MOVING OUT
AT THE ITALIAN EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON D.C. On June 21 and 22, 2016 Moving Out, a theatrical play with arias and duets was performed at the Italian Embassy in Washington D.C. for the Festa della musica. The original text by Riccardi is in English and the sung parts are both in Italian and in English. […]
SPIRITO E MATERIA
AT THE AUDITORIUM SAN FEDELE, MILAN On April 22, 2016 Spirito e materia (op. 53 bis), in the version for solo strings, was performed at the Auditorium San Fedele by the Orchestra Classica di Roma, conducted by Raffaele Iannicelli.
INTERVIEW TO THE AUTHOR
AT RADIO CANARIA On March 17, 2016 an interview with Riccardo Riccardi by Rubén Mayor was aired on Radio Canaria. The subject was Riccardi’s music and his thoughts on contemporary music: “The music of the second half of the twentieth century has been very important from an historical perspective. True, but perhaps we need to […]
MA DI CHE COSA SI TRATTA
AT THE TEATRO COMUNALE OF LAURINO (SALERNO) On December 26, 2015 the Orchestra Filarmonica Campana, conducted by Raffaele Iannicelli, performed Ma di che cosa si tratta (op. 65) for strings, at the Teatro Comunale of Laurino (Salerno).
SHAKESPEARE & GOSSIP SUITE
AT THE KRAKOW ACADEMY On October 16, 2015 the Spoldzielnia Muzyczna, conducted by Maciej Koczur, performed the Shakespeare & Gossip Suite (op. 64 bis) from the opera of the same name, at the Krakow Academy.
SPIRITO E MATERIA
IN AGROPOLI AND AMALFI July 30, 2015 the Moldavian Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Raffaele Iannicelli, performed the orchestral version of Spirito e materia (op. 53 bis) in the Castello Angioino Aragonese in Agropoli (Salerno) and on August 1st in the Piazza Poggerola in Amalfi.
IL TESTAMENTO
IN BAJARDO, IMPERIA On July 11, 2015 Il testamento was performed in the old Church of San Nicolò in Bajardo (Liguria). After its premiere at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin on March 26, 2014, Il testamento, a theatrical play with arias (op. 66) came to Italy, scored differently: the protagonists from the Dublin performance […]
CONTESA SECONDA
A SPOLETO On June 22, 2015 Flavio Emilio Scogna conducted, Contesa seconda (op. 70) for chamber ensemble, at the Teatro lirico sperimentale of Spoleto, at the conclusion of a Master class for contemporary music.
CORSI E RICORSI
AT THE SANTA CECILIA CONSERVATORY June 13, 2015 the Orchestra di flauti di Santa Cecilia, conducted by Franz Albanese, performed Corsi e ricorsi for flute and orchestra (op. 69) in the Sala accademica of the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia, Rome.
THE ARTIST
AT “ALZIAMO IL VOLUME” On May 11th, in the Sala Medaglioni of the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia, Carla Conti and Roberto Giuliani presented the book, Ritratti dal vivo: La musica di Marco Betta, Giovanni D’Aquila, Riccardo Riccardi, by Simone Peraino (ABEditore Musical Essays Series), as part of the 7th series of Meetings with the Author. […]