Italy

 
SUSANNA PESCETTI 

At the begininning of the carrer, she frequented  the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory in Naples,  where she studied piano and composition  with such Maestri like  Pennella, Vitale and Mazzotta, in particular following courses for Orchestra direction with Maestro Renzetti and at the end  she finally graduated with full marks and honors “cum laude”.

She is piano professor at Conservatory  “Benedetto Marcello” in Venice.

She collaborated with a lot of  national and international Institutions: Orchestra of Massimo Bellini Theater in Catania (greek theater), Orchestra of Fondazione Arena in Verona, Orchestra of the Politeamo Theater in Lecce, Orchestra of  Verdi Theater  in Salerno, Symphony Orchestra of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Symphonic of Bari, Ico of the Magna Grecia, Abruzzese Symphony, Orchestra of Renda Theater in Cosenza, Wind Orchestra of wind instruments in Milano, Ico in Lecce, Chamber Orchestra “I solisti del Teatro dell’Opera” in Roma”, Soloists  of San Carlo Theater in Napoli, Carnegie Hall of New York, New England Symphony Orchestra, Praga North Czech Sinfony , Ciudad de  Mexico a las Bellas Artes, Kratico of Thessaloniki, Palais de la Musique e Salle du Conservatoire of Strasbourg, Theater of the “Fondazione Pescatori” of Luxemburg, Studio 4 of the Bruxelles radio, Palais Bercy of Paris, Bellini Theater and Mercadante Theater in Napoli, Orquesta Sinfonica de Guanajuato, Orquesta sinfonica de Estado de Mexico, Orquesta Classica de Madeira (Portugal), Chamber Orchestra of Cascais (Portugal), Philarmonic  State Orchestra of Iasi (Romania), Orchestra Filarmonica Oltenia of Craiova (Romania) ,State Symphonic of Astana (Kazakistan), Opera Orchestra of  Chisinau (Moldavia), Theater of Astana (Kazakistan), Opera Orchestra of Chisinau (Moldavia), San Pietroburgo Shostacovic Hall (Russia), Orchestra Sinfonica in Acapulco (Mexico), Kso Karntner Synphonieorchester al Konzerthaus of Klagenfurt (Austria), Sinfonica of  Porto allegre (Brasil), Sinfonica Mar del Plata (Argentina), .State Sinphonic orchestra of Bucarest Radio, State Orchestra of Athens (Greece), Orchestra of Craiova  Theatre (Romania), Ensemble of the Sofia Radio (Bulgaria), Orchestra of the State Tirana Theatre (Albania), Symphonic Orchestra of Istanbul .

She attended many festivals ( Kammermusik Festival Of Oslo, “Primavera Italiana” in Tokio, Città Spettacolo of Benevento, Festival of Kotor  in Montenegro and in  Zagabria (Croatia), Vespri d’Organo (Milano) , Nancy Francia, (full cycle of  Ludwig van Beethoven concerts), Ville Vesuviane (Elisir d'amore, Madama Butterfly, Barbiere di Siviglia , Rigoletto, Il matrimonio segreto e concerts dedicated to the  “Scuola napoletana of 1700 century” in the fascinating spaces of the archaeological excavations in  Ercolano, and during the same Festival she directed the first italian modern revival of the : Il matrimonio inaspettato by G. Paisiello .

She collaborated with: N.Martinucci, M.Giordani, B.Giaiotti,C.Taigi, M.Oliviero, C.Gasdia, K.Ricciarelli, M.Dragoni, G.Albertazzi, P.Micol, C.Remigio, A.Pompa Baldi, A.Markov, Biret, U. Gregoretti, T.Russo, M. Scaparro, V.Grisostomi., M.Corradi, etc.

In world premiere she conducted the Opera “In Filanda” by Pietro Mascagni at Teatro Mercadante di Napoli with the Orchestra “I Solisti di Napoli”.

Several times she was invited to take part in many television programs like “Prima della prima” for premiere of Nicola Sani Opera “Una favola per caso”, directed by  Gregoretti and by the italian state radio programs .

She records for Bongiovanni e Musicaimmagine records.

Susanna Pescetti is music-director and vice-president  of the Chamber Orchestra  “I solisti di Napoli”, created by the Association “Napoli Capitale Europea della Musica”,  which wants to rediscover Operas of 1700 century neapolitan  musical heritage.

She was awarded of  gold medal of honor in arts fields by the President of Italy.

EDOARDO STRABBIOLI

Edoardo Strabbioli is a musician of great versatility, whose career embraces chamber music, solo playing, duo playing and teaching. After completing his piano studies at the Conservatory of Milan under Carlo Vidusso, he started a solo career appearing in recital and in concerto with orchestras like the Chamber Orchestra of Stuttgart, the Radio Orchestra in Cologne, the Mantova Chamber Orchestra. His activity also includes recordings for the Italian Radio and Television, the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk and other European broadcasting stations.

His intellectual and musical curiosity played a fundamental role in his decision to establish a closer relationship with the world of chamber music and in the recent past years he has worked with artists such as Frank Peter Zimmermann, Saschko Gawriloff, Kyoko Takezawa, Pierre Amoyal, Sergej Krylov, Marco Rizzi, Liana Issakadze, Wen‐Sinn Yang, the Shostakovich String Quartet and many others. With them he has performed in the most important concert series of Europe including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, the Semperoper in Dresden, the Auditorium Nacional de Madrid, the Tonhalle in Zürich, the Auditorium du Louvre and has been guest of international festivals like the Schleswig‐Holstein Musik Festival and the Ludwigsburger Schloss‐Festspiele.

He was invited by Pierre Amoyal to perform in Vilnjus for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Jascha Heifetz’s birth and in 2002 his first visit to Japan, invited by Kyoko Takezawa, has been much appreciated by critics and public alike.

Other important engagements have been the live broadcast in California as Special Guest of the Philip Lorenz Memorial at the Fresno University, concerts with the soprano Cecilia Gasdia and the recital with Kyoko Takezawa at the Wigmore Hall in London in a concert live broadcasted by BBC Radio 3.

Edoardo Strabbioli has appeared in trio with Sergej Krylov and Wen‐Sinn Yang at the “Festival Internazionale di Brescia e Bergamo” obtaining great success and beautiful reviews.

He has recorded for many national broadcast networks like RAI, BBC, DRS 2, AVRO, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk and Radio France and participated to Frank Peter Zimmermann’s recording dedicated to Ysaÿe for EMI.