For our April Concerts we are delighted to welcome again the Italian pianist,  Leonardo Pierdomenico.

On Tuesday April, 9th   Leonardo will perform his ‘Hommage to Italy’ and on Thursday, 11th  ‘Invitation to the Dance’. Scroll down for the full Programme for each evening.

Leonardo  has been described by the critics as “a pianist where highly developed technique and cultivated sound are combined with imagination and thoroughgoing, scrupulous musicality” (Patrick Rucker, Gramophone UK).

He has already released four albums with the label Piano Classics: his debut album, dedicated to works by Franz Liszt, earned him an Editor’s Choice from Gramophone UK magazine and a nomination for recording of the year at the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik ( the prize of the union of German music critics).

Born in Abruzzo, Italy, 30-year old Leonardo studied at the Conservatory in Pescara and in 2017 concluded the piano master’s degree with honors at the Accademia di S. Cecilia in Rome in the class of M° Benedetto Lupo.

He is often a guest of the Italian national radio RaiRadio3 and his recordings and live performances have been broadcast also by Medici.tv, RTBF (Belgium ) and Radio France.

Leonardo is currently a piano professor at the Foggia Conservatory of music and the Avos Academy in Rome.

Programme

Tuesday, April, 9th, 2024

Hommage to Italy

Domenico Scarlatti  1660 – 1725

–  Sonate k.1, k. 213

Muzio Clementi  1752 – 1832

–  Sonata Op.25 n.5

Piuttosto allegro con espressione,

Lento e patetico,

Presto

Ludwig van Beethoven  1770 – 1827

• Sonata Op.31 n.3

•  Allegro,
• Scherzo,  Allegretto vivace
•  Minuetto,
• Presto con fuoco

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PREMIERE IN PORTUGAL:

Otorino Respighi/ Leonardo  Pierdomenico:

–  Pines of Rome –

Pines of the Villa Borghese,

Pines near a Catacomb,

Pines of the Janiculum,

Pines of the Appian Way

Frederic Chopin 1810 – 1849

•  Scherzo n.1 Op. 20

Thursday, April 11th, 2024

Invitation to the dance

Ludwig van  Beethoven 1770 – 1827

• Sonata Op.31 n.3 –

• Allegro,
• Scherzo.
•  Allegretto vivace,
•  Minuetto,
•  Presto con fuoco

Frederic Chopin  1810 – 1849:

Valse op.69 n°2

Grande valse op.42

Ballade op.23 n°1

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Frederic Chopin  1810 – 1849

Mazurka op. 63 n° 3

Mazurka op.33 n°3

Mazurka op.6 n°4

Mazurka op.7 n°5
Mazurka op.7 n°4

Mazurka op.24 n°2
Mazurka op.6 n°2

Etude op.25 n°4
Etude op.25 n°5
Etude op.10 n°2
Scherzo op.20