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Medieval Chant Tradition Revived in Cortona.
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In the prestigious cultural journal Finestre sull’Arte, a detailed feature presents the exhibition curated by Francesco Zimei, Principal Investigator of the ERC Laudare project. The city of Cortona hosts this rare event devoted to its rich medieval musical heritage, displaying the four surviving laudari preserved in local collections. The exhibition offers fresh insights into…
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Venite a Laudare!
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In Medioevo magazine (no. 341 – June 2025), a richly detailed article by Professor Zimei, Principal Investigator of the Laudare Project, introduces Venite a Laudare! — the upcoming exhibition at the Museum of the Etruscan Academy and the City of Cortona, which will be held from June 28 to October 5, 2025 in Cortona.
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A lecture on the Lauda and the Legacy of the Trecento
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On Tuesday, June 4, 2025, at the University of Turin, Lucia Marchi (Postdoctoral Fellow for the LAUDARE project) will give a lecture entitled “The Lauda and the Survival of the Trecento Repertoire”. The talk is part of Professor Alberto Rizzuto’s course on the History of Musical Civilizations, in the Department of Humanities.
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A Conceptual Framework for the LAUDARE Database
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An article by Lucia Marchi and Giacomo Pirani has just been published in the journal Philomusica on-line, offering a conceptual framework for the LAUDARE database. After highlighting the diversity of lauda sources, the authors propose a strategy aimed at effectively and faithfully representing the intrinsic qualities of the repertoire.
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The Laudare Project at the Choral Music Festival in Venice
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On the occasion of the Choral Music Festival of the “Benedetto Marcello” Conservatory of Music in Venice, which took place in Venice on May 14 and 15, 2025, a presentation by PhD Anita Sisino was dedicated to the Laudare project.
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Ethnomusicology Seminar Program
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As part of the Laudare project, a series of Ethnomusicology Seminars is being held at the University of Trento. These events were organized and coordinated by Cristina Gherardini and opened to participation by Project Team members, researchers and experts in the field and in the laudistic repertoire being explored. Here is the scheduled sessions:
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Seminar: Methods and Strategies for the Archiving, Transcription, and Study of Medieval Poetic-Musical Corpora
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Within the framework of the Laudare project, the seminar led by Giacomo Pirani and Matteo Leonardi on February 18-19, 2025 at the University of Trento, explored the methods and strategies for archiving, transcribing, and studying medieval poetic-musical corpora, with particular attention to laude and the repertoire of polyphony.
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LAUDARE Project Workshop at the GSSI
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On Friday, September 20th, and Saturday, September 21st, the workshop for the Laudare project was held in L’Aquila, titled: Technical and Musicological Issues for the Study of Medieval Musical Manuscripts. The event took place at the Gran Sasso Science Institute, a project partner, and provided an opportunity to share progress on the database, define…