Italian Piano Visions: From War to Cinema

Alessandra Ammara and Roberto Prosseda have been playing together since 1999 and have achieved international fame both as soloists and as a duo. Their repertoire includes Mendelssohn’s complete works, masterpieces by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms, and rarities by 20th-century composers, including Casella, Omizzolo, Respighi, Cafaro, Castiglioni, Lombardi, Fedele, and Dall’Ongaro.

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Event Program:

Luigi Dallapiccola: Sonatina Canonica su Capricci di Paganini

Goffredo Petrassi :Toccata (1933)

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: 2 Greetings Card (World Premiere)

Luca Lombardi: Saluto a Miriam, Saluto a Luciano Berio.

Carla Rebora: Shin

Ennio Morricone: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso; Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto; Studio per il piano-forte n. 1; La leggenda del pianista sull’oceano.

Ottorino Respighi: Antiche Arie e Danze, suite I, per pianoforte a 4 mani

The event is sponsored by the Italian Embassy and the Institute of Italian Culture.