- Emanuele Arciuli
Emanuele Arciuli (born
June 26 ,1965 ) is an Italian classicalpianist .Arciuli was born in
Galatone and received his diploma from theConservatory inBari , where he also teaches. After his diploma, he continued his piano studies with Vincenzo Vitale, Paolo Bordoni andLeon Fleisher and attended masterclasses withGyorgy Sandor ,Michel Dalberto , andMaurizio Pollini . He gave numerous recitals in prestigious italian concert houses such asTeatro San Carlo (Naples ),Teatro La Fenice (Venice ) andTeatro Carlo Felice (Genova ). He won numerous awards and is regularly invited to festivals throughout Europe and the U.S.His repertoire comprises
Classical Music and theSecond Viennese School , his discography includes the complete piano works ofAlban Berg andAnton Webern . After his american debut 1998 in Cincinnati, Arciuli dedicated much work to a fruitful collaboration with contemporary american composers and musicians. In 2002 he premiered at the Miller Theater at New York Columbia University "Round Midnight Variations", a collection on variations on the famousThelonious Monk theme, composed for him by major american musicians (Babbitt, Bolcom, Crumb, Daugherty, Harbison, Kernis, Rzewski, Torke and others). In 2005, his recording of Crumb's "Eine kleine Mitternachtmusik" was nominated for Grammy Awards and in 2006 he won an important italian critic award for his recording of Rzewski-Adams. In 2008, he premiered with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under the direction ofMario Venzago Louis Ballard's "Indiana Concerto", the only piano concerto ever written by native american composers.External links
[http://www.emanuelearciuli.com/ Official Website]
[http://www.miamipianofest.com/artists/arciuli.html Emanuele Arciuli at Miami Piano Festival]
[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A03EED71639F932A15752C1A9649C8B63&scp=3&sq=arciuli&st=cse Round Midnight Variations (New York Times)]
[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/01/arts/music/01eman.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=arciuli&st=cse&oref=slogin Music Review (New York Times)]
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