BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.1.7//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1493@poonamusic.com DTSTART:20190407T130000Z DTEND:20190407T130000Z DTSTAMP:20190321T065514Z URL:https://poonamusic.com/events/leslie-howard-and-ludovico-troncanetti-p iano-4-hands/ SUMMARY:Leslie Howard and Ludovico Troncanetti\, piano 4 hands DESCRIPTION:Leslie Howard and Ludovico Troncanetti\, piano 4 hands\n\nIn a programme of W. A. Mozart: Sonata in F major KV497\; Edvard Grieg: 4 Norwe gian Dances Op. 35\; Anton Rubinstein: Sonata in D major Op. 89 and Franz Liszt: Sonnambula di Bellini – Grande Fantasia di concerto S627\n\nIn as sociation with Italian Cultural Institute\, Mumbai\n\nTo celebrate his sev entieth birthday\, Leslie Howard has prepared some of the works which have proved most in demand by his many followers throughout the years: a progr amme of Liszt’s operatically inspired piano music that he is playing in many countries. \; 2018 will also see the release of one further CD of hitherto unrecorded pieces by Liszt\, finally bringing the total to 100\, and so extending the already unequalled accomplishment of the largest sol o artist recording project in the history of classical music.  \;(The new disc can be safely slotted into the famous complete Liszt boxed set wh ich has been available from Hyperion Records since 2011.) \; This crit ically acclaimed project merited Leslie Howard’s entry in the Guinness B ook of World Records\, six Grands Prix du Disque\, the Medal of St. Stephe n\, the Pro Cultura Hungarica award and a mounted bronze cast of Liszt’s hand presented by the Hungarian President.\n\nLeslie Howard has balanced his prodigious recording career with an international concert itinerary wh ich has seen him performing regularly throughout the world for more than h alf a century\, always with a repertoire that seeks to extend the audience ’s experience and to challenge accepted hierarchies of received wisdom.& nbsp\; He has appeared regularly with the world’s finest orchestras\, an d has also pursued a distinguished career as a chamber musician\, partneri ng many of the greatest solo musicians and ensembles of our time.\n\nIn ad dition to his solo Liszt recordings\, Leslie Howard’s CD discography con tains many other important world première recordings\, including the four piano sonatas of Rubinstein\, the three piano sonatas of Tchaikovsky and a disc of Scandinavian piano sonatas. All his early solo and duo recording s (with David Stanhope) of the music of Grainger have been reissued in a 5 -CD set by Eloquence. There are also the Piano Quartets of Rubinstein – world première recordings for Hyperion\, 25 Etudes in Black and White – his own compositions recorded for ArtCorp\, and a disc pairing the two Ra chmaninoff piano sonatas for Melba Recordings.  \;Melba has also relea sed two CDs with Mattia Ometto joining Howard in the complete music of Rey naldo Hahn for two pianos and piano duet.  \;A work in progress\, Bril liant Classics are issuing three sets each of 3 CDs of Liszt’s complete music for two pianos\, again with Mattia Ometto – the first box contains all 12 of Liszt’s own two-piano versions of his symphonic poems. \; \n\nIn his capacity as a renowned scholar working from primary sources\, P rofessor Howard has produced 13 volumes of Liszt Society Publications for The Hardie Press\, including the complete chamber music\, 30 volumes of th e Music Section of the Liszt Society Journal\, and 4 volumes of the new Ur text Liszt scores for Edition Peters (with a much-praised version of the L iszt Sonata). \; His other editorial work includes a new reconstructio n and orchestration of Paganini’s fifth violin concerto for the collecte d Paganini Edition in Italy\, the full score of Bellini’s ‘Adelson e S alvini’\, and the now-standard two-piano score of Rachmaninoff’s 4th C oncerto for Boosey &\; Hawkes.\n\nLudovico Troncanetti\, was born in Si ena in May 1991. He began studying piano at 13 and just one year later he entered the Siena Conservatory and in 2009 he began studies in London with the world-renowned pianist Leslie Howard. He has studied composition at t he Conservatory “G. Verdi” of Milan with Maestro Gianni Possio. In 201 2 he played Mozart’s G Major piano concerto K.453 with the “Rinaldo Fr anci” Orchestra in the Church of St. Augustine\, and in June 2010 the Ro ndo “Krakowiak” in F Major by Chopin at the “Teatro Rinnovati”. He has participated in masterclasses\n\nwith pianists such as Andrea Lucches ini\, Leslie Howard (Camposampiero Academy)\, Pier Narciso Masi (Academy C orelli Fusignano\, Conservatory of Lucca\, Music Academy of Florence\, Pom arance and Modena) and Henri Sigfridsson (the renowned Academy of Music Pa lace Ricci in Montepulciano). As a soloist he has performed at many venues including the Hall of Mirrors of the Accademia dei Rozzi in Siena\, Teatr o dei Rinnovati\, Teatro dei Rozzi\, Accademia Musicale Chigiana\, Montena poleone Association in Milan\, for the “Toscana Classica” Festival at the Museum of Orsanmichele and S. Stefano in Ponte Vecchio in Florence. In addition he has also appeared at the Dubai Festival\, Lucca Chamber Music Festival\, Bulgaria Chamber Hall in Sofia\, Reform Club in London\, “Se ttimana della Musica”in Murlo\, Festival “Puccini e la sua Lucca” in solo recitals and with the Orchestra Filarmonica di Lucca \, Theatre Vitt oria\, Educatorio della Provvidenza\, Villa Tesoriera and Auditorium “Vi valdi” in Turin\, “G.Verdi” Institute in Asti\, Camerata Musicale Su lmonese\, San Giacomo Festival in Bologna\, Roma3 Orchestra Concert season s in Rome\, Theatre “Paolo Grassi” in Cisternino\, Theatre Comunale in Novoli\, Theatre San Carlo in Modena\, Politeama in Seveso\, Theatre “B elloni” in Barlassina\, Casa Verdi in Milan\, PianoMilano City\, Monteve rdi Piano Summer Festival\, “Amici della Musica ” in Oleggio\, “Suon i dal Golfo” Festival in Lerici etc..\n\nLudovico also has wide experien ce playing chamber music including piano music for four hands and duos. Hi s wide repertoire ranges from Bach to the great composers of the early 190 0s. In 2015 he played the Max Reger concerto op.114 and joined Leslie Howa rd in a two-piano concert of music by Liszt at the prestigious Reform Club in London. He also formed a professional duo with Leslie Howard\, 2 piano s and 4 hands\, currently performing in Italy and mostly abroad. They made their first 4 hands piano duo sold-out debut in November 2016 at the Rozz i’s Theatre in Siena and in January 2018 they made the italian premiere of the 2 pianos Fantasy Op.73 by Anton Rubinstein at the Chigiana Academy. \n\nTroncanetti is a great admirer of the music of the works of Franz Lisz t and has been assisting Dr Leslie Howard\, one of the world experts of Li szt’s music\, on the Italian translation of the catalogue of the complet e works of Liszt and into the research of some copies of Liszt’s piano r arities\, for the Hyperion label. He’s going to record the 4 Piano Sonat as by Anton Rubinstein for the label MOVIMENTO CLASSICAL. In 2019 he will be touring in many places such as Italy(Camerata Musicale Sulmonese\, Soci età del Quartetto in Milan)\, India\, Germany\, Portugal (Centro Cultural de Belém)\, Russia\, USA\, China\, etc.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://poonamusic.com/pms_wp/wp-content/uploads /2019/03/leslie-howard-.jpg CATEGORIES:Piano recitals LOCATION:Mazda Hall\, Sardar Dastur Hoshang Boys High School\, Pune\, India GEO:18.5198845;73.87824479999995 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Sardar Dastur Hoshang Boys High School\, Pune\, India;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Mazda Hall:geo:18.51 98845,73.87824479999995 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR