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PIANO

• • PIANO – CRISTIANA PEGORARO (July 14 – July 27)
    Languages: Italian, English, German, Spanish, Portuguese

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    Cristiana Pegoraro Italy

    • Pianist, Composer, Artistic Director Narnia Festival
      President Narnia Arts Academy

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    Cristiana Pegoraro

    Hailed by The New York Times as “an artist of the highest caliber,” Italian-born pianist Cristiana Pegoraro has performed on the world’s most prestigious stages, including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the United Nations (New York), the Sydney Opera House, Festspielhaus (Salzburg), Musikverein (Vienna), Royal College of Music (London), Auditorium Parco della Musica (Rome), Amici del Loggione del Teatro alla Scala (Milan), Theatro Municipal (São Paulo), Theatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro), the Opera House (Manaus), and at music festivals including the Budapest Spring Festival, Umbria Jazz, Umbria Jazz Winter, Sorrento Jazz Festival (Italy), Saint Petersburg Festival (Russia), Edinburgh Festival, Klavierfestival Ruhr (Germany), Shabyt Festival Astana (Kazakhstan), the Aichi World Expo (Japan), and the Zaragoza World Expo (Spain), among others.

    Ms. Pegoraro has appeared as a soloist with acclaimed orchestras and ensembles such as Salzburger Kammervirtuosen, Hannover Kammerorkester, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, Garland (Texas) Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Arlington (Texas), Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra (Texas), COS Youth Symphonic Ensemble (USA), MAV Symphony Orchestra (Hungary), Darzhava Philarmonia Shumen (Bulgaria), National Orchestra of Georgia (Tbilisi), Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogota (Colombia), Orquesta Sinfonica de Cuyo, Orquesta Sinfonica de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Orquesta Sinfonica Pro Lirica (Peru), Kazakhstan Chamber Orchestra, State Chamber Orchestra of the Music Academy of Astana (Kazakhstan), and Philharmonic Orchestra of Oradea (Romania).

    In Italy, she has performed with Orchestra Verdi di Milano, I Musici di Parma, Istituzione Sinfonica di Roma, Orchestra da Camera dell’Umbria, Orchestra Filarmonica Città di Roma, Orchestra Filarmonica di Civitavecchia, Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma, Orchestra Filarmonica Umbra, Orchestra Filarmonica Veneta, Orchestra del Narnia Festival, Ensemble Estro Tanguero, Orchestra Sinfonica Accademia Musicale Pescarese, La Camerata Ducale di Parma, Orchestra Sinfonica Carlo Coccia di Novara, Chamber Ensemble of Rome, and Orchestra L’Armonica Temperanza.

    She has collaborated as a soloist with the Banda Centrale della Marina Militare and with the Banda dell’Arma dei Carabinieri, with whom she performed before an audience of 3,000 at the Auditorium Parco della Musica of Rome. Her 2003 New York City concert with the Banda Centrale della Marina Militare, as part of the celebration of Columbus Day, took place in the presence of the city’s mayor Michael Bloomberg aboard the battleship-museum USS Intrepid.

    Cristiana Pegoraro is the first Italian female pianist to perform all 32 Piano Sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven, and among few pianists in the world to have performed all five Beethoven Piano Concertos in a single day. During her tours of the Persian Gulf countries, she became the first female pianist of any country to perform concerts of classical music in Bahrain, Yemen, and Oman.

    Over the years, she has appeared before many of the world’s highest dignitaries, including the President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, the President of Italy, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the Governor of New York State, the Mayor of New York City, Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg, the Italian Minister of Economic Development, and the President of the Austrian Senate.

    In 2008, she was the only European representative at the Spring Festival at the United Nations in New York, and performed in the hall of the General Assembly in front of ambassadors and dignitaries from 192 countries.

    In collaboration with Italian Embassies and Italian Cultural Institutes, she is regularly invited by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to represent Italy and to promote Italian music worldwide.

    Her piano artistry can be heard on 28 CDs released by Decision Products, Nuova Era, Dynamic, Diva Productions, Eden Editori, Da Vinci Publishing and Promu.

    Pegoraro’s “Astor Piazzolla Tangos”, released in 2016, won the gold medal at California’s prestigious Global Music Awards. The pianist’s two most recent recordings comprise a CD entitled “Gioacchino Rossini Overtures – Piano Transcriptions,” featuring her newly-written transcriptions of the composer’s most famous overtures, and a second CD, “Fantasia Italiana, ” with more new transcriptions, for piano and string orchestra, of Antonio Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons.”

    As a composer, she has released six highly acclaimed albums of her own original compositions (“A Musical Journey”, “Ithaka”, “La mia Umbria”, “Volo di note” and “Piano di volo” and “Colors of Love”) and has had various compositions used in films and documentaries. Ms. Pegoraro composed the soundtrack to the video “For Whom the Sirens Toll” produced by the United Nations Office of the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict and presented at the United Nations on September 11, 2004, in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack. She wrote the soundtrack for the documentary “La casa dell’orologio” (“The House of the Clock”) by Italian director Gianni Torres.

    On March 22, 2021, her video clip “RAIN,” with original music, debuted on the occasion of the United Nations’ “World Water Day.” The video was made under the auspices of the UN and was entered in the UN’s official Gallery.

    Cristiana is the author of a book of poems called “Ithaka” and a series of children’s books based on Italian operas. Her poems are published in the book “Poeti Umbri Contemporanei” by Il Formichiere and in the 2020 edition of “Il Corniolano,” released on World Poetry Day, declared by UNESCO.

    At present, she has received over 40 international awards. They include:
    – The World Peace Award from the Circolo Culturale Italiano of the United Nations “for her effort in advancing peace in the world.”
    – The Mela d’Oro Premio Bellisario by Fondazione Marisa Bellisario with a live ceremony on RAI1 broadcast worldwide, and a private visit with the President of the Republic of Italy, Sergio Mattarella.
    – The Melvin Jones Fellow Award “for dedicated humanitarian services” from the Lions Clubs International Foundation.
    – The Premio Simpatia, awarded by the Mayor of Rome to performing artists, authors, ambassadors and sports figures who exemplify a commitment to Italy, and conceived in recognition “of individuals who enrich and exalt the essential values of life through their work.” Past recipients have included film directors Federico Fellini and Franco Zeffirelli, actress Sophia Loren, and Mother Theresa.
    – The 2010 ILICA Woman of the Year Award by the Italian Language Intercultural Alliance in New York.

    Cristiana supports various international organizations such as UNICEF (for which she is a spokesperson), Amnesty International, World Food Programme, Emergency, Lions Clubs International, and Rotary International in their humanitarian efforts.

    She has been a featured artist on radio and television, on WQXR New York, RAI, Mediaset, Radio Vaticana, Discoteca di Stato (Italy), BBC (Scotland), ARD (Germany), RTP (Portugal), Nine Network (Australia), and CBC (Japan). She has been a guest on the Italian TV shows “Porta a Porta” with Bruno Vespa (RAI 1), “Sottovoce” with Gigi Marzullo (RAI 1), and “Vivere Meglio” with Fabrizio Trecca (Rete 4). Concerts of hers have been broadcast on RAI 5.

    Ms. Pegoraro created, produced, and directed, for Oltretutto Radio (Italy), the show entitled “The Magic of the Piano,” with biographies of the great composers and her performances at the piano.

    Cristiana regularly presents master classes at The Juilliard School in New York City and in much of the USA, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia as well as outreach and music appreciation programs, with the goal of spreading the love for and the interest in classical music.

    In addition to her concertizing and teaching activities, she is also involved in arts and organizational management and production, working with important institutions and for music events at both national and international levels.

    From 2011, she is the Founder and President of Narnia Arts Academy (www.narniaartsacademy.com) and Artistic Director of Narnia Festival (www.narniafestival.com), a non-profit organization whose goal is to promote the arts and the cultural, architectural and historical heritage of Italy through a vast array of initiatives. Both the Academy and the Festival are eight-time recipients of the “Medal of the President of the Italian Republic” for their outstanding programming.

    She is a spokesperson for her native region of Umbria’s tourism campaign throughout the world and Ambassador of San Valentino to the world.

    Ms. Pegoraro graduated with the highest honors from the Conservatory of Terni, Italy, at the age of sixteen. She continued piano studies with Jörg Demus in Vienna and with Hans Leygraf at both the Mozarteum in Salzburg and the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin. Later, Cristiana was a student of Nina Svetlanova at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.

    For more information, visit www.cristianapegoraro.com

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  • PIANO, COMPOSITION, WORKSHOP OF MUSIC HISTORY, HARMONY, ANALYSIS OF MUSICAL CONTENTS and STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS, SOLFEGE – LORENZO PORZIO (July 14 – July 27)
    Languages: Italian, English

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    Lorenzo Porzio Italy

    • Conductor, Composer, Pianist, Music Director Narnia Festival
    • Direttore stabile Orchestra Filarmonica Città di Roma

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    Lorenzo Porzio

    At the age of seven he began studying the piano and at eleven he began studying the organ under the organist and composer Lorenzo Ronci. He concluded his studies at Santa Cecilia with Maestro Federico del Sorto. Since 1996 he has been the principal organist at the Basilica del Sacro Cuore Immacolato di Maria ai Parioli (Rome).

    From 1997 – 2011 he continued to perfect his piano studies under Biagio Andriulli, Andrea Sammartino, Giovanni Scaramuzza and Gino Nappo at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. He has performed as soloist and has accompanied polyphonic choirs in some of the most prestigious cathedrals and venues in Italy. He has worked with many important singers from the Santa Cecilia Academy and Teatro dell’Opera, the Coro Accademico Romano and the Coro Polifonico S. Martino, among others. In 2003 he held concerts in the Vatican (Sala Raffaello), in the Chiesa del Governatorato and in the Vatican Gardens for the re-opening of the Casina di Pio IV.

    He studied composition with Marco Persichetti, graduating with the highest grades from the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome under Francesco Telli.

    He began his career as Orchestra Conductor studying with Francesco Carotenuto and Marco Boemi, and participating in Piero Bellugi’s Masterclasses. Since 2004 he has written and performed music on the piano and organ for shows, documentaries and short TV movies on RAI 1, RAI 3, RAI International, Sky Sport, Roma Uno, and others. In November 2005, Radio Uno Rai broadcasted his “Rapsodia Orientale (Pensando a Pechino)” composed and played by him. In May 2006 he debuted as composer at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome (Sala Petrassi) during an event hosted by Pippo Baudo “Com’è Straordinaria la Vita”, and held a chamber music concert in the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano for the 400th anniversary of the opening of the Vatican Museums. During the Christmas festivities in 2006, he played the organ during the Mass in St. Peter’s Cathedral. In September 2009 and in December 2011, he was again organist at St. Peter’s for the celebration of Masses by Cardinal Comastri.

    From 2009 to 2010 he was First Assistant Conductor of the elite orchestra of the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome. In 2010 he debuted as Conductor of the Orchestra Tiberina, conducting the orchestra again in 2011 for a concert at the Cathedral of the Santissimi Apostoli (Rome). Since 2010 he has been collaborating with the Accademia Santa Cecilia as pianist and conductor. Since 2011 he has been Principal Conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra “L’Armonica Temperanza”, with which he tours on a regular basis. With “L’Armonica Temperanza” he was invited to perform in the most prestigious halls and churches of Rome (Sala della Protomoteca del Campidoglio, Sala del Coro della Cappella Sistina, Biblioteca del Senato, Biblioteca Nazionale, Basilica di Santa Francesca Romana, San Quirico e Giulitta ai Fori Imperiali, San Bartolomeo all’Isola Tiberina, S.Lucia al Gonfalone, Chiesa degli Spagnoli ai Banchi Vecchi, San Clemente, Sant’Eugenio alle Belle Arti, San Paolo entro le mura). In 2012 he founded the Orchestra and Choir of Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II in Rome.

    In 2013, within the Narnia Festival, he conducts at the prestigious Orvieto Cathedral and San Domenico Auditorium in Narni, Italy. Both concerts were recorded by RAI 1 and presented by famous actress Barbara De Rossi.

    In January 2014 he debuts with Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma at the Auditorium Seraphicum in Rome and Teatro Magnani in Fidenza (Parma) with two sold out concerts.

    On the basis of his merits, the President of the Republic of Italy, C.A.Ciampi, awarded him the title of “Cavaliere della Repubblica”.

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GUITAR

• • CLASSICAL GUITAR – TALI ROTH (July 14 – July 27) ONLINE lessons
    Languages: English, Hebrew

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    Tali Roth United States

    • The Juilliard School

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    Tali Roth

    One of the world’s leading and most charismatic guitarists, Tali Roth has been hailed by Classical Guitar magazine as “an extraordinary solo and chamber musician” and by The New York Times as a “marvelous classical guitarist”. She recently was awarded a teaching excellence award by Carnegie Hall.

    Her past engagements include performing on the soundtrack for Woody Allen’s 2010 film, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. Since her Carnegie Hall debut, Ms. Roth has performed as a soloist throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Japan and her native country of Israel, appearing in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall with violinist Midori, Alvin Ailey theatre with Douglas Dunn and Dancers in the 92nd St Y Harkness Dance festival, Rose Hall home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Caramoor Center with conductor Giovanni Reggioli, Tel Aviv Henry Crown Hall, Teatro Presidente in San Salvador with the El Salvador Philharmonic with conductor Sarmientos, TeatroSolis in Uruguay with Polly Ferman and Glamour Tango, Haiyuza Theatre in Tokyo with Flamenco Komatsubaraand Silvia Duran dance companies, the Susan Dellal Center with members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and at Lincoln Center with members of the New York Philharmonic.

    Ms. Roth has performed on stage in the New York Off-Broadway musical production of Nobel Prize Laureate Derek Walcott’s The Odyssey and by invitation for the U.N. in Washington for dignitaries such as former Prime Minister Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and General Colin Powell. She has won Top Prize in all categories at the Twenty-Third Masterplayers Music and Conductors Competition in Switzerland and the New York Artist International Competition Award.

    An avid new music promoter Ms. Roth has recorded Premiere works by composers such as Ami Maayani to the IMP label, Richardo Lorca, conductor and composer German Caceres, composer Mladen Milicevic and more. She has recorded extensively to TV and Radio worldwide and has featured on WQXR, Argentinian 96.7 national radio, Chicago Dame Myra Myra Hess Broadcasted Series, Canada National TV and Los Angeles Hollywood TV to name a few.

    Ms. Roth is a graduate of the Jerusalem Rubin Academy (B.M) and The Juilliard School (M.M.) She has led the NYU Guitar Department from 2007-2011, has presented master classes throughout the world and has been a fellowship assistant at the Aspen Music Festival.

    Tali Roth has been the head of the guitar program at Juilliard Pre-College since 2005 and the Narnia Festival in Italy since 2012.

    Her upcoming DVD with Grammy flutist Carol Wincenc will be released by the Cinevu Label this year.

    Ms. Roth plays a Stephan Connor guitar and is a Savarez Artist.

    More information on taliroth.com

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  • CLASSICAL GUITAR – BRAZILIAN GUITAR, CHORO & BOSSA NOVA – GIANLUCA PERSICHETTI (July 21 – July 27)
    Languages: Italian, Portuguese

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    Gianluca Persichetti Italy

    • Conservatorio U. Giordano - Foggia; Accademia Romana di Musica

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    Gianluca Persichetti

    Gianluca Persichetti ha intrapreso giovanissimo lo studio della chitarra diplomandosi brillantemente presso il Conservatorio di S. Cecilia di Roma sotto la guida del M° C. Carfagna. Nello stesso anno consegue il diploma del corso di Strumenti a Percussioni sotto la guida del M° Leonida Torrebruno.

    Segue successivamente un corso di perfezionamento con il M° Mario Gangi.
    Svolge da subito una intensa attività concertistica esibendosi come solista ed in varie formazioni cameristiche per importanti rassegne musicali e manifestazioni teatrali. In Italia: “Festival di Benevento”; città S. Angelo nella “VI Estate Angolana; ”Associazione musicale Molisana” a Campobasso; a Roma nella “Rassegna Cameristica” presso la Chiesa Valdese e per l’ “Agimus” alla Sala Baldini; suona nel “Festival nazionale” di Ancona – Pescina”; al “Teatro Mancinelli” di Orvieto; al “Teatro Greco” di Siracusa; al “Teatro Goldoni” di Venezia; al “Teatro L. Pirandello” di Agrigento; all’ “Istituto degli Innocenti” di Firenze…
    Fra le partecipazioni all’estero il “Centr d’Art Vivant du Belvedere” a Tunisi; il “Centre cultural de Gavà” a Barcellona; in Cecoslovacchia..

    Insieme ai chitarristi Massimo Aureli e Massimo delle Cese forma il “Trio Chitarristico S. Cecilia”, con il quale si esibisce in tutto il mondo riscuotendo ovunque vivi consensi di pubblico e di critica in Italia ed all’estero.
    Il trio si esibisce a Roma nell’ambito della rassegna “Le serenate in chiostro”, all’ “Auditorium discoteca di stato”, all’ “Auditorium Pontificio musica sacra”, al “Teatro Ghione” ed alla “Sala Baldini”; a Tivoli nella “Sala Spallanzani”; suonano al “Festival barocco” di Viterbo; a Frascati al “Festival delle ville Tuscolane”; nella “Filarmonica Laudamo” di Messina; nell’ “Associazione musicale etnea” di Catania; al “IV festival internazionale della chitarra” di Siracusa; a Spoleto al “Teatro Caio Melisso”; a Firenze all’ “Istituto francese” e nell’ “Associazione amici della musica” di Milazzo e S. Severo.
    All’estero il trio si esibisce ad Instambul al “Gran teatro” , al “Konser Salonu ed al “Centro de exposiciones y congresos” di Zaragosas”; a Singapore nel “Lute Guitar Virtuosos of Italy DBS Auditorium” – (Shenton Way); nell’ “Italian Embassy” di Malaysia; a Liverpool nell’ “Eurovwirral International Guitar Festival of Great Britain”; nella “Societat Guitarristica de Catalunya” di Valencia; all’ “Istituto italiano” di Madrid, di Salonicco, Stoccolma, Atene e Algeri ed all’ “Ambasciata di Praga” )

    Con il trio pubblica il CD “Mutation”, ricevendo entusiastiche recensioni sulle più importanti riviste internazionali di settore (Soundboard – USA , Classical Guitar -UK , Les cahiers de la guitarre – Francia, Il Fronimo, Guitar, Chitarre, Musicalia – Italia).

    Fortemente attratto dalla musica etnica e profondo conoscitore di musica brasiliana, fin da giovanissimo si dedica a questo genere diventandone uno dei maggiori esecutori italiani e collaborando con alcuni dei più rappresentativi musicisti brasiliani in Italia.
    Costituisce insieme al percussionista Stefano Rossini, il trio “Itinerario Brasile”. Insieme realizzano i CD “Esperanto” (1998) ed “ Itinerario Brasile” (2005,) che sono una libera e personale interpretazione della musica sudamericana, e specificamente di quella brasiliana.
    Numerose le partecipazioni in Italia ed all’estero del trio: a Roma nell’ambito della Rassegna “JAZZ&IMAGE” a Villa Celimontana (1999; 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009); all’Alexander Platz – live Jazz club (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009), nella Manifestazione “Enzimi 2000”, al Museo degli strumenti musicali nell’ambito della rassegna “Accademia in concerto” (2006, 2007), in “Roma Hot Summit” presso il Cineporto (2006), ed al “Christmas Village”, con il Patrocinio della Regione Lazio e del Comune di Roma e dell’Assessorato alla Cultura, Manifestazione per il Natale, (2003); a Orvieto suonano in “Lotta contro l’A.I.D.S.” al Teatro Mancinelli, al San Francesco Jazz Club nell’ambito della “Rassegna Jazz” (2004); a Rimini in “Concerti in Fiera (1999) ”; a Teramo il trio partecipa alla rassegna musicale “l’ Estate abruzzese” (2002); Città di Genzano al ” II° Festival Internazionale della Chitarra” (2005); alla “Rassegna Jazz al Bizzeffe” di Firenze (2004); ad Instambul al “Festival Ekim” al Reichenberg Guitar Masters Festival 2012.

    Il trio ha ospitato nei suoi concerti illustri nomi del repertorio musicale brasiliano ed italiano (Irio de Paula, Sergio Galvao, Guinga, Rosalia de Souza, Toninho Horta, Alfredo Paixao, Roberto
    Bottermaio ed i jazzisti italiani Henry Cook, Maurizio Giammarco, Fabio Zeppetella, Giovanna Marinuzzi, Eddy Palermo, Nicola Stilo, Stefania Casini, Francesco Puglisi, Paolo Innarella .. )

    Con il chitarrista Massimo Aureli costituisce il duo “Corde Brasiliane” che conduce il pubblico, attraverso l’uso di tutti gli strumenti a corda tipici della cultura popolare brasiliana, alla scoperta dei molteplici e meravigliosi ambiti, anche i più sconosciuti, di questa vastissima espressione musicale ed artistica.
    Hanno suonato in duo tra l’altro all’Ambasciata Brasiliana di Roma il 17 Dicembre 2015, nell’ambito della presentazione delle olimpiadi di Rio.

    Intensa anche la sua partecipazione televisiva e radiofonica; lavora costantemente come turnista, ha registrato per Morricone, Piovani, Bacalov, Mazzocchetti, Guerra, Di Pofi e come esecutore ed arrangiatore ha prestato la propria collaborazione musicale a varie attività teatrali:
    Suona in “Indugio compiuto” al Teatro Duni di Matera, in “Il Mandarino meraviglioso” a Benevento, in “Rosa Futura” al teatro Pirandello di Agrigento, in “Del mondo in mezzo ai turbini” al teatro Goldoni di Venezia, in “Italy in Houston” a Houston, nel “Il classico di una vita un libro letto e mai dimenticato” alla Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Lucina a Roma (2006), dove ha eseguito un commento musicale al Cantico dei Cantici letto dal Mons. Gianfranco Ravasi ed alle Poesie d’amore di Nazim Hikmet lette da Ozpetek.

    Nel 2007 inizia la sua collaborazione con Lina Sastri ed è chitarrista solista nello spettacolo “Corpo Celeste” di e con Lina Sastri, al teatro Quirino di Roma ed al teatro La Pergola di Firenze.

    Nel 2010, costituisce insieme a Stefano Rossini e Carlo Biancalana, la “Choro Orchestra”, che è un orchestra di circa 20 elementi che si dedica interamente allo Choro Brasiliano. Ha realizzato con questa orchestra, di cui è direttore ed arrangiatore il CD “Choro Orchestra”, la grande musica popolare brasiliana.
    Con l’Orchestra ha partecipato a numerosi Festival e manifestazioni musicali tra cui Alexanderplatz Jazz Club – 23 Gennaio 2015 – Roma, XVIII edizione della rassegna di “Musica nelle corti di Capitanata” – 16 Luglio 2014 – Foggia, Festival Internazionale di Chitarra – 8 Settembre 2013 – Manfredonia, Festival “MaraRio” – 22 Agosto 2013 – Maratea, Festival “Villa Celimontana jazz” 19 Luglio 2013 – Roma, XVII edizione della rassegna di “Musica nelle corti di Capitanata” 12 Luglio 2013 – Monte S.Angelo, Festival di Peschici – 11 Luglio 2013 – Peschici, Festa Patronale – 19 Settembre 2012 – San Marco in Lamis, Festival “Stornara in Movimento” – 19 Agosto 2012 – Stornara, XVI edizione della rassegna di “Musica nelle corti di Capitanata” – 6 Luglio 2012 – Foggia, Concerti della stagione estiva – 5 Luglio 2012 – Torre Maggiore, Amici della Musica – 30 Giugno 2012 – S.Giovanni Rotondo, “Amendola – circolo ufficiali” – 07 Giugno 2012 Foggia, 5° Stagione concertistica “Ostuni in musica” – 30 Aprile 2012 – Ostuni, 2° Festival Chitarristico Citta’ di Celano – 31 Marzo 2012 – Celano, Teatro comunale “Luigi Rossi” – 11 Gennaio 2012 – Torremaggiore, XV edizione della rassegna di “Musica nelle corti di Capitanata” – 11 Luglio 2011 – Foggia, Roma Villa Celimontana jazz Festival- Luglio 2013, Teatro Giordano di Foggia – settembre 2015

    Si dedica inoltre all’attività didattica a Roma presso l’ Accademia Romana di Musica, della quale è presidente.
    Da anni è docente, insieme al M° Stefano Rossini, del “Seminario di Musica Brasiliana”, corso di perfezionamento e aggiornamento professionale che è stato riconosciuto dal ministero della pubblica istruzione, nonchè di Seminari estivi ed invernali a cui partecipano alunni provenienti da tutta Italia.
    E’ vincitore del Concorso a Cattedra nei Conservatori ed è titolare della cattedra di Chitarra Classica al Conservatorio U.Giordano di Foggia.

    More information on http://www.accademiaromanadimusica.c...

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STRINGS

• • VIOLIN – KHULLIP JEUNG (July 14 – July 20) ONLINE lessons
    Languages: English, Korean

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    Khullip Jeung United States

    • The Juilliard School, Mannes College of Music

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    Khullip Jeung

    Violinist, Khullip Jeung has performed and taught throughout the US, Europe, and Asia as soloist, chamber musician, and sought after violin pedagogist. Mr. Jeung started playing the violin at the age of 5 in South Korea and soon after immigrated to Hawaii. He had his solo debut with the Honolulu Symphony at the age of 9, playing the Khachaturian Concerto and soon after the Lalo Symphonie Espagnole to great acclaim. At the age of 15, Mr. Jeung moved to New York, after being accepted to the Juilliard Pre-College to study with Dorothy DeLay on scholarship. He received the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at Juilliard studying with Sally Thomas with the C.V. Starr Scholarship, Teplitsky Memorial Scholarship, and the Irene Diamond Graduate Fellowship to name a few. Mr. Jeung has been awarded the Grand Prize in the Korea Times Music Competition (LA), American String Teachers Association Competition (HI), and the youngest recipient of the Morning Music Scholarship to name a few. Television and radio broadcasts include, The Saturday Morning Show, Saturday AM, Superkids, MBC Arts Theater and much more. He was also featured in the String and Bow music magazine of the October 2006 publication. His two, live-recorded, unedited inspirational CDs have had enormous popularity both here in the US and abroad and is currently working on the third album. Most recently, he also recorded the only instrumental numbers for the new upcoming Broadway, “Gatsby”. Mr. Jeung has also been invited to judge many competitions such as the New York International Music Competition and National Young Musicians Showcase Competition. He is also the founder and chairperson of the International Virtuoso Competition. Mr. Jeung is on the faculty of The Juilliard School Pre-College, Mannes Pre-College, and JCC Thurnauer School of Music. Since 2005, he has also been the music director of the highly acclaimed Good Neighbor Ensemble based in New Jersey. During the summers, he has taught at the Maui Summer Music Festival and the Waterville Valley Chamber Music Festival. Mr. Jeung is also the founder and director of the 4Strings Music Festival in New York.

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  • VIOLIN – JISUN KANG (July 14 – July 20) ONLINE lessons
    Languages: English, Korean

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    Jisun Kang United States

    • Mannes College of Music

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    Jisun Kang

    Violinist Jisun Kang has performed throughout the US, Europe, and Asia as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral musician. She is a founding member of the BeneSori String Quartet where she actively performs in New York and New Jersey. She has also performed as a section violinist of Naples Philharmonic in Florida and concertmistress of Nova Philharmonic in New York. She is currently the concertmistress of the Ureuk Symphony Orchestra in New York, and one of the founding core leaders of the Sonata da Chiesa, a chamber group based in the Tri-State area. Ms. Kang also performs with the New York Classical Players which features world renowned soloists.

    Ms. Kang first started the piano in Korea, and after moving to England, she started the violin at the age of 9. Soon after, she won her first competition after only 6 months of studying the violin. She had her first solo debut with the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 13 performing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto. She has won numerous competitions such as the Watford Music Festival Competition, Busan Music Association Competition, Busan MBC Music Competition, and the Music Journal Competition in Korea.

    Jisun Kang received her bachelor’s degree at the Seoul National University, and earned her master’s degree from The Juilliard School studying with Stephen Clapp, where she was awarded the Carabo-Cone Scholarship and Dorothy Starling Scholarship. She continued her studies at the Manhattan School of Music with Glenn Dicterow, Lisa Kim, and Yoko Takebe where she received the Professional Studies degree in Orchestral Performance as a scholarship recipient of the Stamas Fund from the New York Philharmonic. She has participated in many music festivals such as Mozarteum International Summer Academy in Salzburg, Che-ju International Music Festival, and Meadowmount School of Music, to name a few.

    Beginning of 2014, Ms.Kang has been appointed the position of associate music director of Love Violin, USA. During the summers, she has taught and performed at the Waterville Valley Music Festival in New Hampshire, Maui Summer Music Festival, and Narnia Music Festival in Italy. In 2013, she co-founded the 4Strings Music Festival in New York.

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  • VIOLIN – ZENEBA BOWERS (July 14 – July 20)
    Languages: Italian, English

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    Zeneba Bowers United States

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    Violinist Zeneba Bowers received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Eastman School of Music in the US. After serving as a concertmaster in the New World Symphony and in several European festivals (including the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy), Zeneba played for 20 years as the Assistant Principal Second Violin in the Nashville Symphony. She is also a Grammy-nominated producer in her role as founder and Artistic Director of Alias Chamber Ensemble, which commissioned dozens of new works and recorded four industry-acclaimed CDs. She has performed countless times on live national radio and TV throughout the US.
    In 2019 Zeneba quit her various jobs and moved to Italy with her husband (cellist Matt Walker), where the two organize and perform concerts and cultural events. During the coronavirus lockdown in Spring 2020, they performed a series of 62 concerts from their balcony which were broadcast on Facebook and into the town square. This “Buonasera Soriano” series presented a different piece each night, in diverse styles from Baroque Italian to modern blues and jazz. The duo and their concert series were featured in prominent newspaper and TV outlets in the US and in Italy, including CBS Sunday Morning and Il Messaggero. Later in 2020 they created the ensemble “Cari Musici”, performing in several locations throughout central Italy. The two also performed in several events at the Narnia Festival, including two featured concerts – a program of early Italian Baroque pieces, and a set of American country-blues music.

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  • VIOLIN – PAOLO PIOMBONI (July 14 – July 27)
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    Paolo Piomboni Italy

    • Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

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    Paolo Piomboni

    Dopo essersi diplomato brillantemente presso il Conservatorio “L. Cherubini” di Firenze sotto la guida del M° Cristiano Rossi, ha vinto il concorso internazionale bandito dall’ Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, della cui orchestra sinfonica

    fa parte in qualità di primo violino di fila dal 1990.

    Artista dai molteplici interessi, si dedica alla filologia barocca: ha fondato con Paolo Pollastri (primo oboe solista dell’orchestra dell’Accademia) L’ Accademia Barocca di Santa Cecilia, orchestra da camera che suona su strumenti originali, con la quale, in qualità di primo violino solista, ruolo che ricopre sin dalla fondazione

    dell’ensemble, ha eseguito le Quattro Stagioni di A. Vivaldi in occasione del Trentennale della fondazione della Banca d’Italia, concerto del quale è stato prodotto CD e DVD. Con L’Accademia Barocca si è anche esibito in diretta televisiva Rai nel Concerto di Natale 2007 dal Senato della Repubblica Italiana, ed ha effettuato attività in Italia e all’estero (significativa la tournée con concerti a Montréal e a Ottawa per il Senato Canadese).

    Si interessa anche di teatro, essendo stato protagonista di vari spettacoli nei quali passa dall’ esecuzione al violino alla recitazione: “Una città chiamata orchestra”, “Dissonanze”, “Camera per quattro”, su testi di Daniele Ciccolini, sono stati rappresentati all’Auditorium Parco della Musica di Roma, al MART di Rovereto e al Teatro Comunale di Piacenza.

    Si dedica con passione all’insegnamento, con particolare attenzione ai più giovani (molti suoi allievi sono stati premiati in concorsi nazionali e internazionali), e cura la preparazione tecnica degli archi della Juniorchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia sin dalla sua fondazione. Con la Juniorchestra ha curato inoltre in veste di solista e concertatore le Quattro Stagioni, eseguite per i bambini in quattro Ospedali Pediatrici italiani (Meyer di Firenze, Bambino Gesù di Roma, Sant’Orsola di Bologna, Pausilipon di Napoli) in collaborazione con Telecom, sul cui sito è tuttora possibile visionare gli spettacoli.

    Suona un violino M. Capicchioni del 1954 e un violino originale A. Jais del 1793.

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  • VIOLA & VIOLIN – JUNIOR CHAMBER MUSIC – ELEONORA BISACCIONI (July 14 – July 27)
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    Eleonora Bisaccioni Italy

    • Scuola di musica "Concertino" di Narni

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    Eleonora Bisaccioni

    Inizia lo studio del violino presso la scuola musicale comunale a 7 anni e a 9 anni ottiene l’ammissione nell’Istituto “G. Briccialdi” di Terni nella classe del M°. Rodolfo Bonucci, con il quale studia fino al compimento inferiore (v.o.). Scopre in seguito la passione per la viola e ne inizia la pratica come autodidatta per poi fare nuovamente l’ammissione nell’Istituto “Briccialdi”, nella classe del M° Paola Emanuele, con la quale, nel 2007, consegue la Laurea specifica in Alta Formazione Artistico Musicale. Durante il corso di studi e successivamente al conseguimento del diploma in viola, ha frequentato lo stage di formazione orchestrale nei corsi estivi di ARPA (Associazione Regionale Per l’Educazione Musicale) svoltisi a Fontecchio; il corso di perfezionamento musicale in musica da camera con il M° Francesco Pepicelli e il M° Angelo Pepicelli. Ha inoltre partecipato al IV Corso Internazionale di Musica Medievale, indirizzo di danza, tenuto dal M° Veronique Daniels.
    Negli anni successivi ha collaborato con l’Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Istituto “Briccialdi” e con l’ensamble barocco dell’Istituto, l’Orchestra Sinfonica Narni Open Air, l’orchestra da camera di Viterbo “Le Metamorfosi Musicali” e la formazione “Belcanto Chamber Orchestra”. Collabora con l’Orchestra Sinfonica di Civitavecchia, l’orchestra “Talenti d’arte” e con vari gruppi di musica tradizionale locale. Durante gli anni di studio ha partecipato a diverse edizioni del Festival Transeuropéennes di Rouen (Francia), con la formazione da camera dell’Istituto Briccialdi, nel ruolo di prima viola. Insieme al Rieti Ensemble, ha registrato un disco con i brani dell’autore Marconicchio sotto il patrocinio della Regione Lazio e dell’Accademia Reatina dell’Arte. Nel 2016 ha suonato per “Piazza classica”, anteprima del festival delle nazioni di Città di Castello. Svolge attività di musicista, sia con il violino che con la viola, con varie formazioni da camera, dal duetto al quartetto. Subito dopo aver conseguito il diploma, nel 2007, fonda insieme al trombettista Fabrizio Antonelli e al pianista Andrea Francescangeli, il “trio Petillant” con il quale ha eseguito numerosi concerti e si è esibita anche al Festival Debussy 2013 a Joigny (Francia). Con la stessa formazione ha partecipato alla serata di apertura de “Le vie del cinema” di Narni (edizione 2017) accompagnando, con l’esecuzione dal vivo, il primo cortometraggio muto della storia del film italiano (“La presa di Roma” di Filoteo Alberini). Partecipazione che è proseguita anche negli anni successivi nei quali, sempre con il “trio Petillant”, è stata invitata ad aprire tutte le serate del festival. Ha fondato l’ensamble di musica antica e medievale “Obsequium” e la compagnia “Nova Carmina” con i quali si esibisce in costume storico e con strumenti antichi.
    Accanto all’attività professionale, ha sempre svolto attività didattica come insegnante di musica e di strumento in diverse realtà, statali e private. Nel 2013 ha fondato la scuola di musica “Concertino” nella quale, oltre a tenere corsi di strumento, segue anche la preparazione orchestrale dei ragazzi che si esibiscono in numerosi concerti durante l’anno.

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  • VIOLA – CHAMBER MUSIC – SARA SIMONCINI (July 21 – July 27)
    Languages: Italian, English

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    Sara Simoncini Italy

    • Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

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    Sara Simoncini

    Nata in una famiglia di musicisti, Sara Simoncini è allieva di Piero Farulli, viola dello storico Quartetto Italiano sotto la cui guida si diploma giovanissima al Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze.
    Si perfeziona poi all’Accademia Chigiana di Siena in quartetto d’archi con Piero Farulli e presso i Corsi Internazionali di Portogruaro con Vladimir Mendelssohn (viola) e Seppo Kimanen (musica da camera) conseguendo sempre il Diploma di Merito.
    Prende parte all’attività dell’Orchestra Giovanile Italiana e ai Corsi di Perfezionamento in musica da camera ad essa collegati con Piero Farulli per il quartetto d’archi e con il Trio di Trieste per il quartetto con pianoforte.
    Dopo aver collaborato come prima viola con diverse orchestre e proseguito l’attività cameristica ha vinto, come prima classificata a soli 22 anni, il Concorso per ruolo stabile nell’Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Istituzione con la quale è tuttora impegnata.
    L’Orchestra dell’Accademia, oltre a essere protagonista della Stagione Sinfonica presso l’Auditorium Parco della Musica – Ennio Morricone di Roma, si esibisce regolarmente nelle principali sale da concerto di tutto il mondo realizzando ogni anno tournées nazionali e internazionali.
    Nel corso della sua più che trentennale carriera, orchestrale e cameristica, Sara Simoncini ha avuto il privilegio di collaborare con i più importanti direttori d’orchestra e solisti di strumento e di canto.
    Fa stabilmente parte di due ensemble strumentali nati in seno all’Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia che hanno all’attivo un’intensa attività concertistica nei più importanti festival e numerose incisioni discografiche: l’Accademia Barocca di Santa Cecilia, specializzata nell’esecuzione con strumenti originali della letteratura musicale del ‘600 e ‘700 e gli Archi di Santa Cecilia che si dedicano al repertorio tardo barocco, classico e romantico.
    Da molti anni si dedica con passione all’insegnamento del violino e della viola, con particolare attenzione allo sviluppo della capacità di suonare insieme a partire dai primissimi anni di studio.
    Collabora stabilmente alla preparazione tecnica della fila delle viole per la Juniorchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

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  • CELLO – CHAMBER MUSIC – BAROQUE ENSEMBLE – SARA BENNICI (July 14 – July 20)
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    Sara Bennici Italy

    • Liceo Musicale Lagrangia Vercelli

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    Sara Bennici

    Sara Bennici graduated in cello at the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory in Florence under the guidance of Franco Rossi and in baroque cello, with full marks and honours, at the Guido Cantelli Conservatory in Novara. After having collaborated with some of the main Italian orchestral institutions (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra della Toscana, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale RAI, Opera di Roma) and having studied the contemporary repertoire also as a soloist, for over 20 years she has dedicated herself mainly to baroque performance practice. From the meeting with Gaetano Nasillo a path of rediscovery and valorization of the Italian repertoire of the 16th and 18th centuries began. Together they have performed many concerts throughout Europe and in Japan in various formations and have recorded some CDs dedicated to the history of the cello repertoire in Italy, widely recognized by international critics: The Sonatas op.1 by Salvatore Lanzetti (Amadeus Prize of Year 2006), the Sonatas of Antonio Caldara, In viaggio verso Breslavia, Nel Giardino di Partenope and In the shadow of Vivaldi.

    She also collaborates, also as principal cellist, with renowned specialized groups such as Ensemble Zefiro, I Barocchisti, Ensemble Aurora, Accordone, Ensemble 415, Concerto Romano, Concerto Madrigalesco, Accademia degli invaghiti, Concerto Soave and others, with whom she participates in major festivals and seasons across Europe.

    Very active in teaching she currently teaches at the Liceo Musicale Lagrangia in Vercelli and at the Dedalo Music School in Novara, participating in important inclusion projects according to the principles of the Venezuelan “Sistema”of youth orchestras.

    From 2013 to 2024, she was co-founder and organizer, together with Ludovica Scoppola, of the Urbino Musica Giovani course for young people, born within the FIMA courses with the aim of introducing younger people to the principles of historically informed performance practice. She has recorded over 20 CDs for Zig Zag Territoires, Ambroisie, Sony, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi and Arcana and has been a guest several times on live Rai radio broadcasts such as Piazza Verdi, La Stanza della Musica, I Concerti del Quirinale and on Radio France for Le Morning of Musicians. He plays a Barak Norman cello from around 1710.

     

     

     

     

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  • CELLO – QUARTET – CHAMBER MUSIC – ALESSANDRA MONTANI (July 24 – July 28)
    Languages: Italian, English

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    Alessandra Montani Italy

    • Conservatorio Da Venosa di Potenza

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    Alessandra Montani

    Alessandra Montani graduated with honors in 1996 from Morlacchi Conservatory in Perugia. She continued her studies with Mario Brunello (Accademia Chigiana of Siena), Marianne Chen (Centro Sammarinese Studi Musicali), Rocco Filippini, and, for chamber music, Pier Narciso Masi (Imola Music Academy).

    In 2007 she got her Academic Degree of high level at the Conservatorio Briccialdi in Terni with top marks and in 2010 she got the habilitation to teach.

    She has been awarded with many prizes in national and International competitions: Stresa, Lame- zia Terme, Vittorio Veneto, chamber music competition Zinetti (Verona), etc. She started her busy concert activity playing with many ensembles and orchestras: Solisti Aquilani, Umbria Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of Rome and Lazio as “concertino”; as first cello with Orchestra da Camera di Perugia, Artem Orchestra, Orchestra Teatro Cucinelli.

    Due to her great dedication to chamber music, she has played in the USA, Canada, Spain, Germany, Austria, and France, with many different groups from trio to sextet. In 2003 she joined the Quartetto di Roma, with which, she has taken part in many European festivals. In 2008 she had concerts and she taught masterclasses for the Academy of Fine Art in Singapore and in 2016 for Stanford University in San Francisco. In 2010 and in 2011 she was invited to perform for the prestigious Filarmonica of Berlin. In Spain, she had the honor of playing the priceless Stradivari at Palacio Real of Madrid. With this group, she recorded 8 CDs.

    In 2000 she approaches ancient music, discovering a true passion for this repertoire. She then starts the study of the baroque instrument, attending the Scuola Civica of Milan with Gaetano Nasillo and then going on with her continuous study to acquire deeper knowledge of the composers of this period. A founding member of the Hermans Baroque Academy, she records with this ensemble 18 CDs for Bongiovanni, Tactus, Bottega Discantica, Brilliant Classic, Glossa and she performed for the most important concert seasons in Spain, Portugal, Holland, Finland, Germany, Serbia (Nomus Festival, Switzerland (Sion Festival), England (Wigmore Hall in Londra), Russia (Ekaterimburg Philamonie), Estonia, many times in the USA, Canada, Japan e Mexico, Belgium, Algeria, Norway.

    She teaches chamber music at the Conservatory “Gesualdo da Venosa” di Potenza

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  • CELLO – CHAMBER MUSIC – EMILIA SLUGOCKA (July 21 – July 27)
    Languages: Italian, English, Polish

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    Emilia Slugocka Poland

    • Marymount International School of Rome

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    Emilia Slugocka

    Emilia Slugocka è nata a Duszniki-Zdrój, Polonia, nel 1982 ed ha iniziato la sua educazione musicale all’età di 6 anni. Nel 2001 ha conseguito il diploma di liceo musicale sotto la guida della professoressa Alicja Murzynowska. Si è diplomata in violoncello presso il Conservatorio “Karol Lipinski” di Wroclaw nel 2006 con la professoressa Urszula Marciniec-Mazur. Mentre frequentava il Conservatorio e i corsi di perfezionamento di violoncello (con i proff. Andrzej Orkisz, Cecylia Barczyk, Stanislaw Firlej), ha suonato come primo violoncello con l’Orchestra Sinfonica e l’Orchestra di Musica da Camera del Conservatorio di Wrocław, sotto la guida di rinomati direttori, tra cui Kurt Masur, Tadeusz Strugała, Marek Pijarowski, Ulrich Nikolai, Alexander Walker. Allo stesso tempo si dedica alla musica da camera, esibendosi con un trio in tournée negli Stati Uniti, Messico, Francia, Paesi Bassi e Germania. Nel 2008 ha vinto il concorso per il violoncello di fila nell’Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Wrocław (Polonia). Ha approfondito gli studi seguendo il corso di alto perfezionamento dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, nella classe di violoncello solista, sotto la guida di Francesco Strano e Giovanni Sollima e diplomandosi nel 2012. Ha frequentato anche il corso di musica da camera con Rocco Filippini presso l’Accademia di Santa Cecilia. Nel 2016 ha frequentato la masterclass annuale di musica da camera (trio con pianoforte) con L’Ars Trio (Laura Pietrocini e Marco Fiorentini).

    Ha insegnato Metodologia del violoncello presso il Conservatorio “G. B. Martinini” di Bologna e il Liceo Musicale nella classe di violoncello a Legnica (PL).

    Ha collaborato con orchestre quali: l’Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana, l’Orchestra Filarmonica di Sanremo, l’Orchestra Città di Roma, l’Orchestra dell’Accademia Musicale di Santa Cecilia, l’Ensemble Parco della Musica Contemporanea, l’Orchestra Italiana del Cinema, la Roma Film Orchestra, l’Orchestra  Klassicanuova, Opera da Camera di Roma, Aensamble di Roma. Ha tenuto una tournée con la World Peace Philharmonic e la Philharmonie der Nationen sotto la direzione di Justus Frantz, il 12 Cellos Ensamble di Giovanni Sollima e il quartetto “4 Cellos” dell’Orchestra Filarmonica di Czestochowa.

    Nel 2021 ha conseguito il Master in Diplomazia Culturale presso l’Università Jagellonica di Cracovia e nel 2022 il Master in Management della Musica presso l’Università della Musica “F.Chopin” di Varsavia. Dal 2023 insegna violoncello alla Marymount International School of Rome.

    Dal 2016 fa parte del Parsifal Piano Trio che è sempre alla ricerca della qualità e della riscoperta di brani e compositori poco conosciuti come Xaver e Philip Scharwenka, Clara Wieck Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn, Lili Boulanger. Il repertorio del Parsifal Piano Trio spazia dal Classicismo al ‘900 fino alla musica contemporanea. Il Trio si esibisce regolarmente in Italia, riscuotendo ampio successo di pubblico e di critica. È stato in tournée all’estero in Europa, Nord e Sud America, suonando in teatri prestigiosi. Nel 2017, il Trio è stato premiato con la Medaglia d’Argento-Outstanding Achievement nella categoria “trios” ai Global Music Awards. Dopo il loro primo album, “Invisible Landscapes”, che è stato pubblicato dalla BAM (Beyond Any Music) records e ha vinto la Medaglia d’Argento ai Global Music Awards di Los Angeles, il Parsifal Piano Trio ha registrato nel 2021 il CD “Trio for Tango” per Luna Rossa Classic, premiato con due Stelle d’Argento ai Music and Stars Awards a Tallin (Estonia) e una medaglia d’argento ai Global Music Awards di Los Angeles.

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  • CELLO – CELLO JAZZ & SWING – MATT WALKER (July 14 – July 27)
    Languages: Italian, English

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    Matt Walker

    Cellist Matt Walker currently lives in Italy with his wife (violinist Zeneba Bowers), where the two have created a new life as concert performers/organizers, and also as travel writers and consultants through their business, Little Roads Europe.
    Prior to moving to Italy, Matt enjoyed 28 years of full-time orchestra work (with symphony orchestras in Nashville, Charleston, Jacksonville and others), chamber music performances (including the Grammy-nominated Alias Chamber Ensemble), composing and arranging, and playing on countless classical and pop recordings, including Chet Atkins, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, and Miley Cyrus to name just a few.
    Matt enjoyed 28 years of full-time orchestra work, chamber music performances, composing and arranging, and playing on countless classical and pop recordings, including Chet Atkins, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, and Miley Cyrus to name just a few.
    Matt and his wife played a series of 62 concerts from their balcony in Italy’s spring lockdown, a series that was featured in news media in Italy and the US, and on TV in “CBS Sunday Morning” in the US. When restrictions were lifted, he performed concerts in Umbria (including the Narnia Festival) and in Lazio with his newly formed group “Cari Musici”.
    Matt is also a guitarist, singer/songwriter, jazz bassist, a Grammy-nominated producer and performer, and a composer whose works have been recorded and performed across the US, in Italy and the UK, including by the famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma. His playing and his composing fuse classical training and form with “non-standard” jazz and blues styles.

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  • DOUBLE BASS – VINCENZO RITO LIPOSI (July 14 – July 27)
    Languages: Italian, English

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• • FLUTE – CALOGERO GIALLANZA (July 21 – July 27)
    Languages: Italian, English

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    Calogero Giallanza Italy

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    Calogero Giallanza

    Calogero Giallanza was born in Naso (Messina – Italy).

    He is a graduate of the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy. Mr. Giallanza is very active as a performing flautist and composer in Italy and abroad, his repertoire ranges from baroque to contemporary music both as solist and in chamber ensembles (Todi Festival 95, Teatro Vittorio Emanuele in Noto 99/2000, Teatro & TD Zagabria [Croazia] 99/2001, Palermo di Scena Festival 97/ 2000, Italian Embassy in Abu-Dhabi [United Arab Emirates] 2001, “Lisinski”Auditorium, Zagabria[Croazia] 2003, Italian Cultural Institute, Los Angeles [U.S.A.] 2003, Arizona State University, Scottsdale Phoenix [U.S.A.] 2003, Ortigia Festival 2003, Italian State Recording Archives 2006, Opere Festival 2006/07, Melbourne Italian Festival 2007[Australia], IV Rioharp Festival 2009/2010 Rio de Janeiro [ Brazil ], 46° Festival Nuova Consonanza ’09, Auditorium M.A.S.P. Sao Paulo 2010 [Brazil], “Genus Musicae” Myth Circuit 2011, Italian Cultural Institute Malta 2012, Taormina Arte 2013 ( Ancient Theater), N.D.U. University Louaize Beirut 2015 (Lebanon), El Mouggar Concert Hall Algeri and Festival Costantine 2015 ( Algeria).

    His cd recording credits include: Mediterranea (1999) produced and distributed by Ed.Mus. Cantoberon with guitarist and composer Luca Mereu with whom he founded the Duo Nesos, Thalassa (2001) in which he is both solo flautist and composer. Highly appreciated by Ennio Morricone, the cd was produced by “ Ostinati Music Workshop” and sponsored by private and public institutions. “Due fauni, arco e pizzicato” ( 2005) with the Ensemble Colosseum in which he plays as first solo flautist. In 2007, he recorded the CD “Al muhda ilayy” (pieces for solo flute and flute and harp by various composers dedicated to Calogero Giallanza), produced by “Ostinati Music Workshop” with the contribution of IMAIE. In 2011, he recorded his CD “Shulùq”-Sounds and Rhythms from the Mediterranean (pieces for flute, harp and drums ), produced by ENPALS under the patronage of National and International Universities, Embassies and Organizations. He recorded original compositions of A. Murzi for an Aurelio Grimaldi video for “ Lisbon Expo 1998”. He has recorded for Domani Musica label as well.

    He has made recordings for RAI 2 Television, Vatican Radio, Libanese Television and Algerian Television. His performances are regularly aired on Radio – RAI Filodiffusione, and Rai International. In his capacity as a performer and a composer, he has appeared as guest on the prestigious radio programme “Notturno Italiano”  produced by Radio Rai Italia. He is the Artistic Director of the ‘Ostinati’ Music Workshop which carries out research and experiments on the relationship between music and word. In 2009 the show “Nzula”, by Francesco Randazzo, with original compositions, performed live, by M.° Giallanza won the First Prize as best show of the 2^nd National Festival “Schegge d’Autore” from the National Union of Dramatic Authors and the Audience Award for the show of Magna Graecia Institution- Battipaglia Prize.

    In 2004, he played the main character in the documentary film “Favola del Vento e del Mare” directed by Pierpaolo Gandini, for which he also composed and perfomed the soundtrack. This documentary, which was produced by SD cinematografica for Italian and International Television, has been aired on RAI 3 Italian TV in the programme “ Geo & amp; Geo” and on Swiss Television – RTSI.

    In 2009, he won First Prize of the 3rd edition of the IMAIE competition, contemporary classical music section, with the CD “Al muhda ilayy”. In 2010 he was aawarded the VI edition of the “Antonello da Messina”National Prize .

    In 2012 he was presented a Medal by the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano for his work as Artistic Director of the Nebroideo Organ Festival “Annibale Lo Bianco”

    On December 27^th 2013 he was appointed Knight of the Italian Republic for Merit, again by the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano, after a nomination from the Prime Minister.

    More information on http://www.calogerogiallanza.net/

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  • OBOE and FLAUTO DOLCE – CHAMBER MUSIC – BAROQUE ENSEMBLE – LUDOVICA SCOPPOLA (July 14 – July 20)
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    Ludovica Scoppola Italy

    • JuniOrchestra Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

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    Ludovica Scoppola

    Diplomata in flauto dolce presso la Scuola Civica di Musica di Milano e in

    oboe presso il Conservatorio di Musica L. Campiani di Mantova,

    ha poi conseguito la Laurea Magistrale, in “Discipline musicali “ presso la Sezione di musica antica del Conservatorio di Firenze, L. Cherubini .

    Svolge attività concertistica in Italia e all’estero, sia come solista che in formazioni da camera e orchestrali, con particolare attenzione alla prassi dell’esecuzione del repertorio barocco con gli strumenti originali nonché al repertorio del XX secolo.

    Ha suonato tra l’altro con la Rai di Roma, Accademia Nazionale e Barocca di Santa Cecilia,  Ensemble Musica Ricerca, Ensemble Aliusmodum, Concerto Italiano e altri. Ha effettuato registrazioni per la Rai e inciso per le etichette Opus 112, Tactus ed Edipan.

    E’ stata docente ai Corsi Internazionali di Musica Antica di Urbino dal 1989 al 2024 e al Festival Anciuti dal 2022.

    E’ socio fondatore (presidente dal 1994 al 2004 e poi parte del Comitato Direttivo) della Scuola di Musica S. Ganassi della FIMA di Roma dove insegna flauto dolce, oboe e consort di flauti.

    E’ Assistente Musicale e Tutor della sezione dei Legni delle quattro compagini della JuniOrchestra  della Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

    Dottore di ricerca in Pedagogia Sperimentale presso l’Università di Roma Sapienza, con una tesi sull’insegnamento della musica nella scuola italiana, ha partecipato a convegni nazionali e internazionali e ha pubblicato  per Lambert Academic Publishing e per Franco Angeli i volumi “Note di classe”  e “Le storie dell’arte” .

    Ha pubblicato per Ut Orpheus il “Metodo per Flauto Dolce Soprano” e il metodo “Suoniamo L’Oboe “ scritto in collaborazione con Paolo Pollastri.

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  • CLARINET – MARCO CORSALINI (July 14 – July 20)
    Languages: Italian, English

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    Marco Corsalini Italy

    • Banda Musicale della Polizia di Stato

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    Marco Corsalini

    Clarinettista della Banda Musicale della Polizia di Stato, inizia a sette anni lo studio del clarinetto diplomandosi, sotto la guida di Paolo Venturi, presso l’Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali “G. Briccialdi” di Terni (2004), dove ha conseguito anche il Diploma Accademico di secondo livello con la votazione di 110 e lode.

    Ha integrato i propri studi musicali frequentando corsi di perfezionamento di clarinetto con Alessandro Carbonare, Ciro Scarponi, Calogero Palermo e Ricardo Morales e di musica da camera con Dario De Rosa, Dalton Baldwin, Erik Battaglia e Valentina Valente.

    Nel 2007 è risultato vincitore della selezione per Professore d’Orchestra presso il Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto ‘A. Belli’ con il quale ha svolto tournée in 14 città del Giappone (Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Fukuoka, etc.), in Italia e in Qatar diretto da illustri maestri quali Marco Angius, Vito Clemente e Carlo Palleschi.

    Nel 2008, previa selezione nazionale, è entrato a far parte dell’Orchestra Giovanile Italiana con la quale si è esibito per rassegne musicali di notevole importanza (Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte di Montepulciano, Ravenna Festival, Estate Fiesolana, Tempo d’Orchestra Città di Mantova, etc…) sotto la guida di celebri direttori come Gabriele Ferro, Riccardo Muti, Nicola Paszkowski e Jeffrey Tate.

    Nello stesso anno partecipa alle selezioni internazionali per la European Union Youth Orchestra risultando tra i finalisti.

    Attualmente svolge un’intensa attività concertistica come solista e come camerista che lo ha portato ad esibirsi per numerose associazioni e festival quali Ass. ‘Amici dell’Istituto Mascagni’ (Livorno), Festival ‘Villa Solomei’ (Solomeo), Ass. Filarmonica Umbra, ‘Todinotte’, Ass. ‘Quartospazio’ (Rieti), Fabrica Festival etc.

    Ha collaborato con l’Orchestra “I Solisti di Pavia” diretta da Enrico Dindo, con l’Orchestra dell’Accademia di S. Cecilia diretta da Antonio Pappano, con l’Orchestra Sinfonica di Terni, con l’Orchestra del Teatro Verdi di Terni, con l’Orchestra Lirica di Roma e con prestigiosi gruppi cameristici come “InDivenire Ensemble” e “Wind Projekt Ensemble” con il quale ha anche inciso un CD per l’etichetta discografica “Stradivarius” di Milano.

    Dal 2009 ricopre il ruolo di clarinetto di fila nella Banda Musicale della Polizia di Stato, con la quale ha calcato palcoscenici di rilievo internazionale (Teatro Comunale di Firenze, Teatro “Massimo” di Catania, Teatro “Petruzzelli” di Bari, Auditorium della Conciliazione di Roma, Auditorium Parco della Musica di Roma, Teatro “San Carlo” di Napoli, Teatro Romano di Spoleto, Castello di Schonbrun di Vienna, Teatro “Verdi” di Trieste, Teatro “La Fenice” di Venezia, Teatro romano di Aosta etc..) esibendosi per importanti associazioni musicali (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Festival di Stresa, Festival dei Due Mondi di Spoleto, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, etc..).

    Nel 2016 intraprende lo studio della Direzione d’orchestra con Dario Lucantoni presso il Conservatorio Santa Cecilia di Roma proseguendo poi con Fabio Maestri e Federico Longo all’Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali “G. Briccialdi” di Terni, dove ha recentemente conseguito il Diploma Accademico di II livello con il massimo dei voti e la lode.

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  • SAX – PATRIZIO DESTRIERE (July 21 – July 27)
    Languages: Italian, English

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    Patrizio Destriere Italy

    • Sax
    • Banda Musicale della Marina Militare

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    Patrizio Destriere

    Patrizio Destriere completed his studies under the guidance of Maestro Fulvio Falleri, graduating in saxophone with honors (10/10) on July 4, 1997, from the “F.Morlacchi” State Music Conservatory in Perugia. He then completed the two-year internship course, again in the class taught by Maestro Falleri. He obtained a technical and commercial diploma from the I.T.C. “S.Francesco d’Assisi” in Casoria (Province of Naples) with a final grade of 75/100 on July 16, 2001.
    He graduated with a diploma in Jazz under the guidance of Maestro Ettore Fioravanti with highest honors (10/10), on July 8, 2002 from the State Music Conservatory in Benevento.
    He obtained the diploma of the Is Jazz Ensemble biennial training course (2002/2003) organized by Istituto Nazionale per lo Sviluppo Musicale del Mezzogiorno, held by Maestro Francesco D’Errico.
    In 2005 he was the winner of the competition organized by the
    Italian Ministry of Defense as orchestral instrumentalist of the Italian Navy Band in the roles of 2nd soprano saxophone and 2nd contralto saxophone, as well as achieving final qualification for the roles of 1st tenor saxophone (classified 2nd), 2nd alto saxophone
    (classified 3rd) and 2nd tenor saxophone (classified 4th).
    He graduated from the two-year Course of Advanced Specialization in solo saxophone, of the State Music Conservatory of Perugia, on April 4, 2008 with a final grade of 110/110.
    He took part in the Competition for 26 performers of the Band of the Italian Financial Police for 2nd Tenor Saxophone, obtaining 3rd place in the final ranking of February 10, 2008.
    He earned a diploma in Electronic Music, from the State Music Conservatory of Latina under the guidance of Maestro Luigi Ceccarelli on March 18, 2016 with a final grade of 8.5/10.
    He has participated in various workshops held by world famous musicians such as: Jean Marie Londeix (saxophone), Eugene Rosseau (saxophone), Paolo Fresu (jazz), Claudio Rufa (Ancient Music), Bruno Pedros (Flamenco), Bruno Tommaso (jazz arrangement), Marco Sannini (big band), Enrico Renna (contemporary music), Stefano Battaglia (jazz workshop), Mario Corvini (big band), Francis Dhomont (electronic music), Patrizio Fariselli (improvisation), Francesco Bearzatti (improvisation), Marco Siniscalco, Bruno Chevillon and Giancarlo Gazzani (arrangement), etc.
    He has participated in numerous competitions achieving good positions including: 1st Prize “City of Barletta” International Chamber Music Competition, 1st Prize “City of Melito” National Competition, 2nd Prize “City of Naples” National Competition of Chamber Music, finalist at the “Luigi Nono” International Competition of 20th Century Chamber Music, Venaria Reale (Province of Turin), finalist at the “Barga Jazz Festival” jazz performance competition in Barga (Province of Lucca) and finalist at the “D. Caravita” Competition in Ravenna.
    He has performed in over 500 concerts in Italy and abroad, in various Italian and foreign cities including Naples, Benevento, Perugia, Macerata, Rome, Venice, Orvieto, Chioggia, Parma, Verona, Avellino, Caserta, Rovereto (Province of Trento, Valencia (Spain), New York, Milan, Brindisi, Taranto, Assisi, Palermo, Ystadt (Sweden), Madrid, Mons (Belgium), Ancona, Arezzo, Menton (France), Adria, and in various Italian theaters and concert halls: Teatro dell’Opera of Rome, Teatro “San Carlo” of Naples, Teatro la Fenice of Venice, Teatro Regio of Parma, Teatro “V.Bellini” in Naples, Teatro “F.Morlacchi” and Teatro Pavone in Perugia, Teatro “R.De Simone” and Teatro “Vittorio Emanuele” in Benevento, “Auditorium Parco della Musica” in Rome, in the Sale S.Cecilia, Sala Petrassi and Sala Sinopoli, “Teatro dal Verme” Milan, “Teatro della Biennale di Venezia,”

    “Auditorium della Conciliazione” Rome, Teatro “G.Verdi” in Brindisi, “Teatro delle Muse” Ancona, “Auditorium N. Paganini” Parma, Palazzo Cà Rezzonico and Palazzo Grassi in Venice, the Quirinale Palace Gardens, Teatro Comunale of Adria, Auditorium of Chioggia, Sala Accademica Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome, Auditorium Maxxi in Rome, Casa del Jazz in Rome, as well as holding concerts in major Italian Jazz Clubs such as Gregory’s Jazz Club, Elegance Cafè Jazz Club, Cotton Club, Round Midnight, Caffe Bugatti etc., performing in groups ranging from duos with piano, duos, trios, quartets, quintets and saxophone ensembles, big bands, “grande banda” (with 120 musicians) and symphonic orchestras both as an orchestral instrumentalist and as soloist.
    He has appeared in various television programs for Rai and Mediaset (Festival di Napoli, Speciale “Benevento Città Spettacolo”, Rai Educational, “La vita in diretta” etc.).) and many of his concerts have been reviewed by critics in Italian newspapers; he has participated in festivals including: the “11th World Saxophone Congress” Valencia (Spain), “Benevento Città Spettacolo” (1992/93/94/95/96 editions, under the guidance of Maurizio Costanzo), “Festival di Primavera” Perugia, “Vinestate” Torrecuso (Province of Benevento), “Musica al Castello” Lauro di Nola (Province of Avellino), “Tre notti…e più di luna piena” Ceppaloni (Province of Benevento), “Napoli strit Festival” Naples, “Lo Sguardo Giramondo del Viaggiatore” Rome, “Festival di Martinafranca” Martinafranca (Province of Taranto), “Rovereto Festival” Rovereto (Province of Treviso), “Pertosa Jazz” Pertosa (Province of Salerno), “Penombre 0506” Foligno (Province of Perugia), “Festival verdiano” Parma, Ravenna Festival, Festival di Novi Ligure, Segnali 2014 Perugia, Gaeta Jazz Festival 10, Percorsi Jazz Festival in the 2017, 2018 and 2019 editions and many others.
    A musician active in both classical and jazz contexts, he has collaborated with groups such as “Orchestra ‘900” conducted by Maestro C. Ciampa, the big band conducted by Maestro M.Sannini (where he performed as 1st Alto Saxophone), the Ensemble of Marco Zurzolo, the “G.Pierné” saxophone quartet (where he performed as soprano saxophone), the “J.J.Quintet” jazz quintet, the “Is jazz Ensemble” conducted by Maestro F. D’Errico; he has also performed with big names such as: Jean Marie Londeix, Dave Liebmann, Mike Lee, Dick Halligan, Marco Grisanti, Claudio Rufa, Carla Marcotulli, Joel Frahm, Paolo Fresu, Stefano Battaglia, Ettore Fioravanti, Fulvio Sigurtà, Marco Siniscalco, Mike Aspinali, Rosario Giuliani, Stefano Cantarano, Paolo Damiani, Emanuele Urso, Pierpaolo Principato, Fabio Mariani, Giancarlo Gazzani, Marco Sannini, Elvio Ghigliordini, Paolo Bonolis, Antonio Esposito etc.
    He has worked in recording studios both as an instrumentalist and as an arranger and has published “Intimation of immortality” for the Energeia label, ” Cappuccetto Rosso – Is Jazz Ensemble” for the Advar label and DVDs of the concerts held in 2005 and 2010 for the International Festival of Military Bands, the DVD of the Ystad International Military Tattoo 2011 (Sweden), the “The Italian Merchant Navy Anthem” CD edited by the Italian Shipping Academy and the “Mozart” and “Banda all’Opera” CDs published by Edizioni Eufonia with the Italian Navy band.
    He is active both as a composer and an arranger; several of his creations have been used for various works (theater, musicals, etc..). He also collaborates with the magazine “I Fiati” where he has published several of his essays.
    He has been a saxophone teacher with the “L. van Beethoven” Academy of Pozzuoli (Province of Naples), with the association “Pro Arte” Piedimonte Matese (Province of Caserta), as a teacher for the “Progetto Arcobaleno” promoted and organized by the Municipality of Naples, as well as a saxophone teacher for the experimental courses held at the Circolo Didattico of Pietrelcina (Province of Benevento) and the Olgiata Music University of Rome directed by Fabio Mariani.
    He founded and currently directs the Patrizio Destriere BoProject jazz quartet with the collaboration of Ettore Fioravanti on drums.
    Currently he not only collaborates in duo with pianist Luigi Maio, but also performs as soprano saxophone in the Xas Saxophone Quartet, in the big band conducted by Mario Corvini, the

    Moonlight Big Band, La Mambo Puente Orquestra conducted by Elvio Ghigliordini, with the Italian swing group “Conosci Mia Cugina.” He mainly performs as an orchestral instrumentalist of the Italian Navy Band in the role of soprano saxophone and contralto saxophone.

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• • FRENCH HORN / JAZZ FRENCH HORN – GIOVANNI HOFFER (July 21 – July 27)
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    Giovanni Hoffer Italy

    • Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Conservatorio di Adria, Solista Jazz

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    Giovanni Hoffer

    Già membro stabile dell’Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano e attualmente in forze al Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Giovanni Hoffer è considerato un punto di riferimento in tutti i linguaggi musicali contemporanei, alternando con grande duttilità l’attività di cornista classico a quella in ambito jazzistico.

    Dopo il diploma in corno presso Conservatorio “Giuseppe Verdi” di Milano, Giovanni Hoffer inizia un’intensa attività come professore d’orchestra collaborando con le principali istituzioni musicali italiane, tra cui l’Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, l’Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, l’Orchestra Sinfonica RAI di Torino, diretto da maestri del calibro di Lorin Maazel, Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim e Daniele Gatti, e partecipando a numerose tournée internazionali. In qualità di musicista di scena, collabora anche con il Piccolo Teatro di Milano lavorando a stretto contatto con Giorgio Strehler. Inoltre, si esibisce di frequente in importanti rassegne di musica contemporanea, assieme ad alcuni dei più rilevanti ensemble italiani (Sentieri Selvaggi, Divertimento Ensemble) e accanto ad autori quali Franco Donatoni, Michael Nyman e Ludovico Einaudi.

    La sua grande duttilità musicale lo porta ben presto ad esplorare il repertorio jazzistico, imponendosi subito come punto di riferimento in Italia per il corno jazz. In questo ambito è regolarmente invitato ad esibirsi in rassegne quali Umbria Jazz, Roma Jazz Festival, Ancona Jazz e a collaborare con artisti del livello di Quincy Jones, Wayne Shorter, Paolo Fresu, Terenche Blanchard, Kenny Wheeler, Francesco Cafiso, Ethan Iverson, Lewis Nash, Maynard Ferguson, Paolo Silvestri e Xavier Girotto. Nel 2006 fonda il gruppo “Hofferquattro”, primo gruppo jazz italiano ad avere come leader il corno francese, con il quale pubblica l’album “LatINside” per l’etichetta jazz Daily. Nel 2018 vengono pubblicati altri due dischi: “Echi” (Gamma Musica) con brani per corno solista e quintetto d’archi su arrangiamenti e musiche originali di Giuseppe Ricotta; e “I Loves you Porgy” (Notami jazz), album dedicato a George Gershwin, inciso in duo con il pianista Alessandro Altarocca.

    Accanto all’attività concertistica, Giovanni Hoffer è impegnato anche in un’intensa attività didattica a livello internazionale, regolarmente invitato a tenere masterclass a Barcellona e Valencia (in collaborazione con il Berklee College of Music di Boston.), all’Italian Brass Week di Santa Fiora, al Festival Cornistico dell’Etna.

    Tra i recenti e prossimi impegni, una lunga tournée italiana con Francesco Cafiso, la partecipazione ad un seminario sull’improvvisazione presso il Conservatorio di Milano, un concerto al Monteverdi Tuscany con Alessandro Altarocca e diverse esibizioni in rassegne jazz italiane.

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  • FRENCH HORN – GIOVANNI EMANUELE URSO (July 21 – July 27)
    Languages: Italian, English

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    Giovanni Emanuele Urso Italy

    • Primo corno - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

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    Giovanni Emanuele Urso

    GIOVANNI EMANUELE URSO

    Studies

    • 2009 Diploma of French horn at Conservatorio “N. Rota” – Monopoli (Bari) – M’ Musio;
    • 2014 Master degree in French horn at Conservatorio “B. Maderna “ – Cesena (Fc-Ce) – M’ Benucci;
    • 2015 Artist Diploma at Buchmann – Mehta School of Music – Tel Aviv – M’ Abadi.

      Orchestral Activities

    • Since 28/10/2016 till 13/11/2019 Principal Horn at Petruzzelli’s Theater in Bari;
    • Since 2018 he’s officially teaching the Brass section of the Apulian Youth Symphony Orchestra under the Orchestracademy School;
    • On 30/01/2021 wins the audition Principal Horn at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta and begins to work on the 4th of March 2022;
    • On the 18/01/2022 wins the audition Principal Horn at the Teatro alla Scala under conducted by Riccardo Chailly.

      Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, National Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Manchester, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Symphony Orchestra, Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Academy orchestra of Jugend Gustav Mahler Orchestra, Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra, Girona Orchestra, Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento, Orchestra Municipale Teatro Verdi of Salerno, Orchestra Comunale of Bologna Theater, Orchestra ICO Tito Schipa di Lecce, Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, Orchestra of Teatro “Carlo Felice” Genova, Orchestra “B. Maderna ” of Cesena, Orchestra of Teatro Lirico sperimentale Belli of Spoleto, Orchestra J-futura of Trento, Ensemble “05”, Erl Tirol Festspiele Orchestra.

      International Competition and Chamber Music Competition

    • International Competition AudiMozart for winds players performing a Mozart’s concertos – 24 may 2014 – 1st prize horn category;
    • 1st prize at the XI International Competition for Young Musicians L. Zanuccoli in Sogliano di Rubicone;
    • Italian Brass Week 2014 International Scholarship – 1st prize horn section;
    • Pietro Argento International Competition 18′ edit. – Gioia del Colle – 1st prize and critics’ prize – Eolus

      Woodwind Quintet;

    • Orfeo Stillo International Competition 16th edit. – Paola – 1st prize chamber music and absolut winner

      of the competition – Eolus Woodwind Quintet;

      Masterclass and courses with

    Dale Clevenger, Sarah Willis, Stefan de Leval Jezierski, Stefan Dohr, Hermann Baumann, Will Sanders, William VerMulen, Radovan Vlatkovic, David Bonet, Giovanni Hoffer, Luca Benucci, Jonathan Williams, Frank Lloyd, Roger Bobo,

    Solo concerts

    • Petruzzelli’s Theater season 2018 – Mozart Horn Concert no.4;
    • Ravello festival – Siegfried short call;
    • Solo Concert with the Erasmus Orchestra in Rome – Mozart Horn Concert no.4;
    • Ravenna Festival – Brahms Trio;
    • Concert with AYSO OrchestrAcademy – Ballade “Castel del Monte” of Nino Rota;
    • Maggio Metropolitano chamber festival.

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  • FRENCH HORN / MASSIMILIANO PICCA (July 14 – July 20)
    Languages: Italian, English, French

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    Massimiliano Picca Italy

    • Banda dell'Aeronautica Militare

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    Massimiliano Picca

    Nato a Velletri (RM), si è diplomato al Conservatorio di Musica “S. CECILIA” in Roma nella classe di CORNO del M° A. Vacchiano , Musica da Camera con il M° L. Cerroni e attualmente è iscritto al secondo anno di Biennio di Direzione d’Orchestra con il M° Giorgio Proietti.
    Ha svolto e svolge tuttora un’ intensa attività concertistica sia in formazione da Camera, Orchestrale e da Solista che come Direttore d’Orchestra.
    E’membro dell’Ensemble “Piccola Accademia di Roma“ e del Quintetto “Ligeti Ensemble” con il quale ha vinto numerosi concorsi di Musica da Camera (Città di Paularo, Viareggio, Palmi, Polla).
    Con lo stesso gruppo ha inciso un CD di musiche di Strawinski, ha effettuato delle registrazioni per la R.A.I. (RAI UNO e Stereo DUE) e per la Radio Vaticana, ed inoltre ha effettuato una serie di applauditi concerti all’estero: Germania (Melsungen, Frankfurt , Mùnchen), Francia (Grenoble).
    Nel 1990 è risultato 1° idoneo alle selezioni per l’O.G.I. Orchestra Giovanile Italiana facendone così parte in qualità di 1° Corno. Dal 1991 al ’93 è stato membro effettivo dell’E.C.Y.O. European Community Youth Orchestra, con la quale ha inciso Cd in Recorded Live nelle più prestigiose sale da Concerto d’Europa quali: Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Royal Albert Hall, Alten Oper Frankfurt, Mùnchen Philharmonie Hall, Tivoli Music Hall di Copenaghen, Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus (Grecia).
    Ha collaborato in qualità di primo corno con Orchestre quali: Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia, Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, O.R.L. Orchestra da Camera di Roma e del Lazio, Orchestra Regionale Calabrese, Budapest Chamber, Orchestra Barocca Italiana, International Chamber Ensemble, I Virtuosi di S. Cecilia, Orchestra Italiana del Cinema e l’Orchestra Roma Classica collaborando inoltre con l’Orchestra Sinfonica della R.A.I. di Roma e Napoli, Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Emilia Romagna “Arturo Toscanini ” , Orchestra da Camera di Padova e del Veneto, Orchestra Synphonica d’Italia sotto la guida di importanti Direttori quali: C. Abbado, R. Muti, L. Maazel, M. Giulini, G. Sinopoli, S. Accardo, W. Sawallisch, D. Gatti, C. Thielemann, D. Masson, J. Tate, G. Pretre, J. Conlon, M. Rostropovich, V. Ashkenazy, G. Gavazzeni, A. Pappano, L. Marshall etc.
    Dal 2010 al 2013 ha ricoperto il Ruolo di Docente di Corno e tutor dei fiati presso l’Accademia Nazionale “S. Cecilia” di Roma per la JUNIORCHESTRA.
    Nel 2016 ha fondato il Laboratorio di Propedeutica Orchestrale di cui ne è il Direttore, all’interno dell’Orchestra Giovanile di Roma (OGR).
    Attualmente ricopre il ruolo di 1° Corno presso la Banda dell’Aeronautica Militare.

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  • TRUMPET / BRASSES ENSEMBLE – FABRIZIO ANTONELLI (July 14 – July 27)
    Languages: Italian, English, French

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    Fabrizio Antonelli Italy

    • A.C.Concertino

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    Fabrizio Antonelli

    Fabrizio Antonelli graduated in trumpet in 2005 at the “G.Briccialdi” Conservatory in Terni under the guidance of M. Andrea DI Mario. From 2006 to 2011 he collaborated with the Roma Orchestra Sinfonietta directed by M. Ennio Morricone with whom he has performed on numerous Italian tours and in the role of first trumpet with the Roman Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2007 he won the audition for trumpet in the Italian Youth Orchestra with which he collaborated. In 2011, it was finalist for the first trumpet audition at the Milan Symphony Orchestra “LaVerdi” with the who collaborated in the role of first trumpet and trumpet in a row, playing under conductors such as Axelrod, Marshall, Gelmini, Zhang, Bignamini and international soloists including David Garrett. With the same orchestra in 2012 he performed live Rai in front of Pope Benedict XVI. Has also collaborated with Orchestra of the Teatro Regio di Parma (Festival Verdi), Symphony Orchestra National RAI of Turin (single collaboration), Rome Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Academy of St. Cecilia (single collaboration) playing under the direction of teachers Temirkanov, Jurowski, Valcuha. Collaborate in the role of first trumpet with Orchestra Nuova Roman Philharmonic, conducting the M. Lorenzo Porzio and the international soloist Cristiana Pegoraro. Also in the role of first trumpet he collaborated with Orchestra Nuova Klassica in Rome, Abruzzo Symphony Orchestra with which he performed in the realization of national and world premieres performing live rai Radio 3, playing under the direction of Quatrini, Buffalo, Baptist, Masters, and with soloists such as William Pellarin, Andrea Oliva. Collaborates with the Young Talesnts Orchestra EY in Rome conducted by M. Rizzari. It has also collaborated with the PMCE of Rome (Park of Contemporary Music Ensemble) and the Forum Music Village in Rome with which he recorded for authors such as Ennio Morricone, Nicola Piovani, Renato Zero, Marco Frisina. Has recorded two discs of sacred music “InCanto Serafico” under the direction of M. Gennaro Maria Beaks. In 2017 he recorded with lead Recordings in Rome, collaborating with the Leandro Piccioni. He has perfected himself with the masters Roberto Rossi, Marco Pierobon, Andrea Lucchi, Giuseppe Bodanza, Enzo Turriziani, Giuliano Sommerhalder, Antonio Ruggeri. Performs activities solo duo with pianist Andrea Francescangeli and with the trio “Petillant” with whom he performed in the 2013 at the Debussy Festival in Joigny, France. Since 2013 he has been Director of the Choir of Narni Cathedral and since 2014 President of the A.C.Concertino in which he is a teacher of trumpet and musical propedeutics. Since 2005 he has been active as a music teacher projects within public and private schools in the ternary, criminal and Roman. He is currently attending the Biennial of Choral Direction at Ist. G.Briccialdi of Terni under the guidance of Mr. Massimo Gualtieri.

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• BAILE FLAMENCO – CATERINA LUCIA COSTA (July 18 – July 20)
  Languages: Italian, Spanish, English

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  Caterina Lucia Costa Italy

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  Caterina Lucia Costa

  Si trasferisce a Siviglia e studia presso l’Academia de danza Manolo Marín. e successivamente con altri maestri. Ritorna in Italia e partecipa a numerosi festiv al di danza con artisti come i “cantaores” Enrique Soto, Juan Reina.Juan el Maera.Nuria Martin ,Emilio Cabello .Bailaores:Jose Ruiz,Carlos Robles, Rafael Campallo,Junco,Felipe Mato.Marc Aurelio Chitarristi: Fyty Carrillo.Manuel Santiago.

  Nel 1994 forma la compagnia “Pasion Gitana” riunendo artisti spagnoli e italiani con la quale sarà in tournée nei più prestigiosi Festival della danza in Italia. Attualmente Insegna presso lo IALS di Roma (via Fracassini n.60) – e effettua STAGE in tutta l’Italia.

  Anno 2005 per il terzo anno continua ad essere ospite della compagnia di Renato Greco in tournée in tutta Italia (Carmen e Flamencotangojazz).

  Estate 2005 Crea lo spettacolo De Granada a Nueva York (viaggio del poeta Garcia Lorca) con danza flamenco tap e jazz.

  Anno 2006 Partecipa al programma televisivo su Rai 1 “Amore” condotto da Raffaella Carrà coreografie Franco Miseria e gira la scena del flamenco nell’ ultimo film di Carlo Vanzina OLE’ Giugno 2006 artista invitata nella compagnia DAnzarte diretta da Sergio Javier in anteprima mondiale “Viva la vida Frida Khalo”

  Partecipa inoltre a diverse trasmissioni quali Uno Mattina, Alle Falde del Kilimangiaro, Tutte donne tranne me (M. Ranieri) per la RAI; per altre emittenti, Tappeto Volante (Mediaset Rete 4).

  Cinema Film Olè dei fratelli Vanzina scena del flamenco.

  Televisione Rai 1 “ballando con le stelle” coreografa e insegnante di flamenco.

  Teatro Orione di Roma spettacolo ” Flamenco es vida” Teatro Cassia di Roma “Mirando la luna” con la regia di Sergio Javier Teatro Cassia di Roma stagione 2011 “Mis ojos en tu mirada”. Nel 2015 programma televisivo produzione ENDEMOL Rai 3  con la partecipazione di Quintin Vargas, Curro Vargas, Carmen Vargas. Artista invitata nella compagnia Algeciras Flamenco . spettacolo Sin Volver La cara . debutto auditorium di Roma 2017 /18. Teatro Sociale di Amelia con il nuovo spettacolo Siluetas Flamencas ottobre 2018 nell’ambito del Ameria Festival.

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