Orchestra UniMi’s founder and music director Alessandro Crudele closes the orchestra’s current season with a concert at the Sala Verdi of the Conservatoire on 29 May 2018. The programme of the evening includes Nicolas Bacri’s Italian premiere of his 4th Symphony and Ravel’s Piano concerto in G major with the great Italian pianist, and Alessandro’s childhood friend, Davide Cabassi.
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Critical acclaim for Alessandro Crudele’s concert in Belgrade
Alessandro’s debut concert in Belgrade with the Radio Symphony Orchestra was extremely well received by the press.
The newspaper Danas wrote: “in the second part of the concert, Mendelssohn’s Reformation Symphony No. 5 (1830), (…) turned out to be another gem of this musical evening” and also: “Alessandro Crudele also took the most powerful, and at the same time, the most sensitive features of the RTS Symphony Orchestra, appealing to both dimensions equally”.
A week after this successful performance, the famous Serbian magazine „Vreme” published an extensive interview with Alessandro Crudele, and with the composer of the world premiere of the evening, Misha Cvijovic.
Full article (in Serbian) here:
World premiere and Mendelssohn 5th with Radio Symphony Orchestra in Belgrade
This month starts with an interesting programme in Belgrade, where Alessandro Crudele will conduct the Radio Television Symphony Orchestra for the first time on 17 March 2018.
The evening opens with the world premiere of “The Faces of Persephone”, a new work by young, talented, Serbian composer Misha Cvijovic. This is followed by Hummel’s Bassoon Concerto, for which Crudele and the orchestra are joined by bassoonist Relja Kalapis. The second half features Mendelssohn Symphony No.5 “Reformation”, which is a key work in Crudele’s repertoire.
The following week, Crudele travels to China, returning to conduct the Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra after their collaboration last season. The concert takes place at the magnificent Qintai Concert Hall on 23 March and the programme includes Mozart Symphonies No.35 “Haffner” and No.41 “Jupiter”.
Alessandro Crudele has a growing profile in China. He has conducted regularly there over the last seasons and he will conduct the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra for the first time next December.
Ennio Morricone’s world premiere in Milan
On January 26, during the opening ceremony of the new academic year, the State University of Milan will confer the degree honoris causa to Ennio Morricone.
For this special occasion, Maestro Morricone has written a new piece called: “Varianti per Ballista Antonio Canino♮Bruno“, for two pianos and string orchestra.
During the ceremony, Alessandro Crudele and the Orchestra UniMi will have the privilege to perform the world premiere of this work, together with some of Morricone’s original film music scores in the presence of the composer.
The performance of the “Varianti” will also feature the legendary Piano-Duo Bruno Canino and Antonio Ballista.
Return to Hong Kong and to the Festival MITO
On September 10, Alessandro Crudele makes his long awaited return visit to Hong Kong Sinfonietta, where he made his acclaimed debut in 2011.
The press wrote then “His control of tempo, orchestral layering and volume was precision-tooled yet it allowed the music to breathe naturally”.
The evening includes the Asian Première of “Canon and Fugue” by Bach/Benjamin, Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 and Elgar’s Cello concerto with German virtuoso Daniel Müller-Schott.
Later this month, Alessandro will join the Orchestra UniMi to make his return to the MiTo SettembreMusica music festival in Milano.
The beautifully designed programme is based on the Festival’s theme “Fathers and Sons” and includes music by Rameau, Ravel’s Tombeau de Couperin and Pulcinella Suite by Stravinsky, as well as the Italian Premiere of Guillaume Connesson’s Concertino pour Piano, with the German pianist Ragna Schirmer.