Mauro Montalbetti: Stanze – Ravel: Miroirs, M. 43 Andrea Rebaudengo

• Mauro Montalbetti (b. 1969):
• 1 Stanze: No. 1, Prendere e ritrovare ogni alba 06:26
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937):
• 2 Miroirs, M. 43: No. 1, Noctuelles 05:02
• Mauro Montalbetti:
• 3 Stanze: No. 2, Guardare l'erba e il sole 03:37
• Maurice Ravel:
• 4 Miroirs, M. 43: No. 2, Oiseaux tristes 04:12
• Mauro Montalbetti:
• 5 Stanze: No. 3, Specchiarsi come restituiti 04:27
• Maurice Ravel:
• 6 Miroirs, M. 43: No. 3, Une barque sur l'océan 07:03
• Mauro Montalbetti:
• 7 Stanze: No. 4, Osservare riflessi 03:17
• Maurice Ravel:
• 8 Miroirs, M. 43: No. 4, Alborada del gracioso 07:06
• Mauro Montalbetti:
• 9 Stanze: No. 5, Occhi stupiti e silenzio 04:48
• Maurice Ravel:
• 10 Miroirs, M. 43: No. 5, La vallée des cloches 05:57
• Total Runtime 51:55

Info for Mauro Montalbetti: Stanze – Ravel: Miroirs, M. 43

In his five Stanze, composed in 2016, Mauro Montalbetti openly declares his special affinity with the author of Boléro, placing him within the select circle of his greatest loves. What strikes one most is the refined and yet frank way in which this devotion is expressed in the music and is revealed in the writing, in the way it unfolds majestically, so to speak, across the staves and the pages. In other words one is struck not only audibly but also visually by the limpidity with which the five pieces pay homage to their source, namely Maurice Ravel’s Miroirs. Miroirs, that is mirrors. A title that at the time – we are in 1905 – encapsulated the genius with which the composer played with the ambiguities of symbolist and impressionist poetics, of the eternal torments concerning the expressive and semantic qualities of music. Because the mirror reflects, represents, but also deceives, creates illusions.

Andrea Rebaudengo, piano

Andrea Rebaudengo
was born in Pesaro, Italy, in 1972.

He is the winner of the International Piano Competition in Pescara (1998) and he was tributed the third prize at the Robert Schumann International Piano Competition in Zwickau in 2000.

He took part into several Italian music seasons such as Serate Musicali in Milan, Unione Musicale in Turin; Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, Amici della Musica in Verona, Amici della Musica in Ancona. As a soloist, he was invited by the Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan, Philharmonic Orchestra in Zwickau, Philarmonic Orchestra in Pescara, Symphony Orchestra “G. Verdi” in Milan and Accademia Filarmonica Urbinate. He performed in Germany, U.S.A., Spain, England, Ireland, Poland, Russia, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Serbia, Emirates.

He performs regularly with the ensemble Sentieri Selvaggi in contemporary music festivals and seasons (Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Rome; Settembre Musica, Turin; Teatro alla Scala, Milan; Biennale Musica, Venice; Skif Festival, St. Petersburg; Illkhom Festival, Tashkent). In duo with Cristina Zavalloni they performed at Carnegie Hall in New York, in Rome, at Teatro de la Maestranza in Sevilla, West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Aterforum Festival in Ferrara, Cheltenham Festival, Music Garden Festival in Warsaw and more.

He graduated in Milan at the Conservatorio “Giuseppe Verdi” with Paolo Bordoni. He then attended master- classes in Salzburg with Andrzej Jasinski and Lazar Berman at the Accademia pianistica in Imola, Italy. He has just released a cd on piano solo named “All’aria aperta”, published by Bottega Discantica, with music by Stravinsky, Bartòk, Milhaud, De Falla.

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