Festival Prečkanja – Sconfinamenti opening concert

FILIPPO GORINI (Italia), piano

The young virtuoso of world renown will conjure up a rare aural experience with his performance of Schubert’s last three Piano Sonatas, which form one of the most unique peaks of piano repertoire. Although the composer did not conceive them as a cycle, the works, due to their comparable formal structure and almost simultaneous creation, form a kind of dramatic whole, which is fully revealed to us only when listening to the sonatas one after the other.

At only 29 years of age, Filippo Gorini’s musicianship has drawn unanimous acclaim in recitals in prestigious venues such as Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Berlin Konzerthaus, Vienna Konzerthaus, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, London Wigmore Hall, New York’s Carnegie Hall, Louis Vuitton Foundation Paris, Zurich Tonhalle, Van Cliburn Foundation, Vancouver Recital Society, as well as with orchestras such as the Santa Cecilia Orchestra in Rome, the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchester, the Nagoya Philharmonic, the Flanders Symphony Orchestra, the Gyeonggi Philharmonic in Seoul, and the Opera Nacional de Chile.

Filippo has received the “Premio Abbiati”, the most prestigious musical recognition in Italy, in 2022, as well as the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award 2020 and First Prize at the Telekom-Beethoven Competition 2015. His three albums featuring Beethoven and Bach late works, released on Alpha Classics, have garnered critical acclaim, including a Diapason d’Or Award and 5-star reviews on The Guardian, BBC Music Magazine, Le Monde.

After graduating with honours from the Donizetti Conservatory in Bergamo and the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Filippo’s artistic development is now supported by the mentorship of Maria Grazia Bellocchio, Pavel Gililov, Alfred Brendel and Mitsuko Uchida.

Alongside his solo career, Filippo has performed chamber music with musicians such as Marc Bouchkov, Itamar Zorman, Pablo Ferrandez, Brannon Cho and Erica Piccotti, in renowned festivals such as the Marlboro Music Festival, the Prussia Cove Chamber Music Seminars, as well as Chamber Music Connects the World in Kronberg with Steven Isserlis. He has taught masterclasses at the Liechtenstein Musikakademie, the University of British Columbia, the Royal Welsh College of Music, and the conservatories in Bergamo and Siena. He follows actively the world of contemporary composition as well as commissioning new pieces by composers such as Beat Furrer, Stefano Gervasoni, Yukiko Watanabe, Michelle Agnes Magalhaes, Federico Gardella, and Oscar Jockel.

PROGRAMME

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)

Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor, D. 958

I. Allegro |  II. Adagio |  III. Menuetto. Allegro – Trio | IV. Allegro

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Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D. 959

I. Allegro |  II. Andantino |  III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace – Trio. Un poco più lento | Rondo. Allegretto

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Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D. 960

I. Molto moderato | II. Andante sostenuto | III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace con delicatezza – Trio |  IV. Allegro ma non troppo