The music of the Earth
by Enrica Carini and Virginia Carolfi
Short films selected by: Fiona Agolli, Greta Araldi, Ana Canós Doñate, Martina Giovannini, Anna Vullo
Every year, Concorto Kids explores a specific theme: in 2022, we focused on the theme of Reading; in 2023, Visual arts; in 2024, Environment and sustainability; and in 2025,The music of the Earth. We chose this theme for many reasons: first of all, we did not want to move away from the environmental theme , given the success of the 2024 edition. Then, just by chance, we came across the children’s book Radici, maestro! La passione di Claudio Abbado per musica e natura (Roots, Maestro! Claudio Abbado’s passion for music and nature), edited by Carthusia in 2023, and this text inspired all of the activities for 2025. Finally, “the music of the Earth” recalls Mahler’s Song of the Earth, in which nature – with its unfathomable beauty – sublimates such an ephemeral matter as music. Through workshops, meetings, and screenings, we will explore the countless connections between music, cinema, and the environment, since growing and making music together is like planting a seed!
Films screened:
A SMALL GARDEN BY THE WINDOW by Jonghoon Lee, South Korea (2024), 4’
FILANTE by Marion Jamault, France (2023), 8’
HOW THE BEAR COMPOSED A SONG (Ako medveď zložil pieseň) by Kristína Bajaníková, Slovakia (2024), 7’
LA CAGE by Loïc Bruyère, France (2016), 6’
LA CARPE ET L’ENFANT by Arnaud Demuynck, Morgane Simon, France, Belgium (2024), 6’
LE BALLET by Louis Thomas, France (2012), 4’
LEITMOTIV by Jeanette Nørgaard, Mette Ilene Holmriis, Marie Jørgensen, Marie Thorhauge, Danemark (2009), 7’
LES BRUITS by Hélène Ducrocq, France (2023), 8’
MAESTRO by Illogic, France (2019), 1’
MIDO ET LES INSTRUMEAUX by Roman Guillanton, France (2020), 5’
MOJAPPI (It’s mine!) by Nijitaro, Japan (2024), 3’
ONE, TWO, TREE by Yulia Aronova, France, Switzerland (2015), 7’
RHAPSODIE POUR UN POT-A-FEU by Charlotte Cambon De La Vallette, Stéphanie Mercier, Soizic Mouton, Marion Roussel, France (2012), 3’
TACET by Zachary Simon, USA (2021), 6’
TEMPO by Raphaël Chiapparin, France (2022), 5’
THE ANT MARCH by Fedor Yudin, Russia (2022), 5’
THREADS by AAVV, Slovenia (2018), 3’
TÜMPEL by Lena von Döhren, Eva Rust, Switzerland (2023), 8’