Padua, 10/10/15 6p.m
Auditorium “Pollini”, via Eremitani 18, Padova
Living Lab Music 6::Maps
SaMPL School

Piccoli Studi sul Potere
Imperatore Akihito 16_03_2011

for pre-recorded harp and  video
Lucia Bova, harp

commission Ex Novo Ensemble
Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi
production Edison Studio

On march the 11th 2011 a  magnitude 9.0 (Mw) undersea earthquake triggered a powerful tsunami wave that hit the coast of Japan. The event caused thousands of deaths, injured, people missingand totally collapsed buildings. Five days later Japanese emperor Akihito addressed nation in rare TV appearance, urging his people not to give up and described unfolding events at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant as “unpredictable”.