BRUNO
CANINO
Bruno Canino was born in Naples and studied piano and composition
at the Conservatoire of Milan, where he has been teaching
for 24 years principal piano. He played as soloist and pianist
in the principal concert halls and European Feastival, in
America, Australia, Japan and China.
He's been playing for more than 40 years in the piano duet
with Antonio Ballista and he's part since more than 30 years
of the Trio di Milano. He collaborates with famous instrumentists
such as Accardo, Harrel, Ughi, Victoria Mullova, Perlman.
He's been for some years artistic director in Genova of
the Giovine Orchestra Genovese (GOG), he is actually director
of the autumn season of the international Campus of music
in Latina. He dedicated himself intensively to contemporary
music, working with Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, Karl-Heinz
Stockhausen, Georg Ligeti, Bruno Maderna, Luigi Nono, Sylvano
Bussotti and others. He performed as first executer some
works of these artists. He made many recordings: some of
the latest are the Variazioni Goldberg by Bach and the whole
piano production by Casella; he began later Debussy's one
for the Stradivarius, the first disc has already been published.
He helds a course of specialisation for piano and XXth century
chamber music at the Consevatory in Berna.
His book "Vademecum del pianista da camera", edited by Passigli
Editore has been recently published.
CRISTIANO
ROSSI
He began to study the violin very early, with such conviction
that it led him to get his diploma at the age of just 16,
at the School of Sandro Materassi at the Bologna Conservatory.
He immediately undertook concert activity, winning important
national and international contests like the Vittorio Veneto
and Munich ones.
In 1965, at the age of 18, he made his first two records
for Erato in Paris, and his recording activity then continued
with Emi, Dynamic and Naxos, with numerous CDs devoted to
different historical periods, from Vivaldi to Busoni and
from Campagnoli to Wolf-Ferrari.
Cristiano Rossi has done countless recitals and important
concerts in all Italian cities, in other countries in Europe,
South America, United States and Japan, for the most prestigious
concert halls, like the Barbican Centre in London, Bunka
Kaykan in Tokyo, the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, the Philharmonic
in St. Petersburg, the Colon Theatre in Buenos Aires and
the Tonhalle in Zurich. He has participated in the lnternazionali
festivals in Venice, Stresa, Spoleto, Varna, Istanbul and
Dubrovnik, playing with famous conductors like Ahronovitch,
Chailly, Oren, Pesko, Renzetti, Soudant and Delman.
He has been invited to participate in numerous important
events: for UNICEF, for the Bicentenary of the United States
(1976) with a recital at the White House, for the Columbus
Celebrations (1992) in Genoa, playing the famous “Cannone”
by Paganini, at Castelgandolfo in the presence of His Holiness
Pope John Paul II, in Piazza Maggiore in Bologna in 1995
and 1997 for the commemorative Concerts of 2 August, and
he has been given various prestigious prizes including the
“Golden Diapason” of Rai.
He has recorded numerous public radio and television concerts
for RAI, BBC, RSI, DRF, etc. A violin teacher at the L.
Cherubini Conservatory in Florence for over twenty years,
currently he devotes himself to improvement courses for
young concert artists, invited by prestigious musical academies
like the Imola Piano Academy, Asteria in Milan, Tadini in
Lovere, the Musical Academy in Florence, etc.
GIOVANNI
SOLLIMA
The cellist and composer Giovanni Sollima was born in Palermo
in 1962 of a family of musicians (his father, Eliodoro,
was a composer). He graduated with the highest honours at
the Conservatory of Palermo and completed his education
in the studies of the Cello in Salzburg with Antonio Janigro
and in Composition at the Musikhochschule of Stuttgart with
Milko Kelemen.
Ever since his youth, Sollima has been captivated by every
kind of music and has sought to create new blends among
the most diverse genres by combining elements of classical,
rock and jazz music, as well as of ethnic music-characteristic
of Sicility and of others Mediterranean lands such as North
Africa, the Middle East and the Balkan States.
His works (for the piano, for the cello, for ensemble, for
orchestras, for the stage, etc.) have been included in important
seasons in all the continents, and performed by Yo-Yo Ma,
Riccardo Muti with the La Scala Phylarmonic Orchestra, Gidon
Kremer with the Kremerata Baltica, Yuri Bashmet with The
Moscow Soloists, David Geringas, Boris Pergamencikov, Julius
Berger, Larry Coryell, Mario Brunelo, the European Unin
Chamber Orchestra, the new Julliard Ensemble.
Sollima performed “Spasimo“, composed for an ensemble (1995),
together with his Sicilian group, in several Italian festivals
and in the course of a tour in North America (1997, Merkin
Hall in New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston, Montreal).
The project Aquilarco was accomplished in New York in 1998-a
Point Music/Universal CD, with the partecipation of the
reciting voice of Robert Wilson and of a new group (the
Giovanni Sollima Band) made up of a number of coponents
of Bang-on-a-Can All Stars and of Steve Reich&Musicians.
In 1999 Aquilarco was executed at Knitting Factory and at
Merkin Hall, in New York. In the same period, Sollima gave
a solo performance of pieces for Cello of his at a concert
at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The ballet Casanova was
staged by the Greek Festival in Athens in 2000. The choreographer
was Karole Armitage.
In 2000 he made his debut at the Carnegie Hall, together
with the Lark Quartet, with a grand string quintet entitled
Viaggio in Italia (A Jorney in Italy), which has been performed
at the Istambul International music Festival in 2001. In
2001 he appeared at Wigmore Hall, London, for the first
time, executing his work for ensembles Intersong II.
In 2001, a new ballet, choreograped by Carolyn Carlson,
has been staged at the Venice Biennale. The works by Giovanni
Sollima are published by casa Musicale Sonzogno of Milan.
CALOGERO
PALERMO
Calogero Palermo graduates in clarinet playing with distinction
at the Music Academy “Vincenzo Bellini” of Palermo under
the guide of M° G. Snelli and than specializes at Genf with
M° T. Friedli. From 1993 to 1996, he has been first clarinet
player of the “Vincenzo Bellini” Theatre’s orchestra, co-operating
also with the orchestra of the Cagliari Lyric Theatre. From
1997, he covers the role of first clarinet at the Rome Opera
Theatre. Winner of the International Contest “Jeunesses
Musicales” of Bucharest and of various other national contests
like the “Amilcare Ponchielli” of Cremona, “G. Briccialdi”
of Terni, “Boario Musica”, his intense concert activity
has brought him in Italy, Spain, Germany, Tunisia, Russia
and France. As first clarinet player, he has been invited
by the Philarmonic Orchestra of the “Teatro alla Scala”
of Milan and has collaborated with the Italian Chamber Orchestra
of Salvatore Accardo. He has recorded for BMG Ricordi, Riverberi
Sonori, Zecchini and the concert for clarinet and orchestra
K622 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with the Roman Opera Theatre
orchestra conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti. Various of his
performances have been broadcasted on RAI, RAI SAT, Vatican
Radio, Rumanian National TV and “Radio Tre”.
Apart from his concert activity, he spends his time also
in teaching giving Master Class and specialization courses.
Although his young age, Calogero Palermo is without doubt
one of the greatest musical talents that have emerged in
the last years in the international music panorama. Some
people even define him as being the best clarinet player
in Europe.
CALOGERO
DI LIBERTO
«Richly
sonorous… rhythmically incisive… technically
of a superior pianistic order».
(Harris Goldsmith)
«…remarkable style and musicianship… featherlight
fingerwork… power and humor… emotional depth…».
(Fort Worth Star Telegram)
«His playing was characterized by noble discretion…
Impetuous, furious, sparkling, or elegant, Di Liberto possessed
the entire palette». (Trierischer Volksfreund)
«Italian pianist brings new emotions…agility,
rapidity, and mature virtuosity… subtle sensibility
for sound nuances…». (Rheinische Post)
«Mr. Di Liberto has one gift that is granted to the
relative few and for which all the polish in dexterity means
little in its absence. This is the ability to communicate
freely with immediacy, without fuss, and with the most generously
musical of spirits». (Darrel Rosenbluth)
«Mr. Di Liberto is, first and foremost, an artist.
His recitals, as well as concerto and chamber performances,
are imbued with musicianship and pianism of the highest
order».
“…his technique is stellar, his repertoire is
large, and in particular he commands the greatest performing
gift of all, that of communication. He has charisma!».
(Jon Kimura Parker)
Grand prize winner of the 2001 Concurso International Compositores
de Espana in Madrid, Italian concert pianist Calogero Di
Liberto continues to win praise for his warm musicianship,
technical prowess at the piano and wide range of repertoire.
Mr. Di Liberto’s career has taken him across Europe
and throughout the United States. He has given recitals
in France, Germany and Austria at the Grosses Saal of the
Mozarteum, as well as in Milan, Taranto, and Palermo in
his native Italy. His concert tour of Spain included appearances
in Sevilla, Ciudad Real, Segovia, and Don Benito with the
highlight being his final performance in Madrid.
In the U.S., Mr. Di Liberto has performed several times
for the Fryderyk Chopin Society of Texas, and under their
auspices he issued his first CD of Chopin’s works
(1995). In 1996 he made his New York debut in Carnegie Hall
(Weill Hall). Most recently, in 2004, he was selected to
be Vice President of the Houston chapter of the American
Liszt Society, for whom he gave an all-Liszt command recital.
In September 2004 Mr. Di Liberto returned to Carnegie Hall
(Weill Hall) for a recital featuring a program of paraphrases
and transcriptions from Italian and French operas, including
the world premiere of his own Fantasy on Pietro Mascagni’s
“Cavalleria Rusticana,” published in the Spring
of 2005 by “Casa Musicale Sonzogno” (Milan).
In May of 2005 he was among the students chosen to represent
The Shepherd School of Music at the Kennedy Center “Conservatory
Project” (Washington, D.C.).
Calogero Di Liberto was born in 1973 in Agrigento, Italy.
He graduated from the Bellini Music Conservatory in Palermo
in the class of Giulio Arena, and continued his studies
with Aquiles Delle Vigne and Bruno Canino. He received a
Master of Music degree from the Rotterdam Music Conservatory
in 1999. In 2002 he completed his Artist Diploma program
at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, where he studied
with Tamas Ungar and Harold Martina. In 2006 Mr. Di Liberto
pursued a DMA in Piano Performance with Jon Kimura Parker
at The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston,
where he also worked as collaborative pianist for the Voice
Department.
