Antena 2 Concert | Trio Tarantella

Trio Tarantella   Tiago Canto, flute Susana Valente, clarinet Pedro Ramos, piano   07 January '15 |  CGD Auditorium - ISEG 19hours l duration 75 minutes w/ break   CO-PRODUCTION concertos.antena2@rtp.pt | Tel. 21 382 00 15   The Tarantella Trio was born in 2014, the natural fruit of the friendship between flutist Tiago Canto, clarinetist Susana Valente, and pianist Pedro Ramos, musicians who had already worked together several times. The complicity between the three brought them together in Trio, and it is not only visible in the performances but also audible, necessarily influencing their sound.   In addition to the obvious pleasure that music brings to its members and that promises to infect its audience, the Trio is interested in a great diversity of styles and eras, seeking to cover a vast repertoire that extends from the Baroque period to the present day, passing through various musical geographies. The Trio has also regularly premiered works by contemporary composers.   The Tarantella Trio has already performed in several concerts and in reference halls, such as the CCB and the Palácio Foz, in addition to having already debuted abroad, at the XXXI Iberian Music Festival of Badajoz. Always warmly welcomed by the public, and the target of the best reviews, Trio Tarantella continues to work, having already scheduled a recital recorded for Antena 2 still in 2014.

Programme

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899) Andante and Allegro for clarinet and piano

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Sonata for flute and piano

Allegretto malincolico

Cantilena: Assez lent

Presto giocoso

Maurice Emmanuel (1862-1938) Sonata for flute, clarinet and piano, Op.11

Allegro con spirito

Adagio

Very beautiful and leggierissimo

Interval

François Couperin (1668-1733) Three Pieces from the Sixth Order of the Harpsichord Pieces Booklet

La Bersan

The Mysterious Barricades

Le Moucheron

Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) Aria for flute, clarinet and piano

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Tarantella for flute, clarinet and piano in A minor, Op.6

Trio Tarantella

Tiago Canto, flute

Susana Valente, clarinet

Pedro Ramos, piano

Tiago Canto | Flute  

He began his studies at the Madeira Conservatory of Music in 1999 with Prof. Orsolya Botrágyiné in Flute Bisel. In 2009 he entered the Professional Course of Instrumentalist in the Transverse Flute class of Prof. Eva Rodrigues and in Chamber Music of Prof. Robert Andres. In July 2010 he finished the Specialized Course in recorder at CEPAM with 19 values with Prof. Agostinho Bettencourt (8th Grade). In early 2010 he studied flute with Peeter Malkov and Tarmo Johannes in Tallinn, Estonia. He finished his degree in Music - Transverse Flute - at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa, under the guidance of Prof. Olavo Barros. At the same time he attended the class of recorder with Prof. Pedro Couto Soares and harpsichord.

Still at ESML he had Chamber Music with Profs. Nuno Inácio, Pedro Castro, Fernando Fontes and Paulo Pacheco. He had classes with Vasco Gouveia at FMAC. Currently has lessons with Robert Winn professor at Musikhochschule Köln. He has participated in master classes with Jacques Zoon, William Bennett, Vasco Gouveia, Averil Williams, Trevor Wye, Samuel Coles, Koen Dieltiens, Heiko Ter Schegget, among others. He is a "E.D.P. Foundation / Youth Symphony Orchestra Fellow" and performs as a bandleader in the OSJ. He is a member of several chamber ensembles, in particular the Trio Tarantela with which he regularly performs in concerts. She was a finalist in the Young Interpreters Competition of MusiCaldas'12. In 2003 she took part in the IV Conservatory Children's Competition, winning 1st place in the third level. He has collaborated with the Madeira Classical Orchestra and CAM - Gulbenkian. He has performed solo with the Youth Symphony Orchestra, ESML Symphony Orchestra and Camerata Silva-Dionísio with which he recorded a CD with a solo piece.

Susana Valente | Clarinet

He began his musical studies in Estarreja, having completed the general clarinet course at the Calouste Gulbenkian Conservatory of Music of Aveiro in 1996. In the same year he entered the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa where he studied clarinet with professors Carlos Alves and Manuel Jerónimo and chamber music with professors Andrew Swinnerton, Fernando Fontes and Olga Prats. She finished her degree in 2001 with 19 points in clarinet and 20 points in chamber music, having been considered the best student of the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon that same year. She recorded for RDP-Antena 2, with pianist Ana Carolina, as part of the program "Jovens na Música" and performed live, also for Antena 2, with soprano Marisa Figueira and pianist Nuno Vieira de Almeida, in the program "Ritornello" and with the Ensemble Clarinete Modus in the "Antena 2 Concerts" at CCB and Auditorium of Liceu Camões. She was Soloist A and ensemble rehearser of the Youth Symphony Orchestra, with which she performed solo, having performed numerous concerts on the continent and archipelagos. She is a founding member of the Dialogue Wind Quintet and the Davis Trio with which she traveled to India in 2007 for concerts and master classes. She is a member of the Ensemble Clarinete Modus and the Trio Tarantella. She is a clarinet teacher at the Setúbal Regional Conservatory. In 2011 she completed her Master's degree in clarinet performance at California State University-Fullerton, under the guidance of Professor Håkan Rosengren.

Pedro Ramos | Piano

Born in Lisbon, Pedro Loureiro de Sousa Ramos began his musical studies at the Academia de Música de Santa Cecília at the age of nine. He soon showed interests that went beyond the classical sphere, such as jazz and improvisation. He studied piano with Carla Seixas and composition with Pedro Faria Gomes. He finished the complementary course of Musical Training with a maximum grade in instrument and 19 values in Composition and Musical Training. He joined the Gulbenkian Choir in 2008, the year he was admitted to the Manhattan School of Music (New York). During his stay in the USA, he participates in several choral ensembles, such as the Upper West Sound and the Schola Cantorum, and his works are premiered in Manhattan, Lisbon and Brussels. He continues his studies in piano with Lisa Yui and in composition with Susan Botti and Nils Vigeland. He graduated in Classical Composition with distinction in May 2012. Since his return to Portugal, he founded the Lisboa a Cappella, which he regularly integrates and directs, founded the Cultural Association Notas de Palco, which he chairs, and became assistant conductor of the Youth Symphony Orchestra.