Italian Piano Visions: From War to Cinema

Alessandra Ammara and Roberto Prosseda have been playing together since 1999 and have achieved international fame both as soloists and as a duo. Their repertoire includes Mendelssohn’s complete works, masterpieces by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms, and rarities by 20th-century composers, including Casella, Omizzolo, Respighi, Cafaro, Castiglioni, Lombardi, Fedele, and Dall’Ongaro.

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Event Program:

Alfredo Casella: Pagine di Guerra (1915) for piano duet

Goffredo Petrassi: Toccata (1933) for piano

Luigi Dallapiccola: Sonatina Canonica (1943) for piano

Ennio Morricone: Studio 1, Rag in Frantumi, Indagine su un cittadino, La Leggenda del pianista sull’oceano for piano

Luca Lombardi: Saluto a Miriam, Saluto a Luciano Berio for piano
Walzer for Roberto and Alessandra (2006), American premiere for piano duet

Ottorino Respighi: Antiche Arie e Danze, suite 1 (Version for piano duet)

The event is sponsored by the Italian Embassy and the Institute of Italian Culture.