OUR PROJECTS


The Virtuosi Italiani seek stylistic relevance in every musical genre, with great rigor and great respect for their audience.

Let's meet musical genres

The Italian Virtuosos experiment and wish to delve more deeply into the repertoires of their illustrious guests and their languages.

The proposed programs are the result of the realization of the idea of combining the repertoire and spirit of baroque music with jazz, tango, improvisation and other expressive forms.

Vivaldi's Muses

Sonia Prina contralto

Marcello Gatti traverser

Alberto Martini violin concert master

Symphony before the opera in C major “Dorilla in Tempe” RV 709, for strings and continuous bass

Allegro – Andante – Allegro


Aria “Là sull'eterna sponda”, RV 723 from Montezuma for Alto, strings and continuous bass


Aria “Ho il cor already lacero”, RV 718 from Griselda for Alto, strings and continuous bass


Concerto in G major RV 436 for Traversiere, 2 violins, viola and bass - Allegro - Largo - (Allegro)


Aria “Sol da te mio dolce amore”, RV 728 from Orlando Furioso for alto, flute, strings and continuous bass


Symphony in G major “Il Coro delle Muse” RV 149, for strings and continuous bass

Allegro – Andante – Allegro assai


Aria “Sovente il sol”, RV 117 from Andromeda for Alto, violin, strings and continuous bass


Aria “Andrò, volarò”, RV 727 from Orlando Finto Pazzo for Alto, strings and continuous bass


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Invitation to dance

THE ITALIAN VIRTUOSES

ALESSANDRO CARBONARE, clarinet

KOMITAS (S. SOGHOMONIAN): Six melodies for string orchestra

Echmiadzin - Allegro with fire

Kelé Kelé - Allegretto

Erkink Ampela - Andante

Haperpan - Allegro

Kelér Tsoler – Andante dolce

Brain - Slow


CM VON WEBER: Quintet for clarinet and strings in B flat. Major Op. 34


E. GREEK: E. Greek Holberg Suite Op. 40 per bow band

Praeludium (Allegro vivace) Sarabande (Andante) Gavotte (Allegretto) Air (Andante religioso) Rigaudon (Allegro con brio)


B. BRITTEN: Simple Symphony per archi op.4

Boisterous bouree - Playful pizzicato - Sentimental sarabande - Frolicsome finale

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Bach to Bach

Paolo Fresu

THE ITALIAN VIRTUOSES

Alberto Martini first violin and conductor

The project, certainly ambitious and intriguing, was born from the meeting between Paolo Fresu and the director of I VIRTUOSI ITALIANI Alberto Martini. The resulting desire to delve deeper into each other's repertoires and languages did the rest. The proposed program is the result of the realization of the idea of combining the repertoire and spirit of baroque music with jazz and improvisation.


The protagonists intended to explore the affinities between the rhythmic and harmonic approach of baroque music and that typical of jazz, addressing the issue in a dynamic way, combining compositions by Monteverdi, Bach, Vivaldi etc. to those of Uri Caine, Richard Galliano, Daniele di Bonaventura and Fresu himself.


In the program, therefore, there will be room not only for period compositions, but also compositions expressly created by living musicians and composers with the "baroque" spirit of improvisation, giving life to an intense and varied show in which classics and contemporaries will intersect in a fascinating and engaging balance.



Paolo Fresu's trumpet will interact with I VIRTUOSI ITALIANI, one of the most versatile and appreciated ensembles on the contemporary cultured scene.

A renowned formation, which works in the field of ancient and contemporary music, but also in collaboration with artists of other origins, such as Franco Battiato, Chick Corea, Uri Caine, Michael Nyman and many others.


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Jazz Lightning

THE ITALIAN VIRTUOSES with URI CAINE

The project was born from the meeting between Uri Caine, I Virtuosi Italiani and Alberto Martini, their director, during the summer of 2009 when they created their first collaboration for the “I Suoni delle Dolomiti” Festival. The resulting desire to delve deeper into each other's repertoires and languages did the rest. The proposed program is a mix of classical pieces such as Bach's concerto in F minor for piano and orchestra or variations on a theme by Handel by Brahms, revised by the compositional genius of Uri Caine and pieces written specifically for the collaboration with I Virtuosi Italiani , like Summer Lightning. Uri Caine's piece “Three Movements for piano and strings” will be presented for the first time in Italy. the result of the realization of the idea of combining the repertoire and spirit of baroque music with jazz and improvisation.

The protagonists intended to combine the affinities and diversities of the rhythmic and harmonic characteristics of so-called classical music and those typical of jazz, addressing the issue in a dynamic and innovative way by proposing compositions by Bach, Handel, and Brahms filtered by the compositional sensitivity of Uri Caine and by the ability of I VIRTUOSI ITALIANI to confront and interact with different types of languages

The proposed program will therefore give life to an intense and varied show in which classic and contemporary will intersect in a fascinating and engaging balance.

Uri Caine's piano will interact with I Virtuosi Italiani, one of the most versatile and appreciated ensembles of the contemporary cultured panorama: a renowned formation, which works in the field of ancient and contemporary music, but also in collaboration with artists of other origins, such as Franco Battiato , Chick Corea, Michael Nyman, Ludovico Einaudi, Paolo Fresu, Richard Galliano, Giovanni Allevi and many others.

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Homage to the Beatles

THE ITALIAN VIRTUOSES

Aldo Sisillo director

Cristina Zavalloni lead vocals

Arrangements and orchestration by Gianantonio Mutto and Raffaele Tiseo

Here there and everywhere 

Eleanor Rigby 

Help 

Black bird 

Yesterday

Lady Madonna 

Pennylane 

The long a winding road 

Obladì obladì

Good Night 

Yellow Submarine 

I want to hold your hand 

Norwegian wood 

Ticket to ride 

Michelle 

Lucy in the sky 

Let it be

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Happy Birthday Astor!

THE ITALIAN VIRTUOSES

Federico Mondelci director and soloist

LIBERTANGO for alto sax and orchestra

MILONGA DEL ANGEL for soprano sax and orchestra

THE DEATH OF ANGEL per sax alto and orchestra

RESURECION DEL ANGEL by sax soprano and orchestra

ESCUALO for alto sax and orchestra

ADIOS NONINO for cello and orchestra (orchestration by Josè Bragato)

ADIOS NONINO for alto sax and orchestra

MEDITANGO for alto sax and orchestra

MELODY IN A MINOR by orchestra d'archi

CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LISTEN for baritone sax and orchestra

VIOLENTANGO for alto sax and orchestra

OBLIVION per sax contralto e orchestra

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Mini Mahler

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WIND POWER ENSEMBLE

G. Mahler: The Song of the Earth (ensemble version by A. Schoenberg)


G. Mahler: Symphony n. 1 “Il Titano” (ensemble version by K.Simon; ed. Universal)


G. Mahler: Symphony n. 4 (ensemble version by K.Simon; ed. Universal)


G. Mahler: Symphony n. 5 (ensemble version by K.Simon; ed. Universal)


G. Mahler: Symphony n. 9 (ensemble version by K.Simon; ed. Universal)


Organic:

String quintet, flute (also piccolo), oboe (also english horn), 2 clarinets, bassoon, horn, trumpet, accordion, piano, 2 percussion


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The art of improvisation: mountain games

music by Gianluigi Trovesi

orchestration Corrado Guarino

jazz clarinet Gianluigi Trovesi

director Alberto Martini

The Italian Virtuosos

Exclusive project by I Virtuosi Italiani

G. Trovesi (1944) - C. Guarino (1957)

Suite Frammenti Orfici (around Monteverdi's Orfeo)

Green Mountains

Musa 

Euridice

Refrain

Orphic Fragments


G. Trovesi (1944) - C. Guarino (1957)

Suite Berg Heim

A small magical mountain (around the novel Der Zauberberg – The enchanted mountain by T. Mann)

Intrada (Good)

Fleetingly

A small magical mountain

Berg Heim

There Was A Witch, There Was A Fairy

Located Fragments

Violet scent

Bestiary

It's not the Eighth

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Stabat Mater

music by A. Vivaldi

narrator Tiziano Scarpa (Premio Strega 2009)

soprano Gemma Bertagnolli

The Italian Virtuosos

New paragraph

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Giuliano Carmignola

THE ITALIAN VIRTUOSES

GIULIANO CARMIGNOLA solo violin

Vivaldi Symphony in G Major RV 149 “The Choir of the Muses”

Corelli Concerto Grosso in D Major Op. 6 n. 4

Bach Concerto for violin, strings and bc in E Major BWV 1042

Geminiani Concerto grosso nr 12 "La Follia"

INTERVAL

Handel The Triumph of Time and Disillusionment.

Bach Concerto for violin, strings and bc in A minor. BWV 1041

Vivaldi Sinfonia from the opera “Dorilla in Tempe”

Bach Concerto for two violins, strings and bc in D minor. BWV 1043




GP Telemann Ouverture don Quixote TWV55:G10

JS Bach Concerto for violin, strings and continuous bass in A minor. BWV 1041

JS Bach Concerto for violin, strings and continuous bass in E Major BWV 1042

GF Handel Overture from “The Triumph of Time and Disillusionment” HWV 46°

JS Bach Concerto for 2 violins, strings and continuous bass D minor BWV 1043

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We like to experiment. Always.

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Tango is a music that is increasingly present in concert halls and theaters. The popular character underlying this musical genre (although still characterized by compositional elements of great complexity and avant-garde), makes it easily accessible to the general public.

Jazz

The relationship between jazz and European classical music is one of the most debated topics among historians, critics and enthusiasts, and is still today the subject of misunderstandings, distorted historical visions and a terrain of ideological conflict. It is a complex relationship, at times contradictory, a sort of meeting-clash between cultures that feeds as much on mistrust as on authentic and fruitful exchanges.

Soundtracks

Since the early 1900s, music has become an increasingly integral part of cinema and its use has become a source of inspiration for a new way of making and interpreting music.

There are many testimonies of the use of classical music in cinematography.

Baroque

Conceiving the Baroque as a historical period is certainly an extreme simplification, commonly used also in literature, architecture and other figurative arts but which, particularly in the musical field, presents evident limitations and a series of problems determined by the wide range of genres, styles, compositional and performance techniques that developed over the course of approximately one hundred and fifty years.

We have played with many famous contemporary musicians.