The Best in Rome

MUSIC

Week of Friday, February 5 - Thursday, February 11, 2009

Classical l In the Churches l Pop-Rock-Jazz-World

Classical

Yefim Bronfman, piano
The Russian-Israeli pianist made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1989 and gave a series of recitals with Isaac Stern in 1991. He won a Grammy award in 1997 for his recording of the three Bartók piano concertos with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Sinopoli
Friday, February 5, 8:30 pm €33-15
€15 riduced prices for those under the age of 26 or over 65. tel 892 982 www.listicket.it
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Beethoven: 32 variations in C minor
Schumann: Carnival in Vienna op. 26
Prokofiev: Sonata n. 2 op. 14
Tchaikovsky: Sonata op. 37


Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Kurt Masur, conductor, Elisetta Leonskaja, piano soloist
The 83 year-old German conductor succeeded Zubin Mehta as music director of the New York Philharmonic in 1991. In 2000, Masur became principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and held this position until 2007. In April 2002, he became music director of the Orchestre National de France, and served in this post until 2008, when he took the title of honorary music director. He also holds the lifetime title of Honorary Guest Conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. One of the world's great pianists, surprisngly little-known, Leonskaja, stepping in for an ailing Louis Lortie, had the audience on their feet Saturday.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Santa Cecilia
Saturday, February 6, 6pm; Monday, February 8, 9 pm; Tuesday, Februrary 9, 7:30 pm
€47-18 tel 892 982 www.listicket.it
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Schumann: Genoveva Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto n. 4
Brahms: Symphony n. 4

Homage to Roman Vlad
On the occasion of his 90th birthday, an homage to the Romanian-born Italian composer, pianist, and musicologist. Vlad was the president of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana from 1994 to 2006 and artistic director from 1955-58 and again from 1966-69. He was the president of the Italian Society for Contemporary Music in 1960 and musical consultant for the third RAI national radio and television network. Currently, he is a member of the Directory Council of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia and artistic consultant for the Ravenna Festival and the Spoleto Festival. For this concert, the Coro di voci bianche dell’Arcum perform the premiere of Vlad's "Ballando con la Vespa di Toti," and a documentary about Vlad by Giovanni Sinopoli will be screened for the first time in Italy.
Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Sala Casella, via Flaminia 118
Saturday, February 6, 6 pm
€7 tel 06 3700323

Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
Francesco La Vecchia conducting
Auditorium della Conciliazione, Via della Conciliazione (near the Vatican)
Sunday, February 7, 5:30 pm; Monday, February 8, 8:30 pm
€20, students under the age of 26 and all those over the age of 65 €12 tel 899 500 055

Respighi: The Fountains of Rome
Respighi: Roman Festival
Musourgski: Pictures at an Exhibition

 

Krystian Zimerman, piano
The Polish pianist won the 1975 Warsaw International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition. He performed with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Herbert von Karajan in 1976 and he made his début in the United States with the New York Philharmonic in 1979. He has toured widely and made a number of recordings. Since 1996 he has taught piano at the Academy of Music in Basel, Switzerland.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Santa Cecilia
Wednesday, February 10, 8:30 pm
€33-18 tel 892 982 www.listicket.it
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Chopin: Sonata n. 2 op. 35
Chopin: Sonata n. 3 op. 58



Quartetto Bernini
The quartet in residence at the Accademia Filarmonica di Roma.
Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano (Flaminio)
Thursday, February 11, 9 pm
€25,17 - €12, 59 tel 06 3201752
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Music at the Oratorio del Gonfalone
A Thursday evening concert series in this magnificent frescoed hall.
L. Marzadori, violin and E. Ronchini piano, play music by Beethoven, Debussy and Ravel.
Via del Gonfalone, 32/a (near Campo de'Fiori)
tel 06 6875952.

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In the Churches
Unless otherwise noted, admission to church concerts is free

Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra
Piazza San Agostino 29a
Antonio Sardi de Letto, piano, performs the fourth in a series of concerts dedicated to the complete piano works of Robert Schumann. Saturday, February 6, 6:30 pm


Cappella Paolina at the Palazzo Quirinale
In the magnificent frescoed chapel of the Quirinale palace. Get there early to tour the palace and be prepared to go through security.
Felix Ayo, violin and Marco Grisanti, piano, play muisc by Beethoven and Brahms
Sunday, February 7, noon

Sant’Antonio dei Portoghesi
Via dei Portoghesi 2 (Between Piazza Navona and the Pantheon)
Taking advantage of its extraordinary instrument, the church holds regular organ recitals.
Daniel Roth, organist of St. Sulpice, Paris, plays music by Guilmant, Händel, Mendelssohn. Franck and Roth.
Sunday, February 7, 6:30 pm

All Saints Anglican Church
Via del Babuino 153b (near Piazza del Popolo)
Organ vespers: Alessandro Bianconi plays music by Bach and others.
Sunday, February 7, 5 pm

SS. Biago e Carlo ai Catinari
Piazza B. Carioli 117 (off Via Arenula near Largo Argentina)
Organ vespers: Concezio Panone plays music by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven.
Sunday, February 7, 5 pm

San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi
Via del Sudario, 41 (near Largo Argentina)
Sweelink, music of the Baroque
Tuesday, February 9, 8:30 pm

Popular Music, Rock, World, Jazz

Gerardo Casiello and Friends
Classically trained pianist and guitarist Casiello interprets the ethnic music of his native Sannio region with a modern twist. His recording, "Contrada Casiello" was released last October. Here, he performs with the noted jazz pianist Rita Marcotulli, percussionist Karl Potter and th 52-piece Stradabanda.
Palladium, Piazza B. Romano 8 (Garbatelli)
Friday, February 5, 9 pm
FREE
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Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova: The Swell Season
Hansard, leader of the Irish group Frames, with Czech pianist Irglova. Their first recording, "The Swell Season," has become a film, entitled "Once," and has won two Grammy nominations, and an Oscar for best song. Their second release, "The Strict Joy," takes its name from a work by the Irish poet James Stephens and is a collaboration with members of Frames. Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Sinopoli
Saturday, February 6, 9 pm
€12 tel 892 982 www.listicket.it



Joss Stone
The English singer and actress has sold more than 10 million recordings worldwide and has been nominated for four Grammy awards.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Santa Cecilia
Sunday, February 7, 9 pm
€50-30 tel 892 982 www.listicket.it
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Noi. Un bestseller in musica
Some of Italy's greatest jazz musicians participated in the recording of "Noi," a sound-track inspired by the best-selling novel of the same name by former Rome mayor Walter Veltroni. The music is based on various historic moments that typify the history of Italy: World War II, the aftermath of the war, the "years of lead" and the future. With Stefano Di Battista, Roberto Gatto, Danilo Rea and Dario Rosciglione.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Sinopoli
Tuesday, February 9, 9 pm
€10 tel 892 982 www.listicket.it

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

“Giovani Leoni” Antonio Figura Trio
Antonio Figura piano, Milko Ambrogini bass, Emiliano Caroselli drums
Friday, February 5, 9 pm
€5