FESTIVAL PAGANINIANO di CARRO 20° edition
July – August 2021

Program 2021

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The Paganini Music Festival of Carro is dedicated, in general, to musical virtuosity and with a particular attention to the selection of international ensembles and solists who have been inspired by Niccolò Paganini.  

We are proud to announce that the Paganini Music Festival has received the EFFE Label 2015-2016 from the EFFE International Jury. EFFE – Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe, initiated by the European Festivals Association, is the portal for citizens and for professionals to discover and get involved in Europe’s festivals.  It is a new international festival platform connecting festivals that are deeply committed to the arts, their communities and European values. The platform invites audiences worldwide to access up-to-date festival information and participate in festivals across Europe. 
Above all EFFE recognizes the immense excellence of these festivals in their daily local work all across Europe. 

You can relive the 16th festival through our gallery and by visiting the press corner or browsing the program of previous edition and its side events.

Updated as of May 27, 2021

THE CONCERTS

Saturday 17th July, 8.45 pm – Carro (SP) Piazza della Chiesa

In collaboration with Festival Internazionale di musica da camera di Cervo (International Festival of chamber music of Cervo)
String Quintet of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Luiz Felipe Coelho – violin
Romano Tombini – violin Wolfgang Talirz –
Viola Tatjana Vassiljeva – cello
Gunars Upatnieks – double bass

Musics of A.Dvorak, C. M. v. Weber, Giovanni Bottesini, G. Verdi / K. Doppler

From18 to 21 July – La Spezia, Conservatorio Puccini

Summer Music Campus of the Giacomo Puccini Conservatory – La Spezia dedicated to Ensemble Music – aimed at young students of the Puccini Conservatory. Teacher: Gabriele Pieranunzi (1st violin of the San Carlo Theater Orchestra in Naples)

Tuesday 20 July at 9.00 pm – Manarola, Piazza Castello

Paganini for violin and bassoon
Gabriele Pieranunzi – violin (1st violin of the San Carlo Theater Orchestra in Naples)
Paolo Carlini – bassoon
Niccolò Paganini: Duo Concertante in F major – C. Boccadoro: Night song for bassoon solo (2016) – N. Paganini: 3 Capricci op.1 for vl. solo – Niccolò Paganini: Duo Concertante in C minor

Wednesday 21 July at 9.00 pm- Brugnato, Chiostro del Museo Diocesano

Allievi e docenti del Campus Musicale
Direttore e solista Gabriele Pieranunzi violino
Musiche di N.Paganini

Thursday 22 July at 9.30 pm – Levanto, Sagrato di S.Andrea

String trio Abrigo Dähler Bronzi
Irene Abrigo – violin
Jürg Dähler – viola
Enrico Bronzi – cello
L.V. Beethoven String Trio op.9 n.3 – D. Schnyder String Trio – W.A. Mozart Divertimento KV563 for string trio
With the support of
Pro Helvetia, Swiss Foundation for Culture
POURQUOIPAS, Swiss Cultural Association

Saturday 24 July at 9.00 pm- Riomaggiore, Castello

Chagall trio
Lorenzo Nguyen violin
Edoardo Grieco cello
Francesco Massimino piano
J. Haydn, Trio Hob.XV: 27 in C major
L.V. Beethoven, Trio op.70 n.2 in D major “Specters”

Monday 26 July at 9.00 pm- Follo, Sagrato della Chiesa di San Martino

Musica in Salotto fra Vienna, Milano e Napoli
Trio Lanzini
Elisa Lanzini violin
Giovanni Lanzini clarinet
Michele Lanzini cello
Franz Joseph  HAYDN Trio n. 1 in Mi bemolle Hob. 4 S1
Franz Joseph HAYDN Trio n. 3 in SI bemolle Hob. 4 B1
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Tre Arie (dal Divertimento K.Anh. 229)
Saverio MERCADANTE Trio in Mib magg. per clarinet, violin e cello
Giuseppe VERDI Concert fantasy on “La Traviata”

Wednesday 28 at 21.30 July – Santo Stefano Magra, Piazza della Pace

Trio cello, clarinet and soprano
The shining mirror of the soul
Ivana Zecca, clarinet
Jorge A. Bosso, cello
Patrizia Zanardi, soprano
Music by J.S.Bach, O.Respighi, F.Poulenc, F.Tosti, P.Mascagni, A.Copland, J.A.Bosso and A.Piazzolla

Thursday 29 July, 9.00 pm – Beverino, Castello Chiesa di Santa Croce

Duo Meucci Attesti flute and piano
Andrea Meucci, flute

Musics of G.Faurè, G.Donizetti, W.A.Mozart, F.Chopin, G.Scapecchi, G.Rossini, N.Paganini

Friday 30 July, 9.00 pm – Bonassola, Chiesa Santa Caterina

Recital by the violinist

Oleksandr Pushkarenko, violin

Musics of N.Paganini, J.S.Bach, E.Ysaÿe, O. Pushkarenko, Charles Auguste de Bériot

Saturday 31 July, 9 pm– Carro, Piazza della Chiesa

Suyeon Kang, violin
Caspar Frantz, piano
N. Paganini / Schumann Capriccio n. 24 in Robert Schumann’s arrangement for violin and piano, F. Schubert Sonatina in D major n. 1 D.371, N. Paganini / Schumann Capriccio n.15 in the arrangement by Robert Scumann for violin and piano, H. Szymanowski Myths 3 poems for violin and piano, I. Stravinksy Duo Concertante, N. Paganini Moses Phantasy

​Sunday 1 August at 9.00 pm- Sesta Godano, Sagrato della Chiesa di S.ta Maria Assunta

Duo cello – Piano
Erminia Di Meo cello
Michelangelo Carbonara piano
L. V. Beethoven  Sonata for cello and piano No. 3 in la magg, Op. 69 – .Shostacovic: Sonata for cello e Piano in D min, Op. 40 – Popper : Tarantella , op 33

Tuesday 3rd August- Varese Ligure, Oratorio dei Ss. Antonio e Rocco

19:00 (I shift) and 21:00 (II shift)
Recital of the pianist Tatiana Larionova
Musics of F.Chopin, F.Liszt
Reservations required by email to liricaclubvareseligure@gmail.com

Thursday 5 August at 21.00 – Borghetto Vara, centro storico

A violin for life
Maria Serena Salvemini, violin
Daniela Carabellese, violin
Pietro Laera, piano
Maria Serena Salvemini, Molly, is a special child. Before she was even born, she was diagnosed with a serious malformation for which they recommend therapeutic abortion: she had only a 30% chance of surviving! But her mother, Daniela Carabellese, is not there and continues her concert activity carrying her in her womb. Operated at birth, Molly opens her eyes for the first time to the notes of Bach, whom she knew well! At ten months her first steps and the first violin, an instrument from which she has never separated: a violin for life!
D. Shostakovich 5 pieces for 2 violins and piano – C. Saint Saens Introduction and capriccioso rondo – Ante B.K. Western Dances, Tarantella for 2 violins and piano – P.de Sarasate: Zingaresca – P.de Sarasate Navarra, for two violins and piano

Friday 6 August, Riccò del golfo, loc. Casella

1st shift (max 30 seats) at 20.30
2nd shift (max 30 seats) 9.30 pm

Duo Piccotti – Pierdomenico
Erica Piccotti, cello
Leonardo Pierdomenico, piano
Musics of R.Strauss, L.v.Beethoven

Saturday 7 August at 9.00 pm– Follo, loc. Tivegna, Piazza della Chiesa

A violin for life
Maria Serena Salvemini, violin
Daniela Carabellese, violin
Pietro Laera, piano
Maria Serena Salvemini, Molly, is a special child. Before she was even born, she was diagnosed with a serious malformation for which they recommend therapeutic abortion: she had only a 30% chance of surviving! But her mother, Daniela Carabellese, is not there and continues her concert activity carrying her in her womb. Operated at birth, Molly opens her eyes for the first time to the notes of Bach, whom she knew well! At ten months her first steps and the first violin, an instrument from which she has never separated: a violin for life!
D. Shostakovich 5 pieces for 2 violins and piano – C. Saint Saens Introduction and capriccioso rondo – Ante B.K. Western Dances, Tarantella for 2 violins and piano – P.de Sarasate: Zingaresca – P.de Sarasate Navarra, for two violins and piano

​Sunday 8 August – Calice al Cornoviglio, Castello Malaspina

1st shift (max 30 seats) at 20.30
2nd shift (max 30 seats) 9.30 pm
Guitar duo Bartolommeoni / D’Ambrosio
Srefano Bartolommeoni e Davide D’Ambrosio – guitar
Musics ofF.Couperin, N.Paganini, M.Giuliani, A.Piazzolla

Tuesday 10 August at 9.30 pm Levanto, Sagrato di S.Andrea

Flute and strings between Naples and Vienna
Mario Carbotta, Flute
Trio of strings Il Demetrio
Claudia Monti, violin
Maurizio Schiavo, viola
Massimiiano Tisserant, cello
Music by D.Cimarosa, S.Mercadante, F.Schubert, W.A.Mozart

​Thursday 12 August at 21.00 – Santo Stefano di Magra, loc. Ponzano superiore

Tribute to Nathan Milstein
Alessio Bidoli, violin
Stefano Ligoratti, piano
Musics of W.A.Mozart, L. van Beethoven, C.Sivori, M.Ravelt

​Friday 13 August at 9.00 pmVarese Ligure, Oratorio dei Ss. Antonio e Rocco

1st shift (max 30 seats) at 19.30
2nd shift (max 30 seats) 9.30 pm
“Dante Symphony” of F.Liszt
for pf 4 hands, choir and soloist
Valentina Messa, Emanuele Delucchi piano
Coro Artemisia XXI and Luca Franco Ferrari
Musics of F.Liszt
Reservations required by email to liricaclubvareseligure@gmail.com

PAGANINI DAY – August 14th

On the occasion of the 20th edition of the Festival, a PAGANINI DAY will be held at the end of the Festival which will take place in Carro: throughout the day in various parts of the country various groups of young instrumentalists will perform short concerts of Paganini and contemporary music. . In the afternoon there will be a debate meeting on Paganinian themes, and everything will end in the great evening concert, with a world-famous Ensemble.

Saturday 14 August at 21.00 Carro, Piazza della Chiesa

Pavel Berman, violin
Andrea Bacchetti, piano
W.A. Mozart Sonata K304 – L.v.Beethoven Sonata op. 31 n° 3 – P.I.Ciajkowsky Serenata Malinconica – C.Saint Saens Rondò Capriccioso – P.DeSarasate Carmen Fantasy
The concert will be preceded at 18.30 by the meeting with Niccolò Paganini, direct descendant of the great musician, on the theme:
Niccoló Paganini tells Niccoló Paganini.
Meeting where the speaker, direct descendant of the great musician, talks about his lineage, the Paganini family and the violinist’s bond with Parma, his youth, the violinist as a man and his affections, through the letters and episodes of his life.

Prices

Concerts in Carro(1/8 – 14/8): Full admission € 15.00 – reduced € 10.00
Concerts other locations: Full admission € 10.00 – reduced € 8.00
Concerts in Bonassola, Varese Ligure are free
Subscription to all the concerts of the Festival € 60.00

For reservations and information info@sdclaspezia.it