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Airing on May 24th 11:30 CEST
Lo spirito del bosco
Genre: Soundscape Composition
Duration: 15 min
This vocal and sound composition is the result of a live performance held in the quarries of Bosco Caproni in Arco, a mountainous area of Trentino, in Italy.
The protagonists are eighteen pupils from Year V at Massone Primary School and their teachers.
They took part in the educational and artistic project "In the Great Book of the World, with my Ears", with the aim to exploring the soundscape of their village and of the surrounding area.
The idea was conceived by sound artist and researcher Sara Maino and brought to life in collaboration with teachers Eva Fornari, Miriam Michelotti and Elvira Cosentino, Irene Matassoni and musician Claudia Ferretti.
The children were first invited to listen to the natural soundscape of the quarries, then to observe, draw and interpret the ‘music’ etched into the rock formations, and finally to sing, drawing inspiration from the dripping water.
Here, their voices seek to attune themselves to the language of the rocks, in the hope of striking up a sonic dialogue with the genius loci, the spirit of the place.

Featuring:

Sara Maino – Claudia Ferretti

Sara Maino is an Italian sound and audio-visual artist, author, poet and performer, film and theatre director, and a community-engaged researcher.

https://www.saramaino.it/english-version

https://www.instagram.com/maino9800

https://www.facebook.com/mainosara

Claudia Ferretti is an Italian Sound Artist, singer and facilitator of Collaborative Vocal Improvisation, Soundwalk conductor, poet and author.

https://claudiaferretti.bandcamp.com

https://www.instagram.com/isonde/?hl=it

https://www.facebook.com/audiay

22-24 May 2026 - 48hours of Radio Art