Matteo Cossu & Gabriele Pezone
Gabriele Pezone
Gabriele Pezone: Pijanist, orguljaš i dirigent
Pijanist, orguljaš i dirigent zbora i orkestra Gabriele Pezone školovao se u Italiji i Bugarskoj, potom se usavršavao na majstorskim tečajevima kod uglednih umjetnika poput Roberta Prossede, Alessandre Ammare, Nicole Samalea, Deyana Pavlova i Oliviera Latryja, orguljaša pariške katedrale Notre Dame.
Dirigirao je mnogim orkestrima izvodeći operni i simfonijski repertoar u Italiji, Meksiku, Bugarskoj, Poljskoj, Makedoniji, Turskoj, Portugalu, Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama, Ekvadoru, Japanu, Kazahstanu, Egiptu i Češkoj, gdje je nastupio i u prestižnoj Smetaninoj dvorani u Pragu. Kao pijanist i orguljaš koncertirao je u Hrvatskoj, Francuskoj, Švedskoj, Australiji, Belgiji, Novom Zelandu, Hong Kongu, Španjolskoj, Danskoj, Rusiji, Njemačkoj i Poljskoj.
Umjetnički je ravnatelj Komornog orkestra Città di Fondi, Fondi Music Festivala, Terracina Music Festivala, Orguljaškog festivala Pontino te ansambla SoundTrack.
Dobitnik je petog izdanja prestižne Međunarodne nagrade Giuseppe Sciacca (2006.), koju je osvojio skladbom za klavir Mozarteum, a nagrada mu je uručena u Zastupničkom domu Talijanskog parlamenta.
Njegove izvedbe emitirane su na TVP (Poljska), Radio Maria, SAT2000, Rai Uno i Rai Tre, a snimao je i za Amadeus, najznačajniji talijanski časopis za klasičnu glazbu.
Zanimanje za umjetnost zvuka dovelo ga je i do folklorne glazbe – kao harmonikaš folklornog ansambla Città di Fondi osvojio je 2011. godine nagradu Best Music Award na 8. Međunarodnom festivalu folklornih plesova u Nikoziji (Cipar).
Pianist, organist and conductor of choir and orchestra, Gabriele Pezone studied in Italy and in Bulgaria and I had masterclasses with Roberto Prosseda, Alessandra Ammara, Nicola Samale, Deyan Pavlov and Olivier Latry (organist in Notre Dame de Paris).
I conducted many orchestras (opera and symphonic repertoire) in Italy, Mexico, Bulgaria, Poland, Macedonia, Turkey, Portugal, USA, Portugal, Ecuador, Japan, Kazakhstan, Egypt and Czech Republic in very prestigious Smetana Hall in Prague. He also performed, like pianist or organist, in Croatia, France, Sweden, Australia, Belgium, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Spain, Denmark, Russia, Germany and Poland.
He is artistic director of Orchestra da Camera “Città di Fondi”, Fondi Music Festival, Terracina Music Festival, Festival Organistico Pontino and SoundTrack Ensemble.
In 2006 won the fifth edition of the International award “Giuseppe Sciacca” with the track for piano “Mozarteum”. The prestigious prize washanded to him at the Italian Chamber of Deputies.
His performances have been broadcast by TVP (Poland), from RadioMaria from SAT2000, by Rai Uno and by RaiTre. He recorded for Amadeus, the most important classical music magazine in Italy.
Its global interest towards the art of sound led him to become interested in folk music and to be the accordion of the folk group “Città di Fondi”, which, in 2011, he won the “Best Music Award” at the “8th International Nicosia Folk Dance Festival” (Cyprus).
Matteo Cossu
Matteo Cossu: Glazbeni istraživač
Svoje glazbeno obrazovanje započeo je u šestoj godini, diplomiravši violinu na Konzervatoriju Morlacchi u Perugi u klasi Georga Möncha. Usavršavanje je nastavio kod Carla Marije Parazzolija, a potom na Nacionalnoj akademiji svete Cecilije u Rimu, gdje je diplomirao violinu u klasi Sonig Tchakerian te komornu glazbu u klasi Roca Filippinija. Magistrirao je komornu glazbu kod Piera Narcisa Masija na uglednoj Akademiji klavira Incontri col Maestro u Imoli, s kojim je proučavao repertoar sonata za violinu i klavir.
Pohađao je prestižne europske glazbene akademije: Mozarteum u Salzburgu (Pierre Amoyal), Académie de musique Tibor Varga u Sionu (Francesco De Angelis i Victor Pikayzen), International Music Campus u Sermoneti (Rocco Filippini i Mariana Sirbu) te Accademia Chigiana u Sieni (Giuliano Carmignola i Trio di Trieste), gdje je dobio stipendije i diplomu za zasluge. Godinu dana usavršavao se na Međunarodnoj školi komorne glazbe Trija iz Trsta u Duinu, a tri godine zaredom sudjelovao je na majstorskim tečajevima Borisa Belkina na Arts Academy u Rimu.
Nastupao je u brojnim europskim i svjetskim koncertnim dvoranama, među kojima se ističu Philharmonie u Berlinu, Royal Albert Hall u Londonu, dvorane Santa Cecilia i Sinopoli u Parco della Musica te Auditorium della Conciliazione u Rimu. Koncertirao je u Austriji, Španjolskoj, Poljskoj, Bugarskoj, Belgiji, SAD-u, Brazilu, Australiji, Meksiku, na Novom Zelandu i u Hong Kongu.
Uz koncertnu djelatnost, posvetio se i muzikologiji pod vodstvom prof. Franca Carla Riccija na Sveučilištu Tuscia u Viterbu, gdje je diplomirao umjetnost, glazbu i izvedbene umjetnosti te magistrirao modernu filologiju. Njegove su znanstvene teze ocijenjene najvišim ocjenama, uz posebne pohvale i priznanje za objavljivanje. Kao suradnik Centro Studi Tartiniano priredio je prvu kritičku ediciju djela Umijeće gudala (L’arte dell’arco) u sklopu Opera Omnia Giuseppea Tartinija, koju je 2022. objavio Bärenreiter.
Predavao je na konzervatorijima u Veroni, Riminiju i Perugi, a danas djeluje kao profesor violine na Konzervatoriju u Foggii.
He began studying violin at the age of six, graduating from the Conservatory “Morlacchi” of Perugia under the guidance of Georg Mönch. Immediately afterwards he continued his musical training with Carlo Maria Parazzoli.
He studied at the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, obtaining the high-school violin with Sonig Tchakerian and in chamber music with Rocco Filippini; he also obtained the Master in chamber music with Pier Narciso Masi at the Piano Academy “Incontri col Maestro” in Imola, with whom he studied the repertoire of sonatas for violin and piano.
He has followed as an actual student courses in prestigious Italian and European academies: the Mozarteum of Salzburg with Pierre Amoyal, the Académie de musique Tibor Varga of Sion with Francesco De Angelis and Victor Pikayzen, the International Music Campus of Sermoneta with Rocco Filippini and Mariana Sirbu, the Chigiana Academy of Siena with Giuliano Carmignola and with the Trieste Trio receiving scholarships and a diploma of merit. He attended the International Chamber Music School of the Trieste Trio in Duino for a year and for three consecutive years he participated at the Arts Academy of Rome in master classes held by Boris Belkin.
He collaborates with various orchestral groups with whom he has played in important concert halls: the Philharmonie in Berlin, the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Sala Santa Cecilia and the Sala Sinopoli of the Parco della musica, the Auditorium della Conciliazione.
He performed in Austria, Spain, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Poland, Bulgaria Belgium, United States, Brazil, Australia and Mexico.
Parallel to the activity of instrumentalist he has followed the musicological studies under the guidance of prof. Franco Carlo Ricci at the University of Tuscia in Viterbo, where he obtained his bachelor degree in Art, Music and Entertainment and the master degree in Modern Philology; his theses received the highest marks, praise and dignity of the press.
He collaborated with the Centro Studi Tartiniano, for which he taked care of the first critical edition of the Art of the bow, publication of Giuseppe Tartini’s Opera Omnia by Bärenreiter in 2022.
He was professor in Music Conservatory in Verona, Rimini and Peruiga and he is violin teacher in Foggia.