I Solisti Veneti & Claudio Scimone
Thursday 30. 8. 2018 20:30
Concert with Tartini's violin
In the home town of ”master”of nations
Artistic Direction: Claudio Scimone
Programme:
- Antonio Vivaldi: “La Verità in Cimento” - Ouverture
- Giuseppe Tartini:
Concerto in F Major Ddeest N 4 for violin and strings
Soloist: Francesco Comisso, violin
Concerto in g minor for violin and strings D 86
Soloist: Lucio Degani, violin
- Domenico Dragonetti: Concerto in A Major for double bass and strings
Soloist: Franco Pianigiani, double bass - Charles Auguste de Bériot: “Scène de ballet” Op. 100 for violin and strings
Soloist: Lucio Degani, violin - Gaetano Braga: “Leggenda Valacca” for cello and strings
Soloist: Giuseppe Barutti, cello - Nicola Campogrande: Divertimento for strings
I Solisti Veneti
The popular Italian Chamber Orchestra, I Solisti Veneti, which celebrated its 55th anniversary in the 2014/15 concert season, was founded by Claudio Scimone in 1959. The orchestra has presented over 6.000 concerts in over 90 Countries, has participated in the most important International Festivals, recorded over 350 LPs, CDs and DVDs, and has a rich selection of cultural and promotional activities.
I Solisti Veneti and Claudio Scimone have obtained the highest awards in the musical field. In 2008 at the La Fenice Theatre in Venice, they received from the Arthur Rubinstein Association the “Una Vita per la Musica” award, which is considered in Italy as the Nobel Prize for music.
They have worked with the best singers and soloists of our era, among them Placido Domingo, José Carreras, June Anderson, to mention only a few. They have successfully revived hundreds of previously unknown concert and opera works from the Italian musical heritage, thus revealing several great composers of the past. Many among the most famous composers of our era, including Ennio Morricone who dedicated pieces to I Solisti Veneti.
To highlight the deep connection between Venetian music, architecture and figurative arts, they are recording a series of very important DVDs, among which is “Vivaldi’s Seasons in Palladio’s Villas” (Arthaus).
As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations in 2008 the European Parliament honored the Orchestra with an official plaque where they are praised as “Ambassadors of culture and music across the borders”.
Claudio Scimone
Claudio Scimone is the founder and Musical Director of I Solisti Veneti. He has debuted in Opera performances at Covent Garden, London and been involved in operas, concerts and recordings with many of the greatest artistic organisations in the world. He is also the Honorary Conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon.
With his memorable first modern performance of “Orlando Furioso”, directed by Pierluigi Pizzi and featuring Marilyn Horne and Victoria de Los Angeles, he led the world in discovering the importance of Vivaldi’s theatrical works.
Scimone conducted and recorded the first modern integral performances of several works of great composers. An example being with the Philharmonia of London where he conducted the only existing recording of Muzio Clementi’s Symphonies.
Claudio Scimone has always been passionate about the musical education of young people. This work is one of the reasons why he was awarded the title of Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (the highest ranking honor of the Republic). The University of Padua also recently awarded him an honorary law degree.