Morgan brings the magic of art to Orio, Musica tra i gate is born
On Friday, 3 October, Orio al Serio Airport was transformed into a space suspended between travel and wonder: amid flight announcements and the comings and goings of passengers, Morgan performed an unexpected show at Gate A, designed to inaugurate the “steelbloom sessions”, the web radio station that brings music and art to places of transit.
The initiative stems from the vision of steelbloom, a company that combines art, design and technology to bring creativity back to the centre of everyday life.
steelbloom Sessions: when sound meets travel
Steelbloom sessions are periodic gatherings that host artists and authors to explore the connection between sound, emotion and movement, transforming the wait for a flight into a moment of listening and discovery.
The inaugural talk, led by Radio Rai author Gabriele Bròcani, took its cue from Brian Eno’s ‘Music for Airports’, a seminal work that gave rise to ambient music and which naturally dialogues with the atmosphere of an airport.
On this narrative and sound backdrop, Morgan gave a veritable masterclass on the history of sound and music, starting with primordial noises and ending with classical and contemporary music.
A musical journey through masters and inner landscapes
Seated at the piano, Morgan constructed a fluid journey that traversed the creative universe of Brian Eno, Maurice Ravel, Luigi Nono, Iannis Xenakis, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Johann Sebastian Bach, interweaving quotations, suggestions and brief improvisations.
The sounds of the airport – announcements, footsteps, the buzz of passengers – have become part of the soundscape, as if the space itself were participating in the performance.
The result was an immersive environment in which anyone, even those just passing by, could feel part of a collective artistic experience for a few minutes.
Art, freedom and the fragile heritage of culture
At the heart of the meeting, Morgan broadened his perspective to include the relationship between art, freedom and the dignity of peoples, recalling the tragedy experienced by the Palestinian people and emphasising how war destroys not only lives, but also memory, research and creative possibilities.
Through examples linked to symbolic cities such as Vienna and Milan, he evoked the idea that striking a place also means striking the artists who could be born there, the works that could be created, and the beauty that could be generated.
Echoing Martin Luther King’s thoughts on injustice as a universal wound, he invited the audience to recognise culture as a common good, to be protected and shared.
An intimate finale combining design, technology and participation
The concert ended in an intimate and intense atmosphere: Morgan presented his latest song, ‘Verrà l’estate’ (Summer Will Come), written with Pasquale Panella, performing it inside steelbloom’s Armonia Chairs, ‘shell’ chairs inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s designs, designed to envelop the listener in a space of quiet and concentration.
In conclusion, the artist engaged the audience in small interactive musical games, transforming Gate A for a few moments into a laboratory of shared emotions, where the boundary between spectator and protagonist becomes blurred, precisely in the spirit of the projects that steelbloom and Noi Vivi Arte dedicate to collective creativity.
