Concert by the Felix Piano Trio
Wed, May 30, 2018 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
PianoForte Studios – 1335 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with PianoForte Foundation, is pleased to present a concert of music by the Felix Piano Trio by the following muisicians:
Catia Capua, piano
Matteo Scarpelli, cello
Riccardo Renato Bonaccini, violin
Program
Joseph Haydn (15′) Trio n. 39 “Gipsy”
Andante
Poco Adagio
Rondo all’Ongarese
Ludwig van Beethoven (18′) Trio n. 4 in Bb major op. 11
Allegro con brio
Adagio
Allegretto con variazioni
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (23′) Trio n.1 in D minor op. 43
Molto allegro ed agitato
Andante con moto tranquillo
Scherzo. Leggero e vivace
Finale. Allegro assai appassionato
Jacob Fiastri (6′) Burlesque
Catia Capua graduated from the “Santa Cecilia” Conservatory in Rome, under the prestigious guidance of Maestro Rodolfo Caporali. She then graduated with honors in Chamber Music, at the same conservatory, studying Music Teaching with Maestro Luciano Cerroni and graduating in “Musical Disciplines” and ending the two-year specialization in “Piano – Accompanist and Collaborator on piano “with the highest marks. She is the winner of national and international competitions including the competition Campi Flegrei in Pozzuoli, Villar Perosa International Competition, A.M.A. Calabria of Lametia Termae, Torneo Internazionale di Musica. She is the founder of the Associazione Musicale Amadé in Rome.
Matteo Scarpelli graduated in violoncello and chamber music at the Conservatory of S. Cecilia in Rome, respectively with Mario Centurione and Marco Lenzi, and subsequently obtained his master’s degree in music at the National Academy of St. Cecilia with Felix Ayo. In the field of light music he participated with the rhythmic-symphonic orchestra of RAI at three editions of the San Remo Festival. He has also performed in concert and in engraving with some of the most important Italian and foreign musicians, including Lucio Dalla, Pino Daniele, Fiorella Mannoia, Claudio Baglioni, Gianni Morandi, Renato Zero, Andrea Bocelli, Adriano Celentano, Ray Charles, Mercer Ellington, Dee Dee Bridgewater and others. He holds the Cello Chair at the A. Casella Conservatory of the Aquila and teaches at the Marymount International School.
Riccardo Renato Bonaccini began studying violin with Maestro Ivan Kriwensky in Milano at the age of six, and immediately showed remarkable doctrine. Subsequently he continued at the Conservatory in Cecilia in Rome under the maximum praise of honor. On that occasion he was awarded by ARAM as the best graduate and invited to hold a concert in the Auditorium of the Discotheque. At the same time he attended the Corrado Romano (former teacher of Uto Ughi, for four years), and obtained a high school diploma for perfection and virtuosite, at the end of the courses he was chosen to hold a concert at the Victoria Hall in Geneva Max Bruch with the Orchestra della Suisse Romande. Currently he is principal teacher of violin p conservatoire G da Venosa di Potenza.
Free and open to the public.
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