03/2010 - Auditorium Parco della Musica

This month at the
AUDITORIUM
MARCH
14, 17/ MARTHA ARGERICH AND FRIENDS Samba, Rumba, Milongas and above all, Tango: magical, evocative
words from a musical world seething with passion and sensuality. Arriving in Rome as ambassadress to the
Accademia di Santa Cecilia and bringing along irresistible, syncopated Latin rhythms, Martha Argerich sets aside for
once her customary classical composers (of whom she is a sublime interpreter) to lead us through two extraordinary
evenings, in the company of esteemed musical cohorts – both Italian and South American – like Eduardo Hubert,
Alberto Portugheis and Luis Bacalov (whose soundtrack for “Il Postino” won the Oscar).
Ms. Argerich and friends will take us on a marvelous tour through the rhythms and inflexions of a musical tradition
that has conquered the whole world with pieces directly derived from folk tradition, like the famed “Cumparsita”, as
well as original works by ‘high-brow’ composers such as Guastavino and Ginastera – and especially, Carlos Gardel and
Astor Piazzolla, both of whom drew inspiration from South American folklore with consummate style and refinement.
Along with works that are by now classics, like Libertango and Oblivion, we will hear the extremely original Misa Criolla
by Ariel Ramirez, a curiously winning blend of Hispanic-American rhythms and religious fervor.
17 / PAT METHENY THE ORCHESTRION TOUR The legendary guitar virtuoso, who came to fame during the
1970s and 80s, lands in Rome for the Italian première of ‘The Orchestrion tour”. As a solo artist and founder of the
Pat Metheny group, he is known for an eclectic style that mixes progressive and contemporary jazz, post-bop, Latin
jazz, and jazz fusion. He counts the Beatles and Brazilian music among his influences, while he has collaborated with
numerous established jazz musicians including Dave Holland and Roy Haynes. His latest project explores a newer territory,
as he explains: “Orchestrionics is a term I use to describe a new method of presenting music, exclusively from
a platform using acoustic instruments, electro-acoustics and modern technology”. Experience the magic of an authentic
ensemble in this unique performance.
25-28/ LIBRI COME HOW BOOKS ARE Authors including Jonathan Safran Foer share their secrets with readers
in a special festival running 25 - 28 March at Rome’s Auditorium Parco della Musica. Instead of answering the traditional
question ‘what is literature’, authors instead enlighten the curious on the questions ‘how is a book written, printed,
published, sold and read’. Listen to the secrets of experts and writers, and learn about how books are inspired
and about creative daily habits. Younger readers are not left out, with an accompanying series of children’s author
events.
27, 30 / MOZART FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA Alexander Lonquich, who emerged at only 17 as the 1977 winner
of the prestigious Terni Casagrande Concourse, has never allowed himself to be lured by the seductions of the
star system. Those who heard him at the time – in his first, deeply moving Schubert concerts – immediately recognized
an artist of an introspective nature, one with an absolute love and respect for the musical texts, which he performed
with an already mature, noble gallantry.
Over time, Lonquich has only deepened this profound, yet sincere and utterly non-intellectual rigor, only rarely allowing
himself the luxury of recording, and little by little defining his own personal, unmistakable style. This, along with a
technique honed to nearly obsessive flawlessness, has only added to his almost mythical aura of an aloof perfectionist.
Taking turns with Claudio Abbado on the podium in Sala Santa Cecilia for three evenings, Lonquich offers two all-
Mozart programs, featuring the Overtures to Idomeneo and The Marriage of Figaro, as well as four concertos for piano
and orchestra – among the most beautiful of the 27 Mozart wrote during is all-too-brief lifespan. These last were works
young Amadeus composed with the aim of using his extraordinary gifts as a keyboard virtuoso to win over audiences
in the courts and concert halls he visiting during his journeys throughout Europe, or – curiously – they were written
and dedicated only to women: more-or-less talented students, daughters of noble patrons, or his beloved sister
Nannerl.
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