An iconic figure in American contemporary jazz and classical music, George Gershwin was a composer and pianist of international fame, with a significant number of songs, orchestral and jazz works making him one of the most successful and recognisable musicians of the last century. His compositions have been used as soundtracks for movies and television, while his jazz standards have been covered by many interpreters … Continue reading George Gershwin 🎹🎼🎶
🇬🇧 The so-called Moonlight Sonata is probably the best known composition by Ludwig van Beethoven who composed it in 1801 and dedicated it to his pupil Countess Giulietta Guicciardi. The popular name of Moonlight Sonata came only much later, in 1832, when a music critic likened the first movement of the piece to he tranquillity of a Moon lit scene by a lake. From then … Continue reading Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven 🎼🎹🎶
🇬🇧 One of the greatest composers ever was clearly missing in my musician list featured on this blog, so I’m bridging the gap with a short profile on Ludwig van Beethoven, the quintessentially romantic composer. Born in Bonn, Germany in a family of musicians on 17 December 1770, the precocious Ludwig showed musical genius talent as a pianist from an early age, being taught by … Continue reading Ludwig van Beethoven 🎼🎹🎶
Frédérick Chopin è di gran lunga il musicista a cui mi sento più vicino, per sensibilità musicale ed espressione artistica. Ho adorato studiare e suonare le sue composizioni e mi piace ascoltare la mia collezione delle sue creazioni, interpretata da molti grandi pianisti, da Martha Argerich a Arthur Rubinstein, da Maurizio Pollini a Ivo Pogorelich. Antonio Vivaldi, il prete rosso, qui raffigurato con indosso abiti … Continue reading I miei compositori preferiti 🎹🏛🎶
Originally an eighteenth-century urban villa with a large garden on the edge of the town of Mola di Bari, probably with a plant designed by the same director of the works of the Royal Palace of Caserta, Vincenzo Ruffo da Cassano. Built by the Roberti family and then inhabited by my family until 1810, now a centrally located bed & breakfast to serve growing tourism … Continue reading Palazzo Pesce-Martinelli 🏛🐟🎶
There are many composers I like best, among them Mozart, Vivaldi and Debussy, but Chopin is by far the musician I feel closer to, for musical sensibility and artistic expression. I loved studying and playing his compositions and I enjoy listening to my collection of his creations, interpreted by many great pianists, from Martha Argerich to Arthur Rubinstein, from Maurizio Pollini to Ivo Pogorelich. Antonio Vivaldi, … Continue reading My favourite composers 🎹🏛🎶
My top 5 music venues As a lover of classical music I do love attending live concerts, as much as I can, whichever city I happen to be in, at my favourite venues, which are always a guarantee of quality performances. London has a marvellous concentration of venues with great acoustics for classical music performances of all kinds. My favourites are the more intimate ones, like … Continue reading Concert Halls 🎹🏛🎶
Amazing concert at Wigmore Hall in celebration of 100th anniversary of regained independence by Poland, with sensationally brilliant countertenor Jakub Josef Orlinski performing a programme of classical repertoire and Polish composers with a stunningly fresh, controlled and expressive voice. 👨🏽💻♥️📷🎶🎹 Music Continue reading Orlinski @ Wigmore Hall 🎶🎹🇵🇱
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-49025203-2 window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag(‘js’, new Date()); gtag(‘config’, ‘UA-49025203-2’); Amazing piano concert by Yevgeny Sudbin at Wigmore Hall with music by Haydn, Beethoven, Chopin, Skryabin and a most fascinating interpretation of Danse Macabre by Saint-Saens! A real treat! 👨🏽💻♥️📷🎶🎹 Music Continue reading Sudbin @ Wigmore Hall 🎹🎶🏛
Sumptuous performance by the BBC Symphony Chorus of Brahms’ Requiem, graciously conducted by Neil Ferris and recorded at the BBC Studios Maida Vale, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 🎶🎵🎶🎹🎻🎼 👨🏽💻♥️📷🎶 Continue reading BBC Symphony Chorus 🎶🎼🎶
