Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 January 2016
The house is tucked away behind a corner of the road. Once you have passed the gate, the entrance lane, three sleepy dogs, the hall, a spacious living room and the doors to the terrace, you are face to face with the most magnificent Tuscan landscape imaginable. The view of the hills is unspoilt, as is the silence around. It's the ideal place for Luciano Berio to create the colourful, imaginative sound-world that has made him, at the age of 70, one of the most popular and admired composers of today.
* Berio, Luciano: Two Interviews with Rossana Dalmonte and Bálint András Varga, translated and edited by Smith, David Osmond (London: Marion Boyars, 1985).Google Scholar