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Alessandro Haber - Ce Suárez Paz - Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria - Cesare Chiacchiaretta - Filippo Arlia
Astor Piazzolla
Maria de Buenos Aires
Corrado Giuffredi - Cesare Chiacchiaretta
Portrait
The album
PORTRAIT is the program that Cesare Chiacchiaretta and I presented at the ClarinetFest in Los Angeles in 2011. This concert is stili well engraved in our memory: every single song unleashed the enthusiasm of the audience that filled the hall, giving us unforgettable emotions. The choice of the pieces is the result of the experiences had in different musical genres: clarinet and accordion are instruments that lend themselves particularly to discover the repertoire of popular origin and the traditions of each musical culture. Oblivion, "La Muerte del Angel" and "Libertango" are among the most loved pages by Astor Piazzolla to which is added "Tango Club" by the ltalian composer Roberto Molinelli, from him also the "Nino Rota Suite" where the melodies of "Amarcord", "La Strada", "Otto e mezzo" and the Clowns bring us back to the magical atmosphere of Federico Fellini's films. "Guisganderie" by Faustine and Maurice Jeanjean since that concert has become a very popular piece among clarinetists all over the world. By the unforgettable Henghel Gualdi we have chosen "Passeggiando per Brooklyn", "Ninna Nanna" and the Blues from An American in Paris. From the repertoire of Giora Feidman Klezmer melody by Mula Sajevitch and the traditional "Patch Patch Patch". Czarda of Vittorio Monti and "1O km al finestrino " by Luciano Fancelli, "Apanei-te cavaquinho" by Ernesto Nazareth are the greatest hits Cesare Chiacchiaretta who by the way also composed his "Toccata" for the occasion.
The artist
Corrado Giufferdi
The Italian clarinetist Corrado Giuffredi began his clarinet studies at 10 years old at the Conservatory of Parma where he later graduated with honors and laude.
Principal Clarinet of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Corrado Giuffredi has also performed in numerous concerts and international festivals around the world with Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala under the batons of Riccardo Muti and Daniel Barenboim.
During the seasons 2010 and 2012, Giora Feidman invited Corrado to perform master classes and concerts in Safed and Jerusalem, Israel.
Cecilia Bartoli invited Corrado to perform Rossini clarinet variations at Salzburg Whitsun Festival with I Barocchisti and Diego Fasolis.
Having performed the Italian premiere of Krzysztof Penderecki’s Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, Corrado’s chamber music repertoire includes performances with: Martha Argerich, Maurizio Baglini, Giampaolo Bandini, Cesare Chiacchiaretta, Silvia Chiesa, Eddie Daniels, Enrico Fagone, Jose Franch-Ballester, Andrea Griminelli, Ricardo Morales, Federico Nicoletta, Danilo Rossi, David Shifrin, Rino Vernizzi, Ensemble Strumentale Scaligero.
Corrado has also recorded for labels including Decca, Warner, Brilliant, Tactus, Arts, Fonè and Stradivarius. Corrado teaches clarinet at the Istituto Musicale Superiore in Modena and presents master classes around the world.
Corrado Giuffredi is a Backun Artist and performs on his signature series CG Clarinets by Backun Musical Services and his signature CG Vocalise mouthpiece by Richard Hawkins and Backun. He is also a Legere Reeds Artist, performing on Legere European Signature synthetic reeds.
The artist
CESARE CHIACCHIARETTA
Born in Chieti, from a very young age he devoted himself to the study of the accordion and then began to undertake the study of the bandoneon as well. He studied with Maestro Claudio Calista at the Accademia Musicale Pescarese, graduating with full marks and honors at the Conservatory "N. Piccinni" of Bari in 1995. Later he perfected his technique with masters of the caliber of M. Bonnay, V. Zubitsky and M. Ellegaard.
He held concerts for the most prestigious concert halls in Italy and abroad (France, Russia, Hungary, Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland, Germany, Mexico, Croatia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Netherlands, Spain) both as soloist and in various chamber ensembles. He was awarded in the most important national and international competitions of solo and chamber music performance, obtaining among the others the first prize, in 1993, at the International Competition "Città di Castelfidardo" (since then no Italian has been able to win the coveted award). In 1991 he was chosen as the only Italian representative at the UNESCO C.I.A.- I.M.C World Cup. In 1993 he was invited to participate, in representation of Italy, to the 43 World Accordion Trophy in Setubal (Portugal). His great interest in chamber music led him to regularly collaborate with musicians of the calibre of Corrado Giuffredi, Lorna Windsor, Danilo Rossi, Giuseppe Ettorre, Nando Gazzolo, Arnoldo Foà, Elio, Rino Vernizzi, Massimo Mercelli and in various formations (Cuarteto del Angel, Trio sin Palabras, Quartetto Mahagonny), exploring the most varied repertoires. He plays in the accordion quartet Accord' Ance, an original ensemble with which he has performed numerous concerts and won important awards in international competitions. He has made numerous radio and television recordings for national and foreign broadcasters (Raiuno, Radiotre, Tv Korea, Tv Romania).
Great connoisseur of Astor Piazzolla , he devotes himself with passion and interest to the music of this great artist. In 2006 he performed under the direction of Maestro Riccardo Muti at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome with the Symphony Orchestra "L. Cherubini" performing music by Nino Rota.
The intense teaching activity he has been carrying out with passion for several years has led his students to achieve significant success in the most relevant international competitions.
He teaches accordion at the Conservatory of Music "T. Schipa" in Lecce.