The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Institute of Culture, Jakarta
in collaboration with the Department of Music Education, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Yogyakarta State University
proudly present a concert
Musical Rediscoveries of the ‘900 Neapolitan Music
by
Mauro Tortorelli (violin)
Angela Meluso (piano)
Tuesday, 30 August 2022
At 19.30
Performance Hall, Faculty of Languages and Arts, State University of Yogyakarta
Jl. Colombo Yogyakarta No.1, Depok
Kabupaten Sleman, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta
Registration link: https://forms.gle/FpCXHsE3Er2rwLFF8
The Gran Duo Italiano, Mauro Tortorelli violin, Angela Meluso piano, boasts a Discography that includes word-premiere recordings of music by Gaetano Fusella, Camillo Sivori (Paganini’s only pupil) and Rosario Scalero (himself a pupil of Sivori) Tactus Recording, Mario Castelnuovo- Tedesco (3 cd violin and piano/viola and piano and Chamber Music- Ensemble Italiano) Brilliant Classics Recording. Radio broadcast of the music on Italy’s Rai Radio 3 was enthusiastically received by audience and critics alike, and the releases were well reviewed in specialist music magazines such as Musica, Amadeus, Fanfare, Harmonia Mundi and Gramophone. In 2011 the Duo was awarded one of the European Union’s highest accolades, the “Premio Mediterraneo”, and in 2021 the “Premio alla Carriera”, in recognition of their research, rediscovery and promotion of Italy’s artistic and musical heritage. In 2012, the duo gave a lecture-recital at the 40th International Conference of the European String Teachers Association (ESTA) at the theatre in Porec in Croatia. This was followed by a conference-recital in 2013 on the music of Camillo Sivori at the Emirates International Festival of Dubai and a masterclass-recital on Paganini and his musical contemporaries at the University of Aichi (Nagoya) in Japan. In 2014 the Duo debuted in Germany with unanimous applause at the Stilwerk-Bechstein Centrum in Berlin, Festsaal of the Coselpalais in Dresden, Harmoniesaal in Bamberg, and at the Philarmonie Gasteig in Munich. In 2015 the Duo had an important tournèe in Japan: Nagoya at the Munetsugu Hall, Gakuin University in Osaka, in Fukuoka at the University Concert Hall and Kagoshima Concert Hall. In 2016 the Gran Duo Italiano had concerts in Timisoara (Philarmonie), Malta (Gaulitana Festival), Tenerife (Conservatorio Superior de Musica, Real Casino), Firenze (Lyceum-Amici della Musica), Ravello Festival etc. In February 2017 they had their debut at Carnegie Hall of New York and at the Music School of Kazan (Tatarstan-Russia). The Duo has performed in the most important concert halls in over 20 countries around the world (Carnegie Hall di New York, Munetsugu Hall di Nagoya, Filarmonica di Kiev, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Gasteig di Monaco, Filarmonica di Timisoara, Ilshin Hall di Seoul,Y Theater di Hong Kong, etc.) as an ambassador of the rediscovered Italian music.
The last recordings for Brilliant Classics Label are: Camille Saint-Saens: Violin Sonatas; Darius Milhaud: Complete Violin Sonatas and Chamber Music, Francesco Santoliquido: Chamber music.
Mauro Tortorelli is a violin Professor at the Cosenza Conservatory (Italy) and Angela Meluso is a piano Professor at the Cagliari Conservatory (Italy).
www.granduoitaliano.com