2023 FESTIVAL PROGRAM

JULY 17 – 30, 2023

Program being updated

21:15 – Real Collegio – Opening concert
M. Ravel: String quartet in F major
R. Schumann: String quartet in A Minor op.41 no.3
Leonkoro Quartet
Jonathan Masaki Schwarz – vl. / Amelie Wallner – vl. / Mayu Konoe – vla. / Lukas Schwarz, vc.

21:15 – Real Collegio – Musica e poesia in cooperation with Associazione Poesia Millimétrica
F. Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D 935 / op. 142
L. van Beethoven: Sonata in C Major op.53 Waldstein
Till Fellner, pianoforte

21:15 – Real Collegio – Concert
G. Ph. Telemann: 4 Violas Concerto
G. Benjamin: Viola Viola
Y. Bowen: Fantasia for 4 violas
Bruno Giuranna, Nobuko Imai, Wenting Kang, Paul Cortese – violas
L. Boccherini: String Quintet in C minor G 355
L. Boccherini: String Quintet in C major G 349
Andrej Bielow, Luc-Marie Aguera, vl. – Wenting Kang, vla. – Sandro Meo, Alain Meunier, vc.

21:15 – Chiesa dei Servi – Concert
W.A. Mozart: Divertimento in D major KV 136
Dobrinka Tabakova: Suite in Old Style for viola and chamber orchestra – Italian premiere
P.I. Čajkovskij: Serenade op. 48
Nobuko Imai, viola – Pietro Mianiti, conductor – Orchestra Sinfonica del Conservatorio di Milano

19:00 – Palazzo Pfanner – Concert
Anton Webern: Langsamer Satz
E. Schulhoff: 5 Stücke für Streichquartett (1923)
J. Brahms: String Quintet in G major op. 111
Leonkoro Quartet – Bruno Giuranna, viola
Jonathan Masaki Schwarz – vl. / Amelie Wallner – vl. / Mayu Konoe – vla. / Lukas Schwarz, vc.

12:00 – Real Collegio – International young talent concert
Music by Ravel, Saint-Saens, Henning Kraggerud, Italian premiere
Alma Serafin Kraggerud, vl. – Franz Kraggerud, vc. – Hector Kraggerud, pf.

21:15 – Real Collegio – Concert
F.J. Haydn: Piano Trio in E flat major Hob. XV:29
L. van Beethoven: Piano Trio in D major op. 70 n°1, Geister Trio
Dame Imogen Cooper, pf. – Henning Kraggerud, vl. – Adrian Brendel, vc.

21:15 – Chiesa dei Servi – Concert
P.I Čajkovskij: Souvenir d’un liu cher for violin and string orchestra
G. Puccini: Crisantemi
A. Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht
Adam Suska, violin – Pietro Mianiti, conductor – Orchestra Sinfonica del Conservatorio di Milano

21:15 – Real Collegio – Concert
F. Schubert: Divertissement á la hongroise for four hands piano
Péter Nagy e Riccardo Cecchetti, pf.
J. Brahms: Sonata in F major op. 99 for cello and piano
Claudio Bohórquez, vc. – Péter Nagy, pf.

21:15 – Chiesa dei Servi – Concert
O. Messiaen: Visions de l’Amen
Yejin Gil e Péter Nagy, pf.

19:00 – Palazzo Pfanner – Concert
F. Mendelssohn: Octet in E flat major op.20
Eszter Haffner, Luc-Marie Aguera, Oleksandr Semchuk, Jan Bjøranger (vl.) – Wenting Kang, Paul Cortese (vla.) – Natalie Clein, Paolo Bonomini, (vc.)
J. Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor op. 34
Péter Nagy, pf. – Claudio Bohórquez, vc. & friends

21:00 – Chiesa dei Servi – Concert
F. J. Haydn: Piano Trio in E major Hob.XV:28
F. Schubert: Piano Trio in E flat major op.99 
Voces Intimae – Riccardo Cecchetti, fortepiano – Simone Bernardini, vl. – Sandro Meo, vc.

21:15 – Villa Bertelli – Forte dei Marmi
J. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major op. 77 for violin and orchestra
L. van Beethoven: Fifth Simphony in C minor op. 67
Benjamin Gatuzz, violin – Virtuoso & Belcanto Concerto Competition Winner 2022 – Riccardo Bisatti, conductor – Orchestra della Toscana

12:00 – Real Collegio – New music concert
Jörg Widmann (1973): Toccata (2002)
Unsuk Chin (1961): Studio n°1 “In C” e n°5 “Toccata”
Yejin Gil, pf.
Johnathan Harvey (1939-2012): Curve with Plateaux (1982)
Adrian Brendel, vc.
Sir Harrison Birtwistle (1934-2022): Oockooing bird (2000), Kings Sarabande (2000) – Italian premiere
Joanna MacGregor, pf.
Brett Dean (1961): Huntington Eulogy (2001) – Italian premiere
Adrian Brendel, vc. – Carter Muller, pf.

21:15 – Real Collegio – Concert
R. Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major op. 47
Wei-Yi Yang, pf. – Jan Bjøranger, vl. & friends
P.I. Čajkovskij: Souvenir de Florence, String Sextet in D minor op. 70
Ksenia Milas, vl. – Paul Cortese, vla. – Sandro Meo, vc. & friends
J. Turina: Piano Quartetto in A minor op. 67
Oleksandr Semchuk, vl, Paul Cortese, vla., Adrian Brendel, vc., Riccardo Cecchetti, pf.

12:00 – Real Collegio – Closing ceremony of the Virtuoso & Belcanto Festival
Concert journey with the Virtuoso & Belcanto competition winners 2023