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Castello Visconteo | Musica e Letteratura – Music and Literature | San Gottardo II

Zora del Buono (Reading DE & IT)

Wind Soloists of the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana

Alain Claude Sulzer

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Date

Sunday, 27.09

15:00 Clock

Venue

Castello Visconteo, Locarno

Via al Castello 2, 6600 Locarno

Price Categories

CHF 50

Interdisciplinary Events

Program

Reading & Discussion – in Italian and German
Zora del Buono, Author (“Gotthard,” novella, 2015)
Winner of the 2024 Schweizer Buchpreis
Rolf Bächtiger, Tunnel builder & Eyewitness
Alain Claude Sulzer, Moderator

Music
Wind soloists from the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana:

Margherita Sofia Necci, Flute
Carlo Mistretta, Oboe
Matteo Nocentini, Clarinet
Chorche Manso Tomey, Bassoon
Filippo Chinnici, Horn

György Ligeti (1923–2006)
6 Bagatelles for Wind Quintet

Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
Small Chamber Music No. 2 for Wind Quintet, Op. 24 No. 2

Duration: 80′ (no intermission)

The Artists

Zora del Buono (Reading DE & IT)

Zora del Buono studied architecture at ETH Zurich. She was culture editor and reporter for the magazine “mare” and publishes novels and reportage. Her novel “Seinetwegen” was longlisted for the German Book Prize in 2024 and was awarded the Swiss Book Prize and the Franz Hessel Prize. In her novella “Gotthard”, she ventures into the unheard-of interior of the Gotthard Base Tunnel.

Wind Soloists of the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana

Alain Claude Sulzer

Curator and Moderator

Alain Claude Sulzer is a writer and translator. His novel “Ein perfekter Kellner” brought him international renown. As a presenter, he combines literary precision with a keen sense of cultural context. He lives in Basel, Vieux Ferrette and Berlin and acts as a literary advisor to various music festivals.