CAPESTRANO (AQ) – Last appointment but certainly not least important is that of June 30th at 6.30pm in the Abbey of San Pietro ad Oratorium for the pianist’s concert Jacopo Petrucci dedicated to “Bach, Debussy, Ravel, and Jazz improvisations”, which concludes the varied 2024 edition of the jazz festival “A love supreme – Capestrano jazz encounters”.
“My program for the festival A Love Supreme he spoke of contaminations: that is, of how jazz allowed itself to be influenced by everything that preceded it and how it in turn left its ‘brand’ in the contemporary world. From Bach’s counterpoint to Ligeti’s rhythmic structures passing through the harmonies of Ravel and Debussy: a story of dialogue and contamination”, comments Jacopo Petrucci.
The festival, created and supported last year by Nicola Capriati And Maria Letizia Perticarini of the MusicArti association, sees the artistic direction of the saxophonist reconfirmed Dimitri Grechi Espinozais the enchanting location intended for the four free-entry concerts included in this year’s program, characterized by particular sound inflections and a compelling thrust of rhythm.
“Jacopo Petrucci is a young talent from the L’Aquila conservatory who we asked to offer us a journey through the songs of some 20th century authors who influenced jazz music and at the same time create ‘variations’ on the themes played”, continues Dimitri Grechi Espinoza.
“Our intention was to make the festival interact with the territory and enhance its history, and this is why we presented the project at the MAXXI in L’Aquila through a historical-archaeological excursus of the reference territory, curated by the archaeologist and paleethnologist Andrea Di Giovanni; just as all the posters produced by the students of the ABAQ Art Printing course were exhibited at the multidisciplinary art gallery La Dama in Capestrano with which the festival collaborates”, explains Nicola Capriati.
Finally, essential support for the success of the event was given by the following sponsor partners, such as Enuan, Pasetti, Favini, La Dama di Capestrano and the institutional bodies Mic Regional Directorate of Museums of Abruzzo, Academy of Fine Arts of L’Aquila, Regional Council of Abruzzo, Municipality of Capestrano and Fondazione Carispaq.
Biographical notes
Jacopo Petrucci, born in L’Aquila in 1999, began studying piano at the age of 7 at the “A. Casella” dell’Aquila, from which he graduated in the autumn session of the 2016/2017 academic year with a score of 10/10 with honors and honorable mention, in the class of M ° Orazio Maione.
Between 2017 and 2020 he attended specialization courses at the Fiesole School of Music with Maestro Andrew Lucchesini and since 2020 he has been a student in the Maestro’s class Benedict Wolf at the National Academy of Santa Cecilia.
He participated in masterclasses with important musicians, such as Sergio Perticaroli, Klaus Kaufmann, Enrico Stellini, Franco Medori and had the opportunity to collaborate with musicians such as Ilya Grubert and the Australian String Quartet.
He had the opportunity to participate in the “Mozarteum Summer Academy” in Salzburg, thus being able to follow the lessons of masters such as Robert Levin, Jacques Rouvier And Andreas Frölich.
He was the winner of many national and international competitions, such as the XXIII International Music Competition “Pietro Argento”, the XIV Piano Prize “Sergio Cafaro”, the VII International Piano Competition “Città di San Donà di Piave”, the XII International Piano Competition “Lia Tortora”. ”, IV International Piano Competition “Pietro Iadeluca” (during which he also won the special prize “Pietro Iadeluca” for the performance of the “Toccata for piano” by the composer of the same name), XVII Piano Competition “Vietri sul mare”, XIV “Città di Viterbo” young musicians competition, VII “Marco dall’Aquila” national competition.
