Giuseppe ALBANESE Pianist

Biography "This young Italian pianist is not only a formidable technician but also an original musical thinker whose performances seek to illuminate, after unconventional ways, the true nature of the repertoire he plays." - Jeffrey Tate (2004) "In my opinion Giuseppe Albanese is one of the best young Italian pianists who have emerged in recent years. He performed the Mendelssohn Piano Concerto in D minor with me on two occasions, and I was very impressed with his musicianship, pianism and expressive talent. It stands out in my memory." - James Conlon (2004)One of the most sought-after Italian pianists of his generation, Giuseppe Albanese has performed throughout Italy and abroad, with praise for his performances as "ravishingly beautiful" and "truly superlative". First prize winner at Premio Venezia, the most important national piano competition in Italy, Albanese also won the first prize at London 2003 Vendome Prize International Piano Competition, headed by Sir Jeffrey Tate and defined by Le Figaro as "the piano world's most prestigious award". He was also awarded the special prize for the 'best execution of contemporary music' at the 54th Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano.In 2014, Albanese has made his debut on Deutsche Grammophon label with "Fantasia", a concept album featuring Beethoven's Sonata quasi una Fantasia Op. 27 No. 2, Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy Op. 15 and Schumann's Fantasy Op. 17.In his native country, Italy, Albanese is a regular guest in the most important concert hall seasons, such as Gran Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Teatro dell'Opera and Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome and the Arena in Verona. He is one of the few pianists invited to be present in major theatre seasons throughout the country, from Trieste, Milan, and Genoa, to Bologna, Florence, Bari and Palermo, with such orchestras as the Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo, the Orchestra Sinfonica G. Verdi, I Pomeriggi Musicali.He frequently collaborates with internationally renowned conductors such as Christian Arming, Enrique Batiz, Aldo Ceccato, James Conlon, Daniele Gatti, Dmitri Jurowski, Julian Kovatchev, Alain Lombard, Nicola Luisotti, Anton Nanut, Charles Olivieri-Munroe, Henrik Nanasi, George Pehlivanian, Donato Renzetti, Pinchas Steinberg, Sir Jeffrey Tate, Alberto Veronesi, and Jonathan Webb.In increasing demand abroad, Albanese has also performed with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Philharmonie Essen, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, the Warsaw (Narodowa), Slovenian and Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestras and Portugal’s Gulbenkian Orchestra.He has played solo recitals and concerts in leading concert halls throughout Europe and America, at St-Martin-in-the-Fields, Salle Cortot, Berlin’s Konzerthaus, Teatro Real; New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rockefeller University and Steinway Hall, Auditorium Amijai di Buenos Aires and Cenart in Mexico City. Regularly invited to participate in

international festivals, Albanese has performed for Lorin Maazel’s Castleton Festival, Yuri Temirkanov’s ‘Arts Square’ Winter Festival in St. Petersburg, the Contemporary Music Festival at the Biennale of Venice, the Tiroler Festspiele of Kufstein and Erl directed by Gustav Kuhn; the French Festival of Colmar; the International Piano Festival "En Blanco & Negro" of Mexico City, and the International Piano Festival of Brescia and Bergamo.In 2012/2013 Giuseppe Albanese’s engagements included his critically and publicly acclaimed debut with the San Francisco Opera Symphony (conducted by Nicola Luisotti), the Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino, the Orchestra Sinfonica della Fondazione Arena, and a tour with the Orchestra Haydn. Upcoming engagements in 2013/2014 include concerts with the Orchestra della Toscana (Jonas Alber), the Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo (Sir Jeffrey Tate), the Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia (Nicola Luisotti and Alexandr Sladkowsky), the Orchestra Sinfonica della Fondazione Arena and 'La Verdi' in Milan (Gaetano d’Espinoza), with works by Beethoven, Prokofiev, Schumann and Rachmaninov, along with several solo recitals around Italy. Before his debut on Deutsche Grammophon, Albanese has recorded several albums since 1998, ranging from the Fantasies by Schubert, Chopin, Schumann and Skrjabin to the first performance of Simoni’s Europe Piano Concerto with the Târgu-Mures Philarmonic.His CD "1900" - Yearbooks of 20th Century Piano, dedicated to the year 1900 and containing music by Skrjabin, Szymanowski, MacDowell and the world’s first recording of Bartók’s Variations – was proclaimed 'CD of the month' from Suonare News (a leading Italian classical music publication) and awarded 5 stars in both artistic and technical appraisal from the magazine Amadeus (December 2001). Albanese’s most recent recordings are En plein air, containing works by Mendelssohn, Weber, Tausig, Debussy and Bartók, and Pour le Piano, featuring works by Debussy, which was recorded for the Italian Magazine Amadeus on the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Giuseppe Albanese was born in Reggio Calabria (Italy) in 1979. He began piano lessons when he was five and he received his diploma with the highest honours at the Conservatory Rossini in Pesaro three years later, when 17. His studies continued at Imola International Piano Academy and at Messina University, where he pursued a Laurea degree "magna cum laude" in Philosophy. Subject of his thesis is on the aesthetics of Liszt in the Années de pèlerinage. There he was Professor of Methodology of Musical Communication for three years, starting at the age of just 25. He is now Piano Professor at the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro.

Repertoire for piano solo

I. ALBENIZ: Navarra J. S. BACH: Selection of Preludes and Fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier; English Suites Nos. 2, 3, 6 E. BALOGH: Danse InfernaleB. BARTÓK: Variations DD64; Suite Op. 14; Out of doorsL. V. BEETHOVEN: Sonatas Op. 2 Nos. 1 & 3; Op. 7; Op. 10 Nos. 1 & 2; Op. 13; Op. 14 No. 1; Op. 27 n. 2; Op. 31 Nos. 2 & 3; Op. 53; Op. 57; Op. 81a; Op. 101; Op. 109; Op. 110 J. BRAHMS: Rhapsodies Op. 79; Fantasies Op. 116; Sonata in C major Op. 1; Hungarian Dances Nos. 1 & 5 F. BUSONI: Choral Prelude “Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ”; Elegy “All’Italia”; Elegy “I notturni” (waltz); Indian diary; from Bach: Prelude and fugue in D major; Toccata in C major; Toccata and Fugue in D minor; Chaconne; Serenata (from Mozart) F. CHOPIN: Etudes Op. 10; Fantasy Op. 49; Polonaise-Fantaisie Op. 61, Polonaises Op. 44 & 53; Mazurkas Op. 24; Rondo in C major Op. 74; Rondo à la Mazur Op. 5; Scherzos; Ballads; Berceuse Op. 7; Nocturnes Op. 9 No. 2, Op. 32 No. 1, Op. 48 No. 1, Op. 62 No. 1; Waltz Op. 18 & Op. 34 No. 1; Sonata in B minor No. 3 Op. 58 F. CILEA: Serenata; 3 PiecesM. CLEMENTI: Sonatina Op. 36 n. 6

C. DEBUSSY: Suite bergamasque; L’isle joyeuse; Selection of Etudes; Selection of PreludesM. DE FALLA: Ritual dance of the fire S. N. EICHBERG: Scherben – 19 Etudes-PostludesG. FILARDI: Elegy C. FRANCK: Prélude, aria et final

S. FUGA: Sonata D. GIANNETTA: Musica Mensurabilis G. GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in blue E. GRANADOS: Los requiebros & Quejas o la maja y el ruiseñor (from Goyescas)A. GRÜNFELD: Soirée de Vienna Op. 52 J. HAYDN: Sonatas in E minor Hob. XVI: 34, in C major Hob. XVI: 50, in E flat major Hob. XVI: 52H.W. HENZE: Lucy Escott Variations S. KOVACS: “Fledermaus” Paraphrase (from Strauss)G. LIGETI: L’escalier du diable F. LISZT: Les cloches de Genève; Vallée d’Obermann; Sonetti del Petrarca; Après une lecture de Dante; Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este; Rapsodia spagnola; Transcendental Etudes Nos. 1-2-3-4-5-10-11- 12; Réminiscences de Norma; Isolde’s Liebestod & Am stillen Herd (from Wagner); St. Francis of Paola walking on the waves; Fantasy and Fugue in G minor (from Bach); Dance of Sylves (from Berlioz)E. MACDOWELL: Sonate in E minor No. 4 “Keltic” F. MENDELSSOHN: Duetto Op. 38 n. 6; Sonata in B flat major Op. 106; Andante & Rondo capricciosoM. MOSZKOWSKI: Chanson Bohême (dalla Carmen di Bizet); Caprice espagnol; Barcarolle (from Hoffenbach); Étincelles Op. 36/6W. A. MOZART: Sonatas K 310, K 330, K 570 M. NYMANN: The PianoS. PROKOF’EV: Four Pieces Op. 4; Romeo and Juliet Op. 75; Sonata in C minor No. 4 Op. 29 S.RACHMANINOFF: Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor; Variations on a Theme by Corelli; The Bumblebee (from Rimsky-Korsakov); Selection of Etudes and Preludes; Scherzo (from Mendelssohn) M. RAVEL: Gaspard de la Nuit; Alborada del gracioso; La Valse

M. REGER: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Telemann Op. 134 A. RENDANO: La gavotta dei fantasmi; Serenata bizzarra; Valzer tristeD. SCARLATTI: Selection of SonatasF. SCHUBERT: “Wander” Fantasy in C major Op. 15 R. SCHUMANN: Etudes after Paganini Caprices Op. 3; Intermezzi Op. 4; Toccata Op. 7; Allegro in B minor Op. 8; 6 Concert Etudes on Caprices by Paganini Op. 10; Fantasiestücke Op. 12; Kinderszenen Op. 15; Concert sans Orchestre in F minor Op. 14, Kreisleriana Op. 16; Fantasy in C Major Op. 17; Humoreske Op. 20; Nachtstücke Op. 23G. SGAMBATI: Melody (from Gluck)L. SIMONI: Sonata No. 3 A. SKRJABIN: Fantasy Op. 28; Selection of Etudes; Sonatas Nos. 3, 4, 5; Poème-Nocturne Op. 61, Nocturne (for left hand alone) Op. 9/2I. STRAWINSKY: Etudes Op. 7 K. SZYMANOWSKI: Preludes Op. 1 K. TAUSIG: Concert Etudes Op. 1; Military March (from Schubert)C. M. V. WEBER: Momento capriccioso Op. 12; Invitation to the Dance Op. 65; Sonata No. 1 in C major Op. 24; Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 49

Repertoire for piano and orchestra

B. BARTÓK: Concerto No. 2 L. VAN BEETHOVEN: Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3; Choral Fantasy Op. 80 J. BRAHMS: Concertos No. 1 Op. 15 and No. 2 Op. 83 B. BRITTEN: Young Apollo Op. 16 P. I. ČAJKOVSKIJ: Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 F. CHOPIN: Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21G. GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in blue; Variations on “I’ve got the rhythm”E. GRIEG: Concerto in A minor Op. 16 G. LIGETI: Piano Concerto F. LISZT: Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Totentanz S. 126; Malédiction S. 121P. A. LOCATELLI – G. MARINUZZI: X Concerto da camera E. MACDOWELL: Concerto No. 2G. MARTUCCI: Concerto No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 66 F. MENDELSSOHN: Concerto No. 2 I. MOSCHELES: Concerto No. 3 in G minor Op. 58 W. A. MOZART: Concertos K 456 & K 467A. PÄRT: CredoS. PROKOF’EV: Concertos Nos. 3 & 5 S. RACHMANINOV: Concerto No. 2; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op. 43 N. ROTA: Concerto No. 1 in C L. SIMONI: Europe Piano Concerto Op. 50 R. SCHUMANN: Concerto in A minor Op. 54

D. ŠOSTAKOVIČ: Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 I. STRAWINSKY: Concerto for piano and winds

Management:

XENIA EVANGELISTA communications management in music & arts Merzbacherstraße 3280637 MunichGERMANY Telefon +49 (0) 89 120 38 28 5 welcome@xeniaevangelista.com

USt-IdNr: DE253314462