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Costantino Catena, pianist 1.0
“A pianist rare in his generation. He does nothold back in his use of the expression pedal, shining above all inthe art of singing on the keyboard with an inventiveness ofphrasing that demonstrates his exquisite musical intelligence”:Costantino Catena was defined in these words by the musicologistCarlo Vitali in the magazine Amadeus.He has performed in Europe, Australia, U.S.A., Russia and Japanat the invitation of important musical and cultural associationsand institutes, including the Accademia Filarmonica (Bologna), theKennedy Center and Georgetown University (Washington), Amici delTeatro Regio (Torino), Amici della Musica (Trapani), the YasarConcert Hall (Izmir), the Winchester University, Auditorium Parcodella Musica (Roma), the Dante Alighieri Society, the LisztMemorial Museum (Budapest), the Ravello International Festival, theAlghero International Festival, Filarmonica De Stat Transilvania ofCluj-Napoca, the Liszt Institute of Bologna, the Moscow TchaikovskyConservatory, the Kusatsu International Festival, the Ohrid SummerFestival.Costantino Catena has an intense recording activity, mainly withthe Japanese label Camerata Tokyo, with which he began workingrecording Franz Liszt's complete works for violin and piano, aswell as a double CD featuring all of his piano works dedicated toVenezia and Napoli, a blu-ray dedicated to Debussy and Schumann andother solo CDs. Recently the CD "Hidden Orchestra", including theConcerto op. 54 by Schumann for Piano and Orchestra transcriptedfor piano and organ by Claudio Brizi, was included into theprogramming board by the All Nippon Airway and the CD with theQuartet and the Quintet of Schumann, recorded with the QuartettoSavinio was awarded with 5 stars by the magazine Musica. He hasrecorded for Phoenix Classics and Nuova Era International labels,too.His recordings were often broadcasted in Italy and abroad (RAIRadiotelevisione Italiana, NHK Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai, RSI Radio dellaSvizzera Italiana, MR Magyar Rádió) and received excellent reviewsfrom leading magazines and important music critics: «In Nuits d’étéà Pausilippe and Soirées Musicales de Rossini Costantino Catenastrikes the perfect balance of sentiment and relaxed charm inreadings that could scarcely be more idiomatic. In Carnaval deVenise Catena revels in the droll humor and far-fetched technicaldemands of Liszt’s setting, creating a listening experience that’sgreat fun. In Venezia e Napoli, the supplement to Book 2 of theAnnées de pèlerinage, Catena exhibits his natural, unaffectedfeeling toward the music’s popular source materials. The extendedtrio of the famous Tarantella is almost ethereal in its beauty.This triptych, recorded so frequently over the past couple ofyears, is here as deliciously atmospheric and echt-Italian as onecould wish.» (Patrick Rucker, Fanfare Magazine - USA); «Catenajumps through the many circus hoops of Liszt’s “Tarantella dibravura sulla Muette di Portici” with grace and fluency. He isfinely sensitive in RW – Venezia, capturing all of Liszt’sdesolation as he watched Wagner’s funeral procession of gondolasglide down the Grand Canal» (Bryce Morrison, Gramophone UK); «He isable to exploit the delicious mechanics of the Yamaha piano withoutsuffering the notorious musical dullness (only Richter, in mymemory, was successful before): the result is a performance inwhich every note is given meaning, an interpretation in whichnothing is left to chance and yet nothing seems studied, the musicrunning elastic, airy, full of vitality» (Bernardo Pieri, Musica);«Interpretations full of grace and sensitivity» (Paolo Isotta).
Roberto Giordano, pianist 1.0
Roberto Giordano has been soloist with majororchestras, including the Orchestre National de Belgique, theOrchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Camerata of St Petersburg, theOrchestre National de Lille, the Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicaliin Milan, the Filarmonica Marchigiana, the Orchestra of the "CarloFelice" Theater in Genova, the Orchestra di Padova e Veneto, theOrchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, the Gwangjiu Symphony Orchestra(Korea), collaborating with conductors such Vasily Petrenko, RumonGamba, Paul Mann, Gilbert Varga, Pavel Kogan, Anton Nanut, MarkusBosch, Domonkos Héja, Hansjöerg Schellenberger, Marco Guidarini,Alvise Casellati and Francesco Di Mauro.Gerard Corbiau, director of the film Farinelli released in 2004a special-biography, entitled "Roberto Giordano from a world toanother”. The film was broadcasted by the major cultural TVchannels in Europe, Russia, Australia and Canada. There are manyCDs and DVDs already to Roberto Giordano's credit. His discographyincludes seven CDs,published by the labels Cyprès and La BottegaDiscantica, and recently chosen by Alitalia on the boardprogramming.His videography includes, in addition to numerous videos forinternational broadcasters, two major works: a DVD for the seriesPianissimo Collection, and recently, the DVD “Roberto Giordanoplays Chopin”, both broadcasted by Sky Classica.His performances are regularly recorded and broadcasted by RTBFand VRT, Belgian Radio, RAI, Radiouno, Radiotre, Radio 24,Mediaset, ABC (Australia), FRANCE 3, ChinaTV (China), VaticanRadio, Bel-RTL and the Luxembourg Radio.Roberto Giordano joined the concert career also with apassionate teaching experience, actually at the Institut Supérieurde Musique et Pédagogieof Namur(Belgium) and at the Conservatory"F.Cilea" of Reggio Calabria.In 2015 he is designated as teacher at the famous InternationalPiano Academy “Incontri col Maestro” of Imola, Italy and YamahaArtist by the Yamaha Music Europe.
Alberto Nosè, pianist 1.0
Alberto Nosè was born in Verona, Italy, in1979. He gained his first recognition at the age of eleven, winningFirst Prize in the Jugend für Mozart International Competition inSalzburg, thanks to which he held his first concert tour aroundItaly, Austria and France.He then went on to win prizes at several prestigiousinternational piano competitions, including the Piano-Masters inMontecarlo in 2015, Palom O’Shea in Santander in 2005 and F. Chopinin Warsaw in 2000. He has played at many of the world’s majorconcert halls, and is regularly invited to important concert seriesin France, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Spain, the US, Mexico,South America, China, Hong Kong and Japan.
Onorio Zaralli, flutist 1.0
Onorio Zaralli is a flutist, a composer, an innovator influteheadjoint making, and an author of many books and teachingmethods.A winner of many National and International competitions,OnorioZaralli has given solo concerts in France, Italy, Russia,SouthKorea, Australia and USA. His performances were broadcastedonradio and TV all over the world. He played with theBucharestRadiotelevision Symphony Orchestra, the Sanremo SymphonyOrchestraand the Accademia Nazionale Di S.Cecilia SymphonyOrchestra. OnorioZaralli is the author of many books, includingMOZART, Concerti perflauto - Ypothekai, IN CONCERTO, Il controllodell’ emotività nellepubbliche esecuzioni - Concerto Italiano,SUONARE CON L’ ANIMA,Autocontrollo e sviluppo integrale -(Unpublished), MULTIMEDIALITA'PER TUTTI - Argo, MUSICA IN JEANS -Bulgarini, and LEZIONI DIGITALI- Academia Universa Press. OnorioZaralli was the Artistic Directorof the Concerto Italiano MusicFestival, Italy (1986 - 1991) andthe Italian Music Festival inSaint-Petersburg, Russia (1994), andthe President of theInternational Music Festival and Competition,Italy (1997) OnorioZaralli gave master classes in Italy, Russiaand USA. He has taughton faculty with the Conservatorio di Musica“S. Cecilia”, Roma andcurrently is the President and a teacher atThe AccademiaFlautistica Veneta, Padova. In 2017 Onotio Zaralliand Yulia Berryfounded "Web Flute Academy" - an onlineinstitution, offering aninnovative way to learn the flute byblending best e-learning toolsand live video meetings.
