The Domenico Cimarosa Conservatory of Music organized the Music Festival 2024 which will be held on June 21st and 22nd.
The main objective of the Music Festival is to promote music as an art form and as a means of social aggregation, stimulating the creativity and active participation of citizens. It is an opportunity to celebrate cultural diversity and highlight the importance of music in everyday life.
The city university, led by Maestro Maria Gabriella Della Sala, also joins the global celebrations this year, which will be held in those days in over 120 countries and in more than 700 cities around the world.
Two days of music with performances by Cimarosa students and teachers 4 locations : Cimarosa Conservatory (Auditorium “Vincenzo Vitale”, Court of the Conservatory and Aula Magna “Mario Cesa”), Bellizzi Prison, Monumental Bourbon Prison Complex, Piazza Castello.
For the first time Piazza Castello will be the protagonist of two special evenings curated by Cimarosa. The June 21stat 9.00pmthe School of Electronic Music will present «Cross Gate», an innovative concert with real-time videomapping: a fascinating fusion of sounds and images that will transform Piazza Castello into a unique sensorial experience.
The June 22ndalways at 9.00pmthe Jazz School will liven up the square with a concert that promises to involve and excite the public with its vibrant sounds.
The «D. Cimarosa” invites all citizens to participate in these days of celebration, music and culture, underlining the importance of music as a universal language that unites and enriches the community.
The events will range from Sax to Strings, from Wind Instruments to Guitars from Electronic Music to Accordions.
A tribute is planned to Maurizio Pollini with repertoires for solo and 4-hand piano performed by students of the Conservatory, with video projections of interviews and historical extracts on his artistic activity.
With the coordination of the Masters Alba Battista, Alessandra Bellino, Aldo Farias, Carmela Palumbo, Massimo Testa and Tommaso Scannapieco
The program:
Friday 21 June
10.30am AG Bellizzi Prison
CONCERT by Maestro Martella and the Cimarosa Wind Orchestra
From 4.00pm to 8.30pm Aula Magna Mario Cesa
Homage to Pollini – Piano Marathon
From 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm Monumental Complex of the Bourbon Prison of Avellino
The ensemble music of Cimarosa
7.00pm Conservatory Court
Rebel Passions
Edited by G. Pulzone, O. Bellomo and G. D’Amato
8.15pm Vincenzo Vitale Auditorium
Cimarosa Wind Orchestra
Maestro Marcello Martella, director
9.00 pm Piazza Castello
Cross Gate
Electric harmonies with real-time videomapping by the School of Electronic Music
Saturday 22 June
From 4.00pm to 8.30pm Aula Magna Mario Cesa
Homage to Pollini – Piano Marathon
6.00 pm Conservatory Court
The Percussions of Cimarosa
9.00 pm Piazza Castello
Jazz Song Book
A journey through the composers of African-American music
Friday 21 June
10.30am AG Bellizzi Prison
CONCERT by Maestro Martella and the Cimarosa Wind Orchestra
Flutes: Simone Solimine, Alessia Lanzalotti, Francesca Papa
Clarinets: Massimo Di Giusto, Nicola Cirino, Luigi Miele, Giovanni Della Vecchia, Luisa Santangelo, Matteo Ferrentino, Azzurra Martini, Giovanni Agnes, Maria Lamberti
Sax: Giuseppe De Blasio, Arturo Berisio, Martina Spinelli, Erika Aniello, Mirko Inglima, Matteo Falco, Valeria Liserre, Antonio Santillo, Simone Coscia, Luca Isernia, Alessio Irouche
Horns: Michele Dorino, Giovanni Di Gregorio
Trumpets: Adriano Acerra, Giannicola Palmiero, Pietro Di Maria
Percussion: Giuseppe Varallo, Ciro Maietta, Roberta Giordano
*****
From 4.00pm to 8.30pm Aula Magna Mario Cesa
Homage to Pollini – Piano Marathon
Repertoires for solo piano and 4-hand piano performed by students of the Piano School of the Cimarosa Conservatory, with video projections of interviews and historical extracts on the artistic activity of Maestro Maurizio Pollini
*****
From 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm Monumental Complex of the Bourbon Prison of Avellino
The ensemble music of Cimarosa
*****
7.00pm Conservatory Court
Rebel Passions
Edited by G. Pulzone, O. Bellomo and G. D’Amato
*****
8.15pm Vincenzo Vitale Auditorium
Cimarosa Wind Orchestra
Maestro Marcello Martella, director
Introduction by Prof. Carmela Palumbo
FLORA – symphonic march of Marincola
PUCCINIANA – selection of works by Puccini
REMINISCENCES – selection of Verdi’s works
ODILIA overture for winds Jacob de Haan
9.00 pm Piazza Castello
Cross Gate
Electric harmonies with real-time videomapping by the School of Electronic Music
Five Soundscapes
For 19 performers – organized by the Laboratory of Performance and Interpretation of Electroacoustic Music
M° Daniela Cattivilli, Director
Giuseppina Mitrano, voice
Carmine Mele, cello
Gaetano Laudando, cello
Armando Marano, accordion
Fabio Relmi, electric bass
Riccardo Distasi, electric bass and vocals
Nicola Picarella, Gabriele Valentino, Emanuel V. Soccorso – Electric guitars
Davide Pandolfi, Giovanni Carpentieri – Percussion
Anna Buonaiuto, Salvatore Feniello – Keyboards
Angelo Sica, Giovanni Roma, Armando Monetti, Rosario Chianchiano, Manuel Proto, Andrea Bozzi – Live electronics
Videomapping by the students of Maestro Gianluca Catuogno – School of Electronic Music
Christian Galiano, Gerardo Danna, Angelo Sica, Mattia Esposito, Alessandro Francese, Antonio Luca Loveri, Manuel Proto, Giovanni Roma, Gennaro Tafuri
Audio-video technical assistance by the students of the Sound Technician School – Maestro Massimo Aluzzi
Saturday 22 June
From 4.00pm to 8.30pm Aula Magna Mario Cesa
Homage to Pollini – Piano Marathon
Repertoires for solo piano and 4-hand piano performed by students of the Piano School of the Cimarosa Conservatory, with video projections of interviews and historical extracts on the artistic activity of Maestro Maurizio Pollini
*****
6.00 pm Conservatory Court
The Percussions of Cimarosa
Soloists: Gennaro Damiano, Davide De Maio, Roberta Giordano, Riccardo Pinzani, Martina d’Onofrio, Giuseppe Gabriele Varallo, Ciro Pio Maietta, Franceso Romano, Giuseppe Zapparella, Alessandro Ruggiero, Michele Gambardella, Saverio Russo
Music by: Casey Cangelosi, JS Bach, Alexej Gerassimez, Claudio Santangelo Vincent Houdijk, Snarky Puppy
Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra no.2 (arr. percussion ensemble)
Theatric no.6 – Hiding in plain sight no.2 – for percussion
Partita no.2 for Violin BWV 1004 – Chaconne (transcribed for vibraphone)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor for percussion ensemble (BWV 565)
MaPa for vibraphone only
Asventuras for solo snare drum
Fate for 3 – for percussion trio
Shofukan arr. for percussion ensemble (Eliot Foltz)
*****
9.00 pm Piazza Castello
Jazz Song Book
A journey through the composers of African-American music
“Jazz Quartet”: Aldo Farias, Mario Nappi, Tommaso Scannapieco, Pietro Iodice
Opening for the Students of the Jazz Department
Audio-video technical assistance by the students of the Sound Technician School – Maestro Massimo Aluzzi
