The Italian Institute of Culture in Lebanon,
in collaboration with the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music,
organizes a concert of the Maestro
Roberto Prosseda (piano)
Friday, March 28th, 2025 | 8:30 PM
National Museum | Beirut
FREE ENTRY
The concert traces the transition from the 19th century Romanticism (with Mendelssohn and Chopin) to the 20th century Modernism (with Dallapiccola and Petrassi), highlighting the interest of both periods in that pianistic virtuosity capable of channeling emotions while also expressing technical innovations and focusing attention on form and individual interpretation. The diversity of styles among the various composers provides a comprehensive overview of piano music from the last two centuries, emphasizing its continuous evolution.
BIOGRAPHY: Roberto Prosseda
Roberto Prosseda is one of the most active and versatile Italian musicians on the current international scene. He gained international fame following his Decca CDs dedicated to the piano music of Felix Mendelssohn. Over the past twenty years Roberto has performed regularly with some of the world’s leading orchestras, including the London Philharmonic, New Japan Philharmonic, Moscow State Philharmonic, Santa Cecilia, Filarmonica della Scala, Brussels Philharmonic, Residentie Orkest, Netherlands Symphony, Berliner Symphoniker, Staatskapelle Weimar, Calgary Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus. With the Gewandhaus Orchester conducted by Riccardo Chailly, he recorded the unpublished Concerto in E minor by Mendelssohn, published by Decca in September 2009. His recording of Mozart Sonatas, recorded on Fazioli piano with unequal Vallotti tuning (6 Decca CDs, 2015-18), has received considerable international acclaim. In 2022 Roberto completed the recording of Mozarts’ complete piano works in 11 CDs. Since 2011, he has also played the piano-pedalier in public, having rediscovered and presented in modern premieres various pieces by Alkan and the Concert by Charles Gounod for piano-pedalier and orchestra. Roberto Prosseda gave 100 concerts with the pedal piano, contributing to the rediscovery of the instrument and its repertoire. He is currently artistic director of Cremona Musica International Exhibitions (Italy) and of Patmos Chamber Music Festival (Greece), which he co-founded in 2022.
PROGRAM:
Luigi Dallapiccola:
Sonatina Canonica on Paganini’s Caprices (1943)
Felix Mendelssohn:
6 Lieder ohne Worte:
op. 19 no. 6
op. 38 no. 2
op. 38 no. 6 “Duetto”
op. 53 no. 2
op. 19 no. 1
op. 62 no. 6
Rondo Capriccioso op. 14
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Goffredo Petrassi:
Toccata (1933), Invenzioni no. 1, 5, 8
Chopin:
Nocturnes op. 62 no. 1 and 2 11′
Ballade no. 4 op. 52