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17-Oct-2014
2014 Strumenti & Musica Festival Grand Finale, Spoleto - Italyby Ilaria Bellini |
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 The Grand Finale Concert of the 2014 Strumenti & Musica Festival included the competition winners and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Calabria and was attended by the Mayor of Spoleto, Fabrizio Cardarelli.The winners of international competitions for accordion and piano are young artists from different parts of the world: Russia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, England and Italy. The Ensemble category was won by a duo of Matteo Carbone (accordion, 14 years) and Andrea Coruzzi (harp, 16 years) and for the category piano, the winner "Giancarlo Menotti Award" was Maxim Kulagin (Russia, 26 years). "It 's a big thrill to see young musicians playing in this historic venue, displaying such a great talent" said Maria Flora Monini, President of the “Fondazione Monini”. Opening the Sunday evening concert with the 55 piece Philharmonic Orchestra of Calabria conducted by Filippo Arlia was Strumenti & Musica Festival Artistic Director Mirco Patarini (picture above), who performed the very popular "Oblivion" and "Adios Nonino" by Astor Piazzolla. Other accordion performances included Sergej Aksenov (Russia), Daniele Carabetta (Italy) performing “Tango Italiano” composed by Renzo Ruggeri and Mahatma Costa (Brazil). The evening performances from the piano section included Sofia Proietti (Italy), Kristina Sirotenko, Yu Mi Hyang (Korean ),Kulagin Maxim (Russia) and concluding the concert, Valeria Lachman (Russia) with the first movement of the "Concerto No. 3" by Beethoven. The Mayor of Spoleto Fabrizio Cardarelli spoke "I have personally witnessed the high level of competitors and I would like to thank the organizing Association, Italian Accordion Culture, for the work they do with commitment and passion." Picture below: Mayor Cardarelli, Artistic Director Mirco Patarini and compere Antonella Fabrizio |
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