Classical Music For the World
In Collaboration with Fo Guang Shan Xiang Yun Temple
presents
United Covenant Methodist Church, 4410 Duval Rd, Austin, TX 78727
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PROGRAM
Paganini (1782-1840): Sonate per chitarra No. 33, 34, and 35
Arcas (1832-1882): Bolero y Solea
Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944): El Ultimo Tremolo, Julia Florida
Castelnuovo–Tedesco (1895-1968): Caprichos de Goya, Obsequio a el Maestro
Albeniz (1860-1909): Asturias (Leyenda)
“Six Strings Paintings” is a musical journey through images of life by guitar strings. It moves from Paganini’s abstract melodies to Spanish landscapes in Arcas’s “Bolero y Solea.” Barrios’s nostalgic “El Ultimo Tremolo” creates musical paintings, while Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s “Caprichos de Goya” musically interprets Goya’s art, and “Obsequio a el Maestro” honors Pizzetti. It finishes with Albeniz’s “Asturias,” its sounds paint a vivid, nostalgic Spanish scene and serve to evoke an intimate peace in the world. “Six Strings Paintings” is truly an immersive experience of the guitar’s ability to create colorful sounds from distinct emotions as visual paintings.
ABOUT THE ARTIST – NOEMI PASSIATORE
Passionate musician, extremely interested in historical performance practice and in the original guitar repertoire of the Romantic Period and of the early Twentieth Century, Noemi Passiatore is establishing her artistic profile around very specific research on the quality of historical sound of the classical guitar. She performed often with gut strings and without nails, looking for a very varied spectrum in terms of instrumental colors. Currently, Noemi Passiatore is Professor of Classical Guitar at the Liceo Musicale “F. De Sanctis” of Cervinara.
After graduating with full grades from the “Tito Schipa” Conservatory Noemi got in 2020 a Master Degree in Guitar Performance from Conservatorio “U. Giordano” of Foggia, also with full grades. She attended a number of master class, and summer courses, being always selected for the final concerts as one of the best students. Noemi’s passion for guitar started under the tutelage of Andrea Monarda when she was 10, and continued at the Conservatorio “Tito Schipa” of Lecce- Ceglie Messapica where she worked for six years with Oronzo Persano. During the academic year 2016-2017 she studied with M° Andrej Grafenauer at Lubiana Music Academy in the ERASMUS program and she performed numerous concerts in Slovenia.
She won first prize in many national and international competitions, such as the “Salento Guitar Festival”, “Satie Competition”, Premio “Lucia Iurleo” and International Guitar Contest of Riga. She also got a Master Program of Second Level in Performance at the Conservatorio “A. Boito” of Parma studying, among others, with G. Bandini and is now enrolled in a further Master Program at the Conservatorio “D. Cimarosa” of Avellino.