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Festival Massimo Amfiteatrof
Amfiteatrof Music Festival (previously known as Festival Massimo Amfiteatrof) is a classical and chamber music festival based in Levanto, an Italian ''Comune'' in the ligurian Riviera, between Genoa and La Spezia, since 1992. The festival pays tribute to Massimo Amfiteatrof (born Maksim Aleksandrovich Amfiteatrov), one of the greatest cellist of the 20th century, dubbed as the "Cellists' Caruso" (Italian: "''il Caruso dei Violoncellisti''"), who moved from St. Petersburg to Italy in the early 1920s, settling first in Cavi, a ''frazione'' of Lavagna, and then in Levanto, where he died in 1990. During his lifetime Amfiteatrof worked with Arturo Toscanini and Fabrizio De André and collaborated with EIAR and subsequently with RAI. The Festival has been being organized by Associazione Festival Massimo Amfiteatrof Levanto since its beginning and the administrative board is currently led by president Angela Fenwick The Festival Founded two years after Amfiteatrof's death, Amfite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classical Music
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" also applies to non-Western art music. Classical music is often characterized by formality and complexity in its musical form and harmonic organization, particularly with the use of polyphony. Since at least the ninth century it has been primarily a written tradition, spawning a sophisticated notational system, as well as accompanying literature in analytical, critical, historiographical, musicological and philosophical practices. A foundational component of Western Culture, classical music is frequently seen from the perspective of individual or groups of composers, whose compositions, personalities and beliefs have fundamentally shaped its history. Rooted in the patronage of churches and royal courts in Western Europe, surviving earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EIAR
Ente Italiano per le Audizioni Radiofoniche (EIAR, "Italian Body for Radio Broadcasting") was the public service broadcaster in Fascist Italy and the only entity permitted to broadcast by the government. History The company was established in 1927, after the partial takeover of the private radio broadcaster Unione Radiofonica Italiana (URI), which since 1924 had been the only organisation authorized to establish radio transmitters and run radio broadcasts in Italy. Between 1929 and 1939, the EIAR presented the first television broadcasting tests in Italy. An early signing to the TV station in 1939 was the Italian singer Lia Origoni and a film was made to record her performance. For most of its existence it was run by Giancarlo Vallauri, although he was replaced as president by Ezio Maria Gray during the Italian Social Republic period. In October 1944, towards the end of World War II, the entity was replaced with Radio Audizioni Italiane (RAI). See also *Radio Bari The Radio B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariangela Vacatello
Mariangela Vacatello (born January 22, 1982) is an Italian classical concert pianist from Naples. Early life Vacatello comes from a musical family: her mother, Pina, was a pianist and now is a piano teacher and her father, Antonio, is a piano tuner as well as a professor and musician. When Vacatello was four years old, she began attending the Yamaha Music Course. At age seven, she went on to study piano with Aldo Tramma, a pupil of the famous Italian pianist and pedagogue Vincenzo Vitale. She was subsequently admitted to the International Piano Academy "Incontri col Maestro" in Imola where she became a maestro in 2006 after studying under the guidance of Franco Scala and Piero Rattalino. She also studied at the Milan Conservatory with Riccardo Risaliti and Paolo Bordoni where in 1999 she obtained her piano degree with ''cum Laude Honourable mention''. In the same conservatory, Vacatello studied composition for several years with Bruno Zanolini and Fabio Vacchi. Vacatello comple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Bacchetti (musician)
Andrea Bacchetti (born 1977) is an Italian pianist. At 11 years old he debuted with I Solisti Veneti, conducted by Claudio Scimone. He is a member of music festival in Lucerne, Salisbury etc. In his discography, there are RCA Red Seal CDs with works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Adolph Hasse, Luigi Cherubini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Prize International Classical Music Awards as Baroque Instrumental for CD with the works by Domenico Scarlatti and Antonio Soler. Andrea Bacchetti recorded CD with the works by Luciano Berio for Decca Label Group, Decca. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bacchetti, Andrea Italian classical pianists Italian male classical pianists Italian male pianists 1977 births Living people 21st-century classical pianists 21st-century Italian male musicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
