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The Gran Duo Italiano, Mauro Tortorelli violin, Angela Meluso piano, boasts a Discography that includes word-premiere recordings of music by Gaetano Fusella, Camillo Sivori (Paganini’s only pupil) and Rosario Scalero (himself a pupil of Sivori) Tactus Recording. Radio broadcast of the music on Italy’s Rai Radio 3 were enthusiastically received by audience and critics alike, and the releases were well reviewed in specialist music magazines such as Musica, Amadeus, Fanfare, Harmonia Mundi and Gramophone.
In 2011 the Duo was awarded one of the European Union’s highest accolades, the “Premio Mediterraneo”, in recognition of their research, rediscovery and promotion of Italy’s artistic and musical heritage.
In 2012, the duo gave a lecture-recital at the 40th International Conference of the European String Teachers Association (ESTA) at the theatre in Porec in Croatia. This was followed by a conference-recital in 2013 on the music of Camillo Sivori at the Emirates International Festival of Dubai and a masterclass-recital on Paganini and his musical contemporaries at the University of Aichi (Nagoya) in Japan.
In 2014 the Duo debuts in Germany with unanimous applause at the Stilwerk-Bechstein Centrum in Berlin, Festsaal of the Coselpalais in Dresden, Harmoniesaal in Bamberg, and at the Philarmonie Gasteig in Munich.
In 2015 the Duo has an important tour in Japan: Nagoya at the Munetsugu Hall, Gakuin University in Osaka, in Fukuoka at the University Concert Hall and Kagoshima Concert Hall.
In 2016 the Gran Duo Italiano has concerts in Timisoara (Philarmonie), Malta (Gaulitana Festival), Tenerife (Conservatorio Superior de Musica, Real Casino), Firenze (Lyceum-Amici della Musica), Ravello Festival etc.
In February 2017 they have their debut at Carnegie Hall of New York and at the Music School of Kazan (Tatarstan-Russia).
In 2018, the Gran Duo Italiano recorded for Brilliant Classics Label the integral of the works published and unpublished for violin and piano/ viola and piano and had a special commemorative concerts in Florence at the Lyceum Club on March 16th (Sala del Buonumore- Florence Conservatory, Budapest (G. Verdi Concert Hall), Amman Real Conservatory of Music and at the Al-Hussein Cultural Center), Seoul (Ilshin Hall), Hong Kong ( Polytechnic University Auditorium) and L’Aja (Korzo Theater). The last recording for Brilliant Classics Label are: Camille Saint-Saens (Violin Sonatas) , Darius Milhaud (works for violin and piano- viola and piano ) Darius Milhaud Chamber Music and Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco (3Cds).
Mauro Tortorelli is considered by critics to be a virtuoso violinist of rare musical instinct and great interpretative skill. He studied violin with J.J.Kantorow, B.Belkin, F.Gulli and G.Mönch. In 1990, while still very young, he made his debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan playing a piece for two violins composed by Luigi Nono alongside his teacher G.Mönch.
He works closely with artists of international standing such as F. Maggio Ormezowski, Rohan De Saram, Francois Joel Thioller, Alexandra Gutu, Franco Petracchi, Alfonso Ghedin, Daishin Kashimoto. He held Master Class at the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire in Moscow, at the Aichi University (Japan) and in Dubai Conservatoire. He recorded for Tactus Label, Naxos, Brilliant, Camerata Tokyo, Nuova Era, Stradivarius.
Angela Meluso began studying piano at age five and she graduated with honours at the Conservatory of Music “A. Vivaldi” of Alessandria under Giacomo Fuga. She won the eleventh edition of the “Premio Ghislieri” coming first in the piano section. She has attended specialization studies at the Accademia in Florence with Lazar Berman, at the Accademia Hipponiana of Reggio Calabria with Vincenzo Balzani and for chamber music with Mauro Tortorelli, Giacomo Fuga, E. Bagnoli, Trio di Trieste and Trio di Parma (DuinoAccademy).
She works closely with musicians such as Guido Arbonelli, Loris Antiga (horn player with the London Symphony Orchestra), and with the lead players of the Teatro San Carlo in Naples and “Santa Cecilia” in Rome. Considered by critics to be a pianist of great character, interpretative sensitivity and communicative skill, she is also the author of Solfeggianimando, a method for teaching music, published in 2008 by Edizioni Zaccara.
PROGRAMME
Rosario Scalero – Sonata in D minor op.12
Emilia Gubitosi – Allegro appassionato
Gaetano Fusella – Scherzo napoletano
Francesco Santoliquido – Sonata in A minor
Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco – “Figaro” from The Barber of Seville by G.Rossini