Tetracordo Academy Festival & Workshop 2024 

The Collaborative Workshop, open to instrumentalists and singers of all levels, is led by renowned jazz trumpeter and educator Tom Kirkpatrick. Participants will delve into jazz harmony, improvisation, and vocal interpretation. The workshop includes ensemble playing and in-depth exploration of jazz fundamentals.

This workshop is also a dynamic, open session. Participants are encouraged to actively contribute, bringing in their own ideas, introducing new pieces, and discussing performance practices, making it a truly collaborative and creative experience.

The Tetracordo Festival is an event associated with the Tetracordo Academy that offers the opportunity to attend classical, jazz, and contemporary music concerts.

For the 11th edition, the Tetracordo Festival will feature international solo pianist Andrei Korobeinikov, jazz trumpeter Tom Kirkpatrick clarinetist Giordano Carnevale, French artist Mavi Lou and contemporary composers Stéphane Delplace and Stanislav Makovsky.

The Giuseppe Pettine Award is established by the Nuova Accademia di Jazz "Il Tetracordo" in collaboration with the Municipality of Isernia to honor the memory of the Isernia-born mandolinist Giuseppe Pettine. This award recognizes professional mandolinists who stand out for their dedication to the promotion and preservation of Pettine's music and the mandolin across various repertoires, including classical, contemporary, jazz, and folk. The objectives of the award are to highlight Pettine's musical legacy, promote mandolin composition and transcription, and encourage the creation of new works.

The composition "La Nenia" by Stéphane Delplace, for wind orchestra, premiered at the Tetracordo Festival in Isernia (Italy) on September 10, 2023, at the Cloister of Palazzo San Francesco. This event marked the 80th anniversary of the tragic bombing of Isernia by Anglo-American forces on September 10, 1943. Commissioned by the Municipality of Isernia to Nuova Accademia di Jazz il Tetracordo, "La Nenia" was created to honor the victims of that day. The piece will be performed annually to preserve historical memory.