The prestigious French blog Artalinna.com, with Jean Charles Hoffelé's pen, declares the second Schubert album by Andrea Lucchesini as "record of the day".

" Voici tant d’années que le pianiste italien fréquente Schubert qu’il ne peut y être que pur naturel. Tout chante dans une réserve cependant, qui empêche l’hédonisme, et plus encore le narcissisme.

C’est le temps schubertien, cette donnée si spécifique, ce temps immobile et immense, qui s’incarne dans ce piano fluide, sans maniérisme, et par un toucher plus classique que romantique..."

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Inauguration of the Festival with the violin of Francesca Dego,the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi conducted by Daniele Rustioni, music by Rorem, Tchaikovsky and Dvořák.

Enrico Onofri, violinist and director of the Academia Montis Regalis Music by Purcell and Locke

Benedetto Lupo, piano Music by Leóš Janáček, Aleksandr Skrjabin

Enrico Dindo, cello Music by Carlo Boccadoro, Moisey Weinberg, Johann Sebastian Bach, Fabio Vacchi, Eugène Ysaÿe

Davide Cabassi with the Orchestra of the University of Milan, conducted by Alessandro Crudele Music by Aaron Jay Kernis, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Edward Elgar

Andrea Lucchesini, piano with the Strings of the Turin Philharmonic Orchestra and Sergio Lamberto, Music by Fryderyk Chopin

Jaume Santonja has been selected among the 4 most promising young talented conductors to participate to the exclusive masterclass with Iván Fischer and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam.

This is the schedule:
June 24 11:00-13:00 and 19:00-21:00
June 25 11:00-13:00
June 26 11:00-13:00

To follow the masterclass live, click here.

From May 21, taking inspiration from some well-known compositions,
Andrea Lucchesini faces in four meetings the theme of interpretation, with the involvement of some of the most lively protagonists of the Italian music scene.

With

Mario Brunello (21 May at 19.00) Beethoven Sonata op. 102 nr.1 cello and piano
Alexander Lonquich (May 28 at 19.00)   Schumann Kreisleriana op. 16
Ivan Fedele and Francesco D'Orazio, (June 4th at 19.00) Ivan Fedele Suite Francese 6b
Daniele Gatti (June 11th at 19,00)  Schumann Piano concerto A minore op. 54

The conversations can be followed on the Facebook pages of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana and Andrea Lucchesini's Facebook page

On May 21 at 9pm (Berlin time), Carolin Widmann performs J.S. Bach A minor Sonata in the great hall of the Berlin Konzerthaus. The artists declares: "In this particular phase of history, it was a big moment of motivation, inspiration and consolation to me when the Konzerthaus Berlin asked me to do a video of J. S. Bach’s a minor sonata for solo violin in the big hall of the Konzerthaus. I really hope that we musicians can practice our profession and passion again soon. For me, recording this Bach gave me strength and hope in dark times." 

To join the streaming please use this link: https://www.konzerthaus.de/en/stream

To all our artists, colleagues, friends from all over the world ... thank you for your messages of support. Let's stay united in this difficult situation and we'll come out stronger than before.

Maestro Daniel Smith conducts the Polska Filharmonia Baltycka on March 6 and 13 at 19.00. Programs:
1. PROKOFIEV Koncert fortepianowy N. 3 op. 26 [soloist: Alexander Gavrylyuk]
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.12, op.112, D minor (The Year 1917; 1917 god) 

2. ROSSINI Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture
PAGANINI Concerto, Violin, No.2, op.7, B minor (La campanella) [soloist: Kevin Zhu]
MOZART Symphony No.41, K.551, C major (Jupiter) 

The CD Into Nature conducted and played by Maestro Enrico Onofri and the Imaginarium Ensemble, is CD of the month on Amadeus Magazine and won the prestigoius Diapason d'Or of the french magazine:

"The splendid result, often brilliant, is devoid of blatant effects that overshadow the rest. It rather recalls the harmony of some rural landscapes used by Giorgione as backdrop of his paintings, where the thousand voices of the Nature coexist enigmatically in a suspended and dreamlike dimension, out of a specific time."
-Massimo Rolando Zegna, Amadeus Magazine-

Congratulations to Daniel Smith on his nomination for Best Conductor at the upcoming 37th Green Room Awards after 'Viaggio a Reims' with Opera Australia. Congratulations to all the other nominees and to everyone involved with this beautiful production directed by Damiano Michieletto, which has also been nominated for Best Lighting, Set and Costume Design, Best Musical Achievement for the Ensemble Cast, Best Direction and Best Production.