ENG I ITA
THE ITALIAN CHAMBER MUSIC IN THE WORLD
In the classical music world, Italy is mostly famous for its opera tradition, spacing from Donizetti to Puccini. Its rich chamber music tradition is largely unknown. Still, this tradition is full of masterpieces, and it has great potential thanks to the variety of musical styles characterizing its composers. For this reason, Trio Rigamonti designed a series of two-year projects to promote Italian chamber music: every two years the ensemble will present a concert program to various Italian and foreign concert institutions, putting side by side classical and contemporary compositions. The aim is to promote Italian chamber music and contemporary Italian composers, creating a connection between the past and the present, with the hope to consolidate the contemporary repertoire into a tradition for future generations. Every concert program will be performed multiple times in different locations, to consistently promote these compositions and boost the interest of other chamber ensembles and concert organizers. Finally, the culmination of each project will be a recording.
The first programme will be proposed from January 2024 until the end of 2025 and recorded and published by STRADIVARIUS label in 2025:
In the classical music world, Italy is mostly famous for its opera tradition, spacing from Donizetti to Puccini. Its rich chamber music tradition is largely unknown. Still, this tradition is full of masterpieces, and it has great potential thanks to the variety of musical styles characterizing its composers. For this reason, Trio Rigamonti designed a series of two-year projects to promote Italian chamber music: every two years the ensemble will present a concert program to various Italian and foreign concert institutions, putting side by side classical and contemporary compositions. The aim is to promote Italian chamber music and contemporary Italian composers, creating a connection between the past and the present, with the hope to consolidate the contemporary repertoire into a tradition for future generations. Every concert program will be performed multiple times in different locations, to consistently promote these compositions and boost the interest of other chamber ensembles and concert organizers. Finally, the culmination of each project will be a recording.
The first programme will be proposed from January 2024 until the end of 2025 and recorded and published by STRADIVARIUS label in 2025:
7 RICERCARI FOR PIANO TRIO
Giorgio Federico Ghedini (Cuneo, 1892 - Nervi, 1965)
7 Ricercari for piano, violin and cello (dedicated to Trio di Trieste)
Vivace
Allegretto
Molto sostenuto
Allegro mosso
Andante un poco mosso
Allegro moderato
Grave e dolce
Simone Fontanelli (Milan, 1961)
7 Ricercari for piano, violin and cello (dedicated to Trio Rigamonti)
NEW COMMISSION (2023)
Francesco Cerrato (Asti, 1982)
7 Ricercari for piano, violin and cello (dedicated to Trio Rigamonti)
Maestoso
Mesto
Velocissimo, leggero
Pesante
Blues
Pavana
Agitato
NEW COMMISSION (2023)
Giorgio Federico Ghedini (Cuneo, 1892 - Nervi, 1965)
7 Ricercari for piano, violin and cello (dedicated to Trio di Trieste)
Vivace
Allegretto
Molto sostenuto
Allegro mosso
Andante un poco mosso
Allegro moderato
Grave e dolce
Simone Fontanelli (Milan, 1961)
7 Ricercari for piano, violin and cello (dedicated to Trio Rigamonti)
NEW COMMISSION (2023)
Francesco Cerrato (Asti, 1982)
7 Ricercari for piano, violin and cello (dedicated to Trio Rigamonti)
Maestoso
Mesto
Velocissimo, leggero
Pesante
Blues
Pavana
Agitato
NEW COMMISSION (2023)
SIMONE FONTANELLI
Composer, conductor, teacher of Contemporary Chamber Music, and head of the contemporary music department at the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg. He is considered a brilliant artist: “I really appreciate his talent. I feel my music making and his are very close” (György Kurtág); “I was lucky enough to hear Simone Fontanelli conduct one of my works. It is a rare occurrence to hear someone who prepared with such sensitivity and introspection, combined with superb technique” (George Crumb). Fontanelli won the prestigious Mozart Prize for Composition in Salzburg (1995) and has been invited both as a conductor and as a composer to important international festivals in Italy, USA, Austria, United Kingdom, Spain, Russia, Hungary, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Israel, Taiwan, and Thailand. He gave masterclasses and guest lectures in European, Asian, and American Universities such as New York’s Juilliard School, London’s Royal College of Music, Royal Academy of Music, and Guildhall School and Music and Drama, Denver’s Lamont School-University, Budapest’s F. Liszt Academy, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Conservatory, and more.
FRANCESCO CERRATO
Composer, Violinist, and music producer from Piemonte, Italy. He collaborated with major record labels, like EMI-KPM, Decca, Sony, Naxos, Warner-Chappell, and more. His music is regularly broadcasted in TV series and shows (BBC, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, AppleTV, CBS, NBC, RAI, Mediaset, and more), documentaries (Discovery), and indie movies all over the world. In 2022 his soundtrack for the movie Larvae won the prestigious Mark Awards in Los Angeles, the Best Original Score at Cannes Indie Short Awards in France, and the Ethereal Horror Fest in Austin, Texas. Recently, he was awarded the Mario Nascimbene prize for film music, the Best Contemporary Classical Production Music Track at the Production Music Awards 2019 in London, and the Grand Prize at the International Music Competition in Atlanta, with his Toccata for four cellos.
Composer, conductor, teacher of Contemporary Chamber Music, and head of the contemporary music department at the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg. He is considered a brilliant artist: “I really appreciate his talent. I feel my music making and his are very close” (György Kurtág); “I was lucky enough to hear Simone Fontanelli conduct one of my works. It is a rare occurrence to hear someone who prepared with such sensitivity and introspection, combined with superb technique” (George Crumb). Fontanelli won the prestigious Mozart Prize for Composition in Salzburg (1995) and has been invited both as a conductor and as a composer to important international festivals in Italy, USA, Austria, United Kingdom, Spain, Russia, Hungary, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Israel, Taiwan, and Thailand. He gave masterclasses and guest lectures in European, Asian, and American Universities such as New York’s Juilliard School, London’s Royal College of Music, Royal Academy of Music, and Guildhall School and Music and Drama, Denver’s Lamont School-University, Budapest’s F. Liszt Academy, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Conservatory, and more.
FRANCESCO CERRATO
Composer, Violinist, and music producer from Piemonte, Italy. He collaborated with major record labels, like EMI-KPM, Decca, Sony, Naxos, Warner-Chappell, and more. His music is regularly broadcasted in TV series and shows (BBC, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, AppleTV, CBS, NBC, RAI, Mediaset, and more), documentaries (Discovery), and indie movies all over the world. In 2022 his soundtrack for the movie Larvae won the prestigious Mark Awards in Los Angeles, the Best Original Score at Cannes Indie Short Awards in France, and the Ethereal Horror Fest in Austin, Texas. Recently, he was awarded the Mario Nascimbene prize for film music, the Best Contemporary Classical Production Music Track at the Production Music Awards 2019 in London, and the Grand Prize at the International Music Competition in Atlanta, with his Toccata for four cellos.
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