Chieti • Italy
Soloists:
Alberola
clarinet (Spain)
Russo Rossi
viola (Italy)
Mazzoccante
piano (Italy)
Programme
G. Russo Rossi, V. Alberola, G. Mazzoccante:
W. A. Mozart:
Trio “Kegelstatt” in E-flat Major, K. 498
M. Bruch:
"Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano"
G.Russo Rossi:
Russo Rossi/Rossini:
“Nacqui all’affanno - Non più mesta”
V. Alberola:
W. A. Mozart:
Divertimento 1
Vicente Alberola
Clarinet
Throughout the past decade, Vicent Alberola has served as guest principal clarinet with renowned orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, and Mahler Chamber Orchestra, performing under the direction of esteemed conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Mariss Jansons, Riccardo Muti, Daniele Gatti, Daniel Harding, Andris Nelsons, Gustavo Dudamel, Alan Gilbert, and Nicola Luisotti.
In addition to his work as a clarinetist, Alberola has conducted the Mahler Chamber Orchestra on multiple occasions at prestigious festivals, including the Beijing Music Festival and Hamburg International Music Festival.
His conducting career began with his appointment in 2003 as Music Director of the Youth Orchestra of the Madrid Opera (Joven Orquesta de la Ópera de Madrid). In 2007, he became Music Director of the Soria Youth Orchestra (Joven Orquesta de Soria) and later held the position of Principal Conductor of the Orquesta 430 de Vigo.
Alberola has also conducted leading Spanish orchestras, including the Oviedo Filarmonía, Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra, Madrid Symphony Orchestra, Real Filharmonía de Santiago, Orquestra del Vallès, Valencia Symphony Orchestra, and several prominent youth orchestras, such as the National Youth Orchestra of Spain (JONDE), the Canary Islands Youth Orchestra, and the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Galicia.
Recently, he has been invited to conduct internationally, including engagements with the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia and MMCJ Tokyo.
As a dedicated chamber musician, Alberola regularly performs at prestigious festivals, including the Beethoven Festival, Alella Festival, and the Rachmaninoff Conservatory in Paris.
Giuseppe Russo Rossi
Viola
Diplomatosi a 17 anni in violino e viola col massimo dei voti, lode e menzione d’onore presso il Conservatorio “N. Piccinni” di Bari, l’Accademia Santa Cecilia di Roma e l’Hochschule der Kunste di Berna. Riceve il Premio Sinopoli dal Presidente della Repubblica Giorgio Napolitano. Ha studiato Letteratura e Poesia alla Scuola Holden di A. Baricco e ha tenuto lezioni per la cattedra di Letteratura Latina dell’Università di Bari. É stato nel direttivo AIV e collabora con Music Full Coaching. Ha vinto i concorsi di Vittorio Veneto, Palmi, Castrocaro-Migliori diplomati d’Italia, Società Umanitaria di Milano, Premio Geminiani, Ibla Grand Prize-New York, Premio F. Gulli ed è stato premiato nei concorsi V. Gui di Firenze e di Pinerolo, Tertis in UK. Dal 2010 fa parte dell’Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano. È stato invitato come prima viola dall'Orchestra del Gewandhaus di Lipsia, dalla Sydney Symphony e dal Teatro Real de Madrid. Insegna all'Accademia della Scala. Ha suonato da solista per Rai Radio3 Suite, Radio di Rai Radio3 Suite, Radio di Praga, Radio Irlandese, Radio e Televisione Svizzera, presso il Centre for the Performing Arts di Pechino, Carnegie Hall di New York, Auditorium di Boston, Auditorium Santa Cecilia-Parco della Musica, Società dei Concerti e Società del Quartetto di Milano e in Svizzera, Francia, Giappone e Sudamerica.
Ha eseguito la Sinfonia Concertante di Mozart prima con Marco Rizzi e poi con Salvatore Accardo e le orchestre ORT e di Padova e del Veneto, il concerto “Der Schwanendreher” di Hindemith con l’Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, la Romanza di Bruch con l'Orchestra Sinfonica di Biel (Ch), il concerto di Bartok con l'HKB Orchester di Berna (Ch), il Concertino in Mib maggiore di Rolla con i Musici di Parma e poi con l'Orchestra da camera Polledro di Torino e le sue Variazioni su temi di Rossini per viola e orchestra presso il Teatro alla Scala di Milano e poi con la Camerata Bern, l'Orchestra Sinfonica Metropolitana di Bari, l'Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese.Collabora con La Casa della Poesia di Milano - Mondadori. Suona la viola di attribuzione Riccardo Antoniazzi di inizio ‘900 concessa in comodato d’uso gratuito dalla Fondazione Antonio Carlo Monzino ETS.
"La sua padronanza della viola è davvero eccezionale e il calore e l’espressività delle sue interpretazioni sono assolutamente accattivanti. E’ un musicista di classe, estremamente talentuoso e interessante”
(Bruno Giuranna)
“E’ un musicista completo, con un talento musicale assoluto, una tecnica brillantissima e un suono caldo, potente ed affascinante”
(Salvatore Accardo)
“Si tratta di uno dei più eccellenti violisti che ho avuto modo di incontrare, dotato di una compiuta tecnica strumentale e di un temperamento sanguigno e appassionato che infonde entusiasmo negli strumentisti con cui collabora. Perfetto musicista sempre aperto alle sperimentazioni per affinare le sue esecuzioni”
(Rocco Filippini)
Giuliano Mazzoccante
Piano
Born in Chieti, he studied under the guidance of Lucia Passaglia at the Conservatory "L. Cherubini" in Florence graduating with highest honours. He participated as a student performer on a three-year piano perfection course at the “Accademia Musicale Umbra” where he achieved a "Diploma of Excellence”.
Later, he participated in the "International Master Classes" in Klaipeda (Lithuania), held by Lazar Berman. With him, his concert repertoire deepened and improved with particular attention to the music of F. Liszt, at the European Academy of Music, Erba (CO). He perfected Chamber Music at the International School of Chamber Music in Duino under the guidance of "Trio of Trieste" achieving a "Diploma with Merit". He has won national and international competitions, including "M. Clementi" in Florence, “Agorà 80" in Rome, "F. Liszt" in Lucca, and "Città di Stresa". In 1997 he won second prize at the 'T. I. M. " - International Music Tournament; in 1998, he was awarded the prestigious "Prix Venice"; in 1999 he won second prize at the international competition "Ecomusic" of Monopoli (BA); in 2002 was the winner of the 40th International Piano Competition "Arcangelo Speranza" in Taranto. In 2009 he was awarded in the “4th International Tbilisi Piano Competition" in Georgia (WFIMC).
His musical experience has been enriched by important collaborations as a pianist in the Classical Dance, and in Opera Theatre, collaborating with teachers of Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Royal Academy of Dance of London, Teatro dell’Opera of Paris. In addition, for several years he worked in the Teatro dell'Opera of Chieti deepening the Opera literature and working as a pianist with important international singers and theatrical directors.
Considerable concert activity has seen him engaged both as a soloist and as a chamber musician at major Italian venues and overseas such as, Milan (Teatro Dal Verme, Casa Verdi), Rome (Palazzo Venezia, Instituto Cervantes), L'Aquila (Teatro Comunale), Trieste (Teatro Verdi, Museo Revoltella), Bologna (Sala Mozart della Filarmonica, Sala Bossi del Conservatorio), Perugia (Sala dei Notari), Venice (Palazzo Albrizzi), Chiavari (Teatro Cantero), Alessandria (Teatro Parvum), Salerno (Sala Napolitano), Rovigno (Croatia), Szombathely (Hungary), Klaipeda, Palanka (Lithuania), Schloss Elmau, Weimar "Liszt House", Munich "Prinzregenten" Theatre", Cologne "Hochshule" (Germany), Brno "Sale Bretislava Bakaly" (Czech Republic), Istanbul (Turkey), Utrecht "Concert Hall" (Netherlands), Oxford "Holywell Music Room" (England), Tel Aviv, Ashdod (Israel), Schaffusen, Gstaad (Switzerland), Shanghai (China), La Valletta "Emmanuel Theatre" (Malta). He is regularly invited to hold concerts and master classes at international festivals such as "ClaviCologne Festival" in Germany, the "Malta International Music Festival", the "International Piano Festival & Competition" in Italy, the “Vipa Festival” in Spain, ecc.
He has been a regular guest of the "International Sommer-Akademie Schloss Pommersfelden" (Germany) where he has performed as a soloist and in chamber music performances and and where he teaches chamber music from 2010. He has appeared as a soloist with different such Camerata Baltica, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonica Abruzzese, Sinfonica di Lecce, Sinfonica di Bari, Solisti Aquilani.
He is often invited to be part of the jury in national and international piano competitions in Germany, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Malta, ecc.
He plays with musicians of calibre like Karl Leister (historical 1st clarinettist of the Berlin Philharmonic), Pavel Berman, Francesco Manara and Franco De Angelis (first violinists of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan), Grazia Raimondi, Antonio Tinelli, Rita D'Arcangelo, Gaetano Di Bacco and Liliana Bernardi. He is the pianist of “Trio DOROGI” with the famous musicians Dora Schwarzberg (violin) and Romain Garioud (cello).
His conspicuous record productions range from solo repertoires, chamber music and to a soloist with an orchestra, including recordings for Wide Classique, DAD Records, Camerata Tokyo, Radio Vatican, Radio Bavaria etc. The monographic CD dedicated to J. Brahms, containing the sonates for clarinet and piano op. 120 No. 1 and no. 2 and the Trio op. 114, Published by Phoenix Classics and distributed by Ducale Music, became a finalist at the IMAIE awards 2009 and was reviewed with acclaim by specialised Italian and overseas magazines (Musica, Suonare News, Giornale della Musica, Fanfare and The Clarinet).
From 2012 he has been an honorary member of the Rotary Club of Subiaco (Rome) and in 2014 he was awarded from the Rotary Club of Pescara West with the "Paul Harris Fellow" for commitment in spreading music and its culture.
From 2015 he is the founder and Artistic Director of the Music and Art International Music Academy in Chieti which aims at promoting young artists and the development of the arts.
From 2017 he is the artistic director of the Concert Season of Teatro Marrucino in Chieti.
From 2019 he is the Artistic Director of "In Musica" International Music Festival and Piano Competition in Rome - Italy.
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