Programme: Schumann, Brahms, Rubinstein
Giovanni De CeccoHe graduated in Piano from Venice Conservatory of Music and in Philosophy from the “Ca’ Foscari” University of Venice.
In Romania he studied from gypsy bands and from country folk
musicians many of the themes which he loves to reinterpret in the
concert halls.
He was often invited to perform and represent Romania together with Romanian artists. He
performed in the Presidential Palace in Bucharest; in 2004 at the
Teatro dell’Opera, Rome, the special concert held to celebrate the
National Holiday of Romania; in Vienna for the upcoming entrance of
Romania into the European Union; in Japan in the presence of new
Romanian President Basescu for the international Aichi Expo in June 2005
and in Nagoya and Tokyo in September 2005.
More recently he performed in other important concerts in Prague at
Reduta Jazz Club, in Stockholm (Berwaldhallen) and in Turkey (Istanbul
Jazz Center, Nardis jazz club, Galata Dernegi), and for many Italian
Cultural institutes (Wolfsburg, Bucharest, Stockholm).
In 2008 he recorded the album “Traditional music from Romania” with the Hungarian violinist Leonardo Jeszensky. He
played and presented this album in the most important international
klezmer festivals, among which “klezMORE”2008 (Vienna), Internationales
Furth Klezmer Festival 2009 (Furth, Germany), Ot Templom Fesztival
(Gyor, Hungary).
For years he has been holding seminaries and masterclasses in many
Universities (Udine and Venice in Italy, Iasi in Romania), Cultural
Institutes (Roumanian Institute in Venice, Roumanian Embassy in Prague,
Italian Cultural Centre in Cluj Napoca Romania), and more recently in
Thailand, Bangkok (Silpakorn University, ABAC University, Yamaha Siam
Kolkarn Ratchadapisek) and Iran (Tehran Conservatory).
On 2013, bicentennial of Richard Wagner’s birth, he performed a
program of a series of recitals all overt the world all dedicated to his
music, trancribed for piano and piano duet.
Alberto Firrincieli
He began to play the piano when he was eight. He studied
with Sebastiano Cannizzo in “Vincenzo Bellini” Conservatory,
Caltanissetta (Italy) and graduated at the age of twenty. Then he
started to dedicate himself to the study of ancient keyboard
instruments: organs and harpsichords, graduating in Harpsichord with
Maria Pia Jacoboni. Meanwhile he studied Composition with Giorgio
Tosi, and Electronic Music with Francesco Giomi and Marco Biscarini at
the “Arrigo Boito” Conservatory in Parma (Italy), where he graduated. He
continued his education, graduating in Musicology in the University of
Pavia (Italy) with a dissertation about Carlo Antonio Marino and his
music. He also studied Harpsichord with Francesco Baroni, and for
four years attended the course “Ars et Labor”, an advanced Piano and
Chamber Music Course, with Christa Bützberger and Marina Rossi in
Vicenza (Italy). During these studies he attended masterclasses with Enrico Baiano, Bob van Asperen, Michele Barchi and Emilia Fadini.
He has performed in many recitals for important institutions in
Europe and Asia, such as the Apostolic Nunciature and the Italian
Embassy; he has played with different ensembles, from baroque to modern,
including music for two harpsichords with the Novecembalo Ensemble, and
ancient music with Baroque Me Baby, blending “Historical Performance
Practice” with new ways of understanding the art of music. He
regularly plays basso continuo for many chamber music groups and
orchestras, and plays piano or harpsichord in solo recitals and with
orchestras.
He is editing the works of the Italian baroque composers Mortaro,
Ferronati and Marino, and is also collaborating with “Centro Studi Opera
Omnia Luigi Boccherini” to edit the works of Luigi Boccherini.
He is currently full-time lecturer of the Department of Music
Performance at the Assumption University of Thailand, where he teaches
Harpsichord, Piano, Counterpoint and History of Western Music, amongst
other subjects. He also teaches Piano and Harpsichord at Yamaha
Kolkarn Music School, Bangkok and he has been invited as Guest Lecturer
by Thammasart University. He is the founding conductor of Assumption
University Gregorian Chant Choir (AUGCC), and conductor of the Siam
Rathadapisek Chamber Orchestra (SRCO).
He estabilished the International Keyboard Academy (IKA) in
Thailand, organizing several musical events and collaborating with world
renowned musicians.PROGRAMME:Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Variations op. 23 on a Theme by Schumann for Piano and Four HandsRobert Schumann (1810-1856): Bilder aus Osten op. 66: 6 Impromptus for Four Hands PianoAnton Grigorevich Rubinstein (1829 – 1894): 6 characteristic pieces op. 50 for Four Hands Piano.(1. Nocturne, 2. Scherzo, 3. Barcarole, 4. Capriccio, 5. Berceuse, 6. Marche)Free ticket registration at: http://bit.ly/1sp1Rvn