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Sala s. Giustina-Roana-piano concert in 4 hands-journey to the musical universe of Johannes Brahms-Federica Righini and Riccardo Zadra-Wednesday, August 13

An important appointment proposed by concert & Music Culture is to Wed 13 August when, at 21.00 at the sala Santa Giustina di Roana, will perform a concert of piano four hands masters Federica Righini and Riccardo Zadra, with music from the Repertoire of Bramhs. Both professors of piano at the Conservatorio di Vicenza, and psychophysiology of musical performance in several Italian conservatories, the masters Righini and Zadra from years side by side with their individual solo career a regular activity at two as pianists, performing in concerts in four hands or two pianos.

Riccardo Zadra is an extensive professional experience as a soloist and chamber musician to the passion for teaching and research in the field of personal growth.
He has performed as a soloist for important institutions and international concert venues such as the Musikhalle in Hamburg, the Chopin Festival in Poland, the RTSI Lugano 's, the Serate musicali di Milano, Festival pianistico internazionale di Brescia and Bergamo, the Bologna Festival and has performed with the major Italian orchestras (Orchestra della RAI, Orchestra da camera di Mantova, Sinfonica Siciliana, Pomeriggi musicali di Milano, Haydn di Trento e Bolzano). His extensive solo repertoire ranges from Bach to Ligeti's Etudes; performed the complete piano works of Debussy, including the Italian premiere of two songs recently discovered, Les soirs illuminées par the ardeur du charbon and Intermède. In may 2012 participated in the complete Beethoven sonatas on piano in Genoa City.
Has extensive experience in various chamber ensembles, from Chamber music Lieder with stringed instruments, from duo to quintet. He has recorded the complete works for violin and piano by Schumann with violinist Fulvio Luciani Classical channel of Sky and the magazine Amadeus.
He has collaborated several times with the soloists of the Orchestra da Camera di Mantova and with 20th-century ensemble and directed by Antonio Ballista, with whom he played piano duets, and under whose direction he performed several times as a solo artist. He has recorded for RCA, Ermitage, VDE-Gallo and Phoenix; her CD devoted entirely to piano works by Bizet, with some tracks in world premiere recording, was enthusiastically reviewed by the American and European press.
Graduated with honors and distinction from the Conservatory "c. Monteverdi" Bolzano, received his diploma at the Ecole internationale de piano "of Lausanne with Fausto Zadra.  A student later Aldo Ciccolini, has attended masterclasses with Nikita Magaloff, Carlo Zecchi, Hans Leygraf and Yvonne Lefebure. Winner of ten first prizes in national and European competitions, won the 1988 second prize at the "Sydney International Piano Competition", obtaining the first prize and the special prize of the orchestra.
Professor of piano at the Conservatory of Vicenza, in 1998 he founded the Accademia pianistica internazionale di Padova, of which he is Honorary President, Aldo Ciccolini and where it leads, along with his wife, Fredericka Righini, a Psychophysiological aspects of original research and creative musical interpretation.
Delved into numerous personal development courses such as Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the Avatar ® Course, which is an authorized instructor. In April 2010 he released with Federica Righini, by edizioni Curci, master of yourself. NLP for musicians, a unique book in Italian publishing panorama, which has sold out the first printing in a single week.


Federica Righini started studying the piano at age four and began a very early concert activities. Diploma at the Conservatory "g. Verdi" in Turin with top marks cum laude, holds recitals in Italy and in Europe, performing as a soloist with numerous orchestras and chamber music. It also conducts an intense activity in various Chamber music formations, collaborating with renowned Italian and foreign musicians. In his concert and didactic path is the meeting with Fausto Zadra, which follows the master classes at the Ecole Internationale de Genève and plan that works for many years as an Assistant.
He attended the trainings at Relational Psychology Meetings Centre of Turin and delves into various disciplines of human potential and development of body awareness, including mental, postural Integration Dynamics, Feldenkrais Method and Bioenergetics. Thanks to this research, track new educational paths in which explores relationships between psychological attitude and physical attitude of the musician. In 2001 becomes Master Avatar ® courses that explore the creative mechanisms of consciousness; in 2005 follows the Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming, NLP certified by the Society by Richard Bandler.
Since 1995 this research agrees with Riccardo Zadra, with whom he performs regularly in duo-piano team. Together they created a path that develops and enhances the skills and resources of the musician, helping him regain their deep motivations, to improve its ability to communicate, to manage his emotional world, and to optimize its study method. In 2004 their project of Psychophysiology of musical performance, was approved by the Ministry of University and research that has included among the subjects of the second-level academic courses in Italian Conservatories. Keep individual paths regularly coaching for professional musicians interested in overcoming difficulties or physical specifications and personal issues, such as technical problems, memory blocks, postural, fear of the public.
In April 2010 they published for edizioni Curci, master of yourself. NLP for musicians, a unique book in Italian publishing panorama, which has sold out the first printing in a single week.
Federica Righini lives in Padova, teaches piano and Psychophysiology of musical performance at the Conservatory of Vicenza. Regularly holds master classes and workshops for musicians and teachers at Conservatories, academies and musical Associations.

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