Saturday, December 14, 2024, 4:00 PM
Concert in person and live streaming
Organized by Associazione Notturno Musica:
A concert designed to usher in the festive Christmas season, appealing to classical music enthusiasts as well as families with children aged 9 to 99. The program features an original selection of pieces that evoke the warmth and intimacy typically associated with Christmas. Alongside the classic Christmas tale Cristallo di Rocca by Nino Rota, the event includes The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant by Francis Poulenc and concludes with a suite of Christmas-themed pieces for piano four hands.
Program
- “The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant”
A musical tale for narrator and piano
Based on The First Book of Babar
by Jean de Brunhoff (1899–1937)
Music by Francis Poulenc (1899–1963) - “Cristallo di Rocca”
A musical tale for narrator and piano four hands
Based on the story of the same name
by Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868)
Music by Nino Rota (1911–1979) - Suite of Christmas Pieces
For piano four hands
Biographies
Sugiko Chinen and Luca A. M. Colombo founded their duo during a concert in Milan in 1995, beginning an intense concert career that has taken them across Europe (Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Poland, Norway, Czech Republic) and Japan, performing in concert seasons and international festivals.
Coming from such diverse cultural backgrounds—Italy and Japan—they have developed a unique and original sensitivity in piano four hands performance, widely appreciated by audiences and critics alike. Their meticulous study of scores leads to a profound understanding of music, producing a singing tone, free yet rigorous phrasing, and a dynamic range inspired by orchestral textures. Their distinctive style is characterized by a rich timbral palette, elegant phrasing, and delicate nuances.
After years focused on 19th- and 20th-century Italian and French piano duos (Casella, Respighi, Busoni, Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, and Satie), they expanded their repertoire to Viennese Classicism (Mozart, Schubert, Czerny), Northern European Romanticism (Schumann, Grieg), and major composers of the late 20th century (Poulenc, Rota, Nakada, and Piazzolla).
Daniele Crasti graduated from the Accademia dei Filodrammatici in Milan after two years of training with masters such as Massimo Loreto, Karina Arutyunyan, Bruno Fornasari, Riccardo Pradella, and Massimilano Cividati. He further honed his skills through seminars with Nikolaj Karpov, Peter Clough, and Ambra D’Amico, later refining his craft with Marcello Magni and Paolo Nani.
He has an extensive career as an actor, director, voice actor, and teacher, collaborating with numerous Italian theaters, including the Teatro Filodrammatici, Teatro San Babila, Teatro I, Teatro Stabile d’Innovazione, Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Teatro Carcano, Teatro Elfo Puccini, and others. He is a founding member of the theater company Oyes, which won the first prize at the Giovani Realtà Teatrali competition of the Nico Pepe Academy in Udine with the play Effetto Lucifero.
Admission
Associazione Notturno Musica members: Free with reservation
Non-members: €12 (until seats are fully booked)
Live streaming: €6 contribution
For more information and reservations: 349.6375975 | [email protected] | www.notturnomusica.org
