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WRITINGS

 

         Die harmonische Sprache der Sequenza IV von L. Berio

         Download PDF file 1423 KB Language: GERMAN

 

            Kreisleriana: considerations about the relation between Hoffmann and Schumann

            Download PDF file 49KB Language: ITALIAN

 

            Text of presentation of the CD Schumann (Carnaval and Symph. Etudes) Solstice SOCD158

            “Carnaval and Symphonic Etudes: aesthetic conscience and formal invention”   

Download PDF file 732 KB ITALIAN VERSION (English and French versions are in the CD)

 

Abstract of the text for the multimedial lecture about Ligeti “Harmonic, formal and rhythmical structures in Ligeti’s Etudes for Piano – Second and Third Book”

Download PDF file 37KB Language: ENGLISH

 

 

TEACHING ACTIVITY and PROJECTS

 

Piano

 

POSSIBLE MASTERCLASSES

POSSIBLE MASTERCLASSES

AND CONCERT PROJECTS

– Analysis and interpretation of Debussy’s and Ravel’s piano music

– Analysis and interpretation of the piano repertoire of the Viennese School

– Analysis and interpretation of contemporary piano works

– LIGETI’S COMPLETE ETUDES

see LIGETI PROJECT

– BEETHOVEN’S COMPLETE SONATAS

See BEETHOVEN PROJECT

– SCHUMANN: see Brochure Schumann

 

 

 

Composition

 

List of commissionable projects for new pieces for first performances

 

1. "Heptalogue“ for voices, 1 or 2 pianos. and digital support, on the 7 Christ’s words on the Cross

2.  "Stele“, for 2 pianos, digital support and recit. voice, with texts drawn from Keats and Montale.

3. "Abendfantasie“, for soprano, piano and orchestra, on texts by Hölderlin, arranged in order to create a non-linear route that freely moves from the early to the last poems.

 

Projects for new theatrical works (that can be performed even in form of concert):

4. "Der Traumspiel“, from "The Dream“ by Strindberg

5. "The Promethean Spark“, from various plays related to the figure of Prometheus (Aeschylus, Shelley, Byron, Goethe and others).