Società Filarmonica di Solomeo

Francesco Verzieri conductor

MUSICA EN PLEIN AIR

Africa: Cerimony, Song and Ritual – R.W. Smith

Water No Get Enemy

Trouble Sleep Yanga Go Wake Am

I Wont Run Away

‘97

Sorry Sorry

Pray

Life As We Know It

Story

Truth don Die

Two people from distant parts of the world, belonging to extremely different cultures, yet deeply connected through the roots of their ancient traditions. A profound union that weaves together the melodies of refined Western wind orchestras with the lively and vibrant Afrobeat vibes. For the first time, the Solomeo Philharmonic will meet Made Kuti, one of the most interesting and eclectic musicians on the contemporary global music scene. Kuti is a direct descendant of a family central to Nigeria’s and Africa’s musical, social, and political landscape during the 1970s. The collaboration between Solomeo’s Philharmonic wind orchestra and Made Kuti has given rise to an innovative project brimming with intriguing elements. New pieces have been composed and arranged specifically for this project, blending the popular sounds of jazz and funk into an explosive mix of sound and groove, with the wind instruments taking centre stage.

Made Kuti

Made Kuti is a Nigerian singer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer born in 1995. As Femi Kuti’s son and Fela Kuti’s grandchild, Made represents the third generation of one of the most influential families in the Afrobeat scene. He was raised in The New Afrika Shrine in Lagos, absorbing the energy and political passion conveyed through his father’s and grandfather’s music from a very young age. Kuti is a music prodigy. He started to play the trumpet when he was three, and over the years, he developed the ability to master numerous instruments, including the saxophone, piano, drums, and bass. After studying at Uxbridge College in London, he continued his studies at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire, the same school attended by Fela Kuti. Since a very young age, Kuti has performed on international stages with the father’s band – Positive Force – touring already at the age of 8. In 2020, he released his first single, Free Your Mind, followed in 2021 by his debut album For(e)ward, a political manifesto about freedom, justice, and change. This solo album was entirely produced by Sodi Marciszewer (Fela’s former collaborator) and released for Partisan Records, in a double project shared with his father called Legacy+ (Stop the Hate by Femi and For(e)ward by Made). He blends afrobeat, jazz, highlife, rock and reggae sounds, carrying forward his family’s musical legacy with vision and originality. With his band – The Movement – Made keeps developing an autonomous committed, and contemporary voice that unifies profound roots and innovative spirits.

Solomeo Philharmonic

The Solomeo music band was founded by Father Ruggero Margaritoni, who introduced his students to the basics of music in 1925. After its first maestro Ducci, from Romagna, Aroldo Pedini was appointed, who raised the group’s level thanks to his talent for arranging tracks suited to the potential of various elements. The maestros Piero Vincenti, Eleno Orazi, Roberto Castellani and Enrica Picciafuoco are also particularly worthy of mention, as they led the band over time. For two decades and until 2015, the band was conducted by Mauro Basiglio, who worked on the quality of performances and implemented the musical repertoire. Today the band is conducted by maestro Verzieri, who also coordinates the “Mousiké” school of music and arts of the eponymous association.Thanks to Verzieri, the Band has perfected its technical and interpretative skills while expanding its musical repertoire. Maestro Andrea Angeloni was appointed to support Maestro Verzieri in his work and conduct the band at its various performances away from home. The most significant events in which the band has performed include the Christmas Concert at the Cucinelli Theatre, the End of Year Concert at the Sala dei Notari, Perugia, religious celebrations and processions in neighbouring towns and musical exchanges with bands from other regions in Italy and European countries. In the last few years, the Solomeo Philharmonic Band has also participated in festivals such as the Band Festival of Città della Pieve, La bacchetta d’Oro, Fiuggi, and in 2024, at the Flicorno d’oro, Riva del Garda. At the Cucinelli Theatre on 18 December 2022, the maestro and composer Lorenzo Pusceddu presented and conducted the new track written for Solomeo and its band for the first time, entitled Solomeo dreams. In summer 2023, the band performed on the prestigious stage of the Villa Solomei Festival in “Sounds of China”, with Maestro Guo Gan.For a long time, the Solomeo Philharmonic organised the Aroldo Pedini band festival, an event promoting band music, with the participation of bands from Italy’s variegated scene. Today the Solomeo Philharmonic band is made up of around 40 members and its repertoire ranges from classical music to jazz and blues.

Francesco Verzieri

Born in 1975, Verzieri graduated in clarinet in 1997 from the Perugia Conservatoire, under the mentorship of maestros Zampognini and Scarponi. His mentorship continued under Maestro Garbarino and once more with Master Scarponi. In 2002 and 2003 he participated in numerous educational initiatives organised by the Umbria Region and by ANBIMA, directed by illustrious maestri including A.M. Freschi (music education), A. Carnevali, M. Livi, F. Creux (training course for orchestral conductor). In 2003 he attended the course taught by Maestro C. Pirola (gesture and communication). In 2008 he participated in the conduction course held by Maestro S. Acquaviva. Francesco Verzieri has executed numerous intense and acclaimed concert performances as a soloist, in piano duets, various chamber formations and important symphonic orchestras, recording numerous CDs as a clarinettist. From 2004 to 2006, he was the director of the “V. Puletti” Philharmonic of Ponte Felcino (PG), with whom he recorded the CD Armonie di Capodanno, and conducted for the Municipality of Perugia in 2004 and 2005 at Sala dei Notari, on occasion of the prestigious New Year’s Eve Concert. He works with numerous associations as an expert in education, sound and music. In 1998, he was appointed director of the “Michele Taddei” School of Music in Cannara and in 2002 maestro of the “F. Morlacchi” Musical Concert of Cannara, delivering a highly acclaimed performance. In May 2006 he went to Augsburg (Germany), for the festival of Italian Emigrants in Germany, and in April 2010 to Genk, Belgium, for 25 April formal celebrations. Under his guidance, the F. Morlacchi Musical Concert qualified for the national finals in Florence, ranking among the top 10 bands in Italy at the Energia in Banda competition organised by Enel and ANBIMA. Additionally, in April 2009, they came sixth in the third category at the 11th edition of the Flicorno d’oro competition in Riva del Garda. From 2009 to 2014, he was vice director of the Corciano Festival wind orchestra, from 2010 to 2018 he conducted the Caduti per la Patria Philharmonic of Mugnano (PG), from 2015 has been conductor of the Solomeo Philharmonic Company, with whom he participated in the La bacchetta d’oro Competition in 2017, in Fiuggi (FR).

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MUSICA EN PLEIN AIR

AFRIKA MAMAS

Ilanga – composed & arranged & produced by Sibongiseni Shabalala

Wangishiyelani – composed & produced by Ntombifuthi Lushaba, arranged by

Afrika Mamas

Tselamina – composed & produced by Thulani Shabalala

Hlonipha – composed & produced by Thulani Shabalala

Lapha Kwazulu – produced by Maqhinga Radebe & arranged by Afrika Mamas

Uzitshela Ukuthi Uyaz – composed, arranged & produced by Maqhinga

Hadebe

Amabheshu – traditional music & lyrics

Amakhekhe – produced by Maqhinga Hadebe, arranged by Afrika Mamas

Isuka Kude – composed, arranged & produced by Maqhinga Hadebe

Imagine – lyrics by John Lennon & composed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono

MAMADOU DIABATE

Kalan So

Yankaw

Deme

Maman an bamouso

Farafin dew

Sundjata Noumou faama.

Fenba

Masaba Kann

Ele Kolo

Sanji

Anka Schieko so

All songs are written by Mamadou Diabate.

Afrika Mamas

Afrika Mamas is an all-female vocal group that promotes African culture through music and theatre. It was founded by Afro folk singer Ntombifuthi Lushaba in 1998. The group members were background vocalists for various artists, such as Tu Nokwe, Brenda Fassie, Luzurus Dgadgudi and Steve Kekana. They have collaborated with several South African musicians, including Janni Moolman, Amanda Stryddom, and Dozi. Two of the four albums recorded by Afrika Mamas have been nominated for the South African Music Awards in the same category as Ladysmith Black Mambazo. In 1999, they were nominated for best cover album and best isicathamiya group, and in 2008 for best Isicathamiya group at the Sun City Super Bowl, SA. Afrika Mamas have participated in various projects to promote intercultural exchange, performing in several countries, including China, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and Namibia. Afrika Mamas are single mothers with eleven children in total. Their music reflects their life experiences, while their faith and trust in one another have strengthened the tight bond they’ve maintained over the years

Mamadou Diabate

Mamadou Diabate is an award-winning balafon maestro and composer born in Burkina Faso. He comes from a traditional family of “Jeli” musicians and storytellers of the Sambla people. His professional music education began at the age of 5. His virtuosity is outstanding. Mamadou’s distinctive techniques allow him to play balafon solos that give the impression of three balafonists performing together. Since 2001, he has released 13 CDs. “Keneya” is the world premiere recording of the traditional balafon music of the Sambla people. With this CD, Mamadou has translated the Sambla language into music. Musicians who don’t speak this language are not able to play it. Today, Mamadou Diabate & Percussion Mania are different from any other West African band because they’re the only group with two balafons as lead instruments. Musical dialogues and stunning balafon duels between Mamadou and his cousin Yacouba Konate are one of the show’s highlights. Since 2017, he has given lectures on the Sambala Balafon language in various Universities in USA and Canada. Mamadou Diabate’s remarkable creativity flows endlessly, continually breathing life into his most significant cultural and musical traditions. There’s no doubt that he will continue to enrich the world with his virtuosity. In 2006, Mamadou opened a school in Burkina Faso, ensuring free education to 600 children.

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Lucia Casagrande Raffi soprano

Francesca Bruni soprano

Žiga Čopi tenor

Solomeo’s Coro Canticum Novum choir

Città di Castello’s Marietta Alboni Chorale

Marcello Marini choir conductor

Città di Castello’s Marietta Alboni Chorale

Aldo Cicconofri choir conductor

Hermans Academy

Fabio Ciofini conductor

CONCERTO SOTTO LE STELLE

SINFONIA – Maestoso con moto, Allegro

Allegretto un poco agitato

Adagio religioso

ALLES, ALLES – Allegro moderato maestoso, Allegro di molto

SAGET ES, DIE IHR ERL.ST SEID DURCH DEN HERRN – Recitativo

ER Z.HLET UNS’RE THR.NEN IN DER ZEIT DER NOT – Aria – Allegro moderato

SAGT ES, DIE IHR ERL.SET SEID – A tempo moderato

ICH HARRETE DES HERRN – Duetto – Andante

STRICKE DES TODES HATTEN UNS UMFANGEN – Allegro un poco agitato, Allegro assai agitato

DIE NACHT IST VERGANGEN – Allegro maestoso e molto vivace

NUN DANKET ALLE GOTT MIA HERZEN – Corale – Andante con moto

LOB, EHR’UND PREIS SEI GOTT – Un poco più animato

DRUM SING ICH MIT MEINEM LIEDE EWIG DEIN LOB – Duetto – Andante sostenuto assai

IHR V.LKER! BRINGET HER DEM HERRN EHRE UND MACHT! – Allegro non troppo

Lucia Casagrande Raffi

Lucia Casagrande Raffi is a soprano from Gubbio (Italy) active in the operatic, sacred, symphonic and oratorio repertoire. After she graduated in Singing from the F. Morlacchi Conservatoire in Perugia, she obtained the Diploma in Music Teaching and completed the two-year specialisation course in Singing with honours. She debuted at the age of 21 at the 24th Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte in Montepulciano. In 2010, she received the Beniamino Gigli award at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Casagrande Raffi has sang in numerous operas, concerts, and recitals in Italy and aboard, collaborating with famous Italian and international artists. She specialises in the baroque repertoire, where she is very active with Claudine Ansermet, Gloria Banditelli, and Roberta Invernizzi. She has also collaborated with Hermans Academy, Solisti Aquilani, Perugia Chamber Orchestra, Accademia degli Unisoni, Roma Barocca Ensemble, and the Instrumental Ensemble of the St Petronius Music Chapel. She has also performed in several festivals and events, such as Hermans Festival, Antigua Festival, Euro Mediterraneo, Filarmonica Umbra, Antichi Organi, Artem Festival, Camerino Festival, Villa Solomei Festival, Sagra Musicale Umbra, Perdonanza Celestiniana, Anghiari Festival, Barattelli Concerti, and Stagione dei Concerti ISA.Moreover, she has recorded forBottega Discantica, Bongiovanni, Da Vinci, Sheva, and Brilliant Classics.

Francesca Bruni

Francesca Bruni is a soprano. She was born in Perugia where she graduated in Singing from the F. Morlacchi Conservatoire with honours. She made her debut in 2006. Throughout her career, she has performed in over thirty operas, with a repertoire ranging from Baroque to the 1900s, in Italian and international theatres, including the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall and the DeLaMar Theatre in Amsterdam. She has also collaborated with various institutions, including As.Li.Co, the Chigiana Academy in Siena, the Opera de Massy, the Teatro Verdi in Trieste, the Philharmonic of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, under the conduction of great maestros, such as D. Renzetti, G. Gelmetti, H. Yoshida, F.M. Carminati, B. Venezi, and G. Fratta. Bruni has also won various awards in international competitions in Bitonto, Torrita di Siena, Sarzana, Pienza, and Chieti. She specialised under M. Freni, M. Devia, G. Raimondi, M. Pertusi, E. Dara and C. Desderi and participated in masterclasses in Shanghai.

Žiga Čopi

Žiga Čopi is a Slovenian tenor known for his elegant timbre and vocal expressiveness. In the 2023/24 season, he debuted as Eurimaco in Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria and the Spirit in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at Teatro Alighieri in Ravenna, collaborating with the Accademia Bizantina conducted by Ottavio Dantone and directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi. He also portrayed St John in Händel’s La Resurrezione (The Resurrection) in Finland. During the 2024/25 season, he has performed in Johannes-Passion by J.S. Bach and a concert of Mozart arias with Kymi Sinfonietta in Finland, conducted by Topi Lehtipuu. He will soon debut at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music with Accademia Bizantina. Čopi studied under Prof. Edita Garčević Koželj at the Ljubljana Conservatoire and is currently part of the Firenze Mascarade Opera’s Talent Pathway program (2024/25). He won the first prize at several national and international competitions and earned the prestigious Škerjanec Award. Žiga Čopi is also a composer. His works have been performed in Germany, Austria, Italy, and Slovenia by ensembles, including Airborne Extended and Ensemble Modern. He is currently completing his composition studies under Vito Žuraj at the Music Academy in Ljubljana. Moreover, Žiga Čopi has collaborated with Topi Lehtipuu, Delphine Galou, and James Platt, to name a few. He is involved with the ENOA network and continues to collaborate with the Operosa Opera Festival.

Canticum Novum – Marietta Alboni Chorale – Tolentino Polyphonic Choir

The Canticum Novum Choir has shaped its identity by deeply interpreting the musical text, exploring Mozart’s peaks and staging works that touch the soul. Its voices tell stories of hope, embracing art and emotions, while transcending time. The Marietta Alboni Chorale was formed in 1983 in Città di Castello, Umbria. In its numerous concerts in Italy and abroad, the Chorale has blended its voice with the timeless works of Beethoven, Mozart, and Puccini, spanning the centuries with performances that unite the sacred and the secular, tradition and modernity. Every performance is a journey across the world’s musical spirit conducted by maestros that have shaped the choir’s art in every note. Since 1980, the Tolentino Polyphonic Choir has taken its music beyond Italy’s borders, captivating audiences and juries at international competitions, while dedicating its work to the choral tradition through a blend of sacred and popular, classical and contemporary styles. These choirs are reuniting after their project dedicated to Dan Forrest to embody the power of music in expressing emotions, history, and culture. Their voices have crossed borders, sharing stories of devotion, art, and hope. Each one of them has left an indelible mark on choral musi driven by a song that knows no boundaries and is constantly exploring new nuances and horizons. Their music is poetry that turns into sound and emotions. It’s an invisible thread that embraces beauty while joining past and present, sacred and profane.

Marcello Marini

Marcello Marini studied at the F. Morlacchi Conservatoire in Perugia, specialising in Choir Conduction under maestro Boris Tevlin at the P. I. Chaikovsky Conservatoire in Moscow. He has performed as a soloist and in ensembles as a pianist, organist, and conductor in prestigious venues in Italy and abroad, including Algeria, France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Poland, Germany, Austria, Russia, the USA, Canada, Estonia, Finland, Israel, The UK, Sweden, and Spain. He has composed numerous choral and instrumental works. After winning the competition for the position of Piano Accompanist at Conservatoires, Marini collaborated with Alberto Zedda and Stefan Anton Reck in the production of the opera Le Donne Rivali by D. Cimarosa, as well as the first modern performance of Cimarosa’s I Turchi Amanti and the premiere of Claudio Ambrosini’s contemporary opera Il Giudizio Universale.He also founded the Marietta Alboni Chorale, a polyphonic choir he has been conducting since 1983. For twenty years, he has conducted the Gruppo Corale Santa Cecilia in Fabriano and the Polyphic choir of the Plinio il Giovane High School in Città di Castello. He has composed and conducted complex choral music in concerts across Europe, the USA, Canada, and Latin America. Currently, Marini is the art director of the E. Zangarelli Music Competition in Città di Castello and a board member of the Festival delle Nazioni in Città di Castello.

Aldo Cicconofri

Aldo Cicconofri, former teacher at the G. Rossini Conservatoire in Pesaro, graduated in Singing (teaching branch), Choral Music and Choir Conduction from the L. Cherubini Conservatoire in Florence. He has been Choir Conductor for many years, collaborating with various formations and giving concerts across Europe. He was the founder and president of A.R. CO.M. (the Marche Region’s Choir Association) and vice-president and member of the Artistic Commission of FENIARCO (the Italian Federation of Regional Choirs Associations). Cicconofri has worked in Italy and abroad as a choir conductor. He has also given courses, workshops and masterclasses (Choir of the University of Macerata, University of Reggio Calabria, Ente Lirico in Cagliari, University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Granada Conservatoire, and University of Astana in Kazakhstan). Moreover, he has been the art director of the Choral Academy O. Petrucci in Urbino for choir conductors and choir members. He runs choir conducting courses and music teaching workshops and he is frequently invited to serve as a jury member at national and international choral singing competitions. Currently, Aldo Cicconofri conducts the Children’s Giardino delle Voci Choir and the Tolentino Polyphonic Choir, whose repertoires range from ancient music to jazz.

Hermans Academy

The Hermans Academy was founded in 2000 by its conductor Fabio Ciofini, who involved young instrumentalists and singers willing to delve deeper into ancient music with his enthusiasm and love for this repertoire. Since then, the Academy and its members, who studied at Europe’s best schools, have been acclaimed in the Italian and international concert scene. They have collaborated with famous singers and instrumentalists, such as Enrico Gatti, Marcello Gatti, Gloria Banditelli, Sergio Foresti, Roberta Invernizzi, Bart Van Oort, and Roberta Mameli. For the past few years, Hermans Academy has been promoting ancient music in Umbria, organising courses, recording CDs in historic venues (churches and palazzos) and overseeing the artistic direction of the Hermans Festival. This event takes place every summer in Valnerina and Collescipoli. The Hermans Academy has an extensive discography with Brilliant Classics, Bongiovanni, and La Bottega Discantica. Notably, their CD of Mozart’s Concertos K.466 and K.467, recorded with Bart Van Oort, received outstanding acclaim, earning a five-star rating from specialist magazines. In October 2016, they released a CD featuring Roberta Invernizzi: “Queens – G.F. Händel” for the Glossa. The album was acclaimed by international critics and performed at the most prestigious music events in Europe, including the Sion Festival in Switzerland, Wigmore Hall in London, the Ekaterinburg Philharmonic in Russia, and the Novi Sad Festival in Serbia. The Academy has performed concerts for prestigious ancient music associations and festivals in Italy and in the Netherlands, Germany, Finland, the UK, Serbia, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Russia, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and the USA.

Fabio Ciofini

Fabio Ciofini studied organ, piano and fortepiano at the Perugia Conservatoire, with W. Van de Pol, M.F. Spaventi and C. Veneri respectively, and harpsichord at the Fiesole School of Music with A. Fedi. He continued to study the organ in Amsterdam with J. Van Oortmerssen, obtaining a “Post-Graduate” diploma in baroque music in 1999.In 1995, he was appointed Head Organist at the Collegiata di S. Maria Maggiore Church in Collescipoli, where he plays a W. Hermans baroque organ (1678).He regularly gives concerts and masterclasses in Italy, Europe, the USA, Canada, Mexico, and Japan, and is often a guest at major ancient music festivals, such as the Lufthansa Festival, Oude Muziek in Utrecht, and the Vantaa Baroque Festival. He has recorded and performed on live radio for the most important national European stations (BBC, ZDF, YLE, RAI).His ancient and baroque music performances have been highly acclaimed. Fabio Ciofini is also an active director and conductor of the Hermans Academy. His latest album of Corelli’s opera no 4, featuring the Aurora Ensemble (Glossa) won the “Diapason d’or” and the “Deutschen Schallplattenkritik”.He also teaches Historical Keyboard at the G. Briccialdi Conservatoire in Terni.In 2010, he was appointed Art Director of the Brunello and Federica Cucinelli Foundation (Solomeo, Perugia).

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MUSICA IN PIAZZETTA

H. VILLA LOBOS (1887-1959)

Preludio n. 1

L. BROUWER (1939-)

Danza dell’altipiano

Omaggio a Szymanowski

Omaggio a Stravinskij

A. BARRIOS (1885-1944)

La Catedral

Preludio Saudade, Andante Religioso, Allegro solenne

L. DE ANGELIS (1962-)

Tango Secuencia

Palabras, Cante, Gestas, Anhelo, Danza, Epilogo

A. LAURO (1917-1986)

Registro

Vals “Natalia”

L. DE ANGELIS

Gallope

Leonardo De Angelis

Leonardo De Angelis is a guitarist and composer. He is widely recognised as one of the most interesting concert performers of his generation, bridging tradition and new contemporary music styles. Born in Rome in 1962, he started playing as a child with his father, Claudio. He made his concert debut at the age of thirteen and graduated from the Conservatoire with honours and distinction. In 1981, when he was eighteen, De Angelis won the International Pittalunga Competition in Alessandria, becoming the youngest winner ever of the prestigious award presented by the Geneva Foundation. He studied with the greatest Maestros of the 20th century, including Alirio Diaz in Rome (from 1977 to 1982) and Andres Segovia in Madrid (from1982 to 1986). Segovia recognised his “musical temperament always meeting art’s major needs” in a handwritten presentation letter. Since 1988, he collaborates with composer, conductor, and living legend Leo Brouwer, playing at his concerts for guitar and orchestra and recording his works in a world premiere recording. In 1999, Brouwer dedicated to De Angelis his most significant composition, the “Concerto Cantata” for guitar, choir, and orchestra, symbolically based on themes from the “Missa De Angelis”. De Angelis has played in main European concert halls, such as The Ateneo in Madrid, Sala Verdi in Milan, Mozarteum in Salzburg, and RTF in Paris. He has also been invited to major international festivals in Havana, Mexico, Puerto Rico, to name a few, and has recorded for the most important radio stations, including RAI – Rome, Radio France – Paris, BBC – London, ORT – Vienna. De Angelis has released CDs with Quadrivium, Decca, and Universal. He has been acclaimed by the specialist press, including Classical Guitar Magazine. As a composer, he has premiered his own works at the Segovia Festival in Madrid, Algerian Radio in Algiers, the Barok Saal in Vienna, and at Florida International University in Miami. He teaches guitar at the Santa Cecilia Conservatoire in Rome and regularly holds masterclasses at the most important international academies and universities.

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ore 18:00 – All’Ombra del Campanile

MUSICA PER LE VIE DEL BORGO

C. BOLLING (1930-2020) Suite n. 2 for flute and jazz piano

Espiègle, Affectueuse, Vagabonde

ore 19.30 – Giardino degli Ulivi

APERITIVO IN MUSICA

C. BOLLING (1930-2020)

Suite n. 2 for flute and jazz piano

Pastorale, Amoureuse, Jazzy

Monica Fagioli

Monica Fagioli graduated in flute from the F. Morlacchi Conservatoire in Perugia under Debora Kruzansky. She then attended flute masterclasses with maestros J. Baker, G. Cambursano, M. Caroli, M. Marasco, and chamber music masterclasses with B. Canino. She subsequently obtained the diploma from the three-year specialisation course with Maestro M. Ancillotti at the Fiesole School of Music, as well as the diploma from the two-year specialisation course in chamber music from the Accademia di Musica in Florence. Additionally, she completed a three-year chamber music course at the Accademia Incontri col Maestro in Imola, both under the guidance of Maestro P. Masi. She also won numerous awards in important national and international competitions, including“V. Bucchi” in Rome, “F. Cilea” in Palmi, “F. Schubert” in Ovada, Concorso “Città di Grosseto”, “E. Krakamp” in Torre del Greco. In 2001, she won the “Severino Gazzelloni” scholarship for the best performance of “Sequenza I” by Luciano Berio. Monica Fagioli has also given numerous chamber music concerts across Italy in Rome, Ancona, Turin, Lucca, and Milan, and worldwide, including Tunisia, Switzerland, and Germany. She has also collaborated as a flautist and octavinist with various orchestras, including the “Orchestra Filarmonica Umbra”, “I solisti di Perugia”, the “B. Maderna” Orchestra in Forlì, and the “Camerata del Titano” Orchestra in San Marino). In March 2007, she obtained a second-level academic degree with honours from the “F. Morlacchi” Conservatoire in Perugia. She teaches transverse flute at the “A. Mariotti” music high school in Perugia.

Fiorella Rambotti

Fiorella Rambotti graduated in piano under Prof. Maria Carla Notarstefano from the F. Morlacchi Conservatoire in Perugia and obtained the second-level academic diploma at the G. Briccialdi Conservatoire in Terni under Prof. Maria Teresa Gregorini. She also attended masterclasses led by maestros Peter Lang, Sergio Cafaro and Mirta Herrera. Rambotti has won several national competitions. She has performed both as a soloist and in various chamber music ensembles across Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg and in California, earning praise from the audiences and the critics. She specialised in piano teaching at the Pescara Music Academy under Maestro Piotr Lachert and currently teaches piano at the Liceo “A. Mariotti” high school in Perugia. Alongside her piano studies and concert career, she studied humanities, graduating with honours in Literature from the University of Perugia. Her thesis focused on the History of Music, specifically on the cantor of the pontifical chapel Antimo Liberati (1617–1692), to whom she dedicated a book published by Morlacchi in 2008. For the 2014/2015 academic year, she was awarded the qualification of Cultore della materia (subject expert) in History of Music at the University of Perugia’s Department of Humanities – Ancient and Modern Languages, Literatures and Civilisations. She is also active in music associations and promotes concerts across Umbria. In 1993, she founded A.Gi.Mus. in Bevagna, where she served as President for several years. In 2003, she established the Associazione Mozart Italia in Assisi, which she led first as the Art Director and later as the President.

David Padella

David Padella graduated in double bas from the G. Rossini Conservatoire in Pesaro in 2009. Subsequently, he specialised at the Walter Stauffer Academy in Cremona under Maestro Franco Petracchi. Since 2011, he has worked regularly with the Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana during the opera seasons at the Sferisterio Arena in Macerata. With the same ensemble, he toured Oman, performing as leading double bass alongside the renowned jazz trumpeter Fabrizio Bosso. He has performed with the Luigi Cherubini Orchestra of Piacenza, conducted by Maestro Riccardo Muti, at Teatro San Carlo in Naples and the Teatro Real in Madrid. In 2013, he participated in the Ravenna Festival. In 2014, he served as leading double bass on the Italian tour of the Toyota Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Toshaki Hayashi. He also performed at important concerts at the Vatican and at the Chiaravalle Centrale Festival in Calabria alongside Héctor Ulises Passarella, one of the world’s leading tango musicians (also known for the soundtrack of the film The postman), and Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi. In 2015, he was leading double bass with the Orchestra Sinfonica Rossini of Pesaro on tour in China, Japan and Switzerland. Some of these concerts featured guest star Andrea Bocelli, including the Concert for the Centenary of the Italian National Olympic Committee broadcast on Rai 1, and the ‘Bocelli & Zanetti Night’ conducted by Zubin Mehta. In 2011, also with the Orchestra Sinfonica Rossini, Padella performed at the “Riccione Bollani Show – Only Smoking Music” with Stefano Bollani and Dario Vergassola. Since 2014, he as been teaching double bass at the music high schools “C. Rinaldini” in Ancona, “D. Cotugno” in L’Aquila, and “A. Mariotti” in Perugia.

Roberto Bisello

Roberto Bisello graduated with honours from the “F. Morlacchi” Conservatoire in Perugia under Maestro Domenico Fontana. In 2011, he completed the second level Academic Diploma in percussion with top grades at the same conservatoire, where he also obtained the second-level academic diploma in Jazz music in 2017. Bisello has also participated in various masterclasses with maestros, such as Ellade Bandini, Cristiano Micalizzi, Maurizio Dei Lazzaretti, Christian Meyer, Roberto Gatto, Massimo Manzi, Fabrizio Sferra, and Peter Erskine. In 2008, he attended the percussion clinic with maestro Ney Rosauro, at the “Rinaldo Franci” Conservatoire in Siena.His studies led him to collaborate with classical orchestras (Orchestra Camerata del Titano, Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini, Teatro Regio in Parma, Teatro Lirico Sperimentale in Spoleto, Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana) and Jazz orchestras (Tolentino Jazz Orchestra, Musicamdo Jazz Orchestra, Orchestra Concordia). In 2018, he recorded the album “Next” with the Intuition Quartet released by Dodicilune. Alongside his concert activities, he teaches pre-academic drum and jazz percussion courses at the Conservatoire in Perugia, as well as at the ‘Fabrijazz’ summer jazz school. Since October 2017, he is an official endorser of SEMPITERNUS DRUMS.

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L’ORGANO RITROVATO

G. FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643)

Toccata Quinta Sopra i pedali dal “Secondo libro di Toccate”

Toccata per la Levatione dai “Fiori musicali – Messa delli Apostoli”

G. B.HM (1661-1733)

Capriccio in Re

D. SCARLATTI (1685-1757)

Sonata in la minore K61

Allegro

G. DE MAQUE (c. 1550-1614)

Consonanze stravaganti

A. SOLER (1729-1783)

Fanfarria imperial

Christian Tarabbia

Christian Tarabbia graduated from the Cantelli Conservatoire in Novara and specialised at the Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado in Milan under Lorenzo Ghielmi. He attended numerous masterclasses led by world-renowned professors, such as L.F. Tagliavini, J.C. Zehnder, P.D. Peretti, H. Vogel, and L. Lohmann. Alongside his musical studies, he obtained a degree in Music Archiving under Professor Raffaele Mellace from the University of Eastern Piedmont’s Faculty of Humanities. Since 2002, he has been an organist at the collegiate church in Arona and the art director of the international organ festival held annually in Arona and the Novara area. He has given organ concerts at numerous national and international venues and festivals across Europe, Russia and Australia. He has performed as a soloist and with various orchestras and ensembles in Italy and abroad. His interest in historical instruments and ancient and baroque literature has led him to play some of the most important organs in Europe, including ones made by G. Silbermann, F. Stellwagen, A. Schnitger, C. Antegnati, W. Hermans, and H. Scherer. As a teacher, Tarabbia has given masterclasses on Italian organ music at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music and various academies and conservatoires in Europe. Moreover, he has recorded CDs released by “Fugatto” and “Da Vinci Records”, acclaimed by the audience and critics. His performances have been broadcast by national radio and television stations in several countries.

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ore 18:00 – All’Ombra del Campanile

MUSICA PER LE VIE DEL BORGO

C. BOLLING (1930-2020) Suite n. 2 for flute and jazz piano

Espiègle, Affectueuse, Vagabonde

ore 19.30 – Giardino degli Ulivi

APERITIVO IN MUSICA

C. BOLLING (1930-2020)

Suite n. 2 for flute and jazz piano

Pastorale, Amoureuse, Jazzy

Monica Fagioli

Monica Fagioli graduated in flute from the F. Morlacchi Conservatoire in Perugia under Debora Kruzansky. She then attended flute masterclasses with maestros J. Baker, G. Cambursano, M. Caroli, M. Marasco, and chamber music masterclasses with B. Canino. She subsequently obtained the diploma from the three-year specialisation course with Maestro M. Ancillotti at the Fiesole School of Music, as well as the diploma from the two-year specialisation course in chamber music from the Accademia di Musica in Florence. Additionally, she completed a three-year chamber music course at the Accademia Incontri col Maestro in Imola, both under the guidance of Maestro P. Masi. She also won numerous awards in important national and international competitions, including“V. Bucchi” in Rome, “F. Cilea” in Palmi, “F. Schubert” in Ovada, Concorso “Città di Grosseto”, “E. Krakamp” in Torre del Greco. In 2001, she won the “Severino Gazzelloni” scholarship for the best performance of “Sequenza I” by Luciano Berio. Monica Fagioli has also given numerous chamber music concerts across Italy in Rome, Ancona, Turin, Lucca, and Milan, and worldwide, including Tunisia, Switzerland, and Germany. She has also collaborated as a flautist and octavinist with various orchestras, including the “Orchestra Filarmonica Umbra”, “I solisti di Perugia”, the “B. Maderna” Orchestra in Forlì, and the “Camerata del Titano” Orchestra in San Marino). In March 2007, she obtained a second-level academic degree with honours from the “F. Morlacchi” Conservatoire in Perugia. She teaches transverse flute at the “A. Mariotti” music high school in Perugia.

Fiorella Rambotti

Fiorella Rambotti graduated in piano under Prof. Maria Carla Notarstefano from the F. Morlacchi Conservatoire in Perugia and obtained the second-level academic diploma at the G. Briccialdi Conservatoire in Terni under Prof. Maria Teresa Gregorini. She also attended masterclasses led by maestros Peter Lang, Sergio Cafaro and Mirta Herrera. Rambotti has won several national competitions. She has performed both as a soloist and in various chamber music ensembles across Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg and in California, earning praise from the audiences and the critics. She specialised in piano teaching at the Pescara Music Academy under Maestro Piotr Lachert and currently teaches piano at the Liceo “A. Mariotti” high school in Perugia. Alongside her piano studies and concert career, she studied humanities, graduating with honours in Literature from the University of Perugia. Her thesis focused on the History of Music, specifically on the cantor of the pontifical chapel Antimo Liberati (1617–1692), to whom she dedicated a book published by Morlacchi in 2008. For the 2014/2015 academic year, she was awarded the qualification of Cultore della materia (subject expert) in History of Music at the University of Perugia’s Department of Humanities – Ancient and Modern Languages, Literatures and Civilisations. She is also active in music associations and promotes concerts across Umbria. In 1993, she founded A.Gi.Mus. in Bevagna, where she served as President for several years. In 2003, she established the Associazione Mozart Italia in Assisi, which she led first as the Art Director and later as the President.

David Padella

David Padella graduated in double bas from the G. Rossini Conservatoire in Pesaro in 2009. Subsequently, he specialised at the Walter Stauffer Academy in Cremona under Maestro Franco Petracchi. Since 2011, he has worked regularly with the Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana during the opera seasons at the Sferisterio Arena in Macerata. With the same ensemble, he toured Oman, performing as leading double bass alongside the renowned jazz trumpeter Fabrizio Bosso. He has performed with the Luigi Cherubini Orchestra of Piacenza, conducted by Maestro Riccardo Muti, at Teatro San Carlo in Naples and the Teatro Real in Madrid. In 2013, he participated in the Ravenna Festival. In 2014, he served as leading double bass on the Italian tour of the Toyota Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Toshaki Hayashi. He also performed at important concerts at the Vatican and at the Chiaravalle Centrale Festival in Calabria alongside Héctor Ulises Passarella, one of the world’s leading tango musicians (also known for the soundtrack of the film The postman), and Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi. In 2015, he was leading double bass with the Orchestra Sinfonica Rossini of Pesaro on tour in China, Japan and Switzerland. Some of these concerts featured guest star Andrea Bocelli, including the Concert for the Centenary of the Italian National Olympic Committee broadcast on Rai 1, and the ‘Bocelli & Zanetti Night’ conducted by Zubin Mehta. In 2011, also with the Orchestra Sinfonica Rossini, Padella performed at the “Riccione Bollani Show – Only Smoking Music” with Stefano Bollani and Dario Vergassola. Since 2014, he as been teaching double bass at the music high schools “C. Rinaldini” in Ancona, “D. Cotugno” in L’Aquila, and “A. Mariotti” in Perugia.

Roberto Bisello

Roberto Bisello graduated with honours from the “F. Morlacchi” Conservatoire in Perugia under Maestro Domenico Fontana. In 2011, he completed the second level Academic Diploma in percussion with top grades at the same conservatoire, where he also obtained the second-level academic diploma in Jazz music in 2017. Bisello has also participated in various masterclasses with maestros, such as Ellade Bandini, Cristiano Micalizzi, Maurizio Dei Lazzaretti, Christian Meyer, Roberto Gatto, Massimo Manzi, Fabrizio Sferra, and Peter Erskine. In 2008, he attended the percussion clinic with maestro Ney Rosauro, at the “Rinaldo Franci” Conservatoire in Siena.His studies led him to collaborate with classical orchestras (Orchestra Camerata del Titano, Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini, Teatro Regio in Parma, Teatro Lirico Sperimentale in Spoleto, Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana) and Jazz orchestras (Tolentino Jazz Orchestra, Musicamdo Jazz Orchestra, Orchestra Concordia). In 2018, he recorded the album “Next” with the Intuition Quartet released by Dodicilune. Alongside his concert activities, he teaches pre-academic drum and jazz percussion courses at the Conservatoire in Perugia, as well as at the ‘Fabrijazz’ summer jazz school. Since October 2017, he is an official endorser of SEMPITERNUS DRUMS.

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Calogero Di Liberto piano

SIPARIO, MAESTRO

F. MENDELSSON BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

Sonata in fa minore (1838)

Allegro vivace, Adagio, Assai vivace

Sonaten satz in re minore

Adagio, Allegro molto

Marco Serino

Marco Serino has performed in the best music halls around the world, such as the Berlin and Kölner Philharmonie, Herkulessaal and Prinzregententheatre in Munich, Musikverein in Vienna, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, Marinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Arts Performance Centre in Seul, Beijing National Theatre, Shanghai Theatre, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Auditorium Parco della Musica “Ennio Morricone” in Rome, Giuseppe Verdi Conservatoire in Milan for the Milan Quartet Society, and Teatro Piccolo Arsenale for the Venice Biennale. Prominent composers have dedicated some of their works to him. He has collaborated with prestigious record labels, including Decca, Fonè, and Tactus, receiving critical acclaim and awards from leading trade magazines such as Strad, Repertoire, Classica and Amadeus. For some years now, he has been collaborating with Arcana, with whom he recorded two albums featuring Ennio Morricone’s Cinema Suites, and he will continue to work with them on new projects. Recently, Serino has recorded a complete set of Haydn’s concerts for Amadeus. Nel 1999 Ennio Morricone (for whom he was the soloist violin in all his soundtracks from 2000) awarded him with the prestigious Premio Michelangelo – an award that had been previously given to Morricone himself, Goffredo Petrassi, Bruno Cagli, Renzo Piano, and Alberto Sordi – for his outstanding contribution to the promotion of human and cultural values.

Calogero Di Liberto

I talian concert pianist Calogero Di Liberto, winner of the grand prizes at the Chopin International Piano Competition in Corpus Christi, USA, the International Sommerakademie Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, and the Concurso Internacional Compositores de España in Madrid continues to receive acclaim for his warm musicianship, technical skill, and wide-ranging repertoire. He studied with Bruno Canino and Aquiles Delle Vigne, with whom he earned a master’s degree in Piano Performance at the Rotterdam Conservatoire in 1999. In 2002, he obtained the Artist Diploma from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth (USA), where he studied under Tamas Ungar and Harold Martina. In 2006, Di Liberto earned a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, Houston (USA) under Jon Kimura Parker. He has been a guest of the Woodlands Symphony Orchestra (USA), the Fundación Juan March in Madrid, Juventudes Musicales in Seville and the Sociedad Filarmonica in Segovia (Spain), Mosel Festwochen (Germany), the Slovenian National Television, the International Echternach festival (Luxembourg), the St. Prex Festival (Switzerland), Ignacy Jan Paderewski Music Academy in Poznań (Poland), the Mons Conservatoire (Belgium), the Ester Mazzoleni Association in Palermo (Italy), the Fontys Music Academy in Tilburg (the Netherlands), the Jiangsu International Piano Master Music Festival in Nanjing (China), the Bologna Festival (Italy), and the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar (Germany). Currently, he is the Director of the Bonporti State Conservatoire in Trento and Riva del Garda, Italy

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MESSA DEGLI ARTISTI

Robe the Crown – (P.D.)

Qathaka – music & lyrics Hamilton Dhlamini

Who’s Gonna Help Me – music & lyrics Gibson Kent

Umkhumbi Ka Noah – music & lyrics Sister Zungu

Bayalibuza – music & lyrics Patricia Bhe Shandu

Afrika Mamas

Afrika Mamas is an all-female vocal group that promotes African culture through music and theatre. It was founded by Afro folk singer Ntombifuthi Lushaba in 1998. The group members were background vocalists for various artists, such as Tu Nokwe, Brenda Fassie, Luzurus Dgadgudi and Steve Kekana. They have collaborated with several South African musicians, including Janni Moolman, Amanda Stryddom, and Dozi. Two of the four albums recorded by Afrika Mamas have been nominated for the South African Music Awards in the same category as Ladysmith Black Mambazo. In 1999, they were nominated for best cover album and best isicathamiya group, and in 2008 for best Isicathamiya group at the Sun City Super Bowl, SA. Afrika Mamas have participated in various projects to promote intercultural exchange, performing in several countries, including China, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and Namibia. Afrika Mamas are single mothers with eleven children in total. Their music reflects their life experiences, while their faith and trust in one another have strengthened the tight bond they’ve maintained over the years

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