Officina Pasolini does not sell dreams, but solid realities
When in 2014 a Rome was inaugurated onPier Paolo Pasolini Arts Workshopwe wondered whether a reality with such noble ambitions, which was also challenging to manage and protect, would have resisted for a long time, and whether in the era of virtual communities a home for artists and at the same time a public space integrated into the city to produce and spread culture he would really be able to attract the interest of young talents.
Eight years after its inauguration, the results speak for Officina Pasolini: the high-level training laboratory and cultural hub of the Lazio Region, whose artistic supervision bears the signature of .Toscareal name Tiziana Donati, singer with an extraordinary curriculum that ranges from her victory at the Sanremo Festival in 1996 paired with Ron with “Vorrei incontrarti fra cent’anni” to collaborations with giants such as Renato Zero, Lucio Dalla, Ivano Fossati and Marisa Monte, has become a point of reference for young song, theater and multimedia talents at a national and international levelas demonstrated by the continuous exchanges of synergies with similar entities in the rest of Europe. Passion And foresight are the two words that are closest to the academy coordinator’s heart: Ten years after its inauguration, the Pier Paolo Pasolini Arts Workshop continues to search for the talents of tomorrow. The selections for the new two-year period 2025/2026 have just opened. The announcement has been published on the official website of the Pier Paolo Pasolini Arts Workshop, with all the details and admission requirements.
The mission is always the same: grow talents through theoretical lessons, practical exercises, seminars and experimental laboratoriesmaking them protagonists of a highly qualified training experience, also through meetings and masterclasses with established artists and professionals, creating concrete opportunities for experimentation and exhibition in professional contexts. Among the teachers of the section “Song”, for which he is responsible Niccolo FabiThere are Giovanni Truppi, Joe Barbieri, Piero Fabrizi, Roberto Angelini. The section “Theater” has the theater director as its manager Massimo Venturiello and as teachers Maria Letizia Gorga (diction) e Daniele Salvo (interpretation). That “Multimedia” has the producer as its manager Simona Banchi and as teachers Paolo Ferrari (photography and use of light in visual media) and Steve Della Casa (creative writing techniques for visual media).
Furthermore, the Pier Paolo Pasolini Arts Workshop makes use of a Scientific Technical Committee which includes, free of charge, important personalities from the theatre, music and multimedia fields such as .Carmen Consolithe president of Sony Music Andrea Rosithe composer Germano Mazzocchettithe manager Franz Cattini (already alongside Franco Battiato) and the journalist Gino Castaldo. The goal is give children the tools to become artists, but also and above all entrepreneurs of themselves.
The courses in the three sections “Song”, “Theatre” and “Multimedia” last two years and offer a total of 2,000 hours. The 1,000 hours, scheduled for each year and for each section, are divided as follows: 700 hours of classroom time (including practical exercises), 100 hours of laboratory and 200 hours of self-training. At the end of the two-year period, the Labor Worka third year which will have as its objective the pursuit of a concrete outcome of the training course carried out during the previous two years; Only young people who have obtained the certification relating to the path undertaken with a score above 25/30 and obtained an excellent evaluation of the professional projects presented during the exam phase will be able to access Labor Work. Participants, with the support of specific professionals in the reference sector, will be able to build personalized paths, aimed at the creation of artistic projects in the reference sectors, “Song”, “Theatre” and “Multimedia”.
The courses provided by the three sections take place in Rome at the headquarters of the “Vittorio Marrama” University Residence, former Civis, in Viale dei Giusti della Farnesina n. 6 – 00135 Rome in the spaces dedicated to the Pier Paolo Pasolini Officina delle Arti project. The start-up is scheduled for January 2025, unless otherwise required by the project. The course requires compulsory attendance (with a percentage of absences not exceeding 20% of the number of hours) and the passing of a final exam.
