Rovereto Wind Orchestra @ WMC 2017 Kerkrade - Programme

ROVERETO WIND ORCHESTRA

SERENDIPITY

from Italy to the World Andrea Loss | Conductor Alessandro Fossi | Tuba soloist

WMC Kerkrade 2017 30 July - Rodahal - 1:00 pm

Rovereto Wind Orchestra in the Teatro Zandonai - Rovereto (TN) Credit to Petr Slavik

Contents 2

Foreword

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Rovereto Wind Orchestra

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Serendipity - from Italy to the World

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Alessandro Fossi

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Andrea Loss

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Musicians

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Acknowledgements

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Concerti Italiani

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Main sponsor: Scomegna srl

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Partners

Foreword As Ambassador of the Italian Republic in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, I am particularly pleased to write this note of welcome to the Rovereto Wind Orchestra.

Kerkrade is in 2017 once again committed to the World Music Contest, a highlight for the community but also for the whole world, as wind bands and orchestras from all over the world flock to this city in order to participate in this very special event.

Kerkrade, pride of the Netherlands with its mines that saved the economy more than once, pride of the Netherlands thanks to its great interest in music, which was essential for the miners and their families and essential for mankind.

Miners from Limburg, but also from Germany, Poland and of course from Italy as well, have worked, lived and played music here.

In Kerkrade music is also the true binding factor, the true universal language, the real koinè. It is in the light of this koinè that the great tradition of music for winds is continued, at an international gathering, with the world contest as an excuse and the sharing of ideas and the forming of friendships as a result.

The Rovereto Wind Orchestra has already won the gold medal three times in Kerkrade and this year it has been nominated to participate in the “Concert” category, the highest of this Contest. And this orchestra will probably shine again under Limburg’s sky, together with all the other participating wind bands.

Andrea Perugini Ambassador of the Italian Republic in the Kingdom of the Netherlands

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Vorwoord Als Ambassadeur van de Italiaanse Republiek in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden ben ik bijzonder verheugd een welkomstwoord te richten aan het Italiaanse blazersensemble Rovereto Wind Orchestra.

In 2017 staat Kerkrade weer in het teken van het Wereld Muziek Concours, een hoogtepunt niet alleen voor de plaatselijke gemeenschap maar voor iedereen daar er blaasorkesten en ensembles vanuit de hele wereld naar deze stad stromen om deel te nemen aan dit zo bijzondere evenement.

Kerkrade, trots van Nederland met zijn mijnen die de economie meermaals hebben gered, trots van Nederland door de grote belangstelling voor de muziek, zo broodnodig voor de mijnwerkers en hun gezinnen, zo broodnodig voor de mens.

Mijnwerkers uit Limburg, maar ook uit Duitsland, Polen en natuurlijk Italië hebben hier gewerkt, geleefd en muziek gemaakt.

Ook hier in Kerkrade vormt de muziek de echte verbindende factor, de echte universele taal, de ware koinè. En in het teken van deze koinè kan de grote traditie van de blazersmuziek worden voortgezet, binnen een internationaal samenzijn en met een wereldwijde wedstrijd als excuus en de uitwisseling van gedachten en de vorming van vriendschappen als uitkomst.

Rovereto Wind Orchestra heeft al driemaal de gouden medaille in Kerkrade gewonnen en is dit jaar voor de categorie “Concert”, de hoogste categorie, uitgenodigd om aan het concours mee te doen.

En waarschijnlijk zal dit orkest opnieuw schitteren aan de hemel van Limburg, samen met alle andere ensembles.

Andrea Perugini Ambassadeur van de Italiaanse Republiek in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden

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Rovereto Wind Orchestra Rovereto (TN) - Italy

The Rovereto Wind Orchestra was originally set up in 1997 as the band of the “Liceo Antonio Rosmini” in Rovereto, at the instigation of former Principal Maurizio Baroncini under the guide of its founder maestro Andrea Loss.

After the first few years as a high school band, the group grew both in terms of the number of members and the level of musicianship, gradually involving players from all over the province of Trento and surrounding regions of Northern Italy. In 2015 the wind orchestra decided to change its name officially whilst remaining true to its origins in the city of Rovereto. Over the past 20 years the Wind Orchestra has undertaken a significant number of collaborations and concerts, participating in various musical meetings, festivals, and competitions around Europe and under the baton of important guest conductors from all over the world, such as Henrie Adams, José Rafael Pascual Vilaplana, Laszlo Marosi, Ronald Johnson, Roger Bobo, Bert Appermont and Miguel Etchegoncelay.

Furthermore, the orchestra has been the recipient of numerous awards at prestigious national and international music competitions, amongst which the “Flicorno d’Oro” in Riva del Garda, the “Italian National Competition” held in Bertiolo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, the “Vallé d’Aoste International Competition”, the “Certamen Internacional” held in Valencia (Spain) and was awarded three consecutive gold medals at the “World Music Contest” in Kerkrade, Netherlands (2005, 2009, 2013).

The RWO also recently completed the recording of the latest CD by Professor Alessandro Fossi, tuba teacher at the Conservatoire of Bolzano as well as a soloist of international fame.

In June 2016 the RWO had the honour of performing the Italian première of the Symphony no.1 “The Archangels”, op.50 by composer Franco Cesarini at the Florence Opera House, as part of the 79th Florentine May season of concerts, thanks to the organization of ANBIMA and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

During July of the same year the orchestra performed for the second time at the “Mid Europe” International Festival in Schladming, Austria, having been invited back by the organizers to give the Closing Ceremony Concert.

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Last August the RWO received the invitation to participate in the World Music Contest in Kerkrade, 2017 edition, in the highest Concert Category.

The orchestra recently concluded a collaboration with the organizers of the WMC in Kerkrade as part of the Lifelong Learning Conductor Course. Out of a selection of 15 conductors from Spain, Italy and Eastern Europe, the two best competitors will take part in the World Competition for young conductors.

The orchestra is currently made up of around ninety musicians and has been conducted since the beginning by maestro Andrea Loss.

5 June 2016 - 79th Florentine May season, Florence Opera House Credit to Petr Slavik

5 June 2016 - 79th Florentine May season, Florence Opera House Credit to Petr Slavik

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Serendipity - from Italy to the World “Fellini made actors repeat scenes up to ten times, giving the impression that there was no such thing as a fixed order. The images he created were not illustrations of a pre-existing screenplay, but simply flowed from one to another. Almost as if he let himself be guided by one image then leave space for another and so on, thus the story was born. This was obvious when we were on set.”

“Do you think this is in a way similar to poetry?”

“Certainly. When you write a poem a moment of serendipity often occurs: you set out to conquer the Indies and end up reaching America instead.”

Interview with Andrea Zanzotto “My nights with Fellini when we dreamed of cinema” La Repubblica, 18 October 2011

Federico Fellini

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Andrea Zanzotto’s words are those of a progressive poet and artist and remind us of the 15th century Italian voyager Christopher Columbus.

But how does any work of art begin, be it a poem, a film, or a concert programme? First and foremost from a search for something. We began with the notion of Italy as the “Bel Paese” since around the world Italy commonly stands for tradition, history and culture in people’s minds. But art is never common, nor is it ordinary because it derives from a series of images which evolve in the creator’s mind. Thus the focus shifts from art itself to the artist, the ‘inner journey’ of the person creating it.

In our quest for a theme for this concert we chose “Serendipity – from Italy to the World” featuring Italian composers who have written about the world outside Italy itself. A serendipitous discovery of music ‘made in Italy’ which is altogether quite different from that the audience expects to hear from an Italian wind orchestra on the occasion of the WMC 2017.

Images of the world seen through Italian eyes translated into relatively new music – yet to be discovered by many – creating as many individual interpretations as the number of people watching the performance. And so it appears that there is no screenplay, no pre-established order; instead there exists just the listener and through the performance itself, the latest in a never-ending artistic quest comes to life. In the words of Shakespeare: “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players…”

Programme notes

Wind music’s function has always been primarily social: creating connections between people of different backgrounds and cultures; indeed, it could be described as one of the original social networks.

Italians have a proverb: “Tutto il mondo è paese”, which translates as “It’s a small world”, something still true in today’s ‘global village’ as music brings people together wherever they may be.

It is indeed a small world when you consider the serendipitous connections between the pieces in our WMC concert programme: composers Giancarlo Aquilanti, Luciano Feliciani and virtuoso tuba soloist Alessandro Fossi all come from the Marche region of central Italy and are all former students of the “G. Rossini” Conservatoire in Pesaro.

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Opera composer Pietro Mascagni was its director for several years as well as being the teacher of Rovereto born composer Riccardo Zandonai, who subsequently became director of the Pesaro Conservatoire like Mascagni before him.

Luigi Boccherini and Pietro Mascagni were born in the neighbouring region Tuscany and both men achieved success after studying and working abroad, just as the modern generation of post-war Italian composers like Aquilanti and Feliciani are now doing. Luciano Berio was most famous for deconstructing his own compositions and transforming the music of others, just as Boccherini did by incorporating Spanish music into his 18th century compositions. In 2002, Berio was commissioned by the Teatro La Scala to write an alternative ending to Turandot, left

Luigi Boccherini

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unfinished upon Giacomo Puccini’s sudden death in 1926. After the composer’s death both Mascagni and Zandonai were initially considered to finish Puccini’s opera from the late composer’s notes but Franco Alfano was chosen, also a director of the “G. Rossini” Conservatoire in Pesaro.

Giancarlo Aquilanti’s music contains clear references to the traditional music of his youth but is influenced by his subsequent American education, thus his style is a new Italian compositional language but different again to Luciano Feliciani, who has a particular interest in folk music, opera and composing for film hence his very programmatic style of composition. These 21st century composers draw on traditional aspects within the genres they write in, but the way they develop their material couldn’t be more different despite being ‘Made in Italy’ with a good dose of international musical styles thrown in to the pot.

Luciano Berio Four original versions of The Retreat by Night from Madrid superimposed and transcribed for orchestra (after L. Boccherini) 1975

How do you pay musical homage to a city?

Luigi Boccherini (Lucca, 1743 – Madrid, 1805) managed to combine his love of a place with Classicism in the musical sense. He was inspired by a moment of the day – the Night Retreat which took place in the city streets before the troops returned to their barracks in the military garrison – and he develops it as a Passacaglia. A form originating in Spain which imitates the actual situation depicted by the music since its name (from the Spanish pasar and calle) means ‘walk the streets’. An ostinato bass and rhythmic accompaniment is the basis of the piece – walking ‘along the streets’ – above which are layered several melodic variations, changing every time the troops ‘turn a corner’. The military band effect is reproduced with a more refined touch of completely different instruments, such as a string quartet with guitar. Luciano Berio (Imperia, 1925 – Rome, 2003), was commissioned by the Teatro alla Scala in 1975 to produce an orchestral version “all’ennesima potenza” (‘to the umpteenth power’), gradually superimposing – and then symmetrically ‘dismantling’ a total of 11 variations plus the coda – of the 4 versions contained in the original piece by Boccherini. All in all, a work of remarkable musical craftsmanship; again, in an absolutely “Italian” style.

This version for wind orchestra is by Claudio Mandonico.

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Giancarlo Aquilanti Concerto for tuba and winds 2005

The Concerto for tuba [2005] showcases the maximum potential of the soloist – maestro Alessandro Fossi, to whom the piece is dedicated – and his instrument, demonstrating its surprising versatility.

After an introductive cadenza, the first movement is indicated as Moderato in tempo, but there is nothing moderate about the irregular time signatures nor the solo passages that precede the bridge which sets the scene for the slow movement. This is also marked as Moderato, but the form and mood are quite different: in ternary form (ABA) with the cadenza coming before the reprise, the common theme being a Baroque cantabile style juxtaposed with a Latin swing section. The finale is an Allegro spiritoso introduced by an Adagio and ending with a vertiginous Più mosso: this tempo indication is perfectly suited to the “witty” content with its rhythmic interplay and ironic citations from other famous classical composers including Verdi, Mozart and Stravinsky to name but a few.

Maestro Giancarlo Aquilanti

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Pietro Mascagni Intermezzo from the Opera L’amico Fritz 1895

The Alps and their foothills are the backbone of the European continent: they physically separate peoples of different regions yet they share certain characteristics and popular customs, which in the Romantic era were often depicted in idyllic terms. L’amico Fritz [1891] by Pietro Mascagni (Livorno, 1863 – Rome, 1945) transports the spectator to Alsace, where the protagonist – a rich and generous man – is loved by everyone, but is also a confirmed bachelor; so much so that he bets his best vineyard that he will never marry. How will it all end? Fritz eventually marries Suzel, the prettiest girl of the village and the vineyard is given as her dowry. Why then does the Intermezzo have such a poignant almost tragic character? Between the second and third act Suzel believes she is about to be abandoned and, overcome by despair, begins to weep. The gypsylike musical references recall the song in which the young rover Beppe thanked Fritz for having saved his life.

The arrangement is by Yoshihiro Kimura.

Pietro Mascagni

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Luciano Feliciani Symphony no. 1 “Icelandic Waterfalls” 2017

Music and water have something in common: they both ‘flow’.. The category of waterfalls is enriched by the infinite variety of luminous reflections and sounds they are capable of producing. Iceland – the inspiration behind the latest composition by Luciano Feliciani – is renowned for exactly that, as any internet search would reveal regarding the titles of the four movements of Symphony no. 1.

Goðafoss, “Waterfall of the Gods” opens with a mysterious Largo – as if a traveller or listener were approaching slowly on foot – followed by a tumultuous Con moto, a powerful Maestoso and ends with a triumphal Vivo section.

Largo is the tempo indication for Fjallfoss (Dynjandi), “Mountain Waterfall”. Despite its second name meaning “deafening”, on listening carefully you can hear the sounds and atmosphere of the surrounding natural environment. The whole movement is characterized by a slight tension, leaving space for the majesty of the waterfall to emerge.

Skógafoss “Forest Waterfall” is the most luminous of the four. According to Icelandic legend the waterfall hides a treasure chest filled with gold coins whose reflections inspire the giocoso character of the movement, which begins with a fugato.

The final movement Dettifoss “The Great Waterfall” concludes the symphony and the adjectives present in the dynamic indications (impetuoso, grandioso) correspond to the turbulent nature of Europe’s most powerful “collapsing falls” which erode anything in their path.

Maestro Luciano Feliciani

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Goรฐafoss Waterfall of the Gods Credit to Yuliya Vassilyeva

Fjallfoss (Dynjandi) Mountain Waterfall

Skรณgafoss Forest Waterfall Credit to Yuliya Vassilyeva

Dettifoss The Great Waterfall

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Alessandro Fossi Jesi, 1975. Soloist

Alessandro Fossi is Tuba teacher at the “Claudio Monteverdi” Conservatoire in Bolzano.

He has performed with many of the most important orchestras in Italy and Europe, covering the principal Tuba position with the Teatro San Carlo Orchestra and with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He has also played with the Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra, the Marjinski Theatre Orchestra of Saint Petersburg, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Mozart Orchestra.

These experiences led him to be finalist for the Wiener Philharmoniker and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

As a soloist, he was a prize-winner in the Markneukirchen International Competition in 2000 (World Federation of International Music Competition, Geneva) and the Lieksa International Tuba Competition in 2001. He taught at Trossingen MusikHochschule in Germany.

An active soloist and clinician, he has been invited regularly as a guest teacher and performer at important Festivals and Universities like the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, the Ferenc Liszt Academy in Budapest, Stanford University, the University of Denver, Cincinnati University, just to name a few.

He is a member of the International Tuba Euphonium Association (I.T.E.A.), serving as editorial advisor for the I.T.E.A. Journal for which he writes articles and interviews.

He took part in the recording of the “Roman Trilogy” by EMI, with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under the baton of Antonio Pappano, and also a live recording with Gomalan Brass quintet, “1999/2009 Ten Years LIVE” in Lodi.

In 2009 he released his first solo recording entitled “Bel Canto”.

He is a Buffet Group Artist.

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Andrea Loss Rovereto, 1977. Conductor

Andrea Loss began studying clarinet clarinet at an early age in his native Trentino under the guide of Massimo Zenatti and Paolo Beltramini, completing his instrumental Diploma in 1998 at the Conservatorio “J. Tomadini” in Udine. After finishing classical high school he attended various clarinet and saxophone master classes both in Italy and abroad with Alessandro Carbonare and Gianni Basso amongst others.

He subsequently undertook specialized courses in orchestral and band conducting with Jan Cober, Maurizio Dini Ciacci, Hardy Mertens, Felix Hauswirth, Ronald Johnson, Jan Van der Roost, Jo Conjaerts and Douglas Bostock; courses in orchestration for band with Carlo Pirola, Franco Cesarini and Roberto Di Marino; harmony with Armando Franceschini, composition with Massimo Priori and classical singing with Denia Mazzola Gavazzeni and Paoletta Marrocu.

In 1997 he founded the Rovereto Wind Orchestra - formerly known as “Antonio Rosmini” High School Band of Rovereto - and has been its principal conductor ever since (prize winner at several competitions: the Flicorno d’Oro Junior; the Flicorno d’oro 2005; the World Music Contest di Kerkrade; Concorso Nazionale di Bertiolo; Certamen International de Valencia; Concorso Internazionale della Valle d’Aosta; Concorso Ponchielli di Cremona, etc.)

For over 20 years Andrea Loss has had the honour of conducting many quality wind orchestras either as a student or as a guest conductor both in Italy and abroad, for example, the Rundfunk Blasorchester Leipzig, (D), Filarmonica Leopolda delle Ferrovie dello Stato di Firenze, Circolo Musicale Parteollese, Banda Giovanile della Comunità Europea (Lux), Civica Banda Musicale di Soncino, Northern Iowa Wind Symphony (USA), Belluno Wind Band, Nuova Banda di Castelfranco Veneto, ISEB Wind Ensemble, Banda Municipale de Pontevedra (E), Banda de musica de Vilagarcia (E), Banda Rappresentativa Giovanile della Federazione Corpi Bandistici della Provincia di Trento, Grande Banda Rappresentativa della Provincia di Trento, Orchestre d’Harmonie de Valdoie (F), l’Unión Musical de Coruxo (E), Banda Muicipale di A Coruña (E), Festival Wind Orchestra of the Orkesterkamp in Bovec (Slovenia), the Winter Orchestra Workshop of Byalistok in Polonia, etc.

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He has also been privileged enough to have worked with musicians of the calibre of Steven Mead, Roger Bobo, Gianluca Grosso, Eros Sabbatani, Alessandro Fossi, Alberto Azzolini, Carlo Serra, Bert Appermont, Marco Somadossi, Giuliano Moser, Gabriele Cassone, Antonello Mazzucco, Davide Biglieni, Davide Viada, Sandro Cerino, Stefano Conzatti, Jacques Mauger, Lito Fontana, Florian Klinger, Glauco Bertagnin and Sandro Laffranchini.

Currently the Artistic Director of ISEB (Istituto Superiore Europeo Bandistico), since 2012 he has been the regular teacher of conducting courses at the Orchestra di Fiati Euphoria di Trivero (BI), since 2013 at the Orchestra di fiati di Vicenza, at the music school of the Banda Musicale “Città di Milazzo” from 2013 to 2015, and since 2016 at the Associazione Pentamusa (in collaboration with the Conservatorio di Palermo).

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Musicians Piccolo

Contra Bassoon

Alto Clarinet

Jane Price Massimo Ferrazza

Michele Gadioli

Salvatore Crimaldi Martino Olivieri

Flute

Eb Clarinet

Bass Clarinet

Eduardo Bloise Anna Emanuelli Massimo Ferrazza Evita Gardoni Francesca Lombardi Alice Scudiero

Marco Albiero

Edoardino Pozza Gianluca Vertua Davide Vitanza

Oboe Daniela Bezzi Giuseppe Cattaneo Alessia Vermi

English Horn Giuseppe Cattaneo

Bassoon Michele Gadioli Cassandra Todon Bernardino Zanetti

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Clarinet Marco Albiero Jacopo Bertoncello Luigi Bonizzardi Donna Letizia Costa Gabriele Dal Rì Valentina Demattè Roberto Giuliani Sara Maganzini Andrea Marenghi Elisa Massara Nicola Morandi Martino Olivieri Ilaria Pasquali Veronica Patton Stefania Pederzolli Nicolò Slavik Michele Sonzogni Maurizio Vermi Lorenzo Vivaldelli

Contrabass Clarinet Simone Serafini

Alto Sax Antonella Benolli Francesca Bertè Davide Bulgarini Denise Franceschini Alessandro Martinelli Jaime Mora Diana Pagotto

Tenor Sax Gabriella Cangelosi Mathias Milanolo Jaime Mora

Baritone Sax

Trombone

Percussion

Nicola Gaioni Katia Girardini

Michele Calamante Andrea Peroni Moreno Ravi Pinto Luca Telandro Alberto Zeni

Leonardo Chistè Matteo Gatti Fabrizio Raffaelli Geremia Raos Gionata Raos

Euphonium

Harp

Giovanni Cadei Andrea Calamante Luca Parmesan Davide Rizzi

Andreaceleste Broggio

Trumpet Sebastian Cavada Valentino Chiasera Lorenzo Chizzola Mario Gatti Roberto Lombardi Riccardo Terrin

Trumpet/Cornet Fabio Brignoli Daniele Grott Stefano Parmesan

Horn Francesco Bleggi Francesco Cangelosi Francesco Crispiniano Alessandro Giugni Andrea Lombardi Maria Pea Marco Regosa

Tuba

Piano Antonio Vicentini

Mauro Cadei Francesco Giampiccolo Michele Vinante

Double Bass Teresa Lever

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Acknowledgements Italian Embassy - The Hague Andrea Perugini, Ambassador of the Italian Republic in the Kingdom of the Netherlands Italian Institute of Culture for the Netherlands Director Carmela Callea

Italian Embassy - Oslo Giorgio Novello, Ambassador of the Italian Republic in the Kingdom of Norway and the Republic of Iceland

Ambasciata d’Italia Oslo

Italian Institute of Culture for Norway Director Matteo Fazzi

Artea Cultural Association Artistic director: dott.ssa Elisa Colla Dancers: Elisa Colla Melissa Martinelli Emanuela Iossa Eleonora Prezzi Valeria Rainero Aurora Robol

Video on Symphony no. 1 “Icelandic Waterfalls” Francesca Bertè, Daniele Lorenzini

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Concerti Italiani Alessandro Fossi and the Rovereto Wind Orchestra present the album Concerti Italiani, recorded in 2013.

Concertissimo - Corrado Maria Saglietti Concerto for tuba and winds - Giancarlo Aquilanti Concerto Grosso - Brian Richard Earl

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Main sponsor: Scomegna srl

www.scomegna.com Our heartfelt thanks go to Scomegna Edizioni Musicali srl for the support they have given to the Rovereto Wind Orchestra over the years.

In 2015 Scomegna purchased the recording of Macedonian Dances

by Luciano Feliciani and published the CD Danze Macedoni, available for purchase on their website (http://www.scomegna.com/en/ danzemacedoni-6478.html).

On the occasion of the World Music Contest 2017 they kindly covered the expenses for the editing and printing of Symphony no.1 by Luciano Feliciani.

This Programme was also printed by Scomegna Edizione Musicali srl at no expense to the Rovereto Wind Orchestra.

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