About this Event
proudly presents Luca Pieruccioni (piano) for a free lunchtime concert in a relaxed environment.
Programme:
Clara Wieck Schumann
Polonaise Op. 1 no. 1
Polonaise Op. 1 no. 2
Polonaise Op. 1 no. 3
Polonaise Op. 1 no. 4
Amy Beach
Improvisations Op. 148 no. 1
Improvisations Op. 148 no. 4
Improvisations Op. 148 no. 5
Emilie Mayer
Valse Op. 30
Cécile Chaminade
Mèditation Op. 76 no. 6
Fanny Mendelssohn
Lieder Op. 2 no. 3
Mel Bonis
Pensées d’automne
Chiquinha Gonzaga
A Sereia
Tango Brasileiro
Atraente
Tango sospiro
O’Abre ala
Luca Pieruccioni
Luca Pieruccioni graduated in piano with top marks at the Conservatory of Music “Giacomo Puccini” in La Spezia under the guidance of Maestro Franco Parenti. He studied conducting by attending courses held in Florence by Maestro Piero Bellugi, with whom he worked on conducting technique and aspects of interpretation relating to the baroque, classical and romantic repertoire. He attended a course in High Orchestral Training organized by the Banchetto Musicale in Lucca. He attended advanced training courses held by Isacco Rinaldi (student of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli), Robert McDonald (teacher at the Juilliard School in New York), Hector Moreno, Bruno Canino.
He has won prizes in National and International Piano Competitions, the Piano Competition “Città di Genova”, the International Competition “Città di Tortona” (AL), the London International Music Competition Grand Prize Virtuoso, Iscart International Competition Lugano (Switzerland). He performs as a soloist and chamber musician, playing in various formations from duo to quintet, piano four hands and eight hands on two pianos. From 2004 to 2011 he was part of the “Miari Ensemble”, a group with which he performed music (both well-known and less well-known) mainly for an unusual ensemble, that of two pianos and eight hands. He has held concerts and recitals in Italy and abroad including:
Società dei Concerti di La Spezia, Genoa at the Teatro il “Tempietto”, Lucca at the Cathedral Museum, Associazione Musicale Lucchese, Società Filarmonica Pisana, Busto Arsizio (VA) for the Società del Quartetto, Massa at the “Teatro Guglielmi”, Cortona (AR) for the Friends of Music, “Associazione Amici dell'Opera” of Pistoia, Rome at Villa Torlonia, Teatro Marcello, Sala Baldini and Indonesian Embassy, at the “Terre di Maremma” Music Festival, Pescara at the "Pescara Music Festival", at the Corsanico International Classical Music Festival, Milan at the Ciani International Concert Festival, Lucca at the Palazzo della Provincia for Amnesty International, Livorno at the Rosignano Solvay Theater, Guido d'Arezzo Foundation, University of Udine, Pietrasanta in Concerto International Music Festival playing with the famous violinist Michael Guttman, Venice at the La Fenice Theater, Consulate General of Hungary, Italian Cultural Institute of Bucharest, Grenzach?Wyhlen (Germany) - in the Haus der Begegnung.
On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the birth of L V Beethoven he was invited to play by the “Dante Alighieri Society of Berlin, Kiel and Lübeck (Germany). He conceived and promoted Dante in Music - the Dante universe meets Franz Liszt , a project that led him to hold piano recitals, with the Patronage of the Pontifical Council for Culture, promoted by Radio Cambridge and Radio Romania International, the recording was also broadcast by the television station LepidaTV and Radio Vaticana. He worked as a collaborating pianist at the Teatro del Giglio in Lucca for the staging of various Operas conducted by Alberto Zedda and other important conductors. He has held conferences and concert lessons at Italian Musical Associations analyzing symphonic and piano music with particular attention to the aspect of stylistic and formal analysis and musical interpretation regarding compositions by: Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Liszt. He is vice-president and artistic director of the Diafonia Pietrasanta Musical Association. Winner of the competition for qualifications and exams, he is a piano teacher at the “A. Passaglia” Music High School in Lucca.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Westminster Music Library, 35 Saint Martin's Street, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
