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Romaeuropa Festival 2024


Romaeuropa Festival 2024
September 4th - 5th
Christos Papadopoulos
Merce Cunningham
Gavin Bryars Ensemble
Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon
Mycelium / Biped
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma - Teatro Costanzi
The thirty-ninth edition of the Romaeuropa Festival inaugurates its journey in partnership with the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. The protagonist of the Festival’s opening...

September 6th
Brussels Philharmonic
Dirk Brossé
Ryuichi Sakamoto Music for Film
Cavea - Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone
Ryuichi Sakamoto’s unforgettable musical compositions for the cinema are the protagonists of the first event that Romaeuropa this year dedicates to the Japanese Maestro....

September 7th
Neo Sora
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus (FILM)
MAXXI -Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo
The REF’s homage to Ryuichi Sakamoto continues with Opus, a film/concert directed by Neo Sora that focuses on the last performance of the great...

September 9th - 10th
Rachid Ouramdane
Ballet du Grand Théatre de Gèneve
Outsider
Cavea - Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone
After his hypnotic Möbius, choreographer Rachid Ouramdane returns to the Romaeuropa Festival  with his new creation for the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève....

September 11th
Alessandro Baricco
Giovanni Sollima
Enrico Melozzi
100 Cellos
Stefania Rocca
Valeria Solarino
Tucidide. Atene contro Melo
Cavea- Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone
Alessandro Baricco returns to the REF, this time immersing himself in the writings of Thucydides. He articulates the story of the clash which occurred...

September 13th - 14th
Sasha Waltz & Guest
Diego Noguera
Beethoven 7
Auditorium Conciliazione
German Choreographer Sasha Waltz’s research into music and movement continues, as her company returns to the REF with a double bill:  a confrontation with...

September 21st - 22nd
Berlin
Bart Baele
Yves Degryse
Cathy Blisson
Zvizdal [Chernobyl – so far, so close]
Mattatoio
1986. About 90 towns and villages around Pripyat are evacuated as a result of a failed atomic test. Zvizdal presents an intimate portrait of...

September 21st - 22nd
BERLIN
Yves Degryse
The making of Berlin
Mattatoio
Between videos, performances and visual arts, the Berlin Company retells the story of Friedrich Mohr: at the end of WWII, the conductor of the Berlin...

September 24th - 25th
Wunderbaum
Marleen Scholten
Il disperato
Mattatoio
Actress, author and director Marleen Scholten continues her research on the private consequences originating from the superstructures of our society, taking to the stage...

September 24th
Mariangela Gualtieri
Paolo Fresu
Uri Caine
Bello Mondo
Improvisation for three voices

Teatro Argentina
Bello Mondo is a stage experience with the poet Mariangela Gualtieri, Uri Caine (piano) and Paolo Fresu (trumpet and effects), that reinvigorates the discourse...

September 25th
CollettivO CineticO
Francesca Pennini
O+< Scritture viziose sull’inarrestabilità del tempo
MaXXI -Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo
Calligraphic and graphic elements have always been at the heart of CollettivO CineticO’s choreographic narratives. This performance is exactly that: a dialogue between the...

September 26th
ANY OTHER
SANTAMAREA
live
Mattatoio
ANY OTHER With her second album “stillness, stop: you have a right to remember,” the singer-songwriter Adele Altro, aka Any Other, has come to...

September 26th - 28th
Baro d'evel
Qui Som?
Teatro Argentina
After their dazzling Là and Mazut, the Franco-Catalan company Baro d’evel return to the REF. Dancers, acrobats, musicians, ceramicists and artists from various disciplines...

September 28th - 29th
CollettivO CineticO
Francesca Pennini
age (2024)
Teatro India
Girls and boys coming of age enter the stage without knowing what awaits them. Every evening they talk about themselves and their community. What...

September 28th
SO BEAST
AKA5HA
Music, too much music. Twenty years of Trovarobato.
Mattatoio
LineUp! starts a path dedicated to independent realities active on the italian music scene with the intention of building a space dedicated to newly...

September 28th
TRIPOLARE
COCA PUMA
Live
Mattatoio
TRIPOLARE Singer-songwriter, musician and producer born in Naples, born in 2022, Tripolare has built in a very short time an alternative fanbase of constantly...

October 1st
Einstürzende Neubauten
Alien Pop Music 2024
Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone
Einstürzende Neubauten return to Italy to present their new album “Rampen – apm: alien pop music.” The first date is set for Oct. 1...

October 2nd - 3rd
Giulia Scotti
Quello che non c’è
Mattatoio
Winner of the Tuttoteatro Prize for the scenic arts Dante Cappelletti 2023 and the Special Mention in the Odiolestate 2023 competition by Carrozzerie n.o.t,...

October 2nd - 3rd
Pietro Giannini
La traiettoria calante (The declining trajectory)
Mattatoio
After presenting the first study during the last edition of Powered By REF, Pietro Giannini completes “La Traiettoria Calante”. The show retraces the collapse...

October 3rd - 6th
Compagnia Frosini / Timpano
Lorenzo Pavolini
Tanti Sordi – Polvere di Alberto
Teatro Sala Umberto
The Frosini / Timpano company, with the pen of Lorenzo Pavolini, stage a reinterpretation of the inimitable figure of Alberto Sordi and his impact...

October 3rd
Claudio Larena
Stiamo lavorando per voi (Ci scusiamo per il disagio)
Mattatoio
Poised between performance, installation and dance, “Stiamo lavorando per voi (ci scusiamo per il disagio) / “We are working for you (sorry for the...

October 5th - 6th
GRUPPO ToK
Pezzo a due con dieci piante
Mattatoio
Powered by REF, the Romaeuropa Festival project promoted in collaboration with Carrozzerie | n.o.t and 369gradi, dedicated to artists under 30 working in the...

October 5th - 6th
Dimore Creative
Transenne
Mattatoio
Powered by REF, the Romaeuropa Festival project promoted in collaboration with Carrozzerie | n.o.t and 369gradi, dedicated to artists under 30 working in the...

October 5th - 6th
Sofia Naglieri
Devozioni per occasioni di emergenza
Mattatoio
Powered by REF, the Romaeuropa Festival project promoted in collaboration with Carrozzerie | n.o.t and 369gradi, dedicated to artists under 30 working in the...

October 8th - 10th
Amos Gitai
La Colline Théâtre National di Parigi
House
Teatro Argentina
House tells the story of a West Jerusalem House during a quarter of a century through the stories of its successive inhabitants, Arabs and...

October 9th - 13th
lacasadargilla
Rosalinda Conti
Uccellini
Teatro Vascello
A house full of stuffed birds and ghostly presences. A sudden and accidental family reunion between two brothers, a sister who died prematurely and...

October 10th
Riva & Repele
Dear Son
Sala Petrassi - Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone
Choreographers and dancers Simone Repele and Sasha Riva build a story of love, hope and memory.The loss of a child suddenly changes the perception of...

October 11th - 13th
Muziektheater Transparant
Leon Rogissart
Paul Boereboom
Arturo Den Hartog
Marie van Luijk
Ascension VR
Mattatoio
“Ascension” is a VR performance by Paul Boereboom and Leon Rogissart that explores the boundaries of opera and the way we perceive reality. “Ascension” started from the...

October 11th - 13th
TEMPO REALE
FOOSBALL
Participatory sound action for a plurality of calcio-balilla players and live electronics

Mattatoio
Calcio balilla, biliardino, fubalino, calcetto, calcino, pincanello, subotto, footbalino, foosball: these are all names that identify one of the most involving, tactile and sonorous...

October 12th - 13th
Jan Martens
GRIP
Voice Noise
Teatro Argentina
Disruptive physical energy and attention to detail coexist with screams, whispers and songs: for his return to the REF, Jan Martens constructs a choreographic...

October 12th
LUWEI
live
Mattatoio
Mixing her Chinese roots with a broad spectrum of international sounds, Milan-based DJ Luwei has established herself on the national scene with a personal...

October 12th
33EMYBW
Holes of Sinian
Mattatoio
One of today’s most radical musicians and visual artists, acclaimed by Aphex Twin for her astonishing sound experiments combining avant-pop and radical research, Shanghai-born...

October 12th
Giacomo Lilliù
Il Teatropostaggio da un milione di dollari
Mattatoio
A performance that takes place on Telegram to translate shitposting ( the derailing of a virtual discussion with inappropriate content) into dramaturgy. An improbable...

October 13th
Petra Hermanova
In Death’s Eyes live
Mattatoio
With the autoharp at the heart of her practice, Petra Hermanova’s music drifts between song and distorted drones. The Berlin-based singer and composer released...

October 13th
dmstfctn + Evita Manji
Waluigi’s Purgatory
Mattatoio
Waluigi’s Purgatory is a new interactive audiovisual performance by artist duo dmstfctn, featuring an original soundtrack composed and performed live by Evita Manji. Set in...

October 15th - 16th
Compagnia Licia Lanera
Pier Vittorio Tondelli
Altri Libertini
Teatro Vascello
Director and actress Licia Lanera (the first in Italy to obtain the rights to stage his short story collection) brings Altri Libertini by Pier...

October 16th
Noé Soulier
CNDC - Centre national de danse contemporaine Angers
J.S. Bach
Ensemble il Convito
Maude Gratton
Close up
Teatro Argentina
On the notes of J.S. Bach’s compositions, performed live by the Ensemble il Convito directed by Maude Gratton, “Close Up” by Noé Soulier merges...

October 17th
Ioanna Paraskevopoulou
Mos
Mattatoio
Two performers enter into discourse with a disparate series of images, and seek to impart their own transcripNon in space. The body and (micro-)movements...

October 17th
Lara Barsacq
La Grande Nymphe
Mattatoio
Inspired by Nijinski’s famous interpretation of Debussy’s “Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune,” choreographer and dancer Lara Barsacq rediscovers the image of the nymph and...

October 18th
Gorges Ocloo
Toneelhuis
LOD muziektheater
Opera Ballet Flanders
The Golden Stool
Teatro Argentina
The Golden Stool tells the story of Nana Yaa Asantewaa and her struggle of resistance, while at the same time reflecting on the Director’s...

October 18th
Chara Kotsali
to be possessed
Mattatoio
Chara Kotsali’s 2023 dance solo is a rehearsal of demonic rituals. It premiered in March 2023 during Onassis Dance Days. In “to be possessed”,...

October 18th - 19th
Stefania Tansini
L’ombelico dei limbi
Mattatoio
“L’omberlico dei limbi” is a youthful text by Antonin Artaud in which can be found visions and thoughts that he would mature in later...

October 19th - 20th
Martina Badiluzzi
Emily Brontë
Cime Tempestose (Wuthering heights)
Teatro Vascello
Martina Badiluzzi turns to the famous novel by Emily Brontë to continue her investigation into female identity. A dialogue is born between the interior...

October 19th
Benjamin Kahn
Bless the sound that Saved a Witch like me
Mattatoio
“Bless the Sound that Saved a Witch like me” is the second in a series of portraits initiated by Benjamin Kahn in 2019. The...

October 20th
Steve Reich
Sentieri Selvaggi
OHT - Office for a Human Theater
Filippo Andreatta
Nuvolario – Music for 18 musicians
Teatro Argentina
Steve Reich’s masterpiece, performed by Sentieri Selvaggi, engages in a dialogue with the stage machines of Director Filippo Andreatta. Clouds, breath and wind follow...

October 20th
Giorgia Lolli
Eat Me
Mattatoio
Inspired by the Italian common expression “eating with the eyes,” “Eat Me” is a reflection on the making of the observed body. The soft...

October 20th
Marie Caroline Hominal & David Hominal
Hominal / Hominal
Mattatoio
Two authors united by the title of a show that seems to merge them by letting the very notion of author dissolve. These names...

October 22nd - 23rd
Leïla Ka
Maldonne
Teatro Vascello
Leïla Ka creates a colorful and timeless ode to the girl’s night out- from ancient Greek gynaeceums (womens’ quarters)  to Hollywood sleepovers. The stage of...

October 22nd - 27th
OHT - Office for Human Theatre
Filippo Andreatta
Squares do not (normally) appear in nature
Mattatoio
Thirteen experiments of sound and vision form the center of this performance without actors, inspired by the life and work of Bauhaus painter Josef...

October 24th - 26th
Ennio Morricone
Marcos Morau
Centro Coreografico Nazionale / Aterballetto
Notte Morricone
Teatro Argentina
The Aterballetto dance troupe, under the choreographic direction of Marcos Morau, dedicate a special homage to the creative power of Ennio Morricone and his...

October 25th - 27th
Giorgina Pi
Bluemotion
Bernard-Marie Koltès
Roberto Zucco
Teatro Vascello
Giorgina Pi stages Roberto Zucco by Bernard Marie Koltès. The story of a criminal who escapes from prison, challenges the police of three different...

October 25th - 27th
Leandre Clown
n’imPORTE quoi
Teatro Vittoria
For more than 20 years Leandre has been infecting the world with his poetic humor, inspired by silent cinema, mime, gestures and the theater...

October 26th - 27th
Taoufiq Izeddiou
Hors du monde
Mattatoio
Taoufiq Izeddiou, who is a point of reference for contemporary dance in Morocco- where he founded the On Marche festival- combines tradition and contemporary...

from October 29th to November 3rd
Daria Deflorian
Han Kang
La vegetariana
Teatro Vascello
Han Kang’s famous story in three acts, via three different points of view, confronts the gradual metamorphosis of a body and the hybridization of...

November 2nd - 3rd
Lagartijas Tiradas Al Sol
Centroàmerica
Mattatoio
Mexican company Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol continue to investigate and narrate the contemporary history of South America. The driving force behind their new production...

November 5th - 6th
Oscar De Summa
Rette parallele sono l’amore e la morte
Mattatoio
Director Oscar De Summa reflects on human relationships and the possibility of imperishable bonds beyond death, through quantum theory and the entanglement experiment. He...

November 6th - 7th
Arno Schuitemaker
30 apparences out of darkness
Teatro Vascello
Regardless of what we associate with it, darkness can be disorienting, and even threatening: the unknown, the obscure, the void. But there is not...

November 8th
Alice Ripoll / REC
aCORdo
Gran Salon - Villa Medici
Created in 2017, shortly after the Olympic Games and the Football World Cup in Rio, aCORdo by Alice Ripoll is an investigation into the...

November 8th - 9th
Claudia Castellucci
Compagnia Mòra
Sahara
Teatro Ateneo - La Sapienza
«With Sahara we seek the initial condition of the artist who only has him or herself as prime material», states the presentation text of...

November 8th - 10th
OORKAAN
SUPERBALL, LOLLIPOP & MR. CLASSIC
Mattatoio
Dutch Company Oorkaan returns to the REF with percussionist group Slagwerk Den Haag and guest beatboxer Bart Voogt- aka B-Art- to create a sonorous...

November 8th - 17th
MUSICA IMPULSCENTRUM
Babelut Parcours
Mattatoio
Babelut Parcours is a musical journey of discovery for children aged 0 to 5 years old. Artists and musicians take the children and their...

November 9th
trentemøller
Live concert
trentemøller has mesmerised his live audiences with his unique soundscapes and memorable melodies over the last two decades. With more than 500 shows worldwide,...

November 9th
Neue Vocalsolisten
Oscar Bianchi
Carola Bauckholt
Ondrej Adamek
Gordon Kampe
A Capella Concert
Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone
The Neue Vocalsolisten, which was founded in 1984 as an ensemble specializing in the interpretation of contemporary vocal music, performs the music of Oscar...

November 9th - 10th
Alice Ripoll
Zona Franca
Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone
Alice Ripoll continues with her chronicle of Brazil and its favelas. She gives life to a party with a mix of Passinho, Contact Dance,...

November 9th - 10th
Mohamed El Khatib
La vie secrète des vieux
Teatro Vascello
Do our desires and our ability to love desert our last remaining years of life? What lingers of the vitality of the flesh? How...

November 9th - 10th
BONTEHOND
Superslow
Mattatoio
Superslow is not just dance, theater and music, but everything in between. It could be described as an ode to discovering new things, or...

November 10th
Marcus Schmickler
Neue Vocalsolisten
Zafraan Ensemble
Schreber songs
(Don’t Wake Up daddy)

Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone - Teatro Studio Gianni Borgna
Composer Marcus Schmickler explores the theme of memory in a concert/show for  choir and instruments, which is based on the story of one Daniel...

November 12th - 14th
Groupe Acrobatique de Tanger
Maroussia Diaz Verbèke
FIQ! (Wake Up!)
Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone - Sala Petrassi
All of the energy, humor and versatility of the Groupe Acrobatique de Tanger is embodied in FIQ! (Wake Up!). Fifteen artists gather on stage...

November 12th - 17th
Massimiliano Civica
Neil Simon
Capitolo due (Chapter Two)
Teatro Vascello
George, a forty-two-year-old crime writer who cannot overcome the pain of his wife’s demise and Jannie, a theater actress who has just divorced, make...

November 15th - 17th
LA MECANICA
The little things
Mattatoio
“The Little Things” started life as a show for children, but rapidly transformed into a sassy and fast- moving performance for their parents, that...

November 16th - 17th
Robyn Orlin
Garage Dance Ensemble
How in salts desert is it possible to blossom…
Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone - Sala Petrassi
Robyn Orlin returns to the REF together with the dancers, performers and musicians of Okiep’s Garage Dance Ensemble, to give life to a new...

November 16th - 17th
Kenji Shinohe
K(-A-)O FACCINE
Mattatoio

November 17th
Alva Noto
Christian Fennesz
“Continuum”
In the spirit of Ryuichi Sakamoto

Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone - Sala Santa Cecilia
In his artistic career, Ryuichi Sakamoto has been able to range between different genres and languages, moving into experimentation within several disciplinary spheres and...