“INAUGURATION“
A series of concerts to celebrate the new Bechstein piano at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York
A concert organized in partnership with
Hidden Treasure© Music Festival
The Italian- Egyptian pianist Francesca Khalifa was the winner of the Ferrara International Piano Festival in 2014, awarded by well-known pianist and musicologist Paul Badura-Skoda. She resulted also top prize winner in the Schio International Piano Competition Alink-Argerich Foundation (Finalist and third place), the Premio Loreto Lancia International Piano Competition (Winner), the N. van Westerhout International Piano Competition (Winner).
Active soloist and chamber musician, her recent performances include solo recitals and chamber music concerts both in Europe (Italy, The Netherlands, France, Austria and Switzerland) and in the United States. The Italian pianist has been a guest artist for master classes and lectures at the School of Performing Arts of Virginia Tech University, the University of Central Florida School of Music in Orlando and the E. Said Conservatory in Jerusalem.
Nune Melik is a violinist who has performed at Carnegie Hall and the United Nations Headquarters. After founding Hidden Treasure International, she champions the music of the Caucasus, simultaneously performing with orchestras and chamber groups around the world. Touring concerts since the age of nine, she expands her musical horizons with humanitarian work, music education, poetry writing, acting and directing.
Program:
Sonatas by
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Antonio Soler (1729-1783)
Italian Baroque women composers:
Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704)
Francesca Caccini (1587- 1641)
Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)
Niccolò Paganini (1782- 1840)
Capriccio No. 24
Franz Liszt (1811- 1886)
from Grandes Études de Paganini, No. 5: La caccia
from Anees de Pèlerinage: Italie: Sposalizio (after Raffaello)
Nino Rota (1911- 1979)
Sonatas for violin and piano
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