The Best in Rome

MUSIC

Week of Friday, March 12 - Thursday,March 18, 2009

Classical l In the Churches l Pop-Rock-Jazz-World

Classical


Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
conducted by Antonio Pappano with trumpet soloist Omar Tomassini
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Santa Cecilia
Saturday, March 13, 6 pm; Monday, March 15, 9 pm; Tuesday, March 16, 7:30 pm
€47-18 tel 892 982 www.listicket.it
Haydn: Concerto for trumpet
Bartók: Music for strings percussion and celeste
Haydn: Symphony n. 104 "London"





Martha Argerich & Friends - I
South American Getaway: Tangos
The renowned pianist, Martha Argerich, was born in Buenos Aires, where she began her training, before moving to Vienna to continue her studies. She rose to fame in 1965, when she won the Chopin Competition in Warsaw. She has had an extensive career as a soloist, performing and recording with the world's most celebrated orchestras and conductors. But she has always had a preference for ensemble work, beginning at the age of seventeen, when she accompanied the great violinist Joseph Szigeti, who was two generations older than herself. She has toured Europe, America and Japan with violinst Gidon Kremer and cellist Mischa Maisky and has also recorded much of the repertory for four hands and for two pianos with the pianists Nelson Freire, Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich, Nicolas Economou and Alexandre Rabinovitch. In March 2000, Martha Argerich gave her first great solo appearance in almost 20 years, in New York's Carnegie Hall. Among her more recent releases on the Deutsche Gramophon label, is a live recording of piano trios by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky with Mischa Maisky and Gidon Kremer. In Rome, she returns to her South American roots, with two impressive concert programs, featuring a host of noted sololists, notably, the bandeon player Nestor Marconi.
Soloists of the Orchestra, Chorus and Children's Chorus of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, José Maria Sciutto conducting Martha Argerich, Alberto Portugheis and Eduardo Hubert, pianos; mezzo-soprano Susanna Moncayo; Nestor Marconi, bandoneon; Rolando Goldman, charango; Roberto Amerisse, guitar; Rafael Gintoli, violin; Hugo Niro, percussion/bombo. Tangos by Milhaud, Piazzola, Hubert, Marconi and others.
Auditorium arco della Musica, Sala Santa Cecilia
Sunday, March 14, 8:30 pm €33-16 tel 892 982 www.listicket.it


Martha Argerich & Friends - II
South American Getaway: Paisajes Sonoros
Soloists of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia With Martha Argerich, Luis Bacalov, Alberto Portugheis, Eduardo Hubert, pianos; Susanna Moncayo mezzo-soprano; Nestor Marconi, bandoneon (pictured here); Rolando Goldman, charango; Rafael Gintoli, violin. Music by Ginastera, Guastavino, Bacalov, PIazzolla, Gardel, Villoldo, Hubert
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Sinopoli
Wednesday, March 17, 8:30 pm €33-18
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Manuel Barrueco, guitar with the Cuarteto Latinoamericano
In 1974, at the age of 22, Cuban guitarist Barrueco became the first classical guitarist to receive the Concert Artist Guild Award. Barrueco has toured extensively, and has made well over a dozen recordings for EMI. His recording "Nylon & Steel", is a collection of duos with guitar greats: Al Di Meola, Steve Morse (Deep Purple), and Andy Summers (The Police). In the spring of 2006, "Concierto Barroco" was released by EMI in Europe and Koch International in the United States, containing world premiere recordings of new works for guitar and orchestra by Roberto Sierra and Arvo Pärt, as well as two guitar concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. His latest release, "Virtuoso Guitar Duos", with guitarist Franco Platino includes music by Ibert, Falla, Albeniz, Granados, Rodrigo, Piazzolla and Assad.
Music by Piazzolla, Guastavino, Barrios, De Aguila, Daugherty, Franck
Aula Magna Piazzale Aldo Moro (at La Sapienza university, San Lorenzo)
Tuesday, March 16, 8:30 pm
€25-12 tel 06 361 0051 www.greenticket.it
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Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma Xu Zhong, conducting
Xu Zhong is the founding member and Artistic Director of China Shanghai International Piano Competition, Deputy Chairman of Shanghai Oriental Art Center Arts Committee and Executive Artistic Director of Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra. Among the orchestras and opera companies he has conducted are the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris and Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra. As a pianist, he has won numerous international competitions, including the 5th Tokyo International Piano Competition and The 10th Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow. He has performed as a piano soloist with Orchestra de Paris, French National Symphony Orchestra, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Holland Chamber Orchestra and Israel Chamber Orchestra, and others. Auditorium della Conciliazione, Via della Conciliazione (near the Vatican)
Sunday, March 14, 7:30 pm; Monday, March 15, 9 pm
€15 tel 899 5000 55
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite for orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Rome and Juliet Suite for orchestra



Grigory Sokolov, piano recital
Sokolov was awarded first prize at the International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow in 1966. He has worked with many of the world’s most prominent conductors including Myung-Whun Chung, Valery Gergiev, Trevor Pinnock, Neeme Järvi, and Herbert Blomstedt, with orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Montreal Symphony, Münchner Philharmoniker, Leipzig Gewandhaus, the Philharmonia and Amsterdam Concertgebouw. Sokolov has made a number of live recordings for Melodya and Opus 111 labels. These include works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, and Tchaikovsky. The most recent publication is a DVD directed by Bruno Monsaingeon filming a recital of Grigory Sokolov at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Santa Cecila
Thursday, March 18, 8:30 pm €33-18
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Bach: Partita n. 2 BWV 826
Brahms: Fantasie op. 116
Schumann: Concerto without orchestra

Banda dell'Esercito Italiano
Fulvio Creux, conductor The excellent band of the Italian army plays music of the 20th century by Milhaud, Holst, Copland, Einaudi and Respighi.
Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano (Flaminio)
Thursday, March 18, 9 pm
€25,17-€12,59 tel 06 3201752

Music at the Oratorio del Gonfalone
Via del Gonfalone 32/A (near Campo de'Fiori)
A concert series in this historic, frescoed hall.
L’Orchestra Tzigana di Budapest, Antal Szalai conductor and violinist, perform an interesting program of gypsy and traditional Hungarian themed music by Brahms, Liszt, Sarasate-Farkas Paschale-Farkas, G.Boulanger, A.Kaciaturiam and others.
Thursday, March 18, 9 pm
€15, reduced €10
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In the Churches
Unless otherwise noted, admission to church concerts is free

San Ignazio in Loyola
Piazza di San Ignazio (near the Pantheon)
Our Lady of Lourdes Church Choir (USA)
Saturday, March 13, 9 pm

Basilica di San Apollinare
Piazza di San Apollinare (near Piazza Navona)
Coro Polifonico del PIMS directed by Walter Marzilli, music by Bartolucci, Bianchi, Miserachs, Cilia, Cimagalli, ant others.
Saturday, March 13, 6:30 pm

Saint Andrews Scottish Church
via XX Settembre 7 (Esquilino)
Latin American music performed by Giovanni Lanzini, clarinet and Fabio Montomoli, guitar:
Saturday, March 13, 6:30 pm
€10 under 20 years €5

San Eustachio
Piazza di San Eustachio (between Piazza Navona and the Pantheon)
Pope John Paul II High School Choir (USA)
Sunday, March 14, 9 pm

San Pietro in Montorio
Piazza di San Pietro in Montorio, 2 (Gianicolo Hill, Trastevere)
S. Kagli, organist, plays music by Bach
Part of the Festival Organistico Internazionale.
Sunday, March 14, 6:30 pm

Cappella Paolina at the Palazzo Quirinale
In the magnificent chapel of the Quirinale palace. Get there early to tour the palace and be prepared to go through security.
Ensemble In Canto: Roberto Abbondanza, baritone; Fabio Maestri, conductor. Selections from Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer and Rückert Lieder. Minute from Händel's Water Music.
Sunday, March 14, noon

Saint Paul's-Within-the-Walls
Via Nazionale 16/A at Via Napoli (near Piazza della Repubblica)
Alabama Boychoir and Girls Chorus, perform music by Lange, Doherty, Berger and others.
Monday, March 15, 8:30 pm

Sant’Antonio dei Portoghesi
Via dei Portoghesi 2 (Between Piazza Navona and the Pantheon)
Cellists Nicola Baroni and Guido Boselli play music by Gabrielli, Bach, Bodelli, Iachini
Tuesday, March 16, 9 pm

Popular Music, Rock, World, Jazz


Kaki King, guitar
The guitarist from Atlanta released her first album, "Everybody Loves You," in 2003. She has just finished work on her fourth and latest disc, "Mexican Teenagers."
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Petrassi
Saturday, March 13, 9 pm €15 tel 892 982 www.listicket.it
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L'Africa suona a Roma - Tribute to Miriam Makeba
Paying tribue to the singer known as "Mama Africa," with Ray Lema and the Afro Star Band, the group from Guinea that accompanied Makeba for many years, along with Italian singers Rossana Casale, Niccolò Fabi, Raiz (Almamegretta) and Fausto Mesolella and the Mediterranea.
Auditorium della Conciliazione, via della Conciliazione (near the Vatican)
Saturday, March 13, 9 pm €21,50 - €16,50 www.greenticket.it

MTV New Generation Tour 2010
With stars of the new generation Finley, Lost, Dari, Broken Heart College, Jacopo Sarno.
Palalottomatica, Palazzo dello Sport (Eur)
Saturday, March 13, 9 pm
€25,30-€11,50; over 40 €10 www.ticketone.it tel 06 45496305

GeGé Telesforo "So cool"
Singer, producer and poly-instrumentalist, television personality Telesforo presents his latest jazz album with his quintet. Telesforo has developed his own personal style of truly virtuoso "scat", performing with Jon Hendricks, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, DeeDee Bridgewater and many others. In the United States, thanks to his association with Ben Sidran, pianist, singer, writer and producer, Telesforo has found a second home, where he has recorded for GoJazz Records. More recently, Telesforo has eveloved his style into an aggressive funk sound.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Petrassi
Sunday, March 14, 9 pm €15 tel 892 982 www.listicket.it
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Maria Pia De Vita, Huw Warren: Dialektos"
The respected jazz singer, with Warren at the piano. De Vito, who is also a composer and arranger, has been active in the jazz sphere since 1980, collaborating with musicians like John Taylor, Ralph Towner, Rita Marcotulli, Paolo Fresu, Norma Winstone and others. In 1994, she begna the project "Nauplia", conceived and directed together with Rita Marcotulli, a hybrid of jazz and the peculiarities of Neapolitan singing. Last year, she released her latest album, "Mind The Gap", a further exploration of the crossover territory between freeform jazz, traditional European music and abstract electronica. Huw Warren is known for his work with June Tabor, Perfect Houseplants, and various groups. He has recorded several albums under his own name on the Babel Label, including projects with violinist Mark Feldman, vocalist Lleuwen Steffan and bassist Peter Herbert. He won the BBC Jazz Award for Innovation in 2005.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Teatro Studio
Monday, March 15, 9 pm
€15 tel 892 982 www.listicket.it
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Requiem for a Dying Planet
A multi-media performance of live music and imagery by the artists who created the original soundtracks for the films the films of Werner Herzog "The White Diamond" and "The Wild Blue Yonder", cellist Ernest Rijeseger, Senegalese Mola Sylla and the Sardinian Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Petrassi
Tuesday, March 16, 9 pm
€15 tel 892 982 www.listicket.it


Solar Orchestra 1970-2010: We Remember Syd
Dedicated to Syd Barett, founding member of Pink Floyd. Founded twenty years ago by guitarist and composer Enrico Angarano and Fulvio Biondo, the Solar Orchestra today includes members from a variety of musical backgrounds, playing a blend of progressive rock, new wave, electronic, ambient, improvisation, ethno and experimental music.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Teatro Studio
Tuesday, March 16, 9 pm €12 tel 892 982 www.listicket.it
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Pat Metheny, guitar: The Orchestrion Tour
The celebrated guitarist came onto the wider jazz scene in 1975 when he joined vibraphonist Gary Burton's band. Metheny has released notable solo, trio, quartet and duet recordings with musicians such as Jim Hall, Dave Holland, Roy Haynes, Toninho Horta, Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Pedro Aznar, Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Haden, John Scofield, Jack DeJohnette, Herbie Hancock, Bill Stewart, Ornette Coleman, Brad Mehldau, Joni Mitchell and many others, and joined projects such as Song X with Ornette Coleman; Parallel Realities; and Jazz Baltica, with Ulf Wakenius and other Nordic Jazz players like E.S.T. and Nils Landgren. He has been touring for more than 30 years, playing between 120 and 240 concerts a year. Metheny has collected 17 Grammy Awards. He describes the Orchestration project: "Orchestrionics" is the term that I am using to describe a method of developing ensemble-oriented music using acoustic and acoustoelectric musical instruments that are mechanically controlled in a variety of ways, using solenoids and pneumatics. With a guitar, pen or keyboard I am able to create a detailed compositional environment or a spontaneously developed improvisation, with the pieces on this particular recording leaning toward the compositional side of the spectrum. On top of these layers of acoustic sound, I add my conventional electric guitar playing as an improvised component."
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Santa Cecilia
Wednesday, March 17, 9 pm
€50, €35, €25 tel 892 982 www.listicket.it
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Allen Toussaint
Producer, composer and arranger, session pianist and soloist, Toussaint is a legend in the world of New Orleans R&B, having collaborated with such stars as Dr. John and Patti LaBelle, over the course of a forty-year career. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Many of Toussaint's songs have become familiar through numerous cover versions, including "Working in the Coalmine", "Ride Your Pony", "Fortune Teller", "Brickyard Blues", "Get Out Of My Life Woman", "Southern Nights," "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky", "I'll Take a Melody" and "Mother-in-Law." His recent release on the Nonesuch label "The Bright Mississippi, received a Grammy nomination. It explores the work of his New Orleans forebears on alive-in-the-studio jazz set. Guests include Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau. His collaboration with Elvis Costello, "The River in Reverse, " was Grammy nominated pop/vocal album of the year.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Sinopoli
Friday, March 19, 9 pm €35, €25 tel 892 982 www.listicket.it
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Casa del Jazz
The beautiful Villa Osio and its surrounding 2,500 square-meter park are the site of this center for jazz, which opened in Rome last year. There are practice rooms and a recording studio open to young musicians and professionals, a multi-media library and a book and record store. The auditorium hosts top names in international jazz. The restaurant, decorated in a black and white piano key theme, its walls lined with vintage portraits of jazz greats, serves an excellent supper and a Sunday buffet brunch. Come for dinner or stay after the concert for a drink at the bar. In the summer, the concerts move out of doors to the lawns of the park surrounding the villa.
Viale di Porta Ardeatina, 55 (near the Baths of Caracalla)
Tickets tel 199 109 783, information 06 704 731, restaurant 06 700 8370

“Borders” — Angelo Olivieri Caos Musique
Angelo Olivieri trumpet, Vincent Courtois cello, Marco Ariano drums and percussion, Antonio Pulli interactive electronics
Friday, March 12, 9 pm
€10

“Petali di rose, spine dei Balcani”
Remembering the music of Pantscho Wladigeroff with the Trio Wladigeroff
Ekaterina Wladigerova piano, Konstantin Wladigeroff piano and clarinet, Alexander Wladigeroff horns Presented in association with the Bulgarian Cultural Institute.
Saturday, Marach 13, 9 pm
Free

Stefano “Cocco” Cantini Quintet
Stefano “Cocco” Cantini sax, Fabrizio Bosso trumpet, Ramberto Ciammarughi piano, Ares Tavolazzi bass, Manhu Roche, drums
Sunday, March 14, 9 pm
€ 10

“NYC Scene” Stanley Cowell Trio
Stanley Cowell piano, Tarus Mateen bass, Nasheet Waits drums
Wednesday, March 15, 9 pm
€10

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