Italian Variations: Classics, Originals and ImproVisions
Federico Ferrandina: classical guitar
The Italian Variations concert is composed of both original music by Federico Ferrandina and pieces from the classical guitar repertoire (the Grande Overture by Mauro Giuliani and the Notturno – Reverie by Giulio Regondi). The common thread is the Italian musical and cultural heritage, since both the original and repertoire songs embody elements of the Italian tradition, from which are drawn suggestions, rhythms and colors that are different but unmistakably linked to Italian musical culture. Between each of the pieces in the program, impromptu compositions will also be performed, the ImproVisions, a practice that the classical tradition has abandoned in recent decades, but which has always been part of the work of classical musicians.
PROGRAM:
Giulio Regondi (1822 – 1872)
Reverie – Nocturne op.19
Federico Ferrandina
– ImproVision 1
– Second Language
– ImproVision 2
– Waltz in D minor
– ImproVision 3
– Prelude in E minor
– ImproVision 4
– Element
– ImproVision 5
Mauro Giuliani (1781 – 1829)
Grande Ouverture op.61
FEDERICO FERRANDINA. Italian music artist, composer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. Born in Matera in 1978, graduated in Classical Guitar and Composition. His musical style is identified by deep neoclassical soundscapes, tridimensional harmonies, and synth drops.
Many of his songs and instrumental pieces became soundtracks for films and TV shows in USA, France, Canada and Poland, like Mexican Mariachi, featured in multiple Academy Award winner movie Dallas Buyers Club. His credits include HBO, NBC and ABC TV series soundtracks. Ferrandina also collaborates on orchestral arrangements and music production for artists in Norway, Germany, France, Italy and U.S. He is part of the Playing for Change project, for which he arranged the cello part played by YoYo Ma on the song Everyday People.
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