Artemusica Culture-Concerto for violin and piano and solo piano

Sarah van Eijk (violin)-Anne Rafferty (piano)-works by Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin, Scriabin

The traditional Christmas concert of Artemusica Culture will be a very special event, ushering in the 2017 season with a concert that will offer the public some of the most beautiful pages of Beethoven, Scriabin, Liszt, Chopin, for violin and piano and solo piano.

Wednesday, 4 December, at 21.00 hours, at the Council Chamber of the Town Hall of Canove di Roana Artemusica Culture Association will perform two young and talented musicians: Anne Rafferty at the piano and Sarah van Eijk, Dutch, on violin.

Anne Rafferty was born in Padua on June 2 1996.

Approaches at an early age at the piano, and in 2006 was enrolled at the Conservatory "a. Pedrollo" in Vicenza, in the class of Antonio Tessoni.

In 2014 studied with Maestro Roberto Plano, under whose guidance he has received several awards, including the first prize at the IV International Piano Competition "Andrea Baldi" to Rastignano (Bologna) and, thanks to this victory, she was invited to give a recital at the Teatro delle Clarisse, in Rapallo. She has performed for the concert of Palazzo Ragazzoni, Sacile, in Porto Ceresio to the event "notes on the Ceresio", Palazzo Cordellina in Vicenza, Asolo Asolo "Matinée". He won a scholarship in the context of 32° and 33° International Music Festival in Portogruaro and thanks to this result, was invited to perform for the concert season "Winter Summer" of the Foundation of St. Cecilia Portogruaro.

Always at the Conservatory of Vicenza studies, then, with Fenech, and graduated under the precious guide of Riccardo Zadra with ten honors.

He has participated in national and international competitions, obtaining numerous prizes, including first prize at the 18th and the 21st "Riviera della Versilia" Competition, first prize at 7° and 9° Concorso Nazionale city of Piove di Sacco ", first prize at the 20th Edition of the contest" Città di Giussano ", first prize at 3° piano competition" Villa Oliva "Cassano Magnago (VA) , First prize at the International Competition "young musicians Antonio Salieri of Verona and the first prize at the Piano Competition" Città di Albenga "28 ...

She was selected among the best students of the Conservatory of Vicenza to attend the Masterclass of Wolfran Schmitt Leonardy, John o'conor, Benedetto Lupo and Boris Berman.

He has also participated in Masterclasses Roberto Prosseda, MariaGrazia Looker; with Stefania Redaelli followed the "annual courses di alto perfezionamento musicale" at the Academy of music in Sacile.

She was chosen as a representative of the Conservatory of Vicenza to attend regional selections of the contest "Young music talents"-Alda Rossi from Rios organized by Soroptimist, and as winner of the Veneto regional selection attended the national exam.

In 2016 attended the Accademia Musicale Varesina with Roberto Plano, graduating with honors.

Now he attends the second level academic Diploma course at the Conservatory "g. Donizetti in Bergamo under the guidance of Maria Grazia Bellocchio

Sarah van Eijk was born in the Netherlands in 1995.

In 9 years he undertook to study violin at the Hague with Fenneke Francken and becomes part of VHJO, the Youth Orchestra of the city. In 2008 he moved to Italy, in Vicenza, where he continued his studies first at the Middle School Musical and shortly thereafter at the Conservatory "a. Pedrollo", under the guidance of Maestro Enzo Landon.

After high-school, in June 2015, he moved back to Holland and pursue music specialization at the Conservatory "Prins Claus" from Groningen, with Sonja van Beek and Veselina Manikova. In the same year he was selected among the best students of the Conservatory and participated in two master classes with Lisa Jacobs at the same Institute and with Kati Sebestyen, last summer in Hungary.

In recent years, Sarah has played, Radio 4, the main solo classic Dutch radio and "Opera Spanga," notable opera festival, accompanied by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Friesland.

NOTES ON MAP

The first of the three Sonatas of op. 12 by Beethoven can be considered a brilliant concert piece, featuring a pleasant euphoria.                                                               The idea of dialogue between piano and violin is constant and decisive. The two instruments alternate in the melodic line, Parley develops into a lively imitation of motifs between dynamic contrasts in short, abrupt shifts of accent by syncopations, modulations. The allegro con brio and the Rondo which are marked by an immediate spontaneity, enclose the Andante con moto, a theme and variations, very expressive, that the intensity of his inventive quality goes beyond what was expected of a musical genre at the time, whose purpose was to entertain company.

The Ballade No. 3 in a flat major, op. 47 by Chopin seems to have been inspired by the legend of Mieckiewicz, Undine: a young, carried by the waves, condemned to chase the ondina for eternity. Full of charm and poetry, is a masterpiece of romantic music, which shows both the intimate and subjective lyricism of Chopin's most epic and grandiose character.

Studies op. 8 n° 9/8/11 of Scriabin resent the influence of the famous Chopin's studies, but the composer manages to make them, in his own writing, original, unusual harmonies and textures very strongly.

Also in listening to the Second Ballad of Liszt is to be aware of a literary suggestion, which refers to the classical myth of hero and Leander. This music is strongly descriptive: a seethe of ascending and descending chromatic scales that mimic the wind, lyrical and dreamy moments alluding to encounter between two young, major progressions that enclose the drama of the moment. The listener goes over so this myth of love and death that provides symbolic horizon of a virtuoso piece, crossed by an anguished fatality.

The concert will be followed by light refreshments.