Stefano Parrino, Francesco Parrino, Alessandro Marangoni
The Albatros Ensemble is a group that has been active on the national and international concert scene since 1990 and which has
established itself by the particularity of the ensemble, the refinement
of the repertoire, the emotional force of its interpretations which,
according to the music critic of the Swiss newspaper Le Quotidien de La
Côte, are capable of producing “authentic coups de coeur” in listeners
through their ability to combine “nuances and magical atmospheres,
sometimes melancholy, sometimes vigorous”. In addition to the public and
critical praise that the ensemble has to its credit, there are also
glowing judgements from important composers like Ivan Fedele, who
considers the Albatros Ensemble to be “one of the most important
realities of the young Italian Chamber Music scene” or Andrew Frank, who
has said of the group: “Technically the Albatros is perfection, a
marvellous ensemble”. Interest in twentieth century and
contemporary music has led the ensemble to collaborate with numerous
composers, among whom we note Rocco Abate, Alessandro Annunziata, Bruno
Bettinelli, Luciano Chailly, Fabrizio Festa, Simone Fontanelli, Andrew
Frank, Giorgio Gaslini, Delilah Gutman, Antonio Iafigliola, Luca Mosca,
Flavio Emilio Scogna, Alessandro Solbiati, Giorgio Colombo Taccani,
Alessandro Timossi, Adeline Wong and Danuta Zankowska. The
Albatros has an intense concert programme, collaborating with the most
prestigious Italian and international musical associations as well as
with Italian Culture Institutes. It has toured in Chile, Britain, Peru,
Romania, Russia, Slovenia and Turkey, and it has performed in theatres
and concert halls of note such as the Pump Room in Bath, St.
Martin-in-the-Fields and St. James, Piccadilly in London, the Sala
Enescu in Bucharest, the Federico II University of Val Paraiso Theatre,
Rancagua Municipal Auditorium, the Sala America in Santiago (Chile), the
Canneti Auditorium and Sala Palladio in Vicenza, the Capitoline
Museums-Capitoline Hill, the Pauline Chapel-Quirinal Palace, La Sapienza
University, the Casa del Jazz in Rome, the Auditorium di Milano, the
Teatro Raimondi, the Ricardo Palma and Cayetano Heredia Universities in
Lima, the San Augustin University in Arequipa, the Small Philharmonic
Hall in St. Petersburg, the Shuvalovsky Palace, and the Composers’ House
and the famous “Stray Dog” artists’ club in St. Petersburg, etc. It
has taken part in innumerable festivals (Imago Sloveniae, Settimane
Musicali di Lugano, Itinerafestival, Festival “Italia on Italianskaya”
Str. Petherof’s, etc). It has also collaborated with CEMAT on the Sonora
project. The ensemble has been the guest of many RAI radio and
television programmes, of the fifth channel of Russian television, of
Canale 2 of the RTSI and of other public and private broadcasters. Among
its forthcoming engagements, tours are foreseen of the USA, South
America and Russia, besides concerts for prestigious Italian and
European associations.PROGRAMME: Between Music and Movies Trio Albatros Ensemble Francesco Parrino, violin Stefano Parrino, flute Alessandro Marangoni, pianoNino Rota (1911-1979) Trio Allegro ma non troppo – Andante sostenuto – Allegro vivace con spiritoLuca Russo (1970): “Goo Goo g’Joob”, fantasy on Beatles songs (Dedicated to the Trio Albatros Ensemble)George Gerswhin/Giovanni Bietti: “An American in Paris” (Dedicated to the Trio Albatros Ensemble)Delilah Gutman (1978): “Letter to Morricone” (Dedicated to the Trio Albatros Ensemble) The legend of the pianist on the ocean (I) Investigation of a citizen above suspicion Once upon a time in America The legend of the pianist on the ocean (II) Nino Rota/Rocco Abate: “Rotafantasy” (Dedicated to the Trio Albatros Ensemble) L’amore di Rocco The clowns Amarcord Il Gattopardo Parlami di me Prova d’orchestra La dolce vita 8 e ½ Risatine maliziose The Godfather Free registration at: http://bit.ly/1bxH7qX