Aart van der Wal (for Opus Klassiek, November 2023) on Paesaggi con macerie
BrillianGGGGtly performed and recorded, this album is an important addition to the discography of this celebrated Italian composer.
Christian Carey (for Sequenza 21, 15/4/2022) on Paesaggi con macerie
Icarus vs Muzak, directed by Marco Angius, bring to light the many facets of Sciarrino’s music, realising the quotations with lucidity and the frequent contrasts with energy.
Daniela Iotti (for Avanti!, 15/09/2021) on Suono e Arte 2021
Guarnieri has personally prepared the young performers of Icarus vs Muzak along a path of study and training, which has unfortunately become a rare thing, but an indispensable prerequisite and trademark of these initiatives; a dutiful modus operandi, however, for an ensemble that has made its primary objective knowledge and study aimed at young people – with particular attention to contemporary music.
Alx Phillips (for Recomana, 15/4/2022) on Gold
An elaborate collaboration between choreographer Roberto Olivan and composer Riccardo Nova with the superb Italian music group Icarus Ensemble and the revelation of French dancer Ilies Benyya-Ounich.
Paco Yáñez (for El Compositor habla, 24/1/2024) on Paesaggi con macerie
The interpretation of Icarus vs. Muzak was very satisfying, demonstrating a mastery of Sciarrino’s language that Marco Angius, one of the greatest specialists of the Palermo composer’s music, must have passed on to his young musicians.
Gian Paolo Minardi (for La Gazzetta di Parma, 09/08/2022) on Contemporary Music Book
«Can the present abjure the past?» asks Marco Pedrazzini in the introduction to the Contemporary Music Book, published by Da Vinci Classics and produced by Icarus vs Muzak. The ensemble descends from the historic Icarus Ensemble of which Pedrazzini was one of the enterprising founders. He was repaid by the successes that the group has been collecting in various parts of the world as an active and innovative witness to the labour that stimulates contemporary production.
Gary Higginson (for MusicWeb International, 8/2/2024) on Paesaggi con macerie
It seems impossible to imagine this music being better understood, performed or recorded.
Carme Miró (for Sonograma Magazine, 29/11/2023) on Paesaggi con macerie
Marco Angius conducts with presence and rigour the musicians of Icarus vs Muzak Ensemble, specialists in the interpretation of contemporary music capable of immediately captivating the listener.
Daniela Iotti (for Avanti!, 02/10/2023) on Circus Audienti
The success of the evening was granted by the high quality of the performance involving the Icarus vs. Muzak ensemble, carefully directed by Dario Garegnani with live electronics by Francesco Adan Dal Ri and sound direction by Cifariello Ciardi himself.
Petar Žarković (for Glas Slavonije, 10/10/2023) on Days of Milko Kelemen
The participation of Icarus vs Muzak at this year’s Dani Milka Kelemena was a combination of virtuosity and excellent technique.