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VII INTERNATIONAL PICCOLO FESTIVAL
ASSOCIAZIONE MUSICALE MUSICA VIVA
July 06-10, 2021 - Grado (Italy)
Nicole Esposito, Jocelyne Fillion-Kelch,
Nicola Mazzanti, Natalie Schwaabe and Pamela Stahel
MASTERCLASS
CONCERTS
WORKSHOPS
INTERVIEWS
www.internationalpiccolofestival.com
About Grado ................................................................................................. 3
Event Schedule ............................................................................................ 4
Masterclass Schedule .................................................................................. 6
Artistic Director ........................................................................................... 8
Guest Artists ................................................................................................. 9
Staff ............................................................................................................ 13
Pianists ....................................................................................................... 14
Opening Concert ........................................................................................ 18
Wednesday Afternoon Concert ................................................................. 20
Winners’ Concert ....................................................................................... 22
Artists’ Concert .......................................................................................... 24
Friday Concert ........................................................................................... 27
Interview with Lowell Liebermann ........................................................... 29
Workshops .................................................................................................. 30
My schedule & Notes ................................................................................. 31
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The Association “Musica Viva” promote the VII International Piccolo Festival,
that will be held in Grado, Italy, from the 6th to the 10th July 2021.
We are very honoured to host internationally renowned artists as Nicola
Mazzanti, our Artistic Director and Former Piccolo of the Maggio Musicale
Fiorentino Orchestra, Nicole Esposito, piccoloist and professor at the University
of Iowa School of Music, Jocelyne Fillion-Kelch, piccoloist at the
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Natalie Schwaabe, piccoloist at the
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Pamela Stahel, piccoloist at
the Opernhaus Zürich.
Everyday active performers and auditors can join the warm-up session.
Active performers will have lesson 45 mins long with three of the five guest
artists; with the online pass you can take part in all events, masterclasses and
concerts.
About Grado
Grado is a charming town located between Venice and Trieste, with a
wonderful beach and old roman ruins.
The city is referred to as the “Little Venice” due to its navigable canals similar to
the ones in Venice.
Address
Auditorium “B. Marin”
Via Marchesini 31
34073 Grado (GO)
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Event Schedule
Tuesday, July 06
09:00 am Welcome and presentation
09:45 am - 1:30 pm Masterclass with Pamela Stahel (ONLINE STREAMING)
Masterclass with Nicola Mazzanti
Masterclass with Natalie Schwaabe
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Workshop with Rena Urso: “The Body Mapping for flutists”
6:00 pm Opening Concert: Nicola Mazzanti and Alt(r)e Frequenze
Piccolo Quartet
Wednesday, July 07
09:00 am Warm-up with Pamela Stahel
09:45 am - 1:30 pm Masterclass with Jocelyne Fillion-Kelch (ONLINE STREAMING)
Masterclass with Pamela Stahel
Masterclass with Nicole Esposito
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Workshop with all our Artists:
“The three most important things to focus for an orchestral
audition”
5:30 pm Concert with Pamela Stahel, Marta Rossi, Nicola Mazzanti and
Natalie Schwaabe
9:00 pm Concert: Winners of International Flute Competition “Severino
Gazzelloni” 2019,
with Julie Romestant and Elena Ricci
Thursday, July 08
9:00 am Warm-up with Natalie Schwaabe
09:45 am - 1:30 pm Masterclass with Nicola Mazzanti (ONLINE STREAMING)
Masterclass with Nicole Esposito
Masterclass with Natalie Schwaabe
9:00 pm Artists’ Concert: Concert for piccolo(s) and orchestra. Basilica di
S. Eufemia, Grado
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Friday, July 09
9:00 am Warm-up with Nicole Esposito
09:45 am - 1:30 pm Masterclass with Natalie Schwaabe (ONLINE STREAMING)
Masterclass with Jocelyne Fillion-Kelch
Masterclass with Pamela Stahel
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Workshop with Janet Kinmonth: “The piccolo maintenance”
5:30 pm Concert with Pamela Stahel, Jocelyne Fillion-Kelch and Nicola
Mazzanti
9:00 pm Interview with Lowell Liebermann
Saturday, July 10
9:00 am Warm-up with Jocelyne Fillion-Kelch
09:45 am - 1:30 pm Masterclass with Nicole Esposito (ONLINE STREAMING)
Masterclass with Nicola Mazzanti
Masterclass with Jocelyne Fillion-Kelch
3:30 - 5:30 pm Students’ Final Concert
7:00 pm Final Party
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Masterclass Schedule
Tuesday, July 06
Stahel Mazzanti Schwaabe
09:45 - 10:30 Ricci Herdin Ruiz
10:30 - 11:15 Cangelosi Gavaud Lucci
11:15 - 12:00 Bellina Bistrovic Weil
12:00 - 12:45 Frezzotti Salerno Ricci
12:45 - 13:30 Ruiz Caporuscio Herdin
Wednesday, July 07
Fillion-Kelch Stahel
Esposito
Schwaabe*
09:45 - 10:30 Brumat Lucci Ferro*
10:30 - 11:15 Urso Zuberti Bellina
11:15 - 12:00 Lucci Salerno Haschke
12:00 - 12:45 Gavaud Carlutti Colanero
12:45 - 13:30 Ferro Di Pietro Bardwell
Thursday, July 08
Mazzanti
Esposito
Stahel* Schwaabe
09:45 - 10:30 Weil Gavaud Cavaliere
10:30 - 11:15 Colanero Brumat Cangelosi
11:15 - 12:00 Cavaliere Tu Sijing Frezzotti
12:00 - 12:45 Bardwell Venturi Urso
12:45 - 13:30 Haschke Ferro* Colanero
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Friday, July 09
Schwaabe
Fillion-Kelch
Mazzanti* Stahel
09:45 - 10:30 Tu Sijing Ricci Cavaliere
10:30 - 11:15 Di Pietro Bistrovic Haschke
11:15 - 12:00 Chen Caporuscio Urso
12:00 - 12:45 Salerno Zuberti Tu Sijing
12:45 - 13:30 Venturi Carlutti* Brumat
Saturday, July 10
Esposito Mazzanti Fillion-Kelch
09:45 - 10:30 Herdin Cangelosi Chen
10:30 - 11:15 Bistrovic Bellina Di Pietro
11:15 - 12:00 Caporuscio Ruiz Bardwell
12:00 - 12:45 Zuberti Frezzotti Weil
12:45 - 13:30 Carlutti Chen Venturi
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Artistic Director
Nicola Mazzanti
Nicola Mazzanti served as Solo Piccolo of the
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra, a posi-
tion he has held from 1988 until 2020. Many
composers have written pieces for him, for pic-
colo and piano or orchestral concerts. His name
is associated with many premières. As a soloist,
he has performed with orchestras such as the
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra, “I
Pomeriggi Musicali” of Milan, the Malta Phil-
harmonic Orchestra, the Florence Symphony
Orchestra and Akronos of Prato.
Mr. Mazzanti performs frequently as both a
flute and piccolo soloist and in chamber en-
sembles in Italy and abroad. In his role of ad-
vocate for the piccolo as a solo voice, he has
performed in many flutes events and conven-
tions all over the world. Sir James Galway in-
vited him to perform at his masterclass in
Weggis (Switzerland) every year since 2008.
Since 2001, he has held annual piccolo courses at the “MusicArea” association in Flor-
ence and at the Italian Flute Academy in Rome. Since 2009 he teaches piccolo at the
Hochshule in Luzern, since 2011 at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano
(Switzerland) and 2013 at the Conservatorio “Verdi” in Milano and since 2020 at the
Conservatorio “Torrefranca” in Vibo Valetia (Italy). He is frequently invited to give mas-
terclassses for flute associations and music schools in Italy and abroad. He has released
several solo CD’s. His web site is a regular destination for dedicated piccolo players. His
book “The Mazzanti Method” for piccolo, published in 2014 by Theodore Presser, has
been welcomed as a milestone in the teaching of this instrument.
Mr. Mazzanti is a 1982 graduate of the “Luigi Cherubini” Conservatory of Florence,
where he studied with Sergio Giambi. He later took lessons or participated in master-
classes given by James Galway, Aurèle Nicolet, Raymond Guiot, Emmanuel Pahud and
Mario Ancillotti. In 1986, he earned an additional degree in Music History With Honors
from D.A.M.S. (University of Arts and Music).
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Guest Artists
A charismatic and versatile flutist, Nicole Esposito is the flute professor and head of the
woodwind area at The University of Iowa School of Music. She has achieved a career as a
soloist, teacher, chamber and orchestral musician on an international level having been
featured across the United States, Europe, Central and South America and
Asia. Esposito has performed at flute festivals and events around the world including
twelve National Flute Association Conventions, the Oklahoma Flute Fair, Florida Flute
Fair, Madison Flute Festival, West Virginia Flute Fling, Iowa Flute Festival, Atlanta Flute
Festival, the LA Flute Guild Festival, San Francisco International Flute Festival, Flute So-
ciety of Kentucky Festival, The Texas Summer Flute Symposium, FLUTISSIMO!, NSU
Flute Workshop, Festival Virtuosi, Brazil, the International Flute Festival sponsored by
the Brazilian Flute Association, the Santa Maria International Winter Festival, The Aruba
Symphony Festival, the International Flute Festival of Costa Rica, the Spanish National
Flute Convention, Bogotá Flute Festival, the International Flute Congress of Argentina,
Chilean Flute Encounter, Panama Flute Festival, the European Piccolo Festival in Slove-
nia, the Adams Flute Festival in Holland, Flute Forum in Luxembourg, the Canadian Flute
Convention and the British Flute Society Convention.
In addition to her teaching position at The University of Iowa, Professor Esposito has
served on the faculties of the Interlochen Arts Camp, the University of Wisconsin-
Platteville and held a guest teaching residencies at the University of Michigan and West
Virginia University. She has given numerous master classes at prestigious universities
and conservatories in the United States and abroad including the Geneva Conservatory,
Royal Danish Academy, Madrid Royal Conservatory, Mannheim Hochshule, Peabody
Conservatory, Rice University and many others. As an orchestral musician, Esposito has
performed under some of the worlds leading conductors, including James Conlon, David
Zinman, Gunther Schuller, and Robert Spano. Former principal flute with the Dubuque
Symphony Orchestra, she has also performed with the Quad City Symphony, Cedar Rap-
ids Symphony, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony, Youngstown (OH) Symphony, and the
Johnstown and Westmoreland (PA) Symphony Orchestras. Esposito has held the Piccolo
Fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival and
has also been Principal Flute of the Ohio Light
Opera. She has participated in a number of
other music festivals including the Brevard
Music Center, The Youth Orchestra of the
Americas, and the National Orchestral Insti-
tute.
Professor Esposito holds degrees from Carne-
gie Mellon University and the University of
Michigan. She has been a finalist or prizewin-
ner in several prestigious competitions includ-
ing the National Flute Association’s Young
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Artist, Piccolo Artist, and Orchestral Competitions, the WAMSO Competition sponsored
by the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competi-
tion. Additionally, she has published articles on Banddirector.com, The Flutist Quarterly,
Flute Focus and Flute Talk Magazines and can be heard on the Albany Records, MSR
Classics and Con Brio Recordings labels. Her primary flute teachers include Jeanne Bax-
tresser, Amy Porter, Marianne Gedigian, Jennifer Steele, and Catherine Payne, with addi-
tional study with Mark Sparks, Alberto Almarza, and Doriot Anthony
Dwyer. Nicole Esposito performs on the 14k Miyazawa flute and the Hammig Piccolo,
Mancke Headjoints and is an endorser of the LefreQue sound bridges for wind instru-
ments.
The flutist Jocelyne Fillion-Kelch from
Montréal, Canada comes from a family of
musicians. After studying piano at the
Conservatoire de musique du Québec, she
discovered her love for the flute: she then
obtained a Bachelor of Music in Flute
Performance from McGill University (Prof.
Jeanne Baxtresser). Shortly after graduating, she
obtained her first orchestral position in 1978 with
the Berner Symphonieorchester. During this
time, she continued her musical education at the
Konservatorium Bern and received an
Orchesterdiplom (Prof. András Adorján). The
following year, she furthered her studies at the
Conservatoire de Genève (Prof. Maxence Larrieu). From there she moved from
Switzerland to Germany in 1981 for a Solo-Piccolo position with the Oldenburgische
Staatsorchester. Since 1983, she holds the position as Solo-Piccolo with the
Philharmonische Staatsorchester Hamburg (Generalmusikdirektor Kent Nagano). In
addition to her orchestral work performing symphony concerts, operas and ballet in her
own orchestra and as a substitute in other orchestras, she plays frequently as a soloist and
in chamber music. She supports many charitable causes as organiser and performer for
fundraising events. Jocelyne Fillion-Kelch teaches piccolo privately and specialises in the
preparation of advanced students for auditions. Many of her former students now hold
positions in major German orchestras.
The Tokyo-born piccolo and flute player Natalie Schwaabe grew up in Hong Kong. She
started her musical training there and was a member of the Hong Kong Junior Academy
of Performing Arts. After completing her secondary education at the Purcell School in
London, she obtained her artistic diploma with honours and a master degree whilst
studying with Professor Paul Meisen at the “Hochschule für Musik und Theater” in
Munich.
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At the age of 21 she became principal flute of the Munich Symphony Orchestra and two
years later joined the Munich Radio Orchestra. In 1996 she fulfilled a dream in becoming
a member of the prestigious Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio. In 1996 she
received the special prize of the jury at the Prague Spring International Music
Competition and was a prizewinner at the 1st International Carl Nielsen Flute Competition
in 1998 in Odense, Denmark. In addition to
orchestral playing Natalie Schwaabe performs
as a soloist, having been accompanied by the
Nürnberger Symphoniker and the Stuttgarter
Chamber Orchestra. A great joy for her is to
play chamber music with her wind quintet and
pianist Jan Philip Schulze. She is a passionate
teacher, giving many piccolo masterclasses
worldwide and has the piccolo teaching
position at the “Hochschule für Musik und
Theater” in Munich. She plays a Jochen
Mehnert piccolo and lives in Munich with her
husband, the violinist and composer Winfried
Grabe and their 3 children.
Pamela Stahel. Growing up in a musical family,
she began the violin at the age of five. Later after
discovering the flute, she went on to earn a BM
in music performance with Bernard Z. Goldberg.
Studies with William Hebert as well as
masterclasses with Marcel Moyse furthered her
education. Her first orchestral experience
included engagements with various American
orchestras such as the Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra, Canton & Akron Symphonies & Fort
Wayne Philharmonic. After relocating in
Switzerland, she intensified her studies with
Andre Jaunet while becoming an active
freelancer. Invitations to guest with ensembles
such as the Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich Chamber
Orchestra, and Lucerne Symphony Orchestra & SWD Philharmonie. Ms. Stahel’s
engagement with the Philharmonia Zurich; Zurich Opera Orchestra, followed in 1991. As
a member of a number of well-known ensembles, she displays her versatility through
performances ranging from cross-over projects to the standard repertoire. Devoted to
furthering young musicians, she holds a piccolo & chamber music class at the University
of the Arts, Zurich. She also has the pleasure to have been invited to participate at various
festivals including the NFA, Porto Flute Festival, La Cote Flute Festival, Rheinau
Summer Music Academy and the International Piccolo Festival Grado.
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Staff
Nicola Mazzanti
Artistic Director, President of the
Association International Piccolo Festival
nicola@internationalpiccolofestival.com
Giorgio Tortora
Organization, Association “Musica Viva”
tortoragiorgio@hotmail.com
Daniela Vilasi
Relationship Manager, Vice president of the
Association International Piccolo Festival
daniela@internationalpiccolofestival.com
Valeria Di Pietro
Press & Social Media Manager, member of
Association International Piccolo Festival
valeria@internationalpiccolofestival.com
Francesco Cirillo
Webmaster, member of
Association International Piccolo Festival
Tatiana Fedi
Member of
Association International Piccolo Festival
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Pianists
Ferdinando Mussutto. Born in Italy in
1976, Ferdinando Mussutto graduated
in piano with full marks from the
conservatoire “J. Tomadini” in Udine at
the age of 20. He subsequently attended
several masterclasses for both solo and
chamber repertoire, studying with Piero
Rattalino, Walther Panhofer, Daniel
Rivera, Trio di Parma. In 2001 he
completed a two-year advanced course
with Maestro Andrea Lucchesini at the
Sesto Fiorentino’s School of Music, and
one year later he completed the
chamber music courses at the Trio di
Trieste School of Music in Duino (Trieste), studying with Dario De Rosa, Maureen Jones
and Enrico Bronzi, and obtaining a distinction degree. He has won prizes both as a soloist
and in ensemble in numerous national and international competitions, and he has
performed as a soloist and in chamber ensembles around Italy, Austria, Germany, Spain,
Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, China, Paraguay and Venezuela, always enjoying great
acclaim both from the public and the critics. He has been involved in several music
projects with theatres and musical establishments of Italy and in Austria, e.g. with the
Ente Lirico “G. Verdi” of Trieste, the Orchestra FVG Mitteleuropa, the Festival “La
Biennale Musica” in Venice, the “Accademia Ars Musicae” of Klagenfurt (Austria), the
“CarinthiaArtis” Association and the Conservatoire “A. Steffani” of Castelfranco Veneto
(Treviso), the Choir of Friuli Venezia Giulia, the “S. Cecilia Music Foundation of
Portogruaro (Venice), the Orchestra “I Pomeriggi Musicali” of Milan, the Tallin
Sinfonietta, and has collaborated with important italian soloist, e.g. with Domenico
Nordio, Domenico Balzani, Lucio Degani, Gabriele Ragghianti, Federico Mondelci,
Massimo Mercelli, Roberto Fabbriciani, Cheryl Porter, the Szabò String Quartet,
and Nicola Mazzanti, piccolo soloist of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, with whom, in
2016, he’s recorded a CD that will be soon released.
During his career he recorded several CDs, among wich there’s a first-time recording of
chamber works by the German composer Anton Schoendlinger (sonata for viola and piano
and second sonata for violin and piano) for REALSOUND label. He frequently explores
the contemporary and jazz-latin influenced composition as in the sax&piano CD’s
“INTERSECTIONS” for ARTESUONO label.
In December 2002 he won the selection for a piano accompanist at the conservatoire “A.
Steffani” of Castelfranco Veneto (Treviso) and held this position for four years, practising
a lot of chamber repertory for strings and winds. In 2009 he was invited to teach in a
Piano Master-Class for the students of “A. Lopez” Music School in Caracas; he teaches
piano, armony and music theory since 20 years, and a lot of his students won prices in
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piano competitions and achieved best marks in piano conservatory exams. In 2010 the
“Carinthia Artis” Association (Austria) gave him the “Carinthicum Price” for the high
artistic concert activity in Carinthia. In the same year he created a cycle of concert-lessons
entitled “Chopin, the poet-pianist”, playing the more significant compositions and
explaining the main stilistic lines of the composer in relations to his biography, reaching a
great success among the public. He’s the leader of the Ensemble “Piano Twelve”, a group
of twelve pianists playing original arrangements for twelve pianos, whose concerts have
drawn a lot a public in Lugano Congress Center (CH), Milano’s Expo, and Palazzo Pitti in
Florence. He’s often member of jury in many piano competition and scholarship’s
assignments for development of young artists.
Sara Radin. She received her Piano diploma, with
top marks and honours, from the State Music
Conservatory “G. Tartini” in Trieste, under the
tutelage of professor G. Gulli.
She then continued her studies at the “Scuola di
Perfezionamento e Magistero Strumentale” in
Trieste, obtaining the three-year diploma after
following courses with Maestros Bruno Canino,
Dario De Rosa, Christian Yvaldi, Shuku Ywasaki.
Admitted to the “Conservatoire de Lausanne”
(Switzerland) in the class of M° Jean-François
Antonioli for piano and M° Dag Achatz for chamber
music, she obtained the “Licenza di Perfezionamento
di Musica da Camera” in 1994.
In 1997 she graduated in solo piano at the Academy
of Music in Florence, under the guidance of M. Pier
Narciso Masi.
She is the recipient of various national and
international chamber music awards (for violin and piano duos) including 1st prize at the
International Competition “J. Brahms” of Acqui Terme, 2002, 1st prize at the National
Competition “Riviera Etrusca” (Li), 2002, 1st prize at the National Competition
“Hyperion” Cittá di Ciampino, 2002. She was a pianist collaborator in Master Classes
held by Masters such as Pierre Thibaud, C. Cossutta, V. Legiša, G. Carmignola, B.
Antonioni, F. Acolas, M. Padovani in Slovenia, Croatia and Switzerland. She is actively
involved in teaching music, particularly piano. She has obtained, with top marks and
honours, four Masters, including Piano accompaniment and vocal coaching. She is a piano
teacher at the 1st grade secondary music school “G. Roli” in Trieste. In 2010, she was a
researcher at the Department of Music Teaching of the “Tartini” Conservatory for the
EGGS project. Since 2010 she has been directing the project “Dentro la scena – Musica”
for the Municipal Theatre of Monfalcone.
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She is a busy concert performer in various chamber ensembles, in Italy and abroad. She
has recently dueted with violinist Manrico Padovani at the “Kulthurhaus Helferei” in
Zurich. She plays in duos and trios with flutist Giorgio Di Giorgi (first flute of the
orchestra G. Verdi in Trieste) and clarinetist Vincenzo Paci (first clarinet of the Teatro La
Fenice in Venice) with whom she will perform at the Italian Institute of Culture in Oslo.
Alberto Maniaci was born in Palermo in September 1987. He is a young conductor,
composer and pianist. He was awarded a First Class Honour Degree (with a Mention) in
Piano at Palermo “V.Bellini” Conservatorium. He studied composition with Marco Betta
and conducting with Piero Bellugi, Ennio Nicotra. Recently, in 2016, he was the only Ital-
ian pupil of Riccardo Muti for the second edition of the Italian Opera Academy.
As a conductor he has performed with Orchestra Giovanile Mediterranea (Mediterranean
Young Orchestra), which he founded in Palermo in 2002; Orchestra Sinfonica “La Verdi”
of Milan, Orchestra Giovani Solisti Siciliani (Young Sicilian Soloists Orchestra), Milan
Accademia Concertante d’Archi (Strings Concert Academy), Florence Symphonietta, Pe-
ter The Great Music Academy, Orchestra Jazz Siciliana (Sicilian Jazz Orchestra), Orches-
tra Filarmonica Nissena, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini of Parma (for the “Arturo Tosca-
nini Competition” for young conductor, which ranked among the 12 selected worldwide).
Orchestra Sinfonica del Conservatorio Vincenzo Bellini di Palermo, Mediterranean
Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica Giovanile Internazionale “Fedele Fenaroli” di
Lanciano, Istituzione Sinfonica Abruzzese, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana (Sicilian Sym-
phony Orchestra), Teatro Massimo Orchestra, ICO Orchestra della Magna Grecia.
In 2012 he won the 3rd prize at the V International Competition “Luigi Mancinelli” in
Orvieto for conductors, conducting the Orchestra Music Space at the same competition. In
the same year he won the “Prize of the Arts” in conducting organized by the Ministry of
Education, University and Research at the Conservatory “Alfredo Casella” in L’Aquila.
In May 2014 he debuted Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle with Orchestra Sinfonica Sicil-
iana. At the beginning of 2015 he has conducted “Oh! Che armonico fracasso” by Cima-
rosa, Mozart, Bach and Maniaci; in
2017 he has created with Teresa Man-
nino and Alberto Cavallotti “Teresa
Valery” (from “La Traviata”) pro-
duced by Teatro Massimo. In 2018 he
has created “Il duello alcomico” by G.
Paisiello and A. Maniaci. With the
same theatre he was also the conductor
of a lot of productions: “Figaro –
Opera Camion!” (2016 – 2017), “Le
nuvole di carta” by G. D’Aquila
(2017) and a jazz concert with Paolo
Fresu, trumpet. As conductor he
worked with pianists Giuseppe Andal-
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oro and Tamas Vasary, the doublebass player Alberto Bocini and the piccolo players Ni-
cola Mazzanti, Gudrun Hinze, Marta Rossi and Rena Urso. Crossover artist, Alberto Ma-
niaci worked on Rock music contest as arranger and conductor. He’s also a composer and
his music is published by Edizioni Musicali Wicky, Kelidon Edizioni and U07 Edizioni.
As pianist, in September 2009 he recorded the CD “Il Volo” (The Flight) with composer
Nunzio Ortolano’s music. As conductor, in july 2014 he recorded the CD “La cattedrale”
with Orchestra Giovanile Mediterranea. Recently he composed and recorded the project
“Appunti a matita - raccolta di temi per la lezione di danza classica” for the label Edizioni
Musicali Wicky.
In the Teatro Massimo’s summer season 2018 he conducted “Don Pasquale” and “L”Elisir
d’amore” by G. Donizetti and in 2019 he conducted “La Traviata” by Teatro Massimo.
Recently, in December 2019 he conducted “Il Trovatore” by Ente Concerti M. De Carolis
in Sassari and in 2020, in Milan a Symphonic tribute to Ennio Morricone named “Ennio
Morricone Night”, with himself arrangement for Orchestra Sinfonica “La Verdi”.
During last seven years he has taught at Dancing Lyceum “Regina Margherita” in Paler-
mo as ballet pianist. Since 2017 he teaches also Jazz arrangement and composition and
Orchestral practice at Istituto Musicale “Arturo Toscanini” of Ribera (Ag). Actually he
teach Theory and Ear Training at “N. Paganini” Conservatorium in Genova.
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OPENING CONCERT
Nicola Mazzanti and Alt(r)e Frequenze Piccolo Quartet
Tuesday, July 06 - 6:00 pm
Auditorium “B. Marin”, Via Marchesini, 34, Grado
Program
J.S. Bach: Partita in D minor for solo violin (BWV 1004)
Allemanda
Corrente
Sarabanda
Giga
Ciaccona
Nicola Mazzanti
(arr. in A minor and transcribed for piccolo by Nicola Mazzanti)
WORLD PREMIERE
G.Ph. Telemann: Fantasia n. 5 in C major*
G.Ph. Telemann: Fantasia n. 3 in B minor*
G. Tortora: Studio n. 67
G.Ph. Telemann: Fantasia n. 9 in E major*
F. De Rossi Re: Four Witches in San Diego
Alt(r)e Frequenze Piccolo Quartet
Alessandra Aitini, Fosca Briante, Anna Govetto e Daniela Vilasi
*(for solo flute, arr. for four piccolos by Luca Russo)
TUESDAY CONCERT
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Alt(r)e Frequenze (the name, a play on words in the Italian language: Other/High Fre-
quencies), is a piccolo quartet whose members are Daniela Vilasi, Fosca Briante, Anna
Govetto and Alessandra Aitini. The group was founded in 2015 during the Master course
in piccolo for solo and orchestral performance, which was held at the “G. Verdi” Con-
servatory in Milan, Italy by Maestro Nicola Mazzanti.
The quartet’s founding idea is to highlight the soloistic and chamber music aspects and
value of piccolo; the research in sound – a deep sound, with endless nuances – and the de-
velopment of the expressive skills of piccolo represent the fil rouge of Alt(r)e Frequenze’s
activity.
The two main goals of Alt(r)e Frequenze are, on one side, to create a new repertoire for
this group, and on the other side the re-interpretation of existing pieces under new light
and colours. Contemporary renowned composers like F. De Rossi Re, U. Bombardelli,
G.C. Taccani, U. Pedraglio have written new pieces for piccolo quartet.
In September 2015 the quartet Alt(r)e Frequenze won the Jury’s special prize in the
Chamber Music category at the “S. Gazzelloni” international competition (Roccasecca,
Italy), earning recognition from important personalities in the flute world.
In 2016 the quartet has been invited to Trame Sonore – the Chamber music festival in
Mantova, Italy, to the Galway flute Festival (Weggis, Switzerland) and to the 2016 NFA
(National Flute Association) convention in San Diego (California, U.S.A.), where three
compositions written especially for this group will have their world premiere.
In October 2018 Alt(r)e Frequenze won the Jury’s special prize in the Chamber Music
category at the “F. Cilea” international competition (Palmi, Reggio Calabria – Italy) and
in May 2019 has been invited to “Co-
mo Contemporary Festival”.
At the end 2021 Alt(r)e Frequenze will
publish its debut CD (Napi Records),
dedicated to the 12 Telemann Fanta-
sies for solo flute, arranged for four
flutes/piccolos by Luca Russo in coop-
eration with the quartet itself.
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Marta Rossi, Pamela Stahel, Nicola Mazzanti and Natalie Schwaabe
Wednesday, July 07 - 5:30 pm
Auditorium “B. Marin”, Via Marchesini, 34, Grado
Program
A. Harberg: Fever Dreams
A. De Angelis: Enigmatic Rag
D. Schnyder: Conference of the Birds
Marta Rossi, Pamela Stahel and Nicola Mazzanti, piccolos
Sara Radin, piano
ALL THESE PIECES ARE WORLD PREMIERES
A. Harberg: Hall of Ghosts
Marta Rossi, piccolo
D. Dorff: Flash!
Natalie Schwaabe, piccolo
Sara Radin, piano
F. Donatoni: Nidi
Natalie Schwaabe, piccolo
F. Poulenc: Sonata for Oboe and Piano (arr. for Piccolo)
Elégie
Scherzo
Déploration
Natalie Schwaabe, piccolo
Ferdinando Mussutto, piano
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Marta Rossi, born in Rome and gradu-
eted with the highest honors at Music
Conservatory “S.Cecilia”, studied with
Mario Ancillotti, Angelo Persichilli,
Raimond Guiot, Wolfgang Schulz and
for the piccolo with Nicola Mazzanti.
She regulary performs in recital or
chamber music concerts and has been
invited as guest piccolo player at interna-
tional Festivals, such as Festival “Severi-
no Gazzelloni”, several editions of “Flau-
tissimo” in Rome, “Italian Experience” at
New York Hofstra University, Italian
Cultural Festival of Mumbay, Craco
Landscape Flute Festival, NFA Annual
Flute Convention (USA).
As a solist she performed with several Orchestras (Solisti Aquilani, Orchestra di Roma e
del Lazio, Orchestra Tartini, Orchestra da Camera del Gonfalone, Orchestra del Conserva-
torio di S.Cecilia, Juni Orchestra di S. Cecilia, Chamber Orchestra Juvenalia Espoo of
Finland) in repertoire concerts, like the whole Vivaldi piccolo Concerts. She gave also
premieres for solo piccolo and orchestra by Irma Ravinale, Azio Co rghi, Luigi Marinaro
and the italian premiere of the Piccolo Concerto by Lowell Liebermann at the Auditorium
Parco della Musica in Rome.
She played in recording sessions for films soundtracks with Oscar prize winners Ennio
Morricone, Louis Bacalov and Nicola Piovani, joining them for international concerts. In
2006 she obtained the Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rome “La Sapienza” with
highest honors. She teaches Piccolo at the Accademia Italiana del Flauto in Rome.
Winner of orchestra auditions, she played as First Flute in Orchestra Giovanile Italiana
and Orchestra Regionale del Lazio, cooperated with Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Caglia-
ri and Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and since 2002 as Piccolo and Flute
player she is a member of the Orchestra of the Rome Opera House.
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WINNERS OF INTERNATIONAL FLUTE COMPETITION SEVERINO GAZZELLONI 2019 Julie Romestant and Elena Ricci
Wednesday, July 07 - 9:00 pm
Auditorium “B. Marin”, Via Marchesini, 34, Grado
Program
J. Donjon: 8 Études de Salon:
n. 3 Le chant du vent
n. 1 Elégie
Julie Romestant, piccolo
M. Mower: Sonata for piccolo and piano
Julie Romestant, piccolo
Ferdinando Mussutto, piano
R. Schumann: 3 Romanzen op. 94
W.A. Mozart: Rondo in D major KV Anh 184
M. Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte
L. Gyöngyösi: Piccolo Sonata
Elena Ricci, piccolo
Ferdinando Mussutto, piano
Elena Ricci received her Bachelor and Master in 2017 in Flute at the Conservatory A.
Casella of L’Aquila with P. Rossi and a in 2019/2020 Ist and IInd level Master at the
Conservatory G. Verdi of Milan with Mazzanti. She attended Flute and Piccolo
Masterclasses with Ferreira, Verhoyen, Loi, Mazzanti, Morris, Rossi, Gudrun Hinze, Rena
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Urso, Beynon, Formisano, de Reede, Campitelli,
Ancillotti, Pretto, Dalsant, Taballione, Bennett.
She has collaborated as Second Flute and Piccolo
with prestigious Italian Theatres and orchestras such
as Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Opera Theatre
Orchestra in Florence, Carlo Felice Opera Theatre
Orchestra in Genoa, Fondazione Lirico Sinfonica
Petruzzelli Opera Theatre in Bari, Sanremo
Symphony Orchestra, Grosseto Symphony Orchestra
and Istituzione Sinfonica Abruzzese in L’Aquila
under the baton of De Lorenzo, Morricone, Bernàcer,
Brogli – Sacher, Vaupotic, Emilsson, Piovani,
Palumbo, Galli, Ciampa, Castriota Skanderbeg,
Windfuhr, Veleno, Marasco. She has been awarded in many National and International
Competitions such as Severino Gazzelloni International Competition, “Riviera Etrusca”
National competition in Piombino, Arts National Competition in Matera and “Premio
Cresc endo” Competition in Florence.
Julie Romestant is a french flute and piccolo
player. She began her academic studies in
France, before moving to Germany to study
with Mario Caroli in Freiburg im Breisgau’s
Musikhochschule, where she graduated in
2020. She’s currently a student of Silvia
Careddu in Strasbourg’s Conservatory, France.
She had the opportunity to take part in many
Masterclasses with renowned flutists, such as
Michel Moragues, Julien Beaudiment,
Stéphane Réty, Hyeri Yoon, Adriana Ferreira,
Virgile Aragau, Loïc Schneider, Aldo Baerten
and Sébastian Jacot. She has been a
prizewinner of several piccolo competitions,
such as the International Vatelot-Rampal
Competition in Paris (1st Prize), and the International Flute Competition Severino
Gazzelloni in Pescara, Italy (3rd Prize). She was also invited to play with several students
orchestras as well as with professional orchestras, such as the Ensemble Itinéraire, the
Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg, the International Orchestra Academy Schloss-
Hundisburg, the Neue Philharmonie Berlin, the Junge Norddeutsche Philharmonie and the
Animato Foundation Orchestra.
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ARTISTS’ CONCERT Nicole Esposito, Jocelyne Fillion-Kelch, Natalie Schwaabe,
Pamela Stahel and Nicola Mazzanti
ORCHESTRA ACCADEMIA ITALIANA, VENEZIA - GIORGIO TORTORA, CONDUCTOR Guests: András Adorján, Luisa Sello, Antonio Galligioni
Thursday, July 08 - 9:00 pm
Basilica di S. Eufemia, Grado
Program
F.J. Haydn: Londoner Trio n. 1 in C major for two flutes and cello
Allegro
Cantabile
Presto
András Adorján and Luisa Sello, flutes
Antonio Galligioni, cello
A. Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor RV 445
Allegro
Larghetto
Allegro
Nicole Esposito, piccolo
G. de Frumerie: Pastoral suite op. 13a
Preludium
Gavotte - Musette
Saraband
Siciliano
Final
Jocelyne Fillion-Kelch, piccolo
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P.A. Genin: Fantaisie sur “Un bal masqué” op. 17
Nicola Mazzanti, piccolo
(orchestration by Todd A. Harris)
G. Donizetti: Concertino (originally for clarinet)
Andante
Allegretto
Pamela Stahel, piccolo
(originally for clarinet, transcribed for piccolo by Pamela Stahel)
A. Vivaldi: Concerto in C major for 2 flutes RV 533
Allegro molto
Largo
Vivace
Natalie Schwaabe and Pamela Stahel, piccolos
F. Chopin: Variations on a theme by Rossini op. posth
Natalie Schwaabe, piccolo
(orchestration by Wingried Grabe)
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Giorgio Tortora is graduated in classical guitar with full marks at the “G. Tartini “of
Trieste. He studied composition in Zagreb with Alois Srebotniak, and conducting with
Miros Vallisch. He has played more than 500 concerts (Festival dei Due Mondi in
Spoleto, “Settembre Musica” in Turin, “I.C.U. in Rome).
Giorgio has conducted at: “Teatro Massimo” in Palermo, “Teatro Verdi” of Trieste,
“Teatro Rosetum” of Milan, “Kras Festival” Slovenia, Munich’s “Munchen ballet”,
“Foundation of the Pietà” of Venice.
He has composed more than one hundred works
for voice and instruments, published by Berbèn,
Les Productions d’OZ (Canada), “Classical
Lugano” (Switzerland), U.T. Orpheus, Pizzicato
verlag, Chanterelle verlag (Germany), Symphonic,
Schott (Germany).
He has collaborated on film productions
(soundtracks) as “In the Mood for Love” - Cannes
2000 and “Eleven day’s” - Locarno 2012.
He is the creator and is the leader of the festival
“Musica a 4 Stelle” - Grado.
His music is performed all over the world.
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Jocelyne Fillion-Kelch, Pamela Stahel and Nicola Mazzanti
Friday, July 09 - 5:30 pm
Auditorium “B. Marin”, Via Marchesini, 34, Grado
Program
H. Beeftink: Fireflies
Pamela Stahel, piccolo
L. Schiavo: Three film themes
Pamela Stahel, piccolo
Sara Radin, piano
D. Loeb: Six Preludes - Studies on East Asian Pipes
Ti (China)
Taegum (Korea)
Donglim (Tibet)
Shinobue (Japan)
Suling (Bali)
Khêne (Laos)
Jocelyne Fillion-Kelch, piccolo
M. Lauf Jr: Echoes of Narcissus
Jocelyne Fillion-Kelch and Pamela Stahel, piccolos
Sara Radin, piano
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Su Lian Tan: Concerto for piccolo solo and chamber orchestra (piano version)
.
Tempo rubato
Presto
WORLD PREMIERE
W. Saul: Sonatina for piccolo and piano
Vivace marcato
Andante leggiero
Allegro Energico
Nicola Mazzanti, piccolo
Sara Radin, piano
WORLD PREMIERE
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Lowell Liebermann
Friday, July 09 - 9:00 pm
Auditorium “B. Marin”, Via Marchesini, 34, Grado - Online guest
Lowell Liebermann is one of America’s most frequently performed and recorded living
composers. He has written over one hundred thirty works in all genres, several of which
have gone on to become standard repertoire for their instruments, such as his Sonata for
Flute and Piano and Gargoyles for piano, each of which have been recorded over twenty
times on CD. He has been commissioned by a wide array of ensembles and
instrumentalists, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Emerson Quartet and flutist Sir
James Galway. His full-length ballet Frankenstein was co-commissioned by London’s
Royal Ballet and the San Francisco Ballet and has been released on Blu-Ray and DVD.
Mr. Liebermann has written two full-length operas, both enthusiastically received at their
premieres: The Picture of Dorian Gray, the first American opera commissioned and
premiered by l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo, and Miss Lonelyhearts, after the novel by
Nathanael West, commissioned by the Juilliard School to celebrate its 100th anniversary.
Mr. Liebermann served as Composer-in-Residence for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for
four years, a role he also pursued with the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan; the
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, and many other organizations. He joined the
composition faculty of Mannes School of Music of the New School in 2012, where he
founded the Mannes American Composers Ensemble, devoted to performing works of
living American composers. He was
appointed head of Mannes’s Composition
Department the following year. Among his
many awards are a Charles Ives Fellowship
from the American Academy of Arts and
Letters, awards from ASCAP and BMI and
a Grammy nomination. He was the first
winner of the Van Cliburn Invitational
Composers Competition, and in 2014
became the inaugural recipient of the Virgil
Thomson Award for vocal composition.
www.lowellliebermann.com
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Auditorium “B. Marin”, Via Marchesini, 34, Grado
Tuesday, July 06 - 3:30 pm
Workshop with Rena Urso:
“The Body Mapping for flutists”
Online guest
Wednesday, July 07 - 3:30 pm
Workshop with all our Artists:
“The three most important things to focus for an orchestral audition”
Friday, July 09 - 3:30 pm
Workshop with Janet Kinmonth:
“The piccolo maintenance”
Keefe Piccolos Boston
Online guest
WORKSHOPS
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My schedule…
Day Hour
Nicola Mazzanti
Nicole Esposito
Jocelyne Fillion-Kelch
Natalie Schwaabe
Pamela Stahel
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