MAURIZIO BARBETTI won the  International Darmstadt Prize and the "Iannis Xenakis International Prize of Interpretation" in Paris. He played  as contemporary music soloist in the most important concert halls of the world: Teatro alla Scala in Milan; Berlin Philharmonic; Berlin Radio (playing “Mixtur” by Karlheinz Stockhausen at the presence of the composer); Salzburg Mozarteum; Opéra de Nice; Venezia Biennale; Gulbenkian Foundation; Hamburg (Staatsoper); Cochrane Theatre London; Darmstadt; Köln (Wdr); Witten, Frankfurt; Hannover; Heilbronn; Rottenburg (Südwestfunk); Wurzburg; Bonn; Bremen (Radio Bremen); Dresden; Leipzig; München (Konzerthaus) (Bayerisher Rundfunk); Freiburg; Baden Baden; Belfast (Bbc); Paris (Radio France); Strasbourg (European Parliament); Lyon (Grame); Orléans (Semaines Musicales Internationales); Lille; Siena (Accademia Chigiana); Milan (Triennale of Contemporary Art); Rome (Teatro Nazionale); Venice ( Sonopolis Teatro La Fenice); Turin; Madrid (Centro Bellas Artes); Conservatory of Milan; Oporto; Mexico (Festival Internacional Cervantino); Rottherdam (Igic); Tel Aviv; Jerusalem; Bucharest (Ateneum); Innsbruck (Konservatorium); Finland (Time of Music); Vienna; Sapporo; Tokyo and many others He played as soloist with prestigious ensembles like Ensemble Köln (where he was principal soloist viola from 1992 to 1996); Ensemble Recherche Freiburg; Concorde Ensemble Dublin; Icarus Ensemble; Roma Sinfonietta and with important orchestras like Orchestre de l'Opéra de Nice, Rte Dublin Concert Orchestra; Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia; Euroasian Philharmonic Orchestra of Seul. He performed the first Irish performance of Chemins II by Berio for viola and orchestra with the Radiotelevision Concert Orchestra of Dublin conducted by Friedrich Goldmann. (The conductor of Luigi Nono’s “Prometeo”). The concert was broadcasted live by BBC Radio3. Composers from all over the world dedicated to him many works among them Luis De Pablo, Horatiu Radulescu, Paul Mefano and Ennio Morricone of whom he performed and recorded in world premiere the  concert for viola. He collaborates with the “Living Theater” of New York. Maurizio Barbetti has given master classes in important institutions: Irino Foundation Prize of Tokyo; Kunitachi College of Music (Tokyo); Tokyo Gakugei University; Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music (Tokyo); Vitasaari Summer Academy (Finland); Centro Nacional de Bellas Artes of Mexico City; Accademia Internazionale della Musica of Milano; Lucero Master Class in Paris. He recorded for the German, French, Swisse; English, Irish, Italian, Mexican, Rumanian, Austrian and Israeli radio and television broadcasting. He teached in many Conservatories: Mantova, La spezia, Matera and Reggio Emilia. He records cd for Col Legno (Vienna), Neos (Germany), Stradivarius (Milano) and Mode (New York). His latest CD dedicated to Kurtag has been reviewed with 5 stars by "The Irish Time" and "The Independent" London.

p.c. Katherine Solomon http://katherinesolomon.com/

Subplanet is an umbrella project of Glenn Cornett and various collaborators. Glenn is a biotech entrepreneur who founded and continues to manage Spectrum, an experimental arts venue in NYC that has presented >2,400 concerts since opening in 2012. His incompletely-frequent compositions range from serialism to progressive post-rock to almost-ordinary amplified music.  His biotech work addresses treatments for Alzheimer's disease, autism, cancer, cardiovascular/metabolic disease and COVID. His neuroscience doctoral thesis (UCLA) was on deep-brain responses to musical stimuli. His MD was from U. Michigan.

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