Antena 2 Concert | Goffredo Petrassi Piano Duo

Goffredo Petrassi" piano duo: 

Daniela Ignazzitto, piano | Massimiliano Negri, piano

November 25'14 | 19h00 | CGD Auditorium - ISEG
CO-PRODUCTION Antena2 Iconcertos.antena2@rtp.pt –  Recorded concert

The piano duo "Goffredo Petrassi" was born in March this year and traces its roots back to the great piano school of Lya De Barberiis, a didactic-artistic tradition that, through Alfredo Casella, can be traced back to the French school of Debussy, Ravel and Fauré. The two artists met in 2001 as part of the annual piano training courses run by Lya De Barberiis at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Music in Venice. Since then, each has pursued his own path as a soloist and chamber pianist until they decided to establish a duo which, in addition to piano for four hands, includes programs with two pianos and two pianos and orchestra. The duo made its debut in Lisbon in April of this year with a concert given by the Ginasio Opera Association at the Palácio Foz, to critical and public acclaim. The duo then performed in Roman castles (Teatro Petrolini in Castel Gandolfo and Villa Tuscolana in Frascati) and in Sicily. This concert brings to a close a tour that has included performances in Italy, in Foligno at the Auditorio "San Domenico" in Foligno, at the "Libero Bizarri" Foundry in San Benedetto del Tronto and at the "Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina" Foundry.

Piano Duo "Goffredo Petrassi" | Program

A. Dvorak Slavic dances Op. 72
Very lively
Allegretto grazioso
Allegro

S. Rachmaninoff From the 6 pieces Op. 11
Barcarola
Valzer
Slava

Interval

A. Casella War pages
In Belgio: a row of heavy-duty tedescan artifacts
In France: in front of the windows of Reims Cathedral
In Russia: carica di cavalleria cosacca
In Alsace: croci di legno

F. Busoni Finnish songs
Andante
Andantino

G. Petrassi Siciliana and Marcia

N. Rubistein Tarantella

Daniela Ignazzitto, pianist

Born in Palermo, Italy, she began her musical studies at the "V. Bellini" Conservatory, where she graduated cum laude in piano and also studied composition. After finishing the piano course, he started his musical improvement by attending annual courses (1997/98 in Osimo, Ancona and 2001/02 in Rome) and master classes organized by the Musical Association A.GI.MUS. of Foligno and at the Music Conservatory "B. Marcello" of Venice with the pianist Lya De Barberiis. In September 1999 she was invited as piano teacher and accompanist to the Conservatório Regional de Ponta Delgada, Azores, where she taught for two years. Currently she is a piano teacher at the Music School of the National Conservatory and at the Academia Amadores de Música de Lisboa. In Portugal she continues her musical improvement by attending the piano course at Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa, with Professor Jorge Moyano in piano and with Professor Olga Prats in chamber music, concluding her degree with 19 points. Throughout his training, he has attended several master classes oriented by pianists such as Aldo Ciccolini, Sequeira Costa, Dimitri Baskirov, Avidis Kouyoumdjian. His artistic activity includes solo and chamber music recitals for some important musical institutions such as Teatro Massimo e Amici della Musica of Palermo, Associazione Musicale Dino Ciani of Milan, Societá dei Concerti of Rome, Associazione Musicale Etnea of Catania, DRAC of São Miguel, Azores, Centro Cultural de Belém of Lisbon, Festival of Convento dos Capuchos of Almada, Theatre of Vila Real, Raízes Ibéricas of Oeiras, Chamber Orchestra of Cascais and Oeiras. Among the musicians with whom he has collaborated in Chamber Music are Lya De Barberiis, Giovanni Sollima, Gabriela Canavilhas, Marcos Lázaro, Irene Lima, Viviana Caiolo, Nuno Silva, Catherine Strynckx, Luis Pacheco Cunha, João Paulo Santos. Since 2001 she has performed several solo concerts and live chamber music for RTP (Portuguese Radio Television). In 2005 she performs solo with the Symphonic Orchestra of the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa under the direction of Mº Vasco Azevedo, performing J. Brahms' concerto nº 1 at the Palácio Nacional da Ajuda and at the São Luiz Municipal Theatre in Lisbon.

Massimiliano Negri, pianist

Born in Marino in 1977, he was admitted to the "O. Respighi" Conservatory in Latina. Respighi" Conservatory in Latina, where he graduated in July 2001 with the highest marks. Since his years at the conservatory, he has taken part in festivals, academic events and piano competitions, always achieving excellent results. In 2000 and 2001, on the occasion of the "Dvorak" festival, he was invited by the Czech Republic Authority to give two solo recitals. From November 2001 to May 2004, he attended High Piano Training Courses and Masterclasses with Lya De Barberiis in Rome, Foligno and Venice, always taking part in the final concerts. In March 2009, she completed a two-year Specialization Course at second level in Piano, graduating with the highest classification and commendation from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. At the same institution he also attended piano master classes with Maestro Aldo Ciccolini. She founded the "Lya De Barberiis" Cultural Circle, an institution that aims to support young Italian talent and remember Maestro Goffredo Petrassi. From the outset, she has been the artistic director of the Circle, organizing a season of concerts, a music school and an Honorary Committee made up of Rosetta Acerbi Petrassi, Fulvia Casella and the president of which is MP Gianni Letta. From November 2011 to June 2012, she attended a High-Performance Course in Chamber Music with Lya De Barberiis at the Collegium Artis in Frascati (Rome), where she worked as a duo pianist with violin, viola, cello and clarinet. She is currently studying for a second-level specialist degree in Business Management in Culture and Entertainment.