penalty project in Basel and Nuremberg with the Phoenix Ensemble Basel and in New York and Milan with the Klangforum Wien.
2000 to 2006 Andrea Molino was Artistic Director of Fabrica Musica.
His multimedia music theatre "CREDO", on ethnic and religious conflicts, was premiered under his musical direction in April 2004 at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe (DVD Naïve, Paris, 2006). His last project with Fabrica, "WINNERS", on "winners and losers", was premiered in July 2006 at the Brisbane Festival; the European Premiere followed in October 2006 at the Grande Salle of the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
The multimedia staged concert "un Temps vécu, ou qui pourrait l'être" had its world premiere on June 6th, 2008 at Le Fresnoy, in Lille, where Molino was "Invited Artist" for the season 2007-2008. 2008 to 2010 Andrea Molino was Music Curator at the Fondazione Claudio Buziol in Venice. In 2009, as Artistic Director of the World Venice Forum, he curated the Festival The Garden Of Forking Paths.
In the closing concert at the Basilica dei Frari he conducted the Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice in his own multimedia concert "Of Flowers And Flames", for the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, in India.
As a conductor, he opened the 2010 concert season of the Teatro La Fenice in Venice with the world premiere of Maderna's "Requiem". At the Teatro La Fenice he had opened the 2005 edition of the Venice Music Biennale with Heiner Goebbels' "Surrogate Cities" and he conducted the world premiere productions of Mosca's "Signor Goldoni" (2007) and Ambrosini's "Il Killer di Parole" (2010).
His recordings are published in CD and DVD by Stradivarius, Milan (since 1992), Naïve, Paris and Dynamic (Genoa). His compositions are published by RAI Trade, Nuova Stradivarius and Ricordi.
1996 to 2007 he was Musical Director of the Pocket Opera Company in Nuremberg. His own projects "the smiling carcass" (1999) and "Those Who Speak In A Faint Voice" (2001), about the death penalty (both in collaboration with Oliviero Toscani), are examples of his commitment towards innovative, multimedia-oriented music theatre. He conducted the death penalty project in Basel and Nuremberg with the Phoenix Ensemble Basel and in New York and Milan with the Klangforum Wien.
2000 to 2006 Andrea Molino was Artistic Director of Fabrica Musica.
His multimedia music theatre "CREDO", on ethnic and religious conflicts, was premiered under his musical direction in April 2004 at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe (DVD Naïve, Paris, 2006). His last project with Fabrica, "WINNERS", on "winners and losers", was premiered in July 2006 at the Brisbane Festival; the European Premiere followed in October 2006 at the Grande Salle of the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
The multimedia staged concert "un Temps vécu, ou qui pourrait l'être" had its world premiere on June 6th, 2008 at Le Fresnoy, in Lille, where Molino was "Invited Artist" for the season 2007-2008. 2008 to 2010 Andrea Molino was Music Curator at the Fondazione Claudio Buziol in Venice. In 2009, as Artistic Director of the World Venice Forum, he curated the Festival The Garden Of Forking Paths.
In the closing concert at the Basilica dei Frari he conducted the Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice in his own multimedia concert "Of Flowers And Flames", for the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, in India.
As a conductor, he opened the 2010 concert season of the Teatro La Fenice in Venice with the world premiere of Maderna's "Requiem". At the Teatro La Fenice he had opened the 2005 edition of the Venice Music Biennale with Heiner Goebbels' "Surrogate Cities" and he conducted the world premiere productions of Mosca's "Signor Goldoni" (2007) and Ambrosini's "Il Killer di Parole" (2010).
His recordings are published in CD and DVD by Stradivarius, Milan (since 1992), Naïve, Paris and Dynamic (Genoa). His compositions are published by RAI Trade, Nuova Stradivarius and Ricordi.
Three Mile Island (UA)
The most convincing ‘documents’ are the radiation victims who later developed cancer. The so-called ‘biological evidence’ - not physical measuring instruments but people and animals that acted as ‘living measuring instruments’ for radiation and damage caused by radiation - that officially didn’t exist and weren’t recognised. (Ignaz Vergeiner, interview with Karl Hoffmann)
The nuclear accident that took place in Three Mile Island 30 years ago has largely been forgotten. Only a few people remember what really happened on the morning of the 28th March 1997 when one of the reactors in the nuclear power plant began to heat up because of a faulty cooling system. A few hours later the temperature reached 2650 degrees, just 150 degrees less than the fusion point for uranium.
But the centre of the project is not the accident as such, but rather the the story of the hiding of its concequences. Over the past 30 years many journalists have investigated this affair and many documentaries and information campaigns have tried to shed light onto it. One of the key figures in this battle for justice was Ignaz Vergeiner, an Austrian meteorologist commissioned by the families of the nuclear accident victims to write a scientific report about the pollution levels that had been reached in the surroundings of Three Mile Island after the accident. Vergeiner’s research, conducted on location, leaves no doubt. In the first 24 crucial hours the radioactive cloud travelled much further than the data released by the authorities admitted. Also, the polluted area was 5 times bigger than the official reports stated. The damage to people, objects and the environment was serious and irreversible.
Unfortunately his premature death put a halt to his efforts to identify and to denounce the people that are responsible. However, in the weeks before he passed away, the scientist revealed the details of his American adventure in a 7 hour filmed interview with his friend Karl Hoffmann. The play, inspired by this existential parabola, focuses on the solitary scientist that, equipped only with his measuring instruments, fights a fierce battle against the powerful establishment that has hidden the truth for many years.
The most convincing ‘documents’ are the radiation victims who later developed cancer. The so-called ‘biological evidence’ - not physical measuring instruments but people and animals that acted as ‘living measuring instruments’ for radiation and damage caused by radiation - that officially didn’t exist and weren’t recognised. (Ignaz Vergeiner, interview with Karl Hoffmann)
The nuclear accident that took place in Three Mile Island 30 years ago has largely been forgotten. Only a few people remember what really happened on the morning of the 28th March 1997 when one of the reactors in the nuclear power plant began to heat up because of a faulty cooling system. A few hours later the temperature reached 2650 degrees, just 150 degrees less than the fusion point for uranium.
But the centre of the project is not the accident as such, but rather the the story of the hiding of its concequences. Over the past 30 years many journalists have investigated this affair and many documentaries and information campaigns have tried to shed light onto it. One of the key figures in this battle for justice was Ignaz Vergeiner, an Austrian meteorologist commissioned by the families of the nuclear accident victims to write a scientific report about the pollution levels that had been reached in the surroundings of Three Mile Island after the accident. Vergeiner’s research, conducted on location, leaves no doubt. In the first 24 crucial hours the radioactive cloud travelled much further than the data released by the authorities admitted. Also, the polluted area was 5 times bigger than the official reports stated. The damage to people, objects and the environment was serious and irreversible.
Unfortunately his premature death put a halt to his efforts to identify and to denounce the people that are responsible. However, in the weeks before he passed away, the scientist revealed the details of his American adventure in a 7 hour filmed interview with his friend Karl Hoffmann. The play, inspired by this existential parabola, focuses on the solitary scientist that, equipped only with his measuring instruments, fights a fierce battle against the powerful establishment that has hidden the truth for many years.