The theatre of the Italy Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka has hosted the world premiere of a unique concert - 'The sound of heat - fire, water, earth, air'.
The absolute protagonist was a digital electric furnace used as a musical instrument in a chamber opera for soprano, oboe, Q-one, piano and a percussion ensemble.
The innovative electric power system of the furnace is an avant-garde technology entirely developed by the Danieli Group through its controlled Danieli Automation company, a real revolution within the steel sector.
This technology, "which is the only one in the world allowing to change frequencies during the fusion phase, made me think" that it was "time to do something more, in other words the heavy steel industry also needed to be able to compose a few musical pieces", said Antonello Mordeglia, the CEO of Danieli Automation who wrote the opera's lyrics.
The Italy Pavilion "is exactly the best place" to perform this concert, stressed Mordeglia.
