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Teresa Trevisan Biography

Flavio Zaccaria Biography

Repertoire

2015-16 Touring Programs

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TrevisanZaccaria Piano Duo – Biography The piano duo formed by Teresa Trevisan and Flavio Zaccaria debuted at the Interfest of Bitola in Macedonia in 2002. The two pianists choose to combine their personal interests and experiences dealing with difficulties of this particularly delicate ensemble. They performed in Bitola the Bach Brandenburg Concertos in a rare arrangement for piano duet by Max Reger, revised by Filippo Trevisan. Afterwards they went on performing this revision to date with a great success. Aiming to discover the repertoire of not widely-known works, in 2005 Teresa Trevisan and Flavio Zaccaria recorded a CD completely devoted to unpublished pieces by Max Reger. The Duo was awarded the Honorary Mention at the Web Concert Hall Competition 2006 thanks to the recording of the Suite op.16 by Reger. Nevertheless they enjoy playing great works and often perform the Bach Concertos for two and three pianos as well as the Mozart Concerto K365. The duo has been frequently invited to give piano and piano-duo masterclasses. Among the most recent, the Oulu University in Finland (2007), the Conservatorio Superior de Musica "Manuel Massotti Littel" of Murcia in Spain (2008), the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Vilnius (2010), the Yasar University of Izmir (2011), the Conservatoire Royal de Mons (Belgium 2012) and, through a videoconference in the frame of the LOLA project, the Texas Christian University (USA). In November 2010 the duo was the star of the world première audiovisual remote execution between the IRCAM in Paris and the Tartini Conservatory in Trieste.

Teresa Trevisan – Biography The Italian pianist Teresa Trevisan was born in Palmanova and graduated "cum laude" from the Trieste Music Conservatory “Giuseppe Tartini”. She started her piano studies with Maria Puxeddu going on to learn with Professor Luciano Gante at the Trieste Music Conservatory. Afterward she advanced her studies at the Ecole normale de Musique "Alfred Cortot" in Paris with Aquiles Delle Vigne, becoming then his assistant there. Teresa Trevisan was awarded various recognitions at national and international competitions performing in numerous Italian cities including Venice, Rome, Padua, Milan, Gorizia, Udine and in cities abroad including Paris, Brussels, Skopje, Bitola, Rotterdam, New York, Hartford, Washington, Salzburg, Ulan Bator, Vilnius, Izmir, Tirana, Novi Sad, Boesendorfer Saal im Mozarthaus di Vienna. Keen on Chamber music, she attended the courses at the International Menhuin Academy of Gstaad and the International Academy of the Trio di Trieste in Duino. Her performing debut as a piano duo with her brother Filippo was held in 1989 at the Bourg Madame Festival (France). The Rachmaninoff Opera Omnia recording (for two pianos and four hands) and the Bach Brandenburg Concertos (arrangement for piano duet by Max Reger, revised by Filippo Trevisan for Velut Luna) received a great critical acclaim. In 1998 the duo was awarded the "Morét d'aur" prize. Since 2002 Teresa Trevisan has been playing with the pianist Flavio Zaccaria. Aiming to discover a repertoire of less well-known works, in 2005 they recorded a CD entirely devoted to unpublished works of Max Reger on the label Velut luna. The Duo Trevisan Zaccaria was awarded an Honorary Mention at the Web Concert Hall Competition 2006.

Teresa Trevisan – Biography

She recently performed with the Italian cellist Luca Fiorentini in Washington and New York. Keen on teaching, many of her students are winners of national and international competitions. Teresa Trevisan is currently full-time piano professor at the Trieste Music Conservatory “Giuseppe Tartini” after successfully participating in the last State National Competition. She is regularly invited to give piano and piano-duo masterclasses. The most recent include the Oulu University in Finland (2007), the Conservatorio Superior de Musica "Manuel Massotti Littel" of Murcia in Spain (2008), the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Vilnius (2010), the Conservatoire Royal de Mons (2011, 2012 & 2013) in Belgium, the Yasar University of Izmir (2011) and, through a videoconference in the frame of the LOLA project, at Texas Christian University (Fort Worth,USA). Since 2009 she has been teaching at the international courses of the Primavera Pianística held at the Kasteel d' Ursel of Antwerpen, in Belgium. Since 1998 she has been the artistic director of the Festival Notte d'autunno in fortezza of Palmanova. She was also the artistic director of the International Piano Competition "Filippo Trevisan". Highlights of her 2013-2014 schedule included serving on the piano jury for European competitions, masterclasses and recitals: XXI Concorso pianistico "Giulio Rospigliosi" – Lamporecchio; 44° International Jeunesses Musicales Piano Competition – Belgrade; Konservatorium Wien, Piano and piano duo Masterclass, recital Musiche di Reger e Rachmaninoff per due pianoforti Teresa Trevisan e Flavio Zaccaria, Concerto presso il Conservatorio Musiche di Bartòk e Rachmaninoff per due pianoforti e percussioni Pf. Teresa Trevisan, Flavio Zaccaria Percussioni Fabiàn Perez Tedesco, Giorgio Ziraldo; 5th World Piano Conference, Novi Sad (Serbia); Concorso Pianistico "I-RI" - Tirana (Albania); Concorso di accompagnatore and Masterclass di Pianoforte al pf. presso "CIT School of Music" di Cork (Ireland); Concerto presso and Masterclass di Pianoforte presso l'Accademia di Musica di Sofia (Bulgaria).

Flavio Zaccaria – Biography

The Italian pianist Flavio Zaccaria is a graduate from the Music Conservatory “Benedetto Marcello” of Venice as a student of Eugenio Bagnoli and also attended the international piano courses of Bruno Mezzena. In the same period he also deepened his knowledge of harmony, counterpoint and composition under the guidance of Ugo Amendola. As a soloist, he received several awards in national and international competitions, but his special interest is in the piano duet. He started a brilliant career with the pianist Antonella Perini, performing as a solo duo and with orchestra under renowned conductors such as Lu Ja, W. Deschev and others. They were the only Italian piano duo honored in the International Chamber Music Competition of Caltanissetta (1987) and Marsala (1990). Flavio Zaccaria is also involved in chamber music and performed with the Quartetto Marcello and the Trio di Venezia, receiving very favorable reviews. In 2002 he formed a permanent piano duo with Teresa Trevisan. The piano duo was formed at the Interfest of Bitola in Macedonia, the two pianists choosing to combine their personal interests and experiences in confronting this particularly delicate musical formation. There they performed the Bach Brandenburg Concertos in a rare arrangement for piano duet by Max Reger, revised by Filippo Trevisan, afterwards often executed with great success. Aiming to discover a repertoire of less well-known works, in 2005 Teresa Trevisan and Flavio Zaccaria recorded for the label Velut Luna a CD entirely devoted to unpublished works by Max Reger. The Duo was awarded an Honorary Mention at the Web Concert Hall Competition 2006. This is not to say the duo neglects the great works: they recently performed the Bach Concertos for two and three pianos and the Mozart Concerto K365.

Flavio Zaccaria – Biography

Piano professor at the Music Conservatory of Venice from 1992 to 2003, he currently teaches at the Trieste Music Conservatory "Giuseppe Tartini". He is also regularly giving piano and piano duet masterclasses. The most recent include the Oulu University in Finland (2007), the Conservatorio Superior de Musica "Manuel Massotti Littel" of Murcia (2008) in Spain, the Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy in Vilnius (2010), the Yasar University of Izmir (2011), the Conservatoire Royal de Mons (Belgium 2012) and the Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX, USA - through a videoconference in the frame of the LOLA project).

TrevisanZaccaria Piano Duo – Repertoire The repertoire shown here is only an excerpt. For more detailed repertoire, please contact Price Rubin 4 Hands Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F major, BWV 1046 Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major, BWV 1047 Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major, BWV 1048 Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G major, BWV 1049 Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major, BWV 1050 Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 (4 hands M.Reger-F.Trevisan) Orchestral Suite No.1 in C major, BWV 1066 Orchestral Suite No.2 in b minor, BWV 1067 Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068 Orchestral Suite No.4 in D major, BWV 1069 (4 hands M.Reger) Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach Dreyblatt (6 hands) Samuel Barber Souvenirs Op.28, Eine Ballett-Suite Georges Bizet Jeux d'enfants op.22 Johannes Brahms Variations on a theme by Schumann op.23 16 Waltzes op.39 Hungarian Dances Alfredo Casella Pupazzetti 5 Pezzi facili Rodolfo Del Corona Scherzo (12 hands) Ingolf Dahl Quodlibet on American Folk Tunes (6 hands)

TrevisanZaccaria Piano Duo – Repertoire Claude Debussy Petite Suite Six Epigraphes Antiques Prélude à láprès-midi dún faune (Transcription M.Ravel) Antonín Dvořák Slavonic Dances, op.46 + op.72 Gabriel Fauré Dolly Suite op.56 Edvard Grieg Norwegian Dances Op.35 Cornelius Gurlitt 6 Tönstucke op.192 Paul Hindemith Sonata Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Andante and variations in G major KV 501 Sonata in C major KV 521 Modest Mussorgsky Sonata (4 hands) Teresa Procaccini Marionette op.55 Sergei Rachmaninoff Six Morceaux op.11 Romance G Major (4 hands) Romance (6 hands) Valse (6 hands) Italian Polka Maurice Ravel Ma Mère lÓye Rapsodie espagnole

TrevisanZaccaria Piano Duo – Repertoire Max Reger Suite op.16 for Organ (4h M.Reger) Choral Fantasy "Freu Dich sehr o meine Seele" op.30 (4h M.Reger) Six Pieces op.94 Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart op.132a Franz Schubert Sonata in C major "Grand Duo" D 812 Fantasia in F minor D 940 Robert Schumann Piano Quartet E flat Major op.47 (4h Brahms) Bilder aus Osten (Six impromptus) op.66 Igor Stravinsky Pétrouchka (4 hands) Giulio Viozzi Tastiera a due Paul Zilcher 6 morceaux faciles op 80 2 Pianos Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto C Major BWV 1061 Concerto C Minor BWV 1062 Concerto C Major BWV 1064 (3 pianos) Passacaglia C Minor (by G. Tagliapietra) Chorale from Cantata op.147 (by Myra Hess) Bela Bartok Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Sz. 110 Johannes Brahms Sonata F Minor Op.34b Five Waltzes Op.39 Variations on a Theme by Haydn B Flat Major Op.56b

TrevisanZaccaria Piano Duo – Repertoire Ferruccio Busoni Duettino concertante (after Mozart Piano Concerto No.19 in F, KV 459) Fantasia Contrappuntistica (on Bach chorale “Erbe sei Gott in der Hohe”) Improvvisazione (on Bach chorale “Wie wohl ist mir, o Freud der Seele”) Phantasie fur Orgelwalze (nach Mozart) Claude Debussy Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune (C.Debussy) En blanc et noir Lindaraja Deux nocturnes : Nuages, Fêtes (by Ravel) George Gershwin Rhapsody in blue (by H.Levine) Concerto in F An American in Paris (by G. Gershwin) Paul Hindemith Sonata Witold Lutoslawski Variations on a Theme by Paganini Bohuslav Martinu Trois Danses Tchèques Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto E-flat Major KV 365 Sonata D Major KV 448 Larghetto and Allegro E-flat Major Adagio KV 546 and Fugue C Minor KV 426 Fantasy for a musical clock KV 608 Francis Poulenc L'embarquement pour Cythère Sonata Elegie

TrevisanZaccaria Piano Duo – Repertoire Sergei Rachmaninoff Fantasy Suite n°1 op.5 Suite n°2 op.17 Symphonic Dances op.45 (original) Symphonic Dances op.45 (2 pianos & percussion, arr. Fabian Perez-Tedesco) Russian Rhapsody Jean Philippe Rameau Gavotte variée in A minor (by J. Doebber) Maurice Ravel Rhapsodie Espagnole La Valse Max Reger Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart op.132a Variations and Fugue on a Theme by L.v.Beethoven Op.86 Camille Saint-Saens Le Carnaval des animaux Variations on a theme by Beethoven op.35 Nicolò Sbuelz "Je t'adore à l'ègal de la voute nocturne..." Robert Schumann Andante and Variations op.46 Bedrich Smetana Rondò C dur (2pf-8hands) Sonata in one movement (2pf-8hands) Dimitri Shostakovich Concertino op.94 Igor Stravinsky Sonata Tango (by V.Babin) Germaine Tailleferre Deux Valses

TrevisanZaccaria Piano Duo – Repertoire Jouko Tötterstrom Yötaivas - Night Sky (2 pf-8 hands) Carl Maria von Weber Invitation à la valse [Invitation To The Dance] (2pf-8h) (by G.Marie)

TrevisanZaccaria Piano Duo – New 2015-2016 Touring Programs

2016: Ferruccio Busoni and Max Reger In 2016, there is a great opportunity for celebrating two renowned musicians, Busoni and Reger, rarely performed in spite of their remarkable compositional output. This is the year of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ferruccio Busoni and the centenary of the death of Max Reger. Both of them were famous in their time. In fact Busoni was one of the greatest pianists of all time and Reger had high academic honors, including two degrees "honoris causa”. Furthermore they were devoted to the “Supreme Bach”, to whom they paid tribute in their compositional style; both wrote interesting works for two pianos. In particular the work by Busoni was in the past one of the most successful pieces for the acclaimed Italian piano duo Gorini-Lorenzi. The great composer Luigi Dallapiccola described their interpretation of the Fantasia Contrappuntistica as “quite absolute”, not only reflecting the merit and value of the duo performers but also the greatness of the music. Therefore, the transcription of the Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, made by Gino Tagliapietra (a student of Busoni, great performer, composer and teacher as well for several decades at the conservatory "Benedetto Marcello" of Venice) can be used as the initial part of a program formed by bringing together pieces of both musicians. Regarding the repertoire for piano 4-hands by Reger, we would propose a program based on original compositions, including the Suite op.16 (for which we were awarded the Web Concert Hall honorary mention) and celebrating Reger as a transcriber, the Bach Six Brandenburg Concertos.

2 pianos and percussion: Bartok and Rachmaninoff This program, presented in Trieste in February 2014 has attracted a very enthusiastic response from the audience. It includes the beautiful, well-known, but never enough performed Sonata For Two Pianos and Percussion by Bela Bartok, one of the greatest masterpieces of the twentieth century together,


along with an absolute novelty, the version for two pianos and percussion of the Symphonic Dances by Sergei Rachmaninoff. As most concertgoers know, Rachmaninoff himself had written his last symphonic composition for two pianos to be able to perform it with Vladimir Horowitz. However, this version is unable to revive the sheer brilliance of the original rhythmic and orchestral timbres, even in the interpretation of the most acclaimed international virtuosos. For this reason, long ago we asked the percussionist and composer Fabian Perez-Tedesco to try to transcribe the part of the six percussionists of the orchestral version for the two contained in the Bartok Sonata. The result was surprising: funny and exciting! A note to presenters, the programs that we are submitting are modifiable and can be mixed in order to avoid the "heaviness" of a monographic event. We remain at your disposal for any further request and we invite you to visit our website www.trevisanzaccaria.it for further updates. Our best regards, Teresa Trevisan and Flavio Zaccaria


JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

“6 Brandeburgische Konzerte”

[6 Brandenburg Concertos]

trascrizione per pianoforte a quattro mani di

Max Reger

Transcription for piano 4-hands by

Max Reger

Revisione di

Filippo Trevisan

Edited by

Filippo Trevisan

Teresa Trevisan e Flavio Zaccaria

pianoforte

Teresa Trevisan and Flavio Zaccaira

Piano

touring recital program in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of

the death of composer Max Reger (1873-1916)


DÉDIÉ À Son Altesse Royale Monseigneur

CHRESTIEN LOUIS

Margrave de Brandenbourg

J. S. BACH (1685 – 1750)

“6 Brandeburgische Konzerte”

BRANDEBURGISCHES KONZERT N.1 in F-Dur BWV 1046

1) Allegro 2) Adagio 3) Allegro

4) Ménuet – Trio I – Ménuet - Polonaise – Ménuet – Trio II – Ménuet

BRANDEBURGISCHES KONZERT N.2 in F-Dur BWV 1047

1) (Allegro) 2) Andante 3) Allegro assai

BRANDEBURGISCHES KONZERT N.3 in G-Dur BWV 1048

1) (Allegro)-Adagio 2) Allegro

BRANDEBURGISCHES KONZERT N.4 in G-Dur BWV 1049

1) Allegro 2) Andante 3) Presto

BRANDEBURGISCHES KONZERT N.5 in D-Dur BWV 1050

1) Allegro 2) Affettuoso 3) Allegro

BRANDEBURGISCHES KONZERT N.6 in B-Dur BWV 1051

1) (Allegro) 2) Adagio ma non tanto 3) Allegro


Max Reger (1873-1916)

Suite, op.16 “Den Manen Joh. Seb. Bachs”

(composed in 1895 for organ and transcribed for piano 4-hands in 1896)

I Introduzione. Grave

Fuga. Allegro ma non tanto

II Adagio assai – Più Andante – Adagio. Recitativo – Tempo primo

III Intermezzo. Un poco Allegro, ma non troppo – Trio. Andantino

IV Passacaglia. Andante

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Sechs Stucke, op. 94 (1906) [Six Pieces, piano 4-hands]

I Andante sostenuto

II Andante con moto

III Larghetto

IV Vivace

V Andante

VI Sostenuto

Teresa Trevisan and Flavio Zaccaria

Piano Duo




Max Reger

(1873-1916)

Works for 2 pianos

Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Beethoven, op. 86

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Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart, op. 132a

Teresa Trevisan – Flavio Zaccaria Piano Duo




Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)

Works for two pianos

J.S. BACH Passacaglia e Fuga in do minore

(1685-1750) [Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor] Transcription by Gino TAGLIAPIETRA, pupil of Ferruccio Busoni

F. BUSONI Fantasia Contrappuntistica

(1866-1924) (Choral-Variationen über “Erbe sei Gott in der

Höhe”, gefolgt von einer Quadrupel-Fuge über ein

Bachsches Fragment)

Improvvisazione on Bach's Choral “Wie wohl ist mir, o Freund der Seele”

Phantasie für Orgelwalze (from W.A.Mozart)

Duettino Concertante (on the Finale of the Mozart's Piano Concerto No.19 in F, KV 459)


touring recital program in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the

birth of composer Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)


Bela Bartok (1881-1945)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Twentieth Century Masterpieces for Two Pianos and Percussion

Bela Bartok: Sonata For Two Pianos and Percussion, Sz. 110

I. Assai lento - Allegro troppo

II. Lento, ma non troppo

III. Allegro non troppo

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Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 (version for two

pianos and percussion, arr. Fabian Perez-Tedesco)

I. Non allegro

II. Andante con moto (Tempo di valse)

III. Lento assai - Allegro vivace - Lento assai. Come prima - Allegro vivace.


touring recital program for two pianos and two percussionists

TrevisanZaccaria Piano Duo – CD reviews ….the CD recorded by the piano duo Trevisan-Zaccaria, swimming against the stream, is very pleasant to listen to: four hands touching the keyboard gave a clear movement and a nimble phrasing to the counterpoint of the Suite op.16 and the Sei Pezzi op.94. Suono - Umberto Padroni

...a crepuscular passacaglia, a monument to the last Baroque, which consists of twenty-nine variations of exquisite workman-ship which the Trevisan-Zaccaria duo express in a learned and fresh way, exalting the intimate and troubled dimension...the writing for piano, delivered extraordinarily, in a punctual agreement and perfect harmony by the Duo is strongly anchored to an organ-orchestral praxis full of tonic-concert nuances...the duo, with intelligence and sensitiveness, expresses the bright and many sided colours which characterize this masterpiece by dipping into a dynamic palette more varied and vaster than ever. Always careful to the articulations and phrasing, the essential connecting point between organ and piano styles the duo brilliantly puts in evidence the strong relation between the 100's and the Baroque period, with great care in the recording. The pianists characterize the phrases very well, always paying attention to the ornamentation and an agogica which effectively expresses the tempo and the style of the movements... Presentazione CD - Renato della Torre

...it might happen to make several exciting discoveries about the timbre and counterpoint in these beautiful works, sometimes the instrumental colours put several details of this version in the shade...the piano timbres are very interesting, also compared with the original committed to the different instruments...it is to the pianist's great credit that they could bring to an end that hard work... CD Classica - Pietro Acquafredda

...the two pianists Flavio Zaccaria and teresa trevisan overcame the difficulties of the score...it has been an exciting surprise to rediscover the concerts..." Il Piccolo - Liliana Bamboshek

...the interpreters have expressed at the piano the completeness of an orchestra...especially in the slow movements...their ability in performing has been confirmed in the Fugue with her perfection...moments of intense emotion...very high level...particularly in the long cadenza... Trieste Oggi - Ignazio Urso

TrevisanZaccaria Piano Duo – CD reviews ...the Piano duo has created the orchestra's sonorous dimension with such a very high artistic level. They have performed this Bach's majestic work with authenticity, fascinating the public with their extraordinary artistic delicacy which permits to create a real connection between music and audience... Interfest Bitola - Vaska Naumovska Tomowska

...the Trevisan brothers can take Rachmaninoff to a sonorous territory where the historical category of the late Romanticism leaves space to the pure feeling...the interpretative choice always minds to qualify the performance and to make understandable the aesthetic decisions... Il Gazzettino - Marco Maria Tosolini

...artists of high level...great performance ...joy of the universal music ...charm of strings and abandonment to the counterpoint of the pianist ... active delicacy of the pianist...unforgettable ...unexceptionable performance...memorable. The interprets have showed in the same way their viruosity and their musical greatness. ...the public has applauded enthusiastically the Italian artists... Szegedi "Elet" - Dombi Jozsefné

...syntony of technique and interpretation...very important moments of communication and intensity..." Messaggero Veneto - Battista Sburlino

...very difficult program...perfect technique ...they move themselves through the different styles ... the articulation is accurate...the choice of the agogica, the elegance of creating the music and the beautiful sound have involved the dense public of listeners ...a great success... Messaggero Veneto - Francesco Rizzoli

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Contents Concertos for two and three pianos and ... Variations on a theme by Schumann op.23 ... Alfredo Casella Pupazzetti 5 Pezzi facili Rodolfo Del Corona Scherzo