"And an astronomer said, Master, what of Time? And he answered: You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable. You would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of the spirit according to hours and seasons. Of time you would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing..."(Kahlil Gibran)

Man has always been struggling with time. The only thing he could do so far was trying to measure it with the illusion of dominating it. Time and space are primary cultural categories through which the human being starts to build up his personal identity, frames his first experiences, adjusts his spontaneous life rhythms adapting them environmentally to social needs.

"One step from the sky" is about the relationship between time and life, through visions and symbolization connected with different meanings of time, such as a sand hourglass, grain after grain. The start of time, searching for it, its artistic interpretation, frantic life, finding ourselves, remembrance, memory, wisdom will be narrated through the music by the "Paul Klee" String Quartet from Padova (Alessandro Fagiuoli, Stefano Antonello, Andrea Amendola, Luca Paccagnella) and the multivision scenography projected on the Fortress' architectural structure is by Giorgio Cividal, Francesco Lopergolo, Roberto Tibaldi, Franco Toso, Carlo Conti, Claudio Tuti and Giuliano Mazzanti.

Paul Klee String Quartet

Paul Klee String Quartet was formed in 1996, it has its roots on the repertory of the historical Twentieth Century and addresses its curiosity and interest towards nowadays music. Among the most significant performances of the Quartet we mention: Santander International Festival (Spain), Galway Arts Festival (Ireland), Teatro la Fenice in Venice, Alicante International Festival, Teatro Regio in Parma, Cantiere d'Arte di Montepulciano, Nuovi Spazi Musicali season in Rome, Romaeuropa Festival, National Concert Hall in Dublin, Peggy Guggenheim in Venice, Auditorium Nacional de Madrid, Istanbul, Hamburg, Salzburg, Ljubljana and in 1999 the Festival "Under Construction" in New York.
In 2004 Paul Klee Quartet was "Resident Quartet" at the Centre Culturelle Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud in France. In 2005 it received the support from Isabella Scelsi Foundation of Rome for the divulgation of the repertory for quartets by Giacinto Scelsi. This activity was concluded in 2006 with a concert dedicated to Messiaen, Dutilleux e Xenakis held in Sala Grande of Gran Teatro La Fenice in Venice. From 2007 the quartet is in residence in France by the University of Evry in Paris. The Quartet recorded for "Stradivarius", "Niccolo'" labels and for the "New World Records" of New York, there will be soon the whole recording of Philip Glass quartets for the "Blue Serge" label, a monography dedicated to the venetian composer Ugo Amendola and also a cd dedicated to French music with the pianist J.P. Armengaud including La Crèation du Monde by Darius Milhaud, Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps and Fantasia for violin and piano by Olivier Messian.