Italian Pianist In Concert
April 19 @ 3:30 pm
Italian pianist Andrea Molteni returns to Australia for a series of recitals in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane. Alongside a program of well-known classics, Molteni will perform a contemporary Italian work Toccata, (1933) by Goffredo Petrassi.
The exciting 27-year old is building inhisternational profile with regular appearances in the US, Australiasia and Europe. He has recorded three albums, recently released on Brilliant Classics and broadcast on France Musique, Germany’s MDR Kultur and Radio Classica in Italy. They include the complete piano works of Petrassi and Dallapiccola, a selection of Scarlatti sonatas, and Beethoven’s Hammerklavier, Op. 110 and The Grosse Fuge. Aged 15, Mr. Molteni received a scholarship of Cercle Wagner Association in France, which allowed him to participate at the Bayreuth Festival celebrating the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner, as well as to perform a series of concerts in France. That year, Mr. Molteni formed a youth orchestra, “L’Orchestra del Lago”, which he has conducted and played with.
The program: BACH Toccata / BEETHOVEN ‘Waldstein’ / PETRASSI Toccata/ -Interval- / BRAHMS Variations Op.21/ BRAHMS Walzer Op.39/ BRAHMS Scherzo Op.4