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Edy Frollano
Academic Director - Instructor of Italian Language - Literature - Opera Libretti
Edy was born in Florence attended school and university there. After receiving her degree in Foreign Languages and Literature, she completed her specialization in Italian as a Foreign Language and the didactics of modern and ancient Italian at the University of Siena.
Since 1989 she has taught Italian Language, Literature and Opera Libretti to foreigners, at the Dante Alighieri school, the Deutsches Institut, Istituto Parola and Istituto Europeo, where for 5 years she was also the Director of Didactics and Cultural Activities.
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Massimo De Matteis
Administrative Director - Instructor of Italian Language
From 1993-2003, Massimo taught Italian Language at Schools and Italian Language and Culture Institutes in Brazil.
From 1997 to 2002 he acted as the Director of Administration and Information Services for the Consiglio Direttivo del Comites (Committee for Italians Abroad) in Recife, Brazil.
With his experience in relations between both italian and foreign, Public and Private Corporations, matured over years of work with the jurisdiction of the Italian Consulate in Recife, as well as with his activity as Coordinator of it's Newspaper and as Promoter of Italian Culture, Massimo was called upon as an expert in Youth, Information and Italian language at the continental reunion of the CGIE (General Council of Italians Abroad) in Rio de Janiero (1999), at the Pre-Conference of Italians in the World in Montevideo (2000) and at the Conference of Italians in the World in Rome (2000).
Throughout his employment he has also contributed to:
Giuseppina Massarelli
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Lucia Contu
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Floriana Pezzolo
Floriana Pezzolo was born in Padova, Italy.
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6. Carlo Bagnoli
He was Born in Florence.
He has a degree in Language & Arts (Italian Literature) from the 'Università di Firenze'.
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He got the license for teaching through the competitive examination promoted by the 'Provveditorato agli Studi di Lucca.
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He worked as a collaborator and linguistic specialist, and other didatic activities in the following Italian university:
He worked on didatic activities concerned to teaching Italian for students speakers of several languages:
Alessandro Gerini
Gerini Alessandro was born in Florence , Italy.
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Music Department
Rodolfo Tommasi
Director of the Art and Music Departments
Rodolfo Tommasi, a writer, a musicologist and a stage director of Melodrama and modern and contemporary opera (he is also a direct descendant of the famous Tommasi Macchiaoli painters - Adolfo, Angiolo and Ludovico, and although not a painter himself, his areas of expertise allow him to be active in the field of visual expression).
Since 1964 Rodolfo has been involved in cultural journalism, writing about literary works, music and theater for newspapers and magazines (in 1964 he began writing for "Il Ponte"); from 1970 to 1997 he worked for the RAI, at GR3. His research revolves mostly around literature and music and their correlation.
He has published numerous articles in the following fields:
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In the period from 1977-1986, Rodolfo taught at the music school of Sesto Fiorentino, the music school of Fiesole, and he was the artistic director of the International Courses on Renaissance and Baroque Music in Gargonza, and also for the "Festival Spazio Musica Antica".
In the field of the theater and performances, Rodolfo has been in charge of the direction of several stage productions, in Italy and also abroad:
Recently he has focused on the 19th-20th century repertory:
He has just published a Dictionary of Italian Writers of the 20th century for Helicon press and currently he is working on a book on the Theatrical/musical phenomenology of Giacomo Puccini.
Vocal technique
Susanna Rigacci
Susanna Rigacci was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She has been graduated in musical training at the Luigi Cherubini conservatory in Florence, and has attended successfully to a post graduation experience with Iris Adami Corradetti. Under her conduction, Susanna was awarded at the International "Maria Callas" Competition (Concorso RAI, 1983), and for the "Sängerförderungspreis", at the Mozarteum (Salzburg, 1985).
In Italy, she has performed in most prestigious theaters like: La Scala in Milan, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, La Fenice in Venice, The Opera House in Rome, Filarmonico in Verona, Massimo in Palermo, Regio in Parma, Bellini in Catania, and Comunale in Bologne.
She has also performed at the: Carnegie Hall in New York, Opéra Comique and Théatre Châtelet in Paris, Prague Philharmonic, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Opéra de Wallonie in Liège, Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Fundaçao Gulbenkian in Lisbon, Wexford Festival, Teatro Municipale in Mallorca, and Staatteater in Bern.
Her lyrical Soprano repertory revolves mostly around the Italian Baroque ( Vivaldi - Scarlatto - Cimarosa - Galoppi - Pergolesi - Boccherini - Stradella - Gasparini - Sacchini ), from whom she has made several recordings with the Solisti Veneti,conducted by Claudio Sciamone (Erato) for the Philips, and Bongiovanni recorders. She has enriched her brilliant Rossini and Donizetti repertoire ( Don Pasquale - screened for German broadcast - L'Elisir d'Amore, La Figlia del Reggimento, Il Signor Bruschino, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Cambiale di Matrimonio ), and the 19th century Italian and French Belcanto.
Susanna is also versed in contemporary music of which repertory she has performed for the most prestigious events and institutions like: La Biennale in Venice, the London Sinfonietta, the RAI in Rome, Turin and Milan, the Pomeriggi Musicali Orchestra in Milan, the Sicilian Symphonic Orchestra, and Di Ghibellina Festival. She has interpreted Webern, Berg, Schönberg, Berio, Nono, Sciarrino, and she has performed some Togni, Pennisi, D'Amico compositions for the first time to an audience. She has also been the main performer on the Italian opening performance of La Gatta Inglesi(The English Cat) by Henze, at the Comunale Theater in Bologne.
Susanna Rigacci sings in 6 different idioms, and alternates her concert performance with the constantly refinement of her chamber music repertory.
She is an usual performer of Enio Morricone compositions in her concerts and recordings.
Eva Tonietti
Eva Tonietti has a degree in Arts History from the University of Florence. She has diplomas in Singing with Renata Ongaro and in Chamber Singing with Lilliana Poli at the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory in Florence. She concluded a specialisation course with Ettore Campogalliani at the Adria lyrical laboratory in the Scuola di musica (Fiesole), and another course with Noemi Perugina on operatic and chamber repertory in Paris. Then, she studied lieder with Paul Schillawsky, and attended courses for several years on contemporary music (GAMO) with Lilliana Poli, and (Genazzano) with Silvano Bussotti.
She is part of the musical ensemble "L'Homme Armé" which she has participated in several Renaissance and Baroque music festivals, deepening her understanding on Baroque vocality with James Griffith (from the Pro Cantione Antiqua ), and with Jill Feldmann.
She has won several music competitions, among which she was awarded the first prize at the 6th National Vocal Chamber Music Competition "Città di Conegliano" and at the 5th Nation-wide Lyrical Competition "A. Lazzari" in Genoa.
Eva performs concerts, chamber and contemporary repertories, as a soloist, throughout Italy and abroad as well. She teaches at both the Accademia Musicale and the ISTITUTO EUROPEO in Florence. She has also taken part in recordings for the RAI, and recorded 2 CDs for "L'Homme Armé" ensemble.
Lucia Sciannimanico
After concluding her degree in Singing, Lucia has enriched her skills with Elly Ameling, Irwin Gage, Julia Hamari, Jill Feldmann, Andrew Lawrence King, James Griffett. Her repertory, particularly extent, focus on the Baroque music both in operas and concerts, and also includes Medieval repertory, and lideristic repertory of the 20th century.
Among the greatest operas that she has acted in, the most important ones are: le Passioni, la Messa in Ti minor, Oratorio di Natale e Magnificat by Bach, Judas maccabeus, Samson and Messiah by Haendel, Requiem by Mozart, Stabat Mater and Petite Messe solennelle by Rossini, Elijah by Mendelssohn, El amor brujo by De Falla, Kindertotenlieder by Mahler.
She collaborates regularly with music groups specialized in Baroque and Medieval repertory, like Modo Antiquo by Federico Maria Sardelli, Il Complesso Barocco by Alan Curtis, La Venexiana by Claudio Cavina, and L'Homme armé by Fabio Lombardo.
In opera, Lucia performed as the protagonist in the following Baroque ones: la Didone de F. Cavalli a Glasgow, L' incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi, produced in collaboration with RAI and J.C. Malgoire repeted, La Dori by M.A. Cesti, Juditha Triumphans (in a scenic form), Arsilda Regina dei Ponto, Orlando furioso and Tito Manlio by A. Vivaldi, under the direction of F.M. Sardelli, and produced by Opera Barga, and most recently Deidamia by G.F. Haendel under the direction of Alessandro De Marchi for the Haendel Festspiele of Halle. Also in Halle, she performed for the first time to an audience in Imeneo by Haendel.
She has performed as the protagonist in Caino de A. Scarlatti produced by Altstadtherbst in Dusseldorf, always under the direction of F. M. Sardelli. She also played parts of Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro under the direction of Peter Maag, Second Lady in Zauberflöte, under the direction of Piero Bellugi and production of Lindsay Kemp, and of Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel produced by Orchestra della Toscana. She also performed as the protagonist in Pinocchio by Marco Tutino for the Teatro Comunale of Florence.
She contributed as a soloist in important institutions and Lyric entities as the Pucciniano Festival, the Teatro Comunale of Florence, the Chigiana Academy, the Verdi Theater of Pisa, the Ravenna Festival, the Teatro Comunale of Treviso, the Musica Antica Festival of Regensburg, the Regio Theater of Torino, Macerata Opera, the Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte, the Teatro Comunale of Bolonha, the Teatro S.Carlo, the Théatre des Champs-Elysée. Between 1990 and 1993 she developed an intense soloist activity in concerts for important institutions in England and Scotland.
For her chamber music repertory, she was awarded in 1992 the prize of best performance of English Songs at the International Competition of Grimsby in England with Cabaret Songs from B. Britten. She also performed many Lieder e Mélodies concerts. She has participated since the foundation of the "Notschibikitschi Ensemble" in which she performed a rare repertory from Mozart up to the contemporary composers, and performed many others, like Goethe Lieder by L. Dallapiccola; she took part of the group "Arlecchino", dedicated to the spreading of cameristic musical literature of the 20th century for young people.
Lucia participated in many recordings: the anthologies "Carmina Burana" and "La musica dei crociati" with the Modo Antiquo group (Amadeus), Juditha Triumphans (Tactus), Arsilda, Orlando Furioso and Tito Manlio under the direction of F.M. Sardelli, two anthologies of Madrigali de Sigismondo d'India and Gesualdo da Venosa with the group "La Venexiana" (Glossa), the album Le notti d'amore, musiche per le nozze di Cosimo II and Maria Maddalena d'Austria, under the direction of Alan Curtis (Stradivarius), the anthology Regina Pretiosa of laudas and motetes of the 14th century Florentine, Canzoni e duetti, by Carulli (Dynamic).
Francesco Ghelardini
Francesco Ghelardini was born in Florence and has studied Singing with Kathleen Lafferty at the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini, where he also studied Flute with David Bellugi. He attended classes in Baroque performance with Rossana Bertini, Jill Feldmann and Gloria Banditelli.
He has sung with such recognized conductors as Rinaldo Alessandrini, Peter Phillips, Alan Curtis and Marco Balderi, and has been regularly invited to many leading festivals in Italy and abroad, such as Festival Monteverdiano di Cremona, Festival Pucciniano di Torre de Lago, Festival di Spoleto, Accademia Chigiana, Semàna Musica Religiosa en Cuenca (Spain), Auditòrio Nacional de Musica de Madrid, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Recently, he has sung the main part in Alessandro Melani's Il Sacrificio d'Abel with Concerto Italiano under Rinaldo Alessandrini conduction at the early music festival Trigonale in Klagenfurt (Austria).
His recordings, for labels like OPUS 111, DIVOX ANTIQUA and TACUS, include Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine for OPUS111 with Rinaldo Alessandrini.
Floriana Pezzolo
Floriana Pezzolo was born in Padova.
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Instruments
Angel Andrea Tavani
Agel Andrea Tavani was born in La Spezia. He has a degree in violin from the A. Boito Conservatory in Parma (1989) with Professor Runza, simultaneously with classical studies. Before finishing his graduation, he attended a course for orchestra qualification at the Scuola di Musica in Fiesole, where he has also attended courses on Chamber music and a specialisation course on trios, sustained by the Trieste Trio.
He also studied musical duos and trios with piano for three years under the conduction Maestro P. Masi at the Accademia Musicale di Firenze. He completed several specialisation courses in violin techniques and interpretation with S. Lupu, A. Stern, A. Bologni, and C. Rossi;
Tavani performs regularly in concerts both as a solo artist and as a member of a chamber orchestras like Gruppi da Camera dell' OGI , Solisti del Teatro Bellini di Catania , Nuovi Cameristi Italiani , Complesso da camera di Luni , Camerata Musicale , Paganini Consort , Complessi da Camera del Teatro del Giglio di Lucca , Accademia Strumentale Toscana , Musici Mundi , and Solisti Fiorentini.
He has also performed with the following orchestras:
Elisabetta Sepe
Piano teacher
Elisabetta Sepe born in Florence, has studied piano with Lucia Passaglia, Pietro Rigacci, Riccardo Risaliti, Dario De Rosa. Perfected her skills in Paris with J. Bourgès-Manoury, who continued the of Dinu Lipatti, receiving the “Prix d´excellence” of the city’s national conservatory. Has also attended courses with Aquilles delle Vigne, Murray Perahia and Maurizio Pollini.
In addition to the humanistic studies she received diplomas in Piano, Didactics of Music, Choir Music and Choir Conducting and followed courses of Composition, Vocal Chamber and Instrumental Music, Organ, Harpsichord and Basso Continuo, Orchestra Conducting, Semiology of Gregorian Chant, Musicology, Musical Analysis, Choir Repertoire. She also received a diploma of perfection in choir conducting at the end professional triennial formation course organized by the “Guido d’Arezzo” in collaboration with the comunidade européia.
Her musical carrier started when she was ten years old when in concert she conducted a composition of hers for a small orchestra. After that, at seventeen she debuted in a piano recital in the “Salone de' Dugento” in the “Palazzo Vecchio”. Later came an intense concert activity as a soloist, with an orchestra, or with chamber music groups in important associations and music centers such as the room "E. Varese" of Paris, the "Borse Festsaal" in Viena, the Festival di Recklinghausen (Germany), the "Musicus Concentus" and the “Teatro Comunale di Firenze”, the "Amici della Musica" of Modena, Arezzo, the “Teatro Comunale di Ferrara”, the “Teatro Verdi di Pisa”, the society of the concerts of La Spezia and of Ravello, the “Associazione Musicale Etnea di Catania”.
She is dedicated with passion also to the chamber music with singers such as Alessandro Corbelli, Eva Mei, Susanna Rigacci. Colaborates with the courses of Illustrious faculty (Agnes Giebel, Rolando Panerai, Marcella Reale) with whom she also develops concerts. She works as an accompaniment pianist in many operas and since 1999 is collaborator maestro in the “Teatro Comunale di Firenze” where she has worked with famous directors among them Zubin Mehta, Seji Ozawa, Daniel Oren, Bruno Bartoletti, Ivor Bolton.
Collaborates stably since 1991 with concert and cultural activites of “Firenze Lirica” and of “Foyer” of which she is the current artistic director.
She was protagonist of many meaningful manifestations, among which the collaboration as a pianist in the Rolando Panerai for the 50 year anniversary of her carrier and the execution of a paraphrase about the Verdinian times written by her in the occasion of giving the prize “L’aria di Baule” to Fedora Barbieri.
Since 1996 she is the director of the vocal group “Novi Cantores” di Firenze, and since 2004 of the choir “Harmonia Cantata”.
She is a complementary piano teacher of the “Conservatorio Statale di Musica di Latina”.
In 1998 she recorded two cycles of chamber vocal music of Gaetano Donizetti for the Bongiovanni com Susanna Rigacci e William Matteuzzi discographic house.
In 2003 she founded the duet “Consonanza” with Ladislao Petru Horvath, who plays as first violin of the “Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino”, with which she has recently finished the integral execution of the sonatas of Bach with the soloists of the Royal Konzertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam.
In September of 2006 did a tour in Japan with the teatro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino as a pianist of the maestro Zubin Mehta. Illustrious characters of he musical world have expressed themselves in the following way:
“I can say without a doubt the maestro Elisabetta Sepe has revealed herdelf as a musician of enormous value, in the preparations of singing accompaniments and as a maestro.
Such collaboration has been precious because of the professional support provided with the highest responsibility and dedication and for the unusual musical gifts manifested. Has also proved a surprising competence inherent to the vocality, conquering my esteem.”
"Sono lieto di poter dire poche parole in favore di Elisabetta Sepe che dopo aver studiato con me il repertorio lirico italiano, si è affermata oggi come valente e preziosa collaboratrice sia come pianista che come insegnante o anche direttrice di coro e di piccoli complessi, meritandosi il mio plauso e il mio costante sostegno artistico."
"I have known the work of Elisabetta Sepe for the last four years (2000-2004) in productions I have conducted at the 'Maggio Musicale Fiorentino'.
I have found her to be an excellent pianist and very fine vocal coach. Her commitment and attention to detail make her an asset to any musical team as also does her positive and supportive attitude."
Simone Ori
Piano Teacher - Napolitan Music Interpretation - Vocal Group Music and Intrumental Music
Simone Ori was born in the city of Prato. He finished his musical studies in Florence at the Cherubini Conservatory under the orientation of Giovanni Cicconi (piano), Piero Bellugi (orchestra director), A. Riccardo Luciani (partition reading), Michele Ignelzi (musical analysis).
Nowadays he has been concluding his Organ (with Mariella Mochi and Federico Del Sordo), and Crave (with Annaberta Conti) studies. He has been specializing in antique music under the orientation of Claudio Astonio for organ and bass, and Eric Lebrun for organ.
Since 1999, he hs been an Augusto Vismara's assistant in the co-productions between the conservatories and the Piccolo Teatro Comunale in Florence. In this theater he has performed for the first time as an opera director in 2001.
Vittorio Ceccanti
Cello Professor
Vittorio Ceccanti started studying the Cello at the age of 5, and has performed his first "concert" to an audience of seven people. After being graduated with distinction at the Cherubini Conservatory in Florence under the orientation of Andrea Nannoni, Vittorio went to study with such recognized musicians as: Yo Yo Ma, Mischa Maisky, David Geringas, Valentin Berlinsky, Anner Bijlsma, Karine Georgian, Alain Meunier, Riccardo Brengola, the Trieste Trio and the Milano Trio. Since 1996, he has been one of Natalia Gutman's 5 pupils at the Hochschule in Stuttgart, where he concluded his master's in Cello and his degree as a soloist (Solistenklasse) with highest marks.
Vittorio has won national and international competitions and prizes such as:
After having performed in Vienna with the Radio Orf Orchestra, being conducted by Pinchas Steinberg in 1990, and in Naples at the Teatro San Carlo by Pier Luigi Urbini in 1991, Vittorio was called to perform at the concert for the winners of Eurovision Competitions, which was broadcasted by the RAI TV. Since then, he has been regularly invited to perform as a solo artist in many concerts and festivals in Italy and abroad: Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Cité de la Musique in Paris, Festival of Prague, Festival of Lyon, Chigiana Music Week, Amici della Musica in Firenze, Vicenza and Palermo, Teatro Rendano in Cosenza, Festival of Ravello, Festival of Todi, Festival Pontino, in Rome for Radio Tre Suite, RAI International and at the Acquario.
He currently participates in the Trio Artes and the Contempoartensemble (of which he is the president since foundation). He has recorded 5 CDs with the music of Berio, Boulez, Sciarrino, Steve Reich, Schoenberg e Vacchi, among which he executed the cello solo of "Les mots sont allés." by L. Berio, and the trio for strings op. 45 by Schoenberg, and played the first ever executions by F. Vacchi (for trio with piano), by Peter Maxwell Davies (Trio for strings) and by L. Berio ("Chanson" for Pierre Boulez-cello solo).
Vittorio also recorded the music of F. Vacchi for BMG-Records, among which we have "In alba mia dir." - solo for cello, for the soundtrack of the film "Il mestiere delle armi" by Ermanno Olmi. He also collaborates as the first cello soloist with the RAI's National Symphonic Orchestra.
Vittorio, since 1996, has been teaching the cello at the G. Verdi Music School in Prato, and he was invited by the Accademia Chigiana in Siena as Assistant Instrumental Maestro for the composition courses in 2000 and 2001, held by Azio Corghi; and he has been called by the Accademia Musicale in Florence to give special courses for cello since January 2002. Recently he has had a huge success with the Trio Artes during their long tour in Latin America (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay).
Vittorio plays a priceless cello constructed in Venice around 1720-1 by C. Tononi, which once belonged to Amedeo Baldovino. "One of the rare true musical talents among all of the students that have passed through me" ( Amedeo Baldovino ).
"He played for me in September 1992. I was deeply moved by his great talent."( Sir Georg Solti ).
"From the first time I met Vittorio Ceccanti, I was impressed with his maturity and his intelligence. He is an exceptional musician, both technically and intellectually. He is gifted with an extraordinary instrumental ability and a profound perception of music." ( Luciano Berio ).
Duccio Ceccanti
Violino Professor
Duccio Ceccanti was b orn in a family of musicians. Duccio began studying violin at the age of 5 under the instruction of his father. He received his diploma with full honours, at a very young age under the conduction of Andrea Tacchi, at the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory in Florence, and he was awarded the Fondazione Banca F. del Vecchio prize as the best scholar.
He was awarded a diploma of merit five tiems, and won the G. Chigi scholarship at the Accademia Chigiana , attending courses held by Uto Ughi, Boris Belkin, Riccardo Brontola and Alain Meunier. At the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole , Duccio attended courses held by the Trio Trieste and by the Trio di Milano . He also attended graduation courses held by Stofan Gheorhiu and Felix Andriewski. His specialisation was completed at the conservatory in Maastricht with Boris Belkin, and at the W.Stauffer foundation with Salvatore Accardo in Cremona.
He has played for many important institutions and festivals like Teatro la Fenice in Venice, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Sala Bossi in Bologne, Aula Magna dell'Università degli Studi in Rome, Associazione Alessandro Scarlatti in Naples, Accademia Chigiana , Amici della Musica in Vicenza, Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte di Montepulciano , Estate Fiesolana , Acquario Romano , Teatro Metastasio in Prato, International Festival in Prague, and has toured in France, Germany, Spain, and Portugal.
Duccio has performed the firts S. Bussotti and L. Berio compositions. He has recorded: "Pierrot Lunaire" by A. Schönberg for ARTS with the Contempoartensemble (a soloist), The trio for strings by Schönberg and Schubert with the Artes Trio and, with the pianist Vovsk Ashkenazy the quartet op. 47 by Schumann.
He has contributed to the Italian Chamber Orchestra which was founded and directed by Salvatore Accardo with whom he has recorded for the EMI, FONE, and FONIT CETRA music labels, and with whom he has toured in Italy, South America, China, and Japan.
He teaches at "G. Verdi" music school in Prato, and since the summer of 2000 he is also an assistant maestro of instruments for the specialization course held by F. Donatoni and A. Corghi at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena.
Nuccio D´Angelo
Guitar teacher
Nuccio D'Angelo started playing music at the age of six, and immediately showed a remarkable interest for the guitar and for compositions. His most important teachers have been Alvaro Company for the guitar, and Gaetano Giani-Luporini for composition.
He has performed in concerts as a soloist in Italy, Greece, Holland, France, USA, Canada, Germany, and Portugal.
He was awarded the first prize at the "Festival of contemporary music" (Tokyo 1984) with "Due Canzoni Lidie" and the "A. Segovia" competition in Almunecar (1991) with "Magie". He won a special prize in 1996 at "The European International Competition for Composer" in New York , and at "La chitarra d'oro per la composizione" (Alessandria - 1997).
His music has been admired by musicians like L. Brouwer, T. Riley, R. Smith-Brindle, R. Aussel , A. Pierri, and it has been played and recorded by famous guitarists: "Due Canzoni Lidie" was already recorded nine times. He teaches classical guitar at the "P. Mascagni Musical Institute" in Livorno, and guitar and composition in Rome, Lucca, Macerata, Agropoli, Florence, Portoferraio (Elba), Catania, Monza, USA, Canada, Hamburg and Marktoberdorf (Monaco).
Andrea Marchetti
Oboe professor
Andrea Marchetti was born and grew up in Florence. He has been graduated at the Luigi Cherubini conservatory under the conduction of G. Patroniti. He continued his musical training doing a specialization course in Chamber Music at the Accademia Chigiana , and in Oboe at the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburgo, under the direction of Hansjorg Schellenberger, the first oboe musician from the Berlin Philharmonic.
Andrea has been developing a career as soloist in concerts with chamber groups and orchestras for events like Il Maggio Musicale Fiorentino , Musicus Concentus (under the direction of Luciano Berio), Accademia Internazionale di Salisburgo , "Insieme Barocco Fiorentino" , "Amici della Musica" from Arezzo and Florence University Orchestra.
Among his records it is remarkable the "Il Figlio dell'Uomo" and "Frate Francesco" (by the maestro C. Terni) with the Florentine group Musica Instrumentalis for the Phonographic Editions and Pro Civitate Christiana-Assisi Concerts.
Andrea has also graduated in Education at the Florence University. His interest in helping disabled people made him conciliate his career as a musician with teaching activities in special schools and institutions in Florence its suburbs.
He teaches at "G. Verdi" music school in Prato, and since the summer of 2000 he is also an assistant maestro of instruments for the specialization course held by F. Donatoni and A. Corghi at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena.
David Bellugi
Flute Professor
David Bellugi is a virtuous flutist and also a recorder, concert and studio musician, Macintosh-enthusiast, Sound Desinger editor, and part owner of a Florence-based record company.
David has a B.A. in Applied Musicology which he received Summa cum Laude from the University of California in San Diego(USA), where he studied with Bernhardt-Ambros Batschelet (flute), Robert Erickson and Bernard Rands (composition), Anthony Newman (harpsichord), Thomas Nee (conducting), and Bertram Turetzky (advisor for musicology). He continued his musical research in Early Music performance practices under the trining with Antoine Geoffroy-Dechaume in Paris (a student of Early Music pioneer, Arnold Dolmetsch).
David has performed as a soloist with many orchestras including: the RAI-Torino , Radio France-Paris , Radio France-Lille , Radio della Svizzera Italiana , as well as with the orchestras of Bari, Cagliari, Cordoba, Emilia-Romagna, Firenze, Harvard University, Milano, Padova, Palermo, Sanremo, and Torino. He has also performed in recitals and concert/lectures in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, and in the U.S.A.
He has performed several pieces of work (Luciano Berio, Nuccio D'Angelo, Ugalberto de Angelis, Dan Locklair, A. Riccardo Luciani, Carlo Prosperi, and Giulio Viozzi have dedicated their creations to Bellugi), being always successful.
Bellugi teaches Flute at the "Luigi Cherubini" Conservatory in Florence, Italy.
Stefano Margheri
Flute Professor
Professor Margheri began his studies and was graduated with highest marks at the Cherubini Conservatory in Florence under the orientation of Maestro Alfieri and Professor Di Sabatino. He has done specialisation with K. Klemm and A. Marion, and he has also attended chamber music courses held by Maestro Franco Rossi.
In his career, he has preformed as a soloist for the Florence's Chamber ensemble (Complesso Cameristico di Firenze) as well as for other ensembles, among which the "J. Francaix" winds quintet" by which he won the Stresa International Competition.
He has performed with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentina orchestra, the ORT (regional orchestra of Tuscany), the International Orchestra of Italy and many others. Performing with these orchestras, he has also had the opportunity to record many pieces of music and take part in numerous concerts with some of the finest directors: Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, and Carlo Maria Giulini.
His soloist performances also include recordings of concerts for flute by J. S. Bach for a national TV network. Interested in contemporary music, Professor Margheri is involved in the execution and promotion of contemporary pieces of music, written by young composers. Nowadays Stefano Margheri is the first flutist for the Florentine Chamber Orchestra, and a component of the Michelangelo Ensemble.
He teaches flute at the music school of Sesto Fiorentino and he is also the principal of the flute department at the "Guicciardini Poliziano" music school as well as of the music department of Istituto Europeo.
Art Department
Camilla Bacherini
The sculptor and scenographer Camilla Bascherini graduated from Liceo Artistico and the Accademia delle Belle Arti di Firenze. She founded the Pleiadi, a cultural institution for the promotion of art and music. In the years ensuing, she directed numerous scenographies and created sculptures for theatre, operas and concerts. Her most important creations include:
Riccardo Saldarelli
Riccardo Saldarelli is an architect, painter, graphic desinger, researcher, and essayist. After having taught at the Liceo Artistico from 1974 to 2004, he became Head of Pictoral Techniques at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. As a consultant in art education for several institutions and a teacher of architectural design, he also developed didatic and research techniques for the Architecture College of Florence.
As a founding partner of CAPIRE (International Committee for the Promotion of Advanced Educational Research) since its inception in the 1980s, he created and directed the Basis Observatory for Visual Arts of the International Institute ECOCREA (Espansione e Coordinamento degli Osservatori sulla Creatività) and the International Conferences: "Art, Science, and Environment." He is also a counselor for COMAV (Consejo Mundial de Artistas Visuales). He collaborated with C.N.R. (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche ) and other cultural associations and institutions of research.
In May 1990, Riccardo made a presentation at the Politécnico in Milan for the Symposium, "Nuove Tecnologie ed Arte." He is one of the authors of "Primo Manifesto Mondiale della Computer Art," (R. Saldarelli, L. Cristiani reg. S.I.A.E., 27th January 1992). Riccardo was appointed by T.Maldonado as one of the first researchers to study the progress of computer art in virtuality (reale e virtuale, G.Feltrinelli MI, October 1992). He was also the desinger of the "Internet for Arts" project, online since 1996.
Since 2000, Riccardo has been a member of the Technical Organizing Committee of EVA (Electronic Imaging & the Visual Arts), the foremost European electronic imaging event in visual arts.
In 2001, he published "COMPUTER ART atto secondo: il senso di una ricerca." (ed. Phasar, Florence ). He began his artistic career in several private and collective exhibitions in Italy and abroad and he has been awarded and recognized for his work. His first period reached its apex in 1980 at the Medici Expositions in Florence in its series of exhibitions and events. For the Medici Expositions, he was invited by the French Institute to create the "dipinti di scena," for the play "Medicis," directed by Urbano Sabatelli.
In 1982, he was sponsored by Florence City Hall in an important exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi, At this event, in a remarkable exhibition of more than a hundred pieces of traditional pictorial techniques, Saldarelli presented his first research in computer art, premature for critics of that time. Today, he is included among the international precursors of the artistic avant-garde.
In 1983, Sardelli's work was exhibited at the Generalic Gallery in Milan and the Ken's Art Gallery in Florence. In the years following, he refused several promising opportunities in order to focus his research on artistic didatics and to experiment with innovative methods and systems for art production and education.
In 1985, Sardelli installed a laboratory for digital imaging and multimedia technologies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, sponsored by Senator Luciano Bausi (who was, at that time, president of the Administration Council) introducing for the first time in Italian Fine Arts Academies, didatic and artistic experimentation in this area.
Sardelli also concentrated on graphic art, producing many pieces in lithography, aqua fortis, silk-screen, and experimental graphic techniques. He went deep into his research on digital art (initiated at the end of the 1970s), producing original pieces that were exhibited in an important event: a 1988 Exhibition at the Palazzo Novellucci sponsored by Prato City Hall.
Sardelli is a painter of an extent figure production. He is a passionate researcher of Tuscan art masters from the Middle Ages to Mannerism. His expertise proved to be a fundamental basis for his conferences,workshops and courses on artistic techniques at his "Atelier-bottega," as well as his work in laboratories of private and state institutions.
He put into practice his didatic theories in an intensive study on mural technique about which he published the first of a series of several papers.
There was a forced pause in his career by the mid-1990s until 2000, during an exhibition in Florence at the Piazza della Signoria, at the time of the construction of the Antica Compagnia del Paiolo.
Sardelli's artistic activities returned, after another pause (due to a serious illness) in a series of exhibitions and events. The first of these was in December 2004 in Prato at the Associazione Culturale Estrarte (Piazza del Duomo) that was sponsored by Prato City Hall. This exhibition followed another collective one (Celeste, Saldarelli, Viti) at the same venue in February 2004 focusing on the real vs. the virtual in painting. Franco Riccomini was seen reading Sardelli's works and celebrating him at these events.
In 2005, Sardelli put on an exhibition entitiled "Chador and Zendadi," in the Renaissance rooms at the Circolo Arti Figurative in the Palazzo Ghibellino in Empoli sponsored by the city hall. In this exhibition Sardelli's theme was, "Art Today between the Digital and Analogical".
Sardelli is preparing an exposition entitled, "Brani d'affresco, pixel ed altro ancora linguaggi e metalinguaggi pittorici." Using traditional techniques, he intensifies his creative and technical efforts through experimental activities related to digital reproduction and high definition of original pictorial works, with several perspectives of multiple diffusion.
Most recently, Sardelli has been spending a significant portion of his time near the sea in Italy where the sun, water and landscapes support his limited physical energy. He is conceptualizing a new mural cycle of sacred art, working with physical limitations, however, with strong determination.
Rebecca Hayward
Rebecca Hayward was born in Chicago (USA). She graduated cum laude with a BA in Art History at the American University of Paris.
She began her formal art training with South African painter and illustrator, Pat Fogarty learning basic drawing and illustration techniques. At the age of 16, she began working with the Belgian painter and engraver Paul Franck, in a specialization of etching and oil painting.
Since 1979, she has been living in Florence where she has been working in oil painting techniques at the Cecil-Graves studio.
Rebecca is professor at the international division of the Fashion Institute of Technology of New York, based in Florence. Since its inception, she has been president of the Associazione Artisti Contemporanei di Firenze e Metropoli.
Dario Orlandi
Dario Orlandi was born in Imperia and has lived in Florence all his life.
Photo Training:
He is the technical coordinator of ARCI "Visual Arts Visuais" which offers 10 different courses on photography, video, and visual arts at the ARCI in Florence. He designs syllabi for the courses "Photography Techniques" and "Digital Techniques on Photography" currently offered by the Ambasciata di Marte Association in Florence.
Orlandi also collaborates with the Frame Association in Via Montebello where he is establishing a comprehensive course in photo journalism.
Recently, Orlandi has been focusing on preparing courses on photography. He is writing a book for publication about the language of photography that will be useful in the field of Communication Studies in universities and photography schools.
Professional Experience:
Exhibitions and Publications:
Photojournalist Work Experience:
Photography Works under Commission
Parallel to his photojournalism activity, Orlandi has also worked as a photographer for several private and state institutions:
Other:
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Meet some of our teachers.
Language Department
- Edy Frollano
- Massimo de Matteis
- Giuseppina Massarelli
- Lucia Contu
- Floriana Pezzolo
- Carlo Bagnoli
- Alessandro Gerini
Music Department
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Director of the Art and Music Departments
- Rodolfo Tommasi
- Susanna Rigacci
- Eva Tonietti
- Lucia Sciannimanico
- Francesco Ghelardini
- Floriana Pezzolo
- Angel Andrea Tavani
- Elisabetta Sepe
- Simone Ori
- Vittorio Ceccanti
- Duccio Ceccanti
- Nuccio D´Angelo
- Andrea Marchetti
- David Bellugi
- Stefano Margheri
Vocal technique
Instruments
Art Department
Language Department
Edy Frollano
Academic Director - Instructor of Italian Language - Literature - Opera Libretti
Edy was born in Florence attended school and university there. After receiving her degree in Foreign Languages and Literature, she completed her specialization in Italian as a Foreign Language and the didactics of modern and ancient Italian at the University of Siena.
Since 1989 she has taught Italian Language, Literature and Opera Libretti to foreigners, at the Dante Alighieri school, the Deutsches Institut, Istituto Parola and Istituto Europeo, where for 5 years she was also the Director of Didactics and Cultural Activities.
Her pubblications include:
- L'Italiano all'opera, ed. Bonacci;
- an essay on the poet Andrea Chénier;
- a study on Mozart's Zauberflöte (published by the Teatro Comunale di Firenze);
- Pietro Metastasio: Note intorno ai bei versi, ed. SMSF;
- in collaboration with Rodolfo Tommasi: Un Pratolini ignorato - Il mannello di Natascia o la rivoluzione romantica. - ed Shakespeare and company;
- various segments of Storia dell'editoria d'Europa, ed. Shakespeare and company;
- A translation of "Filosofia delle Architetture Musicali in G. Battistelli" (The Philososhy of the Musical Architecture of G. Bastistelli) for the Teatro Comunale of Florence.
Massimo De Matteis
Administrative Director - Instructor of Italian Language
From 1993-2003, Massimo taught Italian Language at Schools and Italian Language and Culture Institutes in Brazil.
From 1997 to 2002 he acted as the Director of Administration and Information Services for the Consiglio Direttivo del Comites (Committee for Italians Abroad) in Recife, Brazil.
With his experience in relations between both italian and foreign, Public and Private Corporations, matured over years of work with the jurisdiction of the Italian Consulate in Recife, as well as with his activity as Coordinator of it's Newspaper and as Promoter of Italian Culture, Massimo was called upon as an expert in Youth, Information and Italian language at the continental reunion of the CGIE (General Council of Italians Abroad) in Rio de Janiero (1999), at the Pre-Conference of Italians in the World in Montevideo (2000) and at the Conference of Italians in the World in Rome (2000).
Throughout his employment he has also contributed to:
- the birth of the Italian Culture Institute in Fortaleza, Brazil;
- the realization and publication of the book "Murillo La Greca- Sua Arte Sua Vida" Recife 1999 in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Brazil;
- a presentation at the Exposition “Italians in Brazil, Italian of the North-East” Recife, 2000;
- a collaboration with the Institute of Italian Emigration in Sao Paulo;
- the technical coordination and marketing of the exhibit “Giacomo Balla 1894-1946 da io Balla a Ball'io" Recife, 2000 in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Giuseppina Massarelli
Work Experiences:
Since 1991:
- Italian lessons for foreign students (Americans in the most);
- Italian lessons for elementary and university Italian students.
Since 2001
- Languages Lab Teacher - Offering each student, at any time during the lessons, explanations and grammar acknowledgement, and other language structures and functions in English, focusing the purposes of each student individually.
Degrees:
- Conservatory "delle Mantellate" in Florence - Diploma in Linguistics;
- Florence University - Graduation in Foreign Language and Literature (English). Paper title: " La Raffigurazione del mondo legale in The Pickwick Papers and Bleak House by Charles Dickens", final marksl: 107/110.
Other Qualifications:
- Cambridge First Certificate in English - FCE - British Institute in Florence;
- Specialization in English for Transation and Writing Techniques at the St Giles School de Oxford (England);
- Specialization course in Public Relations Conference Organization
Lucia Contu
Work Experiences:
- Italian, Latin, History, French, and German lessons for secondary and university students;
- Italian lessons for foreign students in private schools of Italian fo foreigners ('Centro Sperimentale', 'Istituto Europeo');
- Literary translations- French/Italian and Italian/French;
- German/Italian translations.
Education:
- Foundation course for Italian Teachers (Italian as a Second Language);
- 'Università Studi Firenze';
- Graduation paper in French and French Literature;
- 'Liceo Scientifico Enrico Fermi di Bitti (Nuoro)';
- 'Maturità Scientifica' Diploma.
Qualifications:
- English Course;
- French Course at the Lyon University;
- German Course in Colônia;
- French Course at the Boulogne Sur Mer University.
Floriana Pezzolo
Floriana Pezzolo was born in Padova, Italy.
Work Experiences:
- Italian language and culture teacher at "Leonardo da Vinci" School in Florence;
- German language teacher at the Alberghiero "Pietro d'Abano" Institute in Abano Terme (PD) for the Enaip Veneto;
- German teacher at the private school "Carducci" in Este (PD);
- German and musical terminology teacher at the "C.Pollini" State Music Conservatory in Padova (for the experimental Triennio in musicology);
- Poetic-musical Literature teacher in German (for the experimental Triennio in musicology) and French and German Phonetics Applied in Singing (for the singing department) at the Music State Conservatory "C. Pollini" in Padova;
- French and German Phonetics Applied in Singing and Poetic-Musical Literature in Foreign Language Teacher (for the Bienni di Specializzazione ) at the Music State Conservatory "A. Buzzolla" in Adria (Rovigo);
- She publishes the " Manuale di Fonetica Francese e Tedesca Applicata al Canto" by ARMELIN-MUSICA Editions in Padova.
Degrees, qualifications, and experiences abroad:
- She has been graduated in Languages and Foreign Literature at the Università degli Studi di Padova (German language and literature: 4 yeras; French language and literature: 3 years; bachelor dissertation: Lieder di Joseph Marx , reports: E. Bonfatti, German language and literature, S. Durante, musical philology);
- German course at the "Actilingua" in Vienna (Austria);
- Cultural exchange program in Nantes (France), organized by the "P.Scalcerle" Initute in Padua;
- Cultural Exchange program in Holzminden (Germany), organized by the Comune di Padova;
- Internship at "médiathèque comunale de Nantes" (France) with the Comune di Padova;
- Cultural Exchange in Pforzheim (Germany), organized by the Comune di Vicenza.
Other Degrees and Qualifications:
- Degree in lyrical singing at the C. Pollini Music Conservatory in Padova;
- Scholarship at "Richard Wagner" association in Bayreuth (Germany);
- La voce in equilibrio" teacher: M.King, Cittadella (PD);
- "The functional method of the voice" (beginners and advanced course), teacher: M.S. Roveri,Santa Giustina (BL);
- "Musical periodical in the name of Filippo Marchetti", vocal chamber music course, teacher: S.doz,Bolognola (MC), in partner with the pianist M.Murari;
- "Experiences of musical didactics in education scopes", conducted by S.I.M.E.O.S. ( Italian Society of Elementary Music of Orff-schulwerk), Verona.
Other Work Experiences:
- Concerts performance as a soloist in Italy during both singing and piano graduation in Chamber Music;
- She collaborates with Atheists Chorus de Filippo Maria Bressan, acting in the most important Italian theaters (Lingotto di Torino, Palafenice de Veneza, Comunali de Ferrara, Bolonha,Siena,L'Aquila, Cagliari,etc.) and directors as Eliahu Imbal, Claudio Abbado, Lorin Maazel, Peter Maag, Jeffrey Tate, Isaac Karabtschewski, etc.;
- "Il Geloso Schernito" by Pergolesi at the Villa Belverde de Mirano (VE)Theater playing the part of Dorina;
- Music Educational teacher at "F. Petrarca" elementary school and Singing teacher at the "Allegro com Brio" Music Association in Mirano (VE);
- PROPEDEUTICA MUSICAL teacher at the G. Mazzini di Maserà elementary school, and Singing teacher at the Musical Association "Clamat" in Abano Terme (PD) and "Allegro com Brio" Music Association in Padova;
- Still collaborating at the "C. Pollini" high musical graduation institute in Padova and a "A.Buzzolla" from Adria (Rovigo) and at "Leonardo da Vinci" in Florence.
Awards:
- First competition for lyrics singers Antonio Panella, city of Venice, Gianetta roll in Elisir d'amore de Donizetti;
- 15 th National Revision I Giovani per i Giovani, San Pietro in Vincoli (RA), two prizes, first one not attributed;
- 15 th International Revision Internazionale, Città di Busalla (GE), one prize;
- 10 th International Musical Revision of Chamber Music, in Cittá di Montefiore Conca (RN), one prize together with the pianist M. Murari.
Current course:
- Degree in Vocal Music in Chamber at "Luigi Cherubini" Music Conservatory in Florence, under the orientation of M.Leonardo De Lisi.
6. Carlo Bagnoli
He was Born in Florence.
He has a degree in Language & Arts (Italian Literature) from the 'Università di Firenze'.
Qualifications:
- Up-to-dating course on "Checking and evaluating linguistic competence" for Italian specialists and linguistic collaborators;
- Foundation course on "Devices for checking speaking and writing informative texts - promotion, analysis, discussion, and evaluation of 'Framework' guidelines" for specialists and linguistic collaborators;
- "Up-to-dating workshop on inter-cultural and global-didatics themes", organized by the New York University in Florence;
- Italian language workshop, organized by the New York University in Florence;
- Up-to-dating course on the "Framework" methodology for specialists and linguistic collaborators, given by Prof. Massimo Vedovelli in 2002.
He got the license for teaching through the competitive examination promoted by the 'Provveditorato agli Studi di Lucca.
Publishings:
- He published the essay "Il tema del bosco in Landolfi e Buzzati" in the collection "Gli annali di Eumeswil", Florence, Eumeswil Editions, 2001;
- He published the essay "A colloquio con Zapparono" in the collection "Gli annali di Eumeswil", Florence, Eumeswil Editions, 2004.
He worked as a collaborator and linguistic specialist, and other didatic activities in the following Italian university:
- Università di Firenze - Language center of Ateneo;
- Università di Firenze - Culture center of Stranieri.
He worked on didatic activities concerned to teaching Italian for students speakers of several languages:
- Course sponsored by the Italian International Relations Ministry;
- ABC - Center of Italian culture and language;
- European institute for the promotion of italian language and culture;
- California State University;
- New York University.
Alessandro Gerini
Gerini Alessandro was born in Florence , Italy.
Education:
- 1990 - Degree in 'maturità scientifica' by the A. Gramsci Institute in Florence;
- 2000 - Degree in History, on archeology studies, for which he wrote a paper about the last 30 years of research and publishing on the field of middle-age archeology which has contributed for the studies of middle-age economy.
Work Experiences:
- Assistance for exhibitons, art events, and conferences, in charge of organizing, running contacts, direction, and collecting materials;
- Running of telephone contacts, acquisition and technological elaboration of colected data, as well as tutor of foundation courses;
- Elaboration of figures showing the relation of research of Toscana region "The Institutions and the running of Civil Service in Toscana" published in December 1999;
- Monthly elaboration of collected data, publishings, for internal use, with charts and figures;
- Cultural Institute 'L'Homme Armé' (Antique music concerts). Press assistance and events preparation;
- Technical and logistic support, analysis of regional (Toscana) needs, running of suppliers and biddings, and contacts between bidding winners and regional offices;
- Format service in Firenze , in charge of the development and relationship area with state institutes, biddings, market research, press material, commercial area, elaboration of contents for web sites, development and running of sites. Bulgarini Editions, in charge of revision on scholar texts to be printed;
- TAR Toscana, in charge of elaborating decisions and logistic support for the sectors;
- Fiorigialli Bookstore, in charge of sales.
Foreign Languages:
- English and French.
Music Department
Rodolfo Tommasi
Director of the Art and Music Departments
Rodolfo Tommasi, a writer, a musicologist and a stage director of Melodrama and modern and contemporary opera (he is also a direct descendant of the famous Tommasi Macchiaoli painters - Adolfo, Angiolo and Ludovico, and although not a painter himself, his areas of expertise allow him to be active in the field of visual expression).
Since 1964 Rodolfo has been involved in cultural journalism, writing about literary works, music and theater for newspapers and magazines (in 1964 he began writing for "Il Ponte"); from 1970 to 1997 he worked for the RAI, at GR3. His research revolves mostly around literature and music and their correlation.
He has published numerous articles in the following fields:
literary essays (among the more recent works):
- Pinocchio, analisi di un burattino, ed. Sansoni;
- Regina Barbara, la poesia di Dino Campana, ed. Polistampa).
essays on music:
- two studies on Mascagni, ed. Sonzogno;
- A colloquio con Ugalberto De Angelis, ed. Sonzogno;
- Il Teatro Comunale di Firenze: presenza e linguaggio, ed. De Agostini).
poetry:
- Per una rappresentazione di Euridice - intervento scenico sul melodramma di J. Peri e O. Rinuccini;
- Trilogia del silenzio, ed. La Ginestra;
- Trilogia della parola, ed. De Agostini.
In the period from 1977-1986, Rodolfo taught at the music school of Sesto Fiorentino, the music school of Fiesole, and he was the artistic director of the International Courses on Renaissance and Baroque Music in Gargonza, and also for the "Festival Spazio Musica Antica".
In the field of the theater and performances, Rodolfo has been in charge of the direction of several stage productions, in Italy and also abroad:
- Rappresentazione di hanima et di corpo by E. d' Cavalieri;
- La barca di Venezia per Padova by A. Banchieri;
- The Intermezzi for La Pellegrina;
- Euridice by J. Peri;
- Dido and Aeneas by H. Purcell;
- Intenzione Monteverdi, Il sogno di Orfeo (music by Peri, Monteverdi, Gluck);
- La Serva Padrona and Lo frate 'nnamorato (by Pergolesi).
Recently he has focused on the 19th-20th century repertory:
- Intenzione Rossini, Dalla casa del diavolo (music by Monteverdi/Pergolesi/Boccherini);
- Umana Dea (a study on Norma by V. Bellini);
- Amor Difforme (a study on Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi);
- Il giardino di Arianna by G. Melai- D. Bertini - A. Sidney.
He has just published a Dictionary of Italian Writers of the 20th century for Helicon press and currently he is working on a book on the Theatrical/musical phenomenology of Giacomo Puccini.
Vocal technique
Susanna Rigacci
Susanna Rigacci was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She has been graduated in musical training at the Luigi Cherubini conservatory in Florence, and has attended successfully to a post graduation experience with Iris Adami Corradetti. Under her conduction, Susanna was awarded at the International "Maria Callas" Competition (Concorso RAI, 1983), and for the "Sängerförderungspreis", at the Mozarteum (Salzburg, 1985).
In Italy, she has performed in most prestigious theaters like: La Scala in Milan, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, La Fenice in Venice, The Opera House in Rome, Filarmonico in Verona, Massimo in Palermo, Regio in Parma, Bellini in Catania, and Comunale in Bologne.
She has also performed at the: Carnegie Hall in New York, Opéra Comique and Théatre Châtelet in Paris, Prague Philharmonic, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Opéra de Wallonie in Liège, Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Fundaçao Gulbenkian in Lisbon, Wexford Festival, Teatro Municipale in Mallorca, and Staatteater in Bern.
Her lyrical Soprano repertory revolves mostly around the Italian Baroque ( Vivaldi - Scarlatto - Cimarosa - Galoppi - Pergolesi - Boccherini - Stradella - Gasparini - Sacchini ), from whom she has made several recordings with the Solisti Veneti,conducted by Claudio Sciamone (Erato) for the Philips, and Bongiovanni recorders. She has enriched her brilliant Rossini and Donizetti repertoire ( Don Pasquale - screened for German broadcast - L'Elisir d'Amore, La Figlia del Reggimento, Il Signor Bruschino, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Cambiale di Matrimonio ), and the 19th century Italian and French Belcanto.
Susanna is also versed in contemporary music of which repertory she has performed for the most prestigious events and institutions like: La Biennale in Venice, the London Sinfonietta, the RAI in Rome, Turin and Milan, the Pomeriggi Musicali Orchestra in Milan, the Sicilian Symphonic Orchestra, and Di Ghibellina Festival. She has interpreted Webern, Berg, Schönberg, Berio, Nono, Sciarrino, and she has performed some Togni, Pennisi, D'Amico compositions for the first time to an audience. She has also been the main performer on the Italian opening performance of La Gatta Inglesi(The English Cat) by Henze, at the Comunale Theater in Bologne.
She is an usual performer of Enio Morricone compositions in her concerts and recordings.
Eva Tonietti
Eva Tonietti has a degree in Arts History from the University of Florence. She has diplomas in Singing with Renata Ongaro and in Chamber Singing with Lilliana Poli at the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory in Florence. She concluded a specialisation course with Ettore Campogalliani at the Adria lyrical laboratory in the Scuola di musica (Fiesole), and another course with Noemi Perugina on operatic and chamber repertory in Paris. Then, she studied lieder with Paul Schillawsky, and attended courses for several years on contemporary music (GAMO) with Lilliana Poli, and (Genazzano) with Silvano Bussotti.
She is part of the musical ensemble "L'Homme Armé" which she has participated in several Renaissance and Baroque music festivals, deepening her understanding on Baroque vocality with James Griffith (from the Pro Cantione Antiqua ), and with Jill Feldmann.
She has won several music competitions, among which she was awarded the first prize at the 6th National Vocal Chamber Music Competition "Città di Conegliano" and at the 5th Nation-wide Lyrical Competition "A. Lazzari" in Genoa.
Eva performs concerts, chamber and contemporary repertories, as a soloist, throughout Italy and abroad as well. She teaches at both the Accademia Musicale and the ISTITUTO EUROPEO in Florence. She has also taken part in recordings for the RAI, and recorded 2 CDs for "L'Homme Armé" ensemble.
Lucia Sciannimanico
After concluding her degree in Singing, Lucia has enriched her skills with Elly Ameling, Irwin Gage, Julia Hamari, Jill Feldmann, Andrew Lawrence King, James Griffett. Her repertory, particularly extent, focus on the Baroque music both in operas and concerts, and also includes Medieval repertory, and lideristic repertory of the 20th century.
Among the greatest operas that she has acted in, the most important ones are: le Passioni, la Messa in Ti minor, Oratorio di Natale e Magnificat by Bach, Judas maccabeus, Samson and Messiah by Haendel, Requiem by Mozart, Stabat Mater and Petite Messe solennelle by Rossini, Elijah by Mendelssohn, El amor brujo by De Falla, Kindertotenlieder by Mahler.
She collaborates regularly with music groups specialized in Baroque and Medieval repertory, like Modo Antiquo by Federico Maria Sardelli, Il Complesso Barocco by Alan Curtis, La Venexiana by Claudio Cavina, and L'Homme armé by Fabio Lombardo.
In opera, Lucia performed as the protagonist in the following Baroque ones: la Didone de F. Cavalli a Glasgow, L' incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi, produced in collaboration with RAI and J.C. Malgoire repeted, La Dori by M.A. Cesti, Juditha Triumphans (in a scenic form), Arsilda Regina dei Ponto, Orlando furioso and Tito Manlio by A. Vivaldi, under the direction of F.M. Sardelli, and produced by Opera Barga, and most recently Deidamia by G.F. Haendel under the direction of Alessandro De Marchi for the Haendel Festspiele of Halle. Also in Halle, she performed for the first time to an audience in Imeneo by Haendel.
She has performed as the protagonist in Caino de A. Scarlatti produced by Altstadtherbst in Dusseldorf, always under the direction of F. M. Sardelli. She also played parts of Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro under the direction of Peter Maag, Second Lady in Zauberflöte, under the direction of Piero Bellugi and production of Lindsay Kemp, and of Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel produced by Orchestra della Toscana. She also performed as the protagonist in Pinocchio by Marco Tutino for the Teatro Comunale of Florence.
She contributed as a soloist in important institutions and Lyric entities as the Pucciniano Festival, the Teatro Comunale of Florence, the Chigiana Academy, the Verdi Theater of Pisa, the Ravenna Festival, the Teatro Comunale of Treviso, the Musica Antica Festival of Regensburg, the Regio Theater of Torino, Macerata Opera, the Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte, the Teatro Comunale of Bolonha, the Teatro S.Carlo, the Théatre des Champs-Elysée. Between 1990 and 1993 she developed an intense soloist activity in concerts for important institutions in England and Scotland.
For her chamber music repertory, she was awarded in 1992 the prize of best performance of English Songs at the International Competition of Grimsby in England with Cabaret Songs from B. Britten. She also performed many Lieder e Mélodies concerts. She has participated since the foundation of the "Notschibikitschi Ensemble" in which she performed a rare repertory from Mozart up to the contemporary composers, and performed many others, like Goethe Lieder by L. Dallapiccola; she took part of the group "Arlecchino", dedicated to the spreading of cameristic musical literature of the 20th century for young people.
Lucia participated in many recordings: the anthologies "Carmina Burana" and "La musica dei crociati" with the Modo Antiquo group (Amadeus), Juditha Triumphans (Tactus), Arsilda, Orlando Furioso and Tito Manlio under the direction of F.M. Sardelli, two anthologies of Madrigali de Sigismondo d'India and Gesualdo da Venosa with the group "La Venexiana" (Glossa), the album Le notti d'amore, musiche per le nozze di Cosimo II and Maria Maddalena d'Austria, under the direction of Alan Curtis (Stradivarius), the anthology Regina Pretiosa of laudas and motetes of the 14th century Florentine, Canzoni e duetti, by Carulli (Dynamic).
Francesco Ghelardini
Francesco Ghelardini was born in Florence and has studied Singing with Kathleen Lafferty at the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini, where he also studied Flute with David Bellugi. He attended classes in Baroque performance with Rossana Bertini, Jill Feldmann and Gloria Banditelli.
He has sung with such recognized conductors as Rinaldo Alessandrini, Peter Phillips, Alan Curtis and Marco Balderi, and has been regularly invited to many leading festivals in Italy and abroad, such as Festival Monteverdiano di Cremona, Festival Pucciniano di Torre de Lago, Festival di Spoleto, Accademia Chigiana, Semàna Musica Religiosa en Cuenca (Spain), Auditòrio Nacional de Musica de Madrid, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Recently, he has sung the main part in Alessandro Melani's Il Sacrificio d'Abel with Concerto Italiano under Rinaldo Alessandrini conduction at the early music festival Trigonale in Klagenfurt (Austria).
His recordings, for labels like OPUS 111, DIVOX ANTIQUA and TACUS, include Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine for OPUS111 with Rinaldo Alessandrini.
Floriana Pezzolo
Floriana Pezzolo was born in Padova.
Education:
- 1998 - Degree in lyrics from the C. Pollini Music Conservatory in Padova;
- 2000 - She has been graduated in Languages and Foreign Literature at the Padova Studying University (German language and literature, French language and literature, bachelor dissertation: Lieder di Joseph Marx , report: E. Bonfatti, German language and literature, S. Durante, musical philology).
Qualification courses, scholarship and abroad experience:
- April 1991 - cultural exchange in Nantes ( France ), organized by P. Scalcerle instituteof Padova;
- August 1992 - cultural exchange in Holzminden (Germany) organized by Comune di Padova;
- August 1994 - internship at "médiathèque comunale de Nantes" (France) with Comune di Padova;
- November 1995 - "La voce in equilibrio" teacher: M.King, Cittadella (PD);
- December 1997 - cultural exchange in Pforzheim ( Germany ), organized by Comune di Vicenza;
- November 1998 - German language course at the "Actilingua" in Vienna ( Austria );
- August 2000 - Scholarship at "Richard Wagner" association in Bayreuth ( Germany );
- October 2000/February 2001 - "The functional method of the voice" (beginners and advanced course), teacher: M.S. Roveri,Santa Giustina (BL);
- August 2001 - "Musical periodical in the name of Filippo Marchetti", vocal chamber music course, teacher: S.doz,Bolognola (MC), in partner with the pianist M.Murari;
- July 2002 - "Experiences of musical didactics in education scopes", conducted by S.I.M.E.O.S. ( Italian Society of Elementary Music of Orff-schulwerk), Verona.
Awards:
- November 1998 - First competition for lyrics singers Antonio Panella, city of Venice, Gianetta roll in Elisir d'amore de Donizetti;
- April 2001 - 15 th National revision I Giovani per i Giovani, San Pietro in Vincoli (RA), two prizes, first not attributed;
- June 2001 - 15 th International Musical revision of the chamber, city of Montefiore Conca (RN), one prize together with the pianist M. Murari.
Professional experience:
- 1995 - concerts performance as a soloist in Italy during both singing and piano graduation in Chamber Music;
- 1997 - she collaborates with Atheists Chorus de Filippo Maria Bressan, acting in the most important Italian theaters (Lingotto di Torino, Palafenice de Veneza, Comunali de Ferrara, Bolonha,Siena,L'Aquila, Cagliari,etc.) and directors as Eliahu Imbal, Claudio Abbado, Lorin Maazel, Peter Maag, Jeffrey Tate, Isaac Karabtschewski, etc.;
- 1998 - "Il Geloso Schernito" by Pergolesi at the Villa Belverde de Mirano (VE)Theater playing the part of Dorina.
- A.S. 2001/2002:
- Music Educational teacher at "F. Petrarca" elementary school and singing teacher at "Allegro com Brio" Music Association in Padova;
- PROPEDEUTICA MUSICAL teacher at the G. Mazzini elementary school and "Anton Diabelli" musical association in Padova;
- German language teacher in "Pietro d'Abano" Institute in Abano Terme (PD) for Enaip Veneto;
- A.A. 2002/2003:
- Language teacher and German musical terminology at the "C.Pollini" State Music Conservatory in Padova (for the experimental Triennio in musicologist);
- Language teacher and Italian culture in "Leonardo da Vinci" school in Florence.
- A.A. 2003/2004:
- Poetical-musical literature teacher in German language (for the experimental Triennio in musicologist) and the French and German phonetic applied in singing (for the singing department) in the "A. Buzzolla" Music State Conservatory of Adria ( Rovigo );
- Language teacher and Italian culture in "Leonardo da Vinci" school in Florence.
- A.A. 2004/2005:
- Still collaborating at the "C. Pollini" high musical graduation institute in Padova and a "A.Buzzolla" from Adria ( Rovigo ) and at "Leonardo da Vinci" in Florence;
- Published 'The Manual of Phonetic Frenchman and German Applied to Singing" for the publishing company ARMELIN-MUSICA of Padova.
Current courses:
- Degree in Vocal Music in Chamber at "Luigi Cherubini" Music Conservatory in Florence, under the orientation of M.Leonardo De Lisi.
Instruments
Angel Andrea Tavani
Agel Andrea Tavani was born in La Spezia. He has a degree in violin from the A. Boito Conservatory in Parma (1989) with Professor Runza, simultaneously with classical studies. Before finishing his graduation, he attended a course for orchestra qualification at the Scuola di Musica in Fiesole, where he has also attended courses on Chamber music and a specialisation course on trios, sustained by the Trieste Trio.
He also studied musical duos and trios with piano for three years under the conduction Maestro P. Masi at the Accademia Musicale di Firenze. He completed several specialisation courses in violin techniques and interpretation with S. Lupu, A. Stern, A. Bologni, and C. Rossi;
Tavani performs regularly in concerts both as a solo artist and as a member of a chamber orchestras like Gruppi da Camera dell' OGI , Solisti del Teatro Bellini di Catania , Nuovi Cameristi Italiani , Complesso da camera di Luni , Camerata Musicale , Paganini Consort , Complessi da Camera del Teatro del Giglio di Lucca , Accademia Strumentale Toscana , Musici Mundi , and Solisti Fiorentini.
He has also performed with the following orchestras:
- 1988-89: Orchestra Giovanile Italiana;
- 1990: Charleston/Spoleto Festival Orchestra, 33° Festival dei Due Mondi ;
- 1991-92: Teatro Bellini Orchestra in Catania;
- 1992: Spoleto festival Orchestra, 35° festival dei Due Mondi;
- 1993-94: Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI in Rome, Orchestra dell'Opera di Roma , Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia;
- 1994-95: Orchestra Regionale Toscana , 1996-1999: Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino;
- 1999: Orchestra Regionale Toscana, Teatro La Fenice Orchestra in Venice, Teatro Lirico Orchestra in Cagliari, Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan;
- 1999-2000: He performed as second violin for the opera season, Città Lirica for the theatres in Pisa, Livorno and Lucca, Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano , Orchestra A. Toscanini in Parma, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (First violins concert), Teatro Lirico in Cagliari;
- 2000: The winner of the First Violin competition for the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino , which he is currently employed.
Elisabetta Sepe
Piano teacher
Elisabetta Sepe born in Florence, has studied piano with Lucia Passaglia, Pietro Rigacci, Riccardo Risaliti, Dario De Rosa. Perfected her skills in Paris with J. Bourgès-Manoury, who continued the of Dinu Lipatti, receiving the “Prix d´excellence” of the city’s national conservatory. Has also attended courses with Aquilles delle Vigne, Murray Perahia and Maurizio Pollini.
In addition to the humanistic studies she received diplomas in Piano, Didactics of Music, Choir Music and Choir Conducting and followed courses of Composition, Vocal Chamber and Instrumental Music, Organ, Harpsichord and Basso Continuo, Orchestra Conducting, Semiology of Gregorian Chant, Musicology, Musical Analysis, Choir Repertoire. She also received a diploma of perfection in choir conducting at the end professional triennial formation course organized by the “Guido d’Arezzo” in collaboration with the comunidade européia.
Her musical carrier started when she was ten years old when in concert she conducted a composition of hers for a small orchestra. After that, at seventeen she debuted in a piano recital in the “Salone de' Dugento” in the “Palazzo Vecchio”. Later came an intense concert activity as a soloist, with an orchestra, or with chamber music groups in important associations and music centers such as the room "E. Varese" of Paris, the "Borse Festsaal" in Viena, the Festival di Recklinghausen (Germany), the "Musicus Concentus" and the “Teatro Comunale di Firenze”, the "Amici della Musica" of Modena, Arezzo, the “Teatro Comunale di Ferrara”, the “Teatro Verdi di Pisa”, the society of the concerts of La Spezia and of Ravello, the “Associazione Musicale Etnea di Catania”.
She is dedicated with passion also to the chamber music with singers such as Alessandro Corbelli, Eva Mei, Susanna Rigacci. Colaborates with the courses of Illustrious faculty (Agnes Giebel, Rolando Panerai, Marcella Reale) with whom she also develops concerts. She works as an accompaniment pianist in many operas and since 1999 is collaborator maestro in the “Teatro Comunale di Firenze” where she has worked with famous directors among them Zubin Mehta, Seji Ozawa, Daniel Oren, Bruno Bartoletti, Ivor Bolton.
Collaborates stably since 1991 with concert and cultural activites of “Firenze Lirica” and of “Foyer” of which she is the current artistic director.
She was protagonist of many meaningful manifestations, among which the collaboration as a pianist in the Rolando Panerai for the 50 year anniversary of her carrier and the execution of a paraphrase about the Verdinian times written by her in the occasion of giving the prize “L’aria di Baule” to Fedora Barbieri.
Since 1996 she is the director of the vocal group “Novi Cantores” di Firenze, and since 2004 of the choir “Harmonia Cantata”.
She is a complementary piano teacher of the “Conservatorio Statale di Musica di Latina”.
In 1998 she recorded two cycles of chamber vocal music of Gaetano Donizetti for the Bongiovanni com Susanna Rigacci e William Matteuzzi discographic house.
In 2003 she founded the duet “Consonanza” with Ladislao Petru Horvath, who plays as first violin of the “Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino”, with which she has recently finished the integral execution of the sonatas of Bach with the soloists of the Royal Konzertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam.
In September of 2006 did a tour in Japan with the teatro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino as a pianist of the maestro Zubin Mehta. Illustrious characters of he musical world have expressed themselves in the following way:
“I can say without a doubt the maestro Elisabetta Sepe has revealed herdelf as a musician of enormous value, in the preparations of singing accompaniments and as a maestro.
Such collaboration has been precious because of the professional support provided with the highest responsibility and dedication and for the unusual musical gifts manifested. Has also proved a surprising competence inherent to the vocality, conquering my esteem.”
Zubin Mehta, main director of the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
"Sono lieto di poter dire poche parole in favore di Elisabetta Sepe che dopo aver studiato con me il repertorio lirico italiano, si è affermata oggi come valente e preziosa collaboratrice sia come pianista che come insegnante o anche direttrice di coro e di piccoli complessi, meritandosi il mio plauso e il mio costante sostegno artistico."
Bruno Rigacci, Direttore d'Orchestra e Compositore
"I have known the work of Elisabetta Sepe for the last four years (2000-2004) in productions I have conducted at the 'Maggio Musicale Fiorentino'.
I have found her to be an excellent pianist and very fine vocal coach. Her commitment and attention to detail make her an asset to any musical team as also does her positive and supportive attitude."
Ivor Bolton, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
Simone Ori
Piano Teacher - Napolitan Music Interpretation - Vocal Group Music and Intrumental Music
Simone Ori was born in the city of Prato. He finished his musical studies in Florence at the Cherubini Conservatory under the orientation of Giovanni Cicconi (piano), Piero Bellugi (orchestra director), A. Riccardo Luciani (partition reading), Michele Ignelzi (musical analysis).
Nowadays he has been concluding his Organ (with Mariella Mochi and Federico Del Sordo), and Crave (with Annaberta Conti) studies. He has been specializing in antique music under the orientation of Claudio Astonio for organ and bass, and Eric Lebrun for organ.
Since 1999, he hs been an Augusto Vismara's assistant in the co-productions between the conservatories and the Piccolo Teatro Comunale in Florence. In this theater he has performed for the first time as an opera director in 2001.
- Since 2003, he has prepared the Orchestra del Festival di S. Fiora with many members from several Italian orchestras (Maggio Musicale Theater, Santa Cecilia, Scala di Milano, S. Carlo di Napoli, Fenice di Venezia and RAI di Torino ). He is also a J. Salenkour's (G. Solti's and D. Baremboin's assistant) and M. Zanetti's assistant (C. Abbado's colaborator);
- Since 2000, he has been the pianist for the Orchestra Direction training given by Alessandro Pinzauti;
- In 2004, he started collaborating with the "Camerata Strumentale Città di Prato" and the "Orchestra Regionale Toscana" as a pianist and organist;
- Since 2002, he has been the main director of "Nuova Orchestra Labronica".
Vittorio Ceccanti
Cello Professor
Vittorio Ceccanti started studying the Cello at the age of 5, and has performed his first "concert" to an audience of seven people. After being graduated with distinction at the Cherubini Conservatory in Florence under the orientation of Andrea Nannoni, Vittorio went to study with such recognized musicians as: Yo Yo Ma, Mischa Maisky, David Geringas, Valentin Berlinsky, Anner Bijlsma, Karine Georgian, Alain Meunier, Riccardo Brengola, the Trieste Trio and the Milano Trio. Since 1996, he has been one of Natalia Gutman's 5 pupils at the Hochschule in Stuttgart, where he concluded his master's in Cello and his degree as a soloist (Solistenklasse) with highest marks.
Vittorio has won national and international competitions and prizes such as:
- first place plus a special Honourable mention of merit at the "City of Vittorio Veneto" competition in 1989;
- a diploma from the Eurovision competition in Vienna in 1990;
- the European Yamaha Music Foundation award in 1992;
- the special "Libero Lana" award and the International "Trio of Trieste" Competition in 1996;
- the "Karel Hilsum Prjice" in Amsterdam in 1997.
After having performed in Vienna with the Radio Orf Orchestra, being conducted by Pinchas Steinberg in 1990, and in Naples at the Teatro San Carlo by Pier Luigi Urbini in 1991, Vittorio was called to perform at the concert for the winners of Eurovision Competitions, which was broadcasted by the RAI TV. Since then, he has been regularly invited to perform as a solo artist in many concerts and festivals in Italy and abroad: Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Cité de la Musique in Paris, Festival of Prague, Festival of Lyon, Chigiana Music Week, Amici della Musica in Firenze, Vicenza and Palermo, Teatro Rendano in Cosenza, Festival of Ravello, Festival of Todi, Festival Pontino, in Rome for Radio Tre Suite, RAI International and at the Acquario.
He currently participates in the Trio Artes and the Contempoartensemble (of which he is the president since foundation). He has recorded 5 CDs with the music of Berio, Boulez, Sciarrino, Steve Reich, Schoenberg e Vacchi, among which he executed the cello solo of "Les mots sont allés." by L. Berio, and the trio for strings op. 45 by Schoenberg, and played the first ever executions by F. Vacchi (for trio with piano), by Peter Maxwell Davies (Trio for strings) and by L. Berio ("Chanson" for Pierre Boulez-cello solo).
Vittorio also recorded the music of F. Vacchi for BMG-Records, among which we have "In alba mia dir." - solo for cello, for the soundtrack of the film "Il mestiere delle armi" by Ermanno Olmi. He also collaborates as the first cello soloist with the RAI's National Symphonic Orchestra.
Vittorio, since 1996, has been teaching the cello at the G. Verdi Music School in Prato, and he was invited by the Accademia Chigiana in Siena as Assistant Instrumental Maestro for the composition courses in 2000 and 2001, held by Azio Corghi; and he has been called by the Accademia Musicale in Florence to give special courses for cello since January 2002. Recently he has had a huge success with the Trio Artes during their long tour in Latin America (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay).
Vittorio plays a priceless cello constructed in Venice around 1720-1 by C. Tononi, which once belonged to Amedeo Baldovino. "One of the rare true musical talents among all of the students that have passed through me" ( Amedeo Baldovino ).
"He played for me in September 1992. I was deeply moved by his great talent."( Sir Georg Solti ).
"From the first time I met Vittorio Ceccanti, I was impressed with his maturity and his intelligence. He is an exceptional musician, both technically and intellectually. He is gifted with an extraordinary instrumental ability and a profound perception of music." ( Luciano Berio ).
Duccio Ceccanti
Violino Professor
Duccio Ceccanti was b orn in a family of musicians. Duccio began studying violin at the age of 5 under the instruction of his father. He received his diploma with full honours, at a very young age under the conduction of Andrea Tacchi, at the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory in Florence, and he was awarded the Fondazione Banca F. del Vecchio prize as the best scholar.
He was awarded a diploma of merit five tiems, and won the G. Chigi scholarship at the Accademia Chigiana , attending courses held by Uto Ughi, Boris Belkin, Riccardo Brontola and Alain Meunier. At the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole , Duccio attended courses held by the Trio Trieste and by the Trio di Milano . He also attended graduation courses held by Stofan Gheorhiu and Felix Andriewski. His specialisation was completed at the conservatory in Maastricht with Boris Belkin, and at the W.Stauffer foundation with Salvatore Accardo in Cremona.
He has played for many important institutions and festivals like Teatro la Fenice in Venice, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Sala Bossi in Bologne, Aula Magna dell'Università degli Studi in Rome, Associazione Alessandro Scarlatti in Naples, Accademia Chigiana , Amici della Musica in Vicenza, Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte di Montepulciano , Estate Fiesolana , Acquario Romano , Teatro Metastasio in Prato, International Festival in Prague, and has toured in France, Germany, Spain, and Portugal.
Duccio has performed the firts S. Bussotti and L. Berio compositions. He has recorded: "Pierrot Lunaire" by A. Schönberg for ARTS with the Contempoartensemble (a soloist), The trio for strings by Schönberg and Schubert with the Artes Trio and, with the pianist Vovsk Ashkenazy the quartet op. 47 by Schumann.
He has contributed to the Italian Chamber Orchestra which was founded and directed by Salvatore Accardo with whom he has recorded for the EMI, FONE, and FONIT CETRA music labels, and with whom he has toured in Italy, South America, China, and Japan.
He teaches at "G. Verdi" music school in Prato, and since the summer of 2000 he is also an assistant maestro of instruments for the specialization course held by F. Donatoni and A. Corghi at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena.
Nuccio D´Angelo
Guitar teacher
Nuccio D'Angelo started playing music at the age of six, and immediately showed a remarkable interest for the guitar and for compositions. His most important teachers have been Alvaro Company for the guitar, and Gaetano Giani-Luporini for composition.
He has performed in concerts as a soloist in Italy, Greece, Holland, France, USA, Canada, Germany, and Portugal.
He was awarded the first prize at the "Festival of contemporary music" (Tokyo 1984) with "Due Canzoni Lidie" and the "A. Segovia" competition in Almunecar (1991) with "Magie". He won a special prize in 1996 at "The European International Competition for Composer" in New York , and at "La chitarra d'oro per la composizione" (Alessandria - 1997).
His music has been admired by musicians like L. Brouwer, T. Riley, R. Smith-Brindle, R. Aussel , A. Pierri, and it has been played and recorded by famous guitarists: "Due Canzoni Lidie" was already recorded nine times. He teaches classical guitar at the "P. Mascagni Musical Institute" in Livorno, and guitar and composition in Rome, Lucca, Macerata, Agropoli, Florence, Portoferraio (Elba), Catania, Monza, USA, Canada, Hamburg and Marktoberdorf (Monaco).
Andrea Marchetti
Oboe professor
Andrea Marchetti was born and grew up in Florence. He has been graduated at the Luigi Cherubini conservatory under the conduction of G. Patroniti. He continued his musical training doing a specialization course in Chamber Music at the Accademia Chigiana , and in Oboe at the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburgo, under the direction of Hansjorg Schellenberger, the first oboe musician from the Berlin Philharmonic.
Andrea has been developing a career as soloist in concerts with chamber groups and orchestras for events like Il Maggio Musicale Fiorentino , Musicus Concentus (under the direction of Luciano Berio), Accademia Internazionale di Salisburgo , "Insieme Barocco Fiorentino" , "Amici della Musica" from Arezzo and Florence University Orchestra.
Among his records it is remarkable the "Il Figlio dell'Uomo" and "Frate Francesco" (by the maestro C. Terni) with the Florentine group Musica Instrumentalis for the Phonographic Editions and Pro Civitate Christiana-Assisi Concerts.
Andrea has also graduated in Education at the Florence University. His interest in helping disabled people made him conciliate his career as a musician with teaching activities in special schools and institutions in Florence its suburbs.
He teaches at "G. Verdi" music school in Prato, and since the summer of 2000 he is also an assistant maestro of instruments for the specialization course held by F. Donatoni and A. Corghi at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena.
David Bellugi
Flute Professor
David Bellugi is a virtuous flutist and also a recorder, concert and studio musician, Macintosh-enthusiast, Sound Desinger editor, and part owner of a Florence-based record company.
David has a B.A. in Applied Musicology which he received Summa cum Laude from the University of California in San Diego(USA), where he studied with Bernhardt-Ambros Batschelet (flute), Robert Erickson and Bernard Rands (composition), Anthony Newman (harpsichord), Thomas Nee (conducting), and Bertram Turetzky (advisor for musicology). He continued his musical research in Early Music performance practices under the trining with Antoine Geoffroy-Dechaume in Paris (a student of Early Music pioneer, Arnold Dolmetsch).
David has performed as a soloist with many orchestras including: the RAI-Torino , Radio France-Paris , Radio France-Lille , Radio della Svizzera Italiana , as well as with the orchestras of Bari, Cagliari, Cordoba, Emilia-Romagna, Firenze, Harvard University, Milano, Padova, Palermo, Sanremo, and Torino. He has also performed in recitals and concert/lectures in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, and in the U.S.A.
He has performed several pieces of work (Luciano Berio, Nuccio D'Angelo, Ugalberto de Angelis, Dan Locklair, A. Riccardo Luciani, Carlo Prosperi, and Giulio Viozzi have dedicated their creations to Bellugi), being always successful.
Bellugi teaches Flute at the "Luigi Cherubini" Conservatory in Florence, Italy.
Stefano Margheri
Flute Professor
Professor Margheri began his studies and was graduated with highest marks at the Cherubini Conservatory in Florence under the orientation of Maestro Alfieri and Professor Di Sabatino. He has done specialisation with K. Klemm and A. Marion, and he has also attended chamber music courses held by Maestro Franco Rossi.
In his career, he has preformed as a soloist for the Florence's Chamber ensemble (Complesso Cameristico di Firenze) as well as for other ensembles, among which the "J. Francaix" winds quintet" by which he won the Stresa International Competition.
He has performed with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentina orchestra, the ORT (regional orchestra of Tuscany), the International Orchestra of Italy and many others. Performing with these orchestras, he has also had the opportunity to record many pieces of music and take part in numerous concerts with some of the finest directors: Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, and Carlo Maria Giulini.
His soloist performances also include recordings of concerts for flute by J. S. Bach for a national TV network. Interested in contemporary music, Professor Margheri is involved in the execution and promotion of contemporary pieces of music, written by young composers. Nowadays Stefano Margheri is the first flutist for the Florentine Chamber Orchestra, and a component of the Michelangelo Ensemble.
He teaches flute at the music school of Sesto Fiorentino and he is also the principal of the flute department at the "Guicciardini Poliziano" music school as well as of the music department of Istituto Europeo.
Art Department
Camilla Bacherini
The sculptor and scenographer Camilla Bascherini graduated from Liceo Artistico and the Accademia delle Belle Arti di Firenze. She founded the Pleiadi, a cultural institution for the promotion of art and music. In the years ensuing, she directed numerous scenographies and created sculptures for theatre, operas and concerts. Her most important creations include:
- Annually, from 1997, She has scenographed for the Concorso Internazionale di Canto organized by the International Association Europeo Istituto;
- 2001 Scenografic apparatus for the exhibition on Ertè, Rome;
- 2001 Ornamental monuments for the Denver Stadium;
- 2000 Reproductions of numerous sculptures, including the Porcellino of Florence, for the writer Thomas Harrys, Miami Beach , Florida;
- 1999 Portrait of Alfred Hitchcock commissioned by an American foundation;
- 1998 Monument of the English poet, Lord Tennyson exhibited in the Lord Tennyson Park, England;
- 1997 Artistic Director, Biennal Art and Fashion Show at the Guggenheim Museum Soho , New York City;
- Various sculptures for The Magic Flute at the Wienes Stadhalle , Vienna , Austria;
- 1996 King Arthur by Purcell performed at the Pitti Palace;
- Fare una leggiadra sua vendetta by G.B. Marino, Il Teatro 13, Florence;
- 1995 Dido and Aeneas performed at the Pitti Palace;
- 1994 Euridice performed at the Pitti Palace;
- 1993 Euridice by J. Peri performed at the Cenacolo Andrea del Sarto, Florence.
Riccardo Saldarelli
Riccardo Saldarelli is an architect, painter, graphic desinger, researcher, and essayist. After having taught at the Liceo Artistico from 1974 to 2004, he became Head of Pictoral Techniques at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. As a consultant in art education for several institutions and a teacher of architectural design, he also developed didatic and research techniques for the Architecture College of Florence.
As a founding partner of CAPIRE (International Committee for the Promotion of Advanced Educational Research) since its inception in the 1980s, he created and directed the Basis Observatory for Visual Arts of the International Institute ECOCREA (Espansione e Coordinamento degli Osservatori sulla Creatività) and the International Conferences: "Art, Science, and Environment." He is also a counselor for COMAV (Consejo Mundial de Artistas Visuales). He collaborated with C.N.R. (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche ) and other cultural associations and institutions of research.
In May 1990, Riccardo made a presentation at the Politécnico in Milan for the Symposium, "Nuove Tecnologie ed Arte." He is one of the authors of "Primo Manifesto Mondiale della Computer Art," (R. Saldarelli, L. Cristiani reg. S.I.A.E., 27th January 1992). Riccardo was appointed by T.Maldonado as one of the first researchers to study the progress of computer art in virtuality (reale e virtuale, G.Feltrinelli MI, October 1992). He was also the desinger of the "Internet for Arts" project
Since 2000, Riccardo has been a member of the Technical Organizing Committee of EVA (Electronic Imaging & the Visual Arts), the foremost European electronic imaging event in visual arts.
In 2001, he published "COMPUTER ART atto secondo: il senso di una ricerca." (ed. Phasar, Florence ). He began his artistic career in several private and collective exhibitions in Italy and abroad and he has been awarded and recognized for his work. His first period reached its apex in 1980 at the Medici Expositions in Florence in its series of exhibitions and events. For the Medici Expositions, he was invited by the French Institute to create the "dipinti di scena," for the play "Medicis," directed by Urbano Sabatelli.
In 1982, he was sponsored by Florence City Hall in an important exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi, At this event, in a remarkable exhibition of more than a hundred pieces of traditional pictorial techniques, Saldarelli presented his first research in computer art, premature for critics of that time. Today, he is included among the international precursors of the artistic avant-garde.
In 1983, Sardelli's work was exhibited at the Generalic Gallery in Milan and the Ken's Art Gallery in Florence. In the years following, he refused several promising opportunities in order to focus his research on artistic didatics and to experiment with innovative methods and systems for art production and education.
In 1985, Sardelli installed a laboratory for digital imaging and multimedia technologies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, sponsored by Senator Luciano Bausi (who was, at that time, president of the Administration Council) introducing for the first time in Italian Fine Arts Academies, didatic and artistic experimentation in this area.
Sardelli also concentrated on graphic art, producing many pieces in lithography, aqua fortis, silk-screen, and experimental graphic techniques. He went deep into his research on digital art (initiated at the end of the 1970s), producing original pieces that were exhibited in an important event: a 1988 Exhibition at the Palazzo Novellucci sponsored by Prato City Hall.
Sardelli is a painter of an extent figure production. He is a passionate researcher of Tuscan art masters from the Middle Ages to Mannerism. His expertise proved to be a fundamental basis for his conferences,workshops and courses on artistic techniques at his "Atelier-bottega," as well as his work in laboratories of private and state institutions.
He put into practice his didatic theories in an intensive study on mural technique about which he published the first of a series of several papers.
There was a forced pause in his career by the mid-1990s until 2000, during an exhibition in Florence at the Piazza della Signoria, at the time of the construction of the Antica Compagnia del Paiolo.
Sardelli's artistic activities returned, after another pause (due to a serious illness) in a series of exhibitions and events. The first of these was in December 2004 in Prato at the Associazione Culturale Estrarte (Piazza del Duomo) that was sponsored by Prato City Hall. This exhibition followed another collective one (Celeste, Saldarelli, Viti) at the same venue in February 2004 focusing on the real vs. the virtual in painting. Franco Riccomini was seen reading Sardelli's works and celebrating him at these events.
In 2005, Sardelli put on an exhibition entitiled "Chador and Zendadi," in the Renaissance rooms at the Circolo Arti Figurative in the Palazzo Ghibellino in Empoli sponsored by the city hall. In this exhibition Sardelli's theme was, "Art Today between the Digital and Analogical".
Sardelli is preparing an exposition entitled, "Brani d'affresco, pixel ed altro ancora linguaggi e metalinguaggi pittorici." Using traditional techniques, he intensifies his creative and technical efforts through experimental activities related to digital reproduction and high definition of original pictorial works, with several perspectives of multiple diffusion.
Most recently, Sardelli has been spending a significant portion of his time near the sea in Italy where the sun, water and landscapes support his limited physical energy. He is conceptualizing a new mural cycle of sacred art, working with physical limitations, however, with strong determination.
Rebecca Hayward
Rebecca Hayward was born in Chicago (USA). She graduated cum laude with a BA in Art History at the American University of Paris.
She began her formal art training with South African painter and illustrator, Pat Fogarty learning basic drawing and illustration techniques. At the age of 16, she began working with the Belgian painter and engraver Paul Franck, in a specialization of etching and oil painting.
Since 1979, she has been living in Florence where she has been working in oil painting techniques at the Cecil-Graves studio.
Rebecca is professor at the international division of the Fashion Institute of Technology of New York, based in Florence. Since its inception, she has been president of the Associazione Artisti Contemporanei di Firenze e Metropoli.
Dario Orlandi
Dario Orlandi was born in Imperia and has lived in Florence all his life.
Photo Training:
- Orlandi is not only a photographer, but also a teacher of photography.
He is the technical coordinator of ARCI "Visual Arts Visuais" which offers 10 different courses on photography, video, and visual arts at the ARCI in Florence. He designs syllabi for the courses "Photography Techniques" and "Digital Techniques on Photography" currently offered by the Ambasciata di Marte Association in Florence.
Orlandi also collaborates with the Frame Association in Via Montebello where he is establishing a comprehensive course in photo journalism.
Recently, Orlandi has been focusing on preparing courses on photography. He is writing a book for publication about the language of photography that will be useful in the field of Communication Studies in universities and photography schools.
Professional Experience:
- 2005-present photographer for the free paper, "Metro";
- 2002 - present " Il Manifesto" and "TamTam (Milan)" where he published photos in the papers "Liberazione," "Il Corriere della Sera," "Il Giornale," "Il Corriere OnLine," "Avvenire," and "Voi e Noi";
- In 2004-2005 he collaborated with "Anna", "Voici", (France), "Adesso", and "Verlag" ( Germany );
- 2002 - 2005, photographer for "L'Unità Pagine Toscane" and as a free lancer for "L'Unità" Toscana;
- 2002 - correspondent for the free paper, "City" (group RCS);
- 2001 - collaborator, "Il Corriere della Sera" and "Olympia";
- 2001 - collaborator, CGE Fotogiornalismo photography agency ("La Repubblica" representative in Tuscany);
- 2001 - Fonache Agency ("La Nazione" representative in Florence);
- 2001 - Photographer for "Il Corriere di Firenze.
Exhibitions and Publications:
- "One Year Around," about the Tucan mobilization on the Social Forum at the start of the Iraq War (Museo Stensen, Feb 2003);
- "I volti della mobilitazione", about the facial expressions of young people involved in the mobilization against the war in 2003, exhibited from January to May 2005 for the opening of the new exhibition space of Camera del Lavoro in Florence;
- "London, Christmas 2003" a novel formation for images (December 2005) in Cabina Teatrale de Saverio Tommasi;
- "Graffia il Grigio" book about the European Social Forum in Florence, produced together with the Tuscan CGIL and Pietro Ruffolo published November 2003.
Photojournalist Work Experience:
- 2001 he began working as a photo reporter: year of his submission at the Associazione Italiana Reporters Fotografi (A.I.R.F).
Photography Works under Commission
Parallel to his photojournalism activity, Orlandi has also worked as a photographer for several private and state institutions:
- Regione Toscana, CGIL Toscana e Camera del Lavoro di Firenze, CISL Toscana, Gruppo Regionale DS Toscana, Cispel Toscana, FidiToscana, UNDP (United Nations Development Program), Villa Corsini di Mezzomonte, Osservatorio Permanente Giovani Editori, Ospedale Meyer, La Margherita Toscana, Publikompass, B&A, Unicoop Toscana.
Other:
- Since April 2004, he has been a Publicity Journalist submitted by the National Journalist Institution. He received his "E maturità classica" in 1998, and he is on the third year of the Corso di Laurea in Media e Giornalismo (Media and Journalism Course) at the Policy Science University in Florence;
- Due to his extensive experience abroad, he is highly proficient in speaking and writing both English and French (First Certificate in English FCE, British Institute of Florence, 1998);
- Since 2005, he began collaborating with the "Fotogramma" agency in Milan where he is in charge of photojournalism production;
- Under the auspices of this agency, he published photos in "La Repubblica", "Il Corriere della Sera", "La Stampa", "Avvenire", "Il Sole 24 Ore", "La Nazione", "Il Resto del Carlino", "Libero", "La Padania", "Il Giornale", "Oggi," "Gente", "L'Espresso", "Donna di Repubblica", "Il Venerdì di Repubblica", "Magazine", "RTI" and "RAI".
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