Did you know that the relationship between Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms is one of the most fascinating relationships in the history of romantic music? In 1853, a young Johannes Brahms visited the Schumanns, bringing with him some of his compositions. Robert Schumann, already a famous composer and music critic, was immediately struck by Brahms’ talent and called him “the chosen one”. From then on, the destinies of the three composers remained inextricably linked. The Institute’s spring music season ends the next 25th June with an exceptional violin and piano concert by the Duo Elena Matteucci (piano) and Daniele Orlando (violin) performing music by Clara Schumann (1819–1896), Robert Schumann (1810–1856), Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) and Camille Saint Saens (1835-1921). A journey through the Romantic and Late-Romantic atmospheres, including some of the most famous romances and sonatas.
Approximate duration: 65 min. An event not to be missed! Free entry with booking on Eventbrite.
BIO: Daniele Orlando made his solo debut at the age of 17 with Tchaikovsky’s Concerto directed by Donato Renzetti. He performed, among otherts, Beethoven’ concerts, Sibelius, Mendelssohn, Ghedini (the Belprato), the Sinfonia Concertante and he performed the complete works for violin and orchestra by Mozart and Mendelssohn, all of the Concerti Brandeburghesi as director and solo at the Ravello Festival and the Concerto Grosso by Bakalov. He has performed as a solo and in chamber ensembles in the United States, in South America, Russia, Germany, France, Romania, Slovakia, Portugal, Greece, Ireland and Sweden cooperating with artists like Shlomo Mintz, Krzysztof Penderecki, Bruno Canino, Antonio Anselmi, Ramin Bahrami, Anna Tifu and Gabriele Geminiani.
Together with Giovanni Sollima, Daniele Orlando performed Donizetti’s double concert for the Italian Republic Day, broadcast on RAI 1 from the Salone dei Corazzieri at the Quirinal palace. Orlando was one of the members of the Gustav Mahler Jugend orchester, of the European Union Youth Orchestra and of the Orchestra Mozart directed by Claudio Abbado. From 2014 he is concertmaster in I Solisti Aquilani.
Elena Matteucci was a student of Fausto Di Cesare at S. Cecilia Conservatory in Roma where she graduated with highest honors and distinction. She also studied with Vincenzo Vitale in Napoli. Honorary Diploma and Peterlongo Award at the Chigiana Accademia of Siena, she plays in the Michelangelo Quartet, with which she won the Ilzach International competition in France and the prestigious Premio Michelangelo. The Quartet has recorded pieces for Nuova Era, and for Chandos record company, an album dedicated to Robert Schumann, recorded with the fortepiano. She has been invited many times by Robert Mc Duffie, founder of the Rome Chamber Music Festival. She cooperated with prestigious institutions, national and international festivals and has toured around Europe, South Americaand in China. She played many times in “I concerti del Quirinale” in Rome, broadcast live nationally and across Europe by RAI-Radio3. Recently, she has taught advanced masterclasses and concerts in Ireland, in Lituania, in the Netherlands and in Portugal. Matteucci holds the chair of Pianoforte and of the sperimental two-year cycle of Pianoforte and Chamber Music at “A.Casella” Conservatory of Aquila.
PROGRAMME:
Clara Schumann: Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22
Robert Schumann: Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
Robert Schumann: Intermezzo
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Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
