About
About
Margherita Berlanda is “one of the most relevant and polyhedric Italian accordionists”, particularly devoted to research in the contemporary music field. Her drive for investigating different aesthetic and artistic expressions – with a strong performative presence – has played a central role in her personal research through contemporary music.
Her focus on contemporary arts brings her to collaborate actively with various composers, such as Samir Odeh-Tamimi, Nikolaus Brass, Mikel Urquiza, Manuela Kerer, Anna Sowa, Farzia Fallah, Anda Kryeziu, Marco Momi, Sidney Corbett, Mauro Lanza and Manos Tsangaris. She has performed for internationally known festivals and institutions such as the Transart Festival, Bel Circolo Bellunese, Milano Musica, Forum Neue Musik – Hochschule für Musik Mannheim, Società Filarmonica di Trento, International Koper Biennial, Kortrijk Festival, Rondò Festival, Donaueschingen Musiktagen, Pergine Festival, SpazioMusica Festival, Musica Insieme Panicale Festival, Cembalo und anderen Tasteninstrumente – Akademie der Künste Berlin and cooperates with Fondazione Haydn Stiftung – OPER.A 20.21 Festival of Haydn Orchester von Bozen und Trient and Divertimento Ensemble Milan.
Shanghai International Culture & Arts Institute promoted in 2019 Alambic Duo’s chinese tournée (among the stages: Grand Theater Ningbo, Kungmin Teather, Concert Hall Harbin, Development Area Grand Theater Dalian and Concert Hall Yangzhou). Among her career as a soloist, of notable interests are the artistic cooperations with the italian Azione_Improvvisa Ensemble, with Duo Alambic (cello and accordion duo) and with duoPlus Ensemble (Berlin). Some of her interpretations have been broadcast by Radio Tre, Radio Svizzera Italiana, Radio Vaticana, Bayerische Rundfunk, RAI Slovenia and recorded for the labels Stradivarius, EMA Vinci, Da Vinci, GiutArt and Ars Spoletium Label.
In 2024, she is among the winning artists of the EFFEA – European Festival Funds for Emerging Artists with the project OTE – On the Edge between contemporary music and movement.
Margherita Berlanda is co-founder and coordinator of the contemporary arts space Anomalia (Trento) together with the painter Andrea Fonanari (Boccanera Gallery, Trento-Milan). Of international interest were _like a sunny polishproject (2018) and Mauer_Werke Festival (2019). In 2021 Anomalia was the winner of FRINGE selection by Orchester Haydn Stiftung von Bozen und Trient, with the contemporary opera project SILENZIO/SILENCE (premiere 2022).
Of notable interest in her teaching experience was the opportunity to be the assistant for the pre-academic accordion courses at the Conservatorio Statale di Musica “G.Tartini” of Trieste and the work at the Conservatorio Statale di Musica Lucio Campiani of Mantova. She is currently developing her research about contemporary music and children’s education and teaching at the Musikschule Bruneck (Bozen-Italy).
The most important figures for Berlanda’s artistic growth and development were: Corrado Rojac, Hans Maier, Stefan Hussong and Friedemann Gisinger.