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I 5 elementi

July 20th 2024 – 8.00 pm

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Supersano - Masseria Le Stanzie

Alessandro Quarta

Opera-concert per violin, piano and string quintet
La creazione
Terra
Acqua
Aria
Fuoco
Etere

Nell'ambito del Progetto Speciale:As part of the Special Project:
Nel segno di Dvořák e Brahms: il pianoforte da camera

Nell'ambito del Progetto Speciale:As part of the Special Project:
Futuro Presente

Con il sostegno di MiC e di SIAE, nell'ambito del programma With the support of MiC and SIAE, within the framework of the program Per Chi Crea

In collaborazione con In partnership with Fondazione Sylva

Disponibile pullman A/R da Lecce (Porta Napoli)
Servizio a pagamento - 12 euro
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Return bus available from Lecce (Porta Napoli)
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Nell’ambito del Progetto Speciale “ Nostalgia e ironia in Rachmaninov e Poulenc”

As part of the Special Project "Nostalgia and irony in Rachmaninov and Poulenc"

Alessandro Quarta

Violino

CNN on May 6, 2014 wrote about Alessandro Quarta: "Musical Genius, Composer, Violin Virtuoso". On 30 November 2017 he received, at the Palazzo Montecitorio in Rome in the Sala della Regina, the Award "Best Italian Excellence in the World" for the Music section. From 2005 to 2008 he was Violin and Second Shoulder of the Symphonica Toscanini orchestra, permanent conductor Lorin Maazel, performing in the most important theaters in the world under the direction of Masters L. Maazel, E. Inbal, C. Dutoit, M. Rostropovich, M.W. Chung, G. Pretre, Y. Temirkanov, K.Masur, Z. Metha.Ospite on raiuno for the transmission of Roberto Bolle "Dance with me" for 2 editions: on 1 January 2019 with his "Dorian Gray" obtaining the highest number of shares equal to 5 Million viewers; and in 2022 with his arrangements of Astor Piazzolla "Alma Portena". In 2019, in Sanremo with Il Volo, he received the Standing Ovation from the Ariston Theatre, the TV and the Press, for his performance and his initial arrangement of the song "Musica che resta" in the in competition. Always live TV has performed in Padua at the Festival Show in front of 40 thousand spectators with its Piazzolla, and on raiuno as International Guest for the Festival of Taranta 2019 in front of 220 thousand spectators present, interpreting 3 pieces of which one written and arranged specifically for the event. It opened and closed the "Stradivari Festival" in Cremona for 2 years, in 2022 presented as world premiere the "Suite Dysturbia" written for 2 violìni specially by Alessandro for the prestigious Festival and performed with his brother Massimo Quarta and in September 2023, always as a world premiere, he presented his latest work "I 5 Elementi" (Terra-Acqua-Aria-Fuoco- Etere), whose final piece "Etere" was chosen by Roberto Bolle for his "sphere" step during his Tours for the show "Bolle & Friends". He plays an Alessandro Gagliano from 1723 and a Giovan Battista Guadagnini from 1761.

Giuseppe Magagnino

Pianoforte

Giuseppe, jazz pianist, composer, arranger, graduated in classical piano at the Conservatory "Tito Schipa" in Lecce and subsequently graduated with 110 cum laude in Jazz Music at the Conservatory "Niccolò Piccinni" in Bari. He attended several intensive seminars studying with the likes of Pier Narciso Masi for classical music and Stefano Bollani for Jazz. 

His career was immediately enriched by important experiences and collaborations.

He created the Mag Trio, a line-up with which he has already played several concerts in collaboration with many Apulian jazz musicians.

He has supported the recording projects of the Salento percussionist Gabriele Poso and has participated in numerous international tours of promotion.

The American producer Osunlade chose him for the formation of the Yoruba Soul Orchestra with which he recorded two records and participated in international tours.

Since 2009 he has collaborated with the violinist Alessandro Quarta with whom he has performed in prestigious Italian and European theatres ranging from the "classical" repertoire to jazz. 

In 2021 his first solo album, "My Inner Child", was born and took shape with the “Mag Trio”, in which Giuseppe is accompanied by Luca Alemanno on double bass and Karl-Henrik Ousbäck on drums. In summer 2022, he began an intense activity of concerts with his project, he began to plan the new album, a natural evolution of the first record work. In March 2023 held a series of presentation concerts in Germany, In Munich and province. 

On May 12, 2023, with Gleam Records, he released his second solo release “After the Rain”. A new album where Giuseppe, accompanied by Luca Alemanno on double bass and Vladimir Kostadinovic on drums, continues his expressive research in piano trio and piano only by experimenting in two tracks the string orchestra arrangement curated by the Violinist/ Composer Alessandro Quarta.

I solisti filarmonici italiani
Federico Guglielmo, Alessandro Ferrari, Enrico Balboni, Luigi Puxeddu, Amerigo Bernardi

Ensemble

I Solisti Filarmonici Italiani are one of the world’s leading chamber ensembles/orchestras.

The peculiar tradition of Italian sound and virtuosity established in 1950 by I Virtuosi di Roma and since than worldwide appreciated among others by the critics of The New York Times, The Washington Post, Il Corriere della Sera, Diapason, CD Classica, Gramophone, Amadeus, The New York Times, Suddeutsche Zeitung continues until today with the newly-founded and named group.

The orchestra’s membership is comprised exclusively of leaders and first solo parts from the major italian orchestras and international competitions winners.

They play a repertoire from the string Sextet to the String Orchestra always without conductor.

Worthy of special mention in their wide activities are the successful appearances in New York, Washington, Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, Buenos Aires, San Paolo, Rio de Janeiro, Amsterdam, Berlin, Bonn, Munich, Vienna, Paris, Madrid, Milan, Rome, Istanbul, Taipei, Seoul, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Osaka touring with friends as Kathleen Battle, Hansjorg Schellenberger, Milan Turkovic, Michala Petri, Mstislav Rostropovic, Paul Badura-Skoda, Charlotte Margiono, Andrea Griminelli etc.

Their extensive discography comprises recordings with Denon Nippon Columbia, Altus Music, Stradivarius, Velut Luna, Decca and CPO.

Recent recording activities include the complete works for String Orchestra by Grieg, a selection of rare scores (Stage and Film music) in autograph versions by N.Rota and E.Morricone, a collection of unpublished Italian Virtuoso pieces for Strings of the XIX century, the String Octet and the Piano Sextet by Mendelssohn, a selection of famous Italian Baroque pieces transcribed for string orchestra by Respighi and Zandonai and a Decca recording with the flutist Andrea Griminelli.

Future plans include the complete works for Strings by Tchaikovsky with CPO.Moreover the group plays regularly in many European countries (Italy, Austria, Germany, Spain) and every two years is touring extensively Usa, South America, Japan, China and Corea.

Abbonamento Classiche Forme 2023

L'abbonamento, valido per i 4 concerti al Chiostro del Rettorato a Lecce, dà diritto anche a un posto riservato al concerto del 21 luglio a Galatina.
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Classiche Forme 2023 subscription

The subscription, valid for the 4 concerts at the Chiostro del Rettorato in Lecce, also entitles you to a reserved seat at the concert on July 21st in Galatina.
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