Marzio Conti conducts Alessandro Lanzoni, piano, at the Haifa Symphonic Orchestra.
"The Grand Classic series"
"The Grand Classic series"CLASSIC CONCERT N. 9Marzio Conti conducts Alessandro Lanzoni, piano, at the Haifa Symphonic Orchestra. ProgramMarzio Conti, conductorAlessandro Lanzoni, pianoGershwin – An American in ParisGershwin – Suite from Porgy and BessGershwin – Rhapsody in BlueMarzio Conti is the titular musical director of Oviedo Filarmonia since 2011.He began his career as flautist debuting at the Salzburg Festival with "I Solisti Veneti" at the age of twenty.He has been considered as one of the leaders of flute playing of his generation, playing, recording and teaching for major international institutions.He decided to leave the concert activity in the mid-nineties to devote himself to conducting.As pupil of Piero Bellugi, Marzio Conti immediately carried out positions of chief conductor in various Italian and foreign orchestras, his activity constantly allowing him to direct orchestras and theaters around the world, ranging from opera to symphonic repertoire. Besides, he devoted himself to prestigious collaborations with leading ballet companies.Numerous are his recordings for some of the major international record labels. The award for "Top Jazz 2013" as best new talent of the year, decided by the most qualified Italian journalists on behalf of the Musica Jazz magazine, recognizes Alessandro Lanzoni as one of the great personalities of Italian jazz. With his impressive curriculum, having experiences of absolute prestige, Alessandro has for a number of years now come to the attention of the world of music.His training as a musician is the result of an intense journey, developing in two directions: his "classical" studies, leading to his Diploma of Piano obtained in 2012, gaining the highest marks, namely Distinction and Honourable Mention at the Cherubini of Florence Conservatory with Giovanna Prestia as the music instructor. After this came a period of further jazz studies under the watchful eye of L. Pieri and M. Grossi, which was followed by summer courses of Siena Jazz and those of Berklee at Boston and the two-year course In Jam, also part of Siena Jazz, where he was able to take advantage of high level teaching by Masters of the caliber of Danilo Perez, Kenny Werner, Aaron Goldberg, Steve Kuhn, John Taylor, Franco D'Andrea, Stefano Battaglia, Danilo Rea. Event in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa. Ticket reservations. June 28th, 2014, at 21:00Auditoriumshderot HaNassì 140 – Centro del Carmelo, Haifa