Orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro Goldoni di Livorno
Conductor:
Menicagli (Italy)
Soloist:
Furia Bandoneon
(Italy )
Programme:Alexey Shor
"Carpe Diem"
Bandoneon Concerto
P.I. Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor
Op. 74 “Pathetique”
Alexey Shor
"Carpe Diem"
Bandoneon Concerto
P.I. Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor
Op. 74 “Pathetique”
Mario Menicagli
From Livorno, he graduated in violin in 1985 at the Pietro Mascagni Music Institute in Livorno, playing violinist activities both in orchestral formations as a shoulder violin and as a soloist. In 2002 he began his career as a conductor, with a wide lyrical repertoire with particular reference to Pietro Mascagni and realism. His repertoire includes many works, including: Silvano, CD produced by KiccoMusic, Amica, Messa di Gloria, Cavalleria rusticana, Pinotta, L'Amico Fritz and the Piccolo Marat by Mascagni, Pagliacci by Leoncavallo, Carmen by Bizet, Rigoletto and La traviata by Verdi, Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutti by Mozart, Britten's Little Chimney Sweep, Donizetti's L'Elisir d'amore, Giordano's Andrea Chénier, Madama Butterfly, Tosca and Puccini's La Fanciulla del west. He has written two lyric parodies: Mimì and the Others and Bacchus, tobacco and opera represented in numerous Italian theaters and has composed libretto and part of the music of the pop opera Il Puss in Boots, published by Sillabe Editore and of Cenerentola - the opera pop. He is the author of the opera "Twelve years after" sequel to Cavalleria rusticana which debuted in Sicily in 2021 and this year at the Cluj theater. A film intended for cinemas is currently being made of the work. He also wrote "De relitti e delle quarantene", a comic opera entirely created with the participation of singers and musicians through the use of mobile phones, during the Lock-down. Since 2020 he is general manager of the Goldoni Theater in Livorno.
Fabio Furia
Bandoneon
Fabio Furia, a world-class concert performer, composer and arranger, is considered to be one of the most important bandoneonists in Europe.
Thanks to his intense concert activity, he performed in the most important concert halls and festivals the world over, including Parco della Musica di Roma, Dvorak Hall of Rudolfinum in Prague, Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi di Cremona, Bozar Theatre in Brussels, Cagliari’s Opera House, the Onassis Cultural Center in Athens, Lubjana Festival, Stadivari Festival Cremona, I concerti del Quirinale, Emilia Romagna Festival, “Maggio dei Monumenti” Festival, “Settimane musicali bresciane” etc
He collaborated with ensembles, such as: Solisti della Scala, Turner String Quartett, Kodàly String Quartett, Budapest String Orchestra, Salzburg Chamber Soloists, Orchestra della Fondazione del Carlo Felice di Genova, Orchestra Sinfonica di Kiev, Baden Baden Sinphony Orchestra etc
He started studying piano and classical accordion at the age of 7, first as self-taught and then under the guidance of teacher Eliana Zajec in Trieste. Subsequently, at the age of 16, he studied clarinet at the Conservatory of Cagliari. He then graduated with honours in only four years, under the guidance of Maestro Roberto Gander.
In parallel with the clarinet’s concert career, he undertook the study bandoneon then he decided to study with the best bandoneon teachers as Juan José Mosalini and graduating brilliantly at the Conservatory of Paris Gennevilliers, under the guidance of Juanjo Mosalini.
He founded the Italian Bandoneon Academy with which he organizes masterclasses and concerts with the most important soloists in the world.
His discography includes “ContraMilonga”, “Fabio Furia in concert”, Novafonic Quartet. The new CD entitled “A Los Maestros” with guitarist Alessandro Deiana.
He plays a bandoneon 142 from the German factory Alfred Arnold Bandonion and Concertinafabrik Klingenthal, of which he is a collaborator and endorser. He also owns and
plays two beautiful historical bandoneon Alfred Arnold “complete nacarado” of 1937 and a “Negro Liso” of 1938 they are of the very few exemplary preserved in perfect condition and
totally original.
Orchestra del Teatro Goldoni di Livorno
The staff, modulated according to needs, is mainly made up of the elements chosen through a selection organized by the theater in recent times, in which 290 musicians participated, many of whom are already part of the Orchestral Laboratory of the Fondazione Goldoni, located inside the theater from 2010 to 2014.