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MUSIC

Friday, May 9 through Thursday, May 15

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Radu Lupu, piano
Winner of the 1996 Van Cliburn International Competition, the Romanian pianist made his American debut in 1972 with the Cleveland Orchestra, with Daniel Barenboim conducting in New York City, and with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with Carlo Maria Giulini conducting. He made his San Francisco Symphony debut in 1974, when he performed Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto, with Seiji Ozawa conducting. In 1984, he was featured in the "Peerless Pianists" series of the Lincoln Center Great Performers program in New York. His 1996 recording of the Schubert piano sonatas won a Grammy Award.
Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Sala Santa Cecilia
Friday, May 9, 9 pm
€34-19 tel 199 109 783

Schubert: Piano Sonata in D major, op. 53, D 850
Debussy: Préludes, Book I

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Pinchas Steinberg, conductor; Violeta Urmana, soprano
One of the few singers to successfully transition from mezzo soprano to soprano, Urmana began her career singing roles such as Eboli in Don Carlo and Kundry in Parisfal. She has since performed as a soprano in the world's leading opera houses, appearing in the big dramatic roles — Ariadne auf Naxos at the New York Metropolitan Opera, Aida at Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Pinchas Steinberg was the permanent Guest Conductor of the Vienna Opera from 1988 to 1993. He he has conducted at Convent Garden, Paris, Munich, San Francisco, Berlin, Rome and Geneva. From 1989 to 1996, Steinberg was the principal conductor of the Austrian Radio Orchestra Vienna. Since 2002, Steinberg has been the artistic and music director of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.
Auditorium Parco della Musica , Sala Santa Cecilia
Saturday, May 10, 6 pm: Monday, May 12, 9 pm; Tuesday, May 13, 7:30 pm
€44-17 tel 199 109 783

Berlioz: La mort de Cléopâtre, scène lyrique for soprano and orchestra, H 36
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Vorspiel und Liebestod)
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30
Giacomo Meyerbeer: Struensee, incidental music

Orchestra di Roma e del Lazio
Bundit Ungrangsee, conductor; Feng Ning, violin
Among his many awards, Feng won first-prize of the famous Paganini Violin Competition in Italy (2006) and the first-prize of the Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand (2005). He gave his debut recital at Wigmore Hall in 2001. Since then he has performed recitals and concerts in China, Canada, UK, Belgium, France, Italy, Japan, USA and Germany. He has been invited to to play at the opening concert of National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing. The Thai-born conductor Ungrangsee was named one of two co-winners and Laureates of the inaugural Maazel-Vilar International Conductors' Competition in 2002. He is Principal Guest Conductor of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and regularly conducts orchestras in Italy, including the Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia
Sunday, May 11, 6 pm
€5 tel 06 8024 1278

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, op. 60

Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
Je Min, conductor; Roberto Cappello, piano
Roberto Cappello won first prize in the 1975 Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Ferruccio Busoni. He opened the 1994 chamber music season at Teatro alla Scala Milan. He frequently performs with the Kodály Quartet.
Auditorium della Conciliazione
Via della Conciliazione (near the Vatican)
Sunday, May 11, 5:30 pm; Monday, May 12, 9 pm
€15 tel 800 913 518

Tchaikovsky: Concerto n. 1 for piano and orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite

Zhang Jing, soprano
With Ginevra Petrucci, flute and Paola Pisa, piano
Teatro Ghione,
Monday, May 12, 8:30 pm
Free but reservations necessary. zodiaco@csfroma.com
Music by Mozart, Mercadente, Puccini

Andrea Bacchetti, piano with the Ysaÿe Quartet
Bacchetti made his debut in the Verdi Hall of Milan at the age of 11 with the “Solisti Veneti” and subsequently obtained scholarships from the Yamaha Music Foundation of London, the Mozarteum of Salzburg and the Conservatoire National Superieur of Paris. In 1996 he won first prize at the International Piano Competition Venice. He has performed throughout Europe, and is considered one of the regarded as one of his generation's best interpreters of the music of Luciano Berio. The Ysaÿe Quartet appears regularly in the US, Asia, and throughout Europe, including concerts at Théâtre de la Ville and Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, the Wigmore Hall and South Bank in London, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg, and at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival.
Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano (Flaminio)
Thursday, May 15, 9 pm
€20-€10 tel 899 666 805

Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit
Campo: Quatuor
Lekeu: Piano Quartet
Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, op. 10

Music at the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
A chance to listen to music while visiting the galleries of this historic palazzo. Come early to see the art collection.
Via del Corso 305
Saturday, May 10, 6 pm
€12 tel 329 609 6194

Cristina Farnetti and Ludovica Scoppola recorders, Adriano Ancarani cello, Concezio Panone organ
music by G.P. Cima, D. Castello, A. Corelli, J.S. Bach

Music at Bibli
More than a bookstore, Bibli is a cultural center, with readings, lectures and concerts in its large salon, as well as a tearoom, serving a buffet lunch, baked goods, and a wonderful and expansive Sunday brunch buffet.
Via dei Fienaroli, 28
€8, €6 (includes a glass of wine and snacks, plus a free copy of Suonare News with a CD) tel 06 581 453
Saturday, May 10, 9:30 pm

La Canzone letteraria polacca
Grzegorz Turnau, piano and vocals
Presented in cooperation with the Polish Institute

In the Churches
Where no fee is mentioned, admission is free.

Chiesa di San Antonio dei Portoghesi
Via dei Portoghesi 2 (between Piazza Navona and the Pantheon)
Saturday, May 10, 6:30 pm
Aedòn Trio with Fabrizio Festa, electronics
Music by Dimitri Nicolau, Brahms, Fabrizio Festa

Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Piazza di S. Croce in Gerusalemme (San Giovanni)
Saturday, May 10, 8 pm
Cappella Musicale di San Clemente, World Spirit Choir
Motets, Gregorian chants, African-American music.
Free, but donations for the project "Africa" of the Namaste Volunteers Organization.

Chiesa di San Andrea
Via XX Settembre 7 (Esquilino)
Saturday, May 10, 6:30 pm
Ars Nova Guitar Quartet
Music by Bach, Vivaldi, Rossini, Albèniz
€10, €5 tel 333 647 0115

Basilica di San Prassede
Via di S.Prassede 9/A (Esquilino)
Sunday, May 11, 7 pm
Hiroko Ito, soprano; Andrea Schiavio, organ
Music by Pergolesi, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini

Chiesa di Santa Maria in Dominica
Via della Navicella 10 (San Giovanni)
Sunday, May 11, 8:30 pm
Arcana String Project and the Coro Musicanova
Music by De Victoria, Pärt, Mozart

Chamber Music at the Quirinale
A series at the Cappella Paolina in the Palazzo Quirinale. Get there early for a chance to tour the palazzo and be prepared to go through security.
Piazza del Quirinale
Sunday, May 11, noon
€5 (includes entrance fee to visit the palazzo) tel 06.4699
Soloists of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Rai
Music by Brahms and Schubert

Saint Paul's within the Walls
Via Napoli (at Via Nazionale, Esquilino)
Sunday, May 11, 7:30 pm
Giovanni Clavorà Braulin, organ
Music by Schumann, Bossi, Vierne

Pop/Rock/Jazz/World

PMJO Parco della Musica Jazz Orchestra: The Music of Jimi Hendrix
With guests, Maurzio Rota, vocals; and Antonio Iasevoli, electric guitar
Rota is founder of the tribute band “One for Jimi”
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Sinopoli
Sunday, May 11, 11 am
€5 tel 199 109 783

FESTIVAL OF NEAPOLITAN SONG
A three-ticket package is available at €35. tel 199 109 783

Fausto Cigliano "Nella mia città, Napule mia"
Cigliano began his career at the 1964 San Remo festival with his winning song, "E se domani." He has gone on to compose and record numerous songs in the Neapolitan tradition. canzone “E se domani”
Friday, May 9, 9 pm

Peppe Barra
The popular Italian entertainer has made his career as a musician and comic actor. For his film "Pinocchio," Roberto Begnini created the role of the Cricket (il grillo parlante) especially for Barra.
Sala Sinopoli
Saturday, May 10, 9 pm
€15

Brunch con Ciccio Capasso
Sunday, May 11, 12:30 pm

Avion Travel "Open Rehearsal of Neapolitan Song"
Winners of the rock category in the 1987 San Remo festival, the group has recorded a string of successful albums, most notably their recently released collection of Paolo Conte's music, produced in collaboration with Conte himself. In this concert, truly an open rehearsal, they'll play their favorite songs from the traditional Neapolitan repertory.
Teatro Studio
Sunday, April 11, 7 pm and 9 pm
€20

Michael Nyman
Not strictly a concert, but a discussion and presentation of Nyman's recent release, "Mozart 252". Originally, this album was meant to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Mozart in 2006, but since it missed the date by two years, its called "252." The album encompasses to bodies of Mozart-inspired work: the soundtrack to Peter Greenaway's ‘Drowning by Numbers’ (1988), and songs and duets from ‘Letters. Riddles and Writs’, a TV film developed in 1991 as part of BBC2's Not Mozart series, which marked the 200th anniversary of Mozart's death. The English minimalist composer Michael Nyman sprang to international attention with the score for Peter Greenaway's film "The Piano." Nyman has composed a total of eleven film scores, as well as numerous commissions.
Teatro Palladium, (Garbatella)
Tuesday, May 13, 9 pm
Free tel 06 573 32768

Paolo Fresu, Richard Galliano, Yan Lundgren: "Mare Nostrum"
Paolo Fresu, trumpet; Richard Galliano, accord ian; Jan Lundgren, piano
The trio of outstanding musicians presents cuts from their new album, "our sea", referring to the Mediterranean, which includes music representing the backgrounds of each of the, from French song, to Swedish folk songs, to Brazilian standards.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Santa Cecilia
Wednesday, May 14, 9 pm
€25, €15 tel 199 109 783

Diamanda Galas: You're my thrill
The American avant-garde performance artist, vocalist, keyboardist, and composer is on tour with her latest release. The concert will include Galas' own take on songs associated with Judy Garland and Nancy Wilson, Juliette Greco, Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich as well as music by Chet Baker, Ronnie Earl and Jacques Brel. Known for her expert piano as well as her astonishing, pseudo-operatic voice, which has a six octave range, Galás often shrieks and howls in her performances. Her works largely concentrate on the topics of suffering, despair, condemnation, injustice and loss of dignity. She has worked with many avant-garde composers including, Iannis Xenakis and Vinko Globokar. She appears on the soundtrack of Francis Ford Coppola's film Dracula (1992). In late 2003, Galás released the album "Defixiones, Will and Testament: Orders from the Dead," an 80-minute memorial tribute to the Armenian, Greek, Assyrian and Hellenic victims of the Turkish genocide. "Defixiones" refers to the warnings on Greek gravestones against removing the remains of the dead.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Santa Cecilia
Thursday, May 15, 9 pm
€25-20 tel 199 109 783

Casa del Jazz
The beautiful Villa Osio and its surrounding 2,500 square-meter park are the site of this center for jazz, which opened in Rome last year. There are practice rooms and a recording studio open to young musicians and professionals, a multi-media library and a book and record store. The auditorium hosts top names in international jazz. The restaurant, decorated in a black and white piano key theme, its walls lined with vintage portraits of jazz greats, serves an excellent supper and a Sunday buffet brunch. Come for dinner or stay after the concert for a drink at the bar. In the summer, the concerts move out of doors to the lawns of the park surrounding the villa.
Viale di Porta Ardeatina, 55 (near the Baths of Caracalla)
Tickets tel 199 109 783, information 06 704 731, restaurant 06 700 8370

Space Jazz Trio
Friday, May 9 , 9 pm
Enrico Pieranunzi piano, Enzo Pietropaoli bass, Fabrizio Sferra drums
€15

Space Jazz Trio with special guest Bert Joris, trumpet
Enrico Pieranunzi piano, Enzo Pietropaoli bass, Fabrizio Sferra drums
Saturday, May 10, 9 pm
€15

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