{"id":61049,"date":"2026-09-23T16:51:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T16:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/?post_type=ajde_events&p=61049"},"modified":"2026-09-23T16:53:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T16:53:43","slug":"book-presentation-sergio-cafaro-il-collezionista-di-meraviglie-by-francesco-libetta-with-alessio-zuccaro-zecchini","status":"publish","type":"ajde_events","link":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/events\/book-presentation-sergio-cafaro-il-collezionista-di-meraviglie-by-francesco-libetta-with-alessio-zuccaro-zecchini\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Presentation: “Sergio Cafaro, il collezionista di meraviglie”, by Francesco Libetta with Alessio Zuccaro (Zecchini)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SERGIO CAFARO: A Collector of Wonders<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With an Anthology of Writings and Drawings<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With contributions from Anna Maria Martinelli, Mauro Arbusti, Christopher Axworthy, Pieralberto Biondi, Paola Bu\u010dan Porena, Tiziana Cosentino, Daniela Costa, Michele Dall’Ongaro, Paolo Fazioli, Stefano Fiuzzi, Laura Manzini, Michele Marvulli, Luisa Prayer, Roberto Prosseda, Riccardo Risaliti, Giuliana Soscia, Gianni Tangucci, and Luca Verdone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book includes \u201cA Remembrance of Sergio Cafaro\u201d by Carlo Verdone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A pianist and composer, collector of beetles and fossils, writer with a distinctive sense of humour, and draughtsman, Sergio Cafaro was born in Rome and, apart from a few years spent in North Africa during the Second World War, lived in his native city throughout his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through autobiographical and fictional writings, together with first-hand accounts by Cafaro\u2019s wife, friends, colleagues, and students, this volume retraces his childhood in Tripoli, his experience at the Geneva Competition and his encounter with Sergio Fiorentino\u2014whom he would admire throughout his life\u2014his involvement in Giacinto Scelsi\u2019s avant-garde works, and his collaborations with Milstein, Szeryng, Carmirelli, Biondi, A. Ciammarughi, Bu\u010dan, De Barberiis, and Rota. It also evokes his circle of friends, including Professor Mario Verdone and composer Boris Porena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What emerges is both the portrait of a singular artistic personality and that of an entire cultural milieu: the vibrant musical scene of post-war Rome. It was here that Cafaro succeeded in creating a life devoted to art\u2014his own world, free from natural enemies\u2014in which music was understood as an ethical commitment, in a dialogue between the intimacy of domestic life and the unattainable dimension of Art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contents<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA Remembrance of Sergio Cafaro\u201d<\/em> by Carlo Verdone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Training within the Roman piano milieu of the post-war period. A musical career between the private sphere and public life<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Milstein, Szeryng, Pina, Rubinstein, Tosatti, Scelsi and…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concert Activity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compositions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recordings<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collections<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expression and Creativity as a Philosophy of Life. Writings, Drawings and Paintings<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Sognare… sognare…<\/em>, De abberratione mentis<\/em>, Botanica assurda (Famiglia delle \u201cstraniflore\u201d)<\/em>, Homo<\/em>, Nomi \u201cbuffi…comici…assurdi\u201d<\/em>, Raccontini folli<\/em>, Il libricino dei musicisti<\/em>, Il nuovo libricino di Sports e altri Mestieri<\/em>, Menu di capodanno<\/em>, I miei luoghi. Pr\u00e9ludes, Images<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conversations and Interviews<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Anna Maria Martinelli-Cafaro, Mauro Arbusti, Christopher Axworthy, Giuseppe Barbieri, Pieralberto Biondi, Paola Bu\u010dan Porena, Tiziana Cosentino, Daniela Costa, Michele Dall’Ongaro, Paolo Fazioli, Stefano Fiuzzi, Laura Manzini, Michele Marvulli, Marcello Panni, Luisa Prayer, Roberto Prosseda, Riccardo Risaliti, Giuliana Soscia, Gianni Tangucci, Luca Verdone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catalogues of Compositions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Dedications to His Students<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acknowledgements<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Index of Names<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":61047,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"event_type":[270,268,808],"event_type_2":[766],"class_list":["post-61049","ajde_events","type-ajde_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_location-media-lounge-en","event_type-music-culture-en","event_type-piano-en","event_type-presentation","event_type_2-saturday-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events\/61049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ajde_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events\/61049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61050,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events\/61049\/revisions\/61050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61049"},{"taxonomy":"event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type?post=61049"},{"taxonomy":"event_type_2","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type_2?post=61049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}