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BEETHOVEN E DINTORNI
CONCERTI DI MEZZOGIORNO
Building on the critical and public success of the 2013 editions, with Debussy and Surroundings , and 2014, with Chopin and Surroundings , this year the Festival dedicates to Beethoven twenty appointments that unite, under a single thread, the historic Midday Concerts, in the Church of St. Euphemia, to the evening ones in the Cloister of San Nicolò. The centerpiece of the project is Beethoven, around whom are composers of the time who were somewhat overshadowed by his gigantic figure, but who have now become the subject of renewed interest in order to better understand and delve into the cultural humus in which the personality of one of the greatest composers in history came to to be delineated.
Starting from Beethoven, the listener follows a path ranging from Hummel, Clementi and Moscheles to to virtually unknown composers, such as Ferdinand Ries, his pupil and secretary, Carl Czerny, a faithful pupil, Friedrich Kuhlau, an early performer, and Cherubini, whom Beethoven esteemed most of all among his contemporaries.
By Beethoven, in addition to the complete Piano Sonatas and the most famous piano pages, little-visited compositions such as the Sonata for Piano and Horn, the 9 Contradances WoO 14 and Wo15, ...
See more_"Freedom and progress are the goal of art as, for that matter, of life itself." _
from a letter from Beethoven to Archduke Rudolf
Pianists Maurizio Baglini, Sandro De Palma, Ivan Donchev, Pavel Kašpar, Francesco Libetta, Olivier Mazal, Maurizio Paciariello
cello **Silvia Chiesa **
to edited by Sandro De Palma
In collaboration with the International Festival "Piano aux Jacobins" of Toulouse and the Czech Cultural Institute of Milan
pianos Angelo Fabbrini
program
Sunday, June 28
**Francesco Libetta **pianist
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Six Variations in G Major WoO 70
On the duet "Nel cor più ...
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"Passionate" (Sole 24 at), "convincing" (American Record Guide), "rich in personality" (Diapason). Cellist Silvia Chiesa has won over audiences and critics thanks to a brilliant solo career that places her among the most appreciated Italian performers in the world, with regular tours in the main European countries, as well as in the United States, China, Australia, Africa and Russia. Her artistic career is characterized by the breadth and originality of her repertoire, which also includes little-known or unjustly forgotten composers and pieces. Of note to in this regard is his successful rediscovery of two unknown masterpieces by Nino Rota: the Cello Concertos, recorded together with the Orchestra Nazionale della Rai di Torino conducted from Corrado Rovaris. Released in 2011 from Sony Classical, the album Rota: Cello Concertos received rave reviews from the Italian and international press. The Milanese cellist also has a leading role to play in the blossoming of contemporary repertoire for her instrument, and in 2015 she will "premiere" two new compositions dedicated to her by Azio Corghi and Nicola Campogrande. In 2005 she formed a stable duo with pianist Maurizio Baglini, which has been applauded on prestigious international stages. As a soloist she has collaborated with conductors such as Luciano Acocella, Paolo Arrivabeni, Gürer Aykal, Giampaolo Bisanti, Tito Ceccherini, Daniele Gatti, Cristian Orosanu, Corrado Rovaris, Howard Shelley, Brian Wright and Massimiliano Caldi. He has also recorded live concerts for radio and television stations such as Rai Radio3, Rai Sat, France Musique and France 3. He is resident artist of the international from chamber music festival "Amiata Piano Festival" and a lecturer at the Higher Institute of Musical Studies "Monteverdi" in Cremona. He plays a 1697 Giovanni Grancino cello.
He is among the brightest musicians on the international scene. Winner to twenty-four years of the World Music Piano Master in Monte Carlo, he has to his credit an intense career in Europe, America and Asia: more than 1200 concerts as a soloist and 1000 of from chamber music in prestigious venues such as Salle Gaveau in Paris, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Kennedy Center in Washington. Solo recordings: Liszt, Schumann, Scarlatti; in duo with Silvia Chiesa (cello): Brahms and Schubert. He is artistic director of the Amiata Piano Festival and the French from chamber festival Les musiques de Montcaud. Since 2013, he has been a consultant to the Verdi Municipal Theater in Pordenone for music and dance.