16th Symposium FIMTE - 'Scarlatti 40 years on’ - 250th Anniversary of Diego Fernández
Caparrós (1775-2025)
24-26 October 2025
Vera, Almeria, Andalusia, Spain
To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the renowned royal harpsichord maker Diego Fernandez (1775-2025), FIMTE will host its 16th international symposium in Vera, Diego Fernández's birthplace, from October 24 to 26, 2025.
This event is part of the 26th International Festival of Spanish Keyboard Music, which will feature concerts, expert lectures, and workshops.
Keynote Speakers: Michael Latcham (Valdearco, Huelva) - John Koster (University of South Dakota, emeritus) - Barry Ife (Guildhall School of Music & Drama) - Luisa Morales (FIMTE- Universitat de Lleida)
SCHEDULE
Friday, October 24
18:00 – 19:00 Registration
19:00 Welcome. Concert: Akiko Nomoto, piano
Saturday, October 25
9:30 Session 1. The sonatas in context: sources, analysis, reception and performance practices
Chair: John Koster
‘Texting Scarlatti: Lessons learned and frustrations eased?’
Barry Ife (Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London)
‘Texting Scarlatti and phylogenetics’
Jasper van der Klis (Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London)
‘Domenico Scarlatti Travelling Manuscripts’
Luisa Morales (Universitat de Lleida -FIMTE)
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
Chair: Barry Ife
‘Domenico Scarlatti, Emmanuele d’Astorga and Giovanni Bononcini: convergences and divergences at the Lisbon Court’
Cristina Fernandes (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
‘From Sonata to Concerto: Avison’s transcriptions as a particular example of reception of Scarlatti’s sonatas in England’
Agata Meissner (University Mozarteum, Salzburg)
‘Sebastián de Albero facing Domenico Scarlatti: the rhetoric of the Spanish keyboard’
Vijay Ratiney (Université Bordeaux Montaigne)
13,30 Spanish Wine
16:00
Chair: Cristina Fernandes
‘New insights into the Viennese manuscripts of Domenico Scarlatti’s sonatas’
Giulio Biddau (Kunst Universität Graz)
‘The expressive research in Scarlatti’s second themes: the multimodular ‘S’ in Domenico Scarlatti’s Sonatas’ Alfonso Todisco (Conservatorio Domenico Cimarosa di Avellino)
‘Piano ‘Lessons’ by Scarlatti/Clementi
Anastasios Achilefs Zafeiropoulos (Orpheus Institute, Ghent)
‘Towards a discography of Rafael Puyana (1931-2013), Part I: The LP years (1958-76)’
Egberto Bermúdez (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá)
20:00 Concert: Areli Cortés, harpsichord
Sunday, October 26
10:00 Session 2) Diego Fernández Caparrós and Scarlatti’s harpsichords. Past and present makers of keyboard instruments
Chair: Luisa Morales
‘Domenico Scarlatti, Maria Bárbara de Bragança, Diego Fernández Caparrós, Carlo Broschi Farinelli: some illustrated clarifications’
Michael Latcham (Valdelarco, Huelva)
‘Scarlatti's Harpsichords: the Present State of Research’
John Koster (University of South Dakota, emeritus)
‘250 years later, Fernández takes centre stage again’
Ugo Casiglia (Cinisi, Palermo)
‘El microcosmos sonoro del clavicordio: viaje a la intimidad de la música'
Bernardo Amor (Molina de Segura, Murcia)
13:00 Symposium Banquet
Early bird registration for all FIMTE events costs €185 (available until 10 September). After that, registration is €225.
For further information, please contact: Luisa Morales: fimteinfo@gmail.com