Uto Ughi on 10 May at the Teatro Sociale
One of the greatest Italian violinists ever, Uto Ughi, will be in concert on 10 May, at 20.30at the Teatro Sociale.
Uto Ughi will be the star of a concert organised by the Cassa di Trento as a tribute to the city; the proceeds will be devoted to support a solidarity initiative, a Paediatric Hospice project of the provincial health care service of Trento.
On this occasion Uto Ughi will be accompanied by the Orchestra I Virtuosi Italiani in a performance of The Four Seasons with Antonio Vivaldi's original Sonnets.
Maestro Ughi will read and comment on Vivaldi's sonnets preceding the performance of each concert, in order to restore the text to all its poetic quality, bringing out the musicality of the verses and that of the notes of his violin.
On the stage of the Teatro Sociale, Uto Ughi will play on a 1744 Guarneri del Gesù violin - which possesses a warm sound with a dark timbre and is perhaps one of the most beautiful 'Guarneri' instrument in existence -, and on a 1701 Stradivarius named 'Kreutzer' because it belonged to the violinist of the same name to whom Beethoven had dedicated his famous Sonata.
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OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY OF UTO UGHI
UTO UGHI showed a remarkable talent from his earliest childhood; in this first public concert at the age of seven he played the Chaconne from Bach’s Partita No. 2 and several Paganini Capriccios.
He then went on studying with Georges Enescu, who had been Yehudu Menuhin’s teacher.
In 1959, UTO UGHI started touring Europe, giving concerts in most European capitals and also in Italy, where he is regularly still appearing with the major orchestras as well as on the Italian Radio.
One critic, as early as 1952, wrote: “Uto Ughi must consider himself an artistically and technically mature artist”.
In 1963 he was invited to come to Australia and New Zealand for a long Celebrities Series concert tour by the Australia Broadcasting Commission (A.B.C.).
Considered one of the finest violinists in the world today, UTO UGHI has appeared with the most important European and American Orchestras, including: Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Boston Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Washington Symphony under the direction of conductors such as Celebidache, Colin Davis, Haitink, Sinopoli, Sargent, Rozhdestvenskj, Leitner, Prêtre, Rostropovich, Cluytens, Kondrashin, Chung, Masur, Bishkof, Ceccato.
His public appearances are so successful that requests for more concerts come flooding in from the United States, Canada, the Soviet Union, Australia and Japan.
He has appeared as soloist with the most prestigious English orchestras, such as the London Philharmonic, the London Symphony, the Royal Philharmonic, the Philharmonia Orchestra and the BBC Orchestra.
His success at the Salzsburg and Vienna Festivals, where he performed Mozart in the double role of soloist and conductor, was particularly brilliant.
For the “Italia 2000” celebrations in Russia, he gave a concert with the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra for an audience that included the most distinguished representatives of the Russian government and culture.
He has appeared with the London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Rostropovich, with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic, concerts which were so memorable that they were headlined in the international press.
In November 1990, during his official state visit to England, was asked by the then Italian President Cossiga to play for the Queen.
In 1992, the Washington Post wrote a rave review of his performance of the Beethoven Concerto with Rostropovich: “Uto Ughi, a violinist whose mind is as interesting as his hands”. He showed a fine sense of form with excellent technique and perfect aplomb”.
UTO UGHI founded the “Homage to Venice” Festival, to collect funds for the restoration of Venetian historic monuments.
In 1978 he was named permanent member of the St. Cecilia Academy.
His long list of recordings under the RCA Victor Red (BMG) label includes performances of the Beethoven and Brahms Concertos with Sawallisch, the Tchiakowsky Concerto with Kurt Sanderling, the Mendelssohn and Bruch Concertos with Prêtre, a group of Beethoven Sonatas with Sawallish at the piano, the complete Mozart’s Concertos, a Viotti Concerto, Vivaldi’s “Four Season”, three Paganini Concertos in the double role of soloist and conductor, the Dvorak Concerto with Leonard Slatkin, conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra and the complete Bach Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin. The last recording is “Violino Romantico” in 2013, by Sony Classical, a collection of emblematic Romance pieces for Violin.
Another particular event in the life of this Artist is the publication of his book “Quel Diavolo di un Trillo – note della mia vita”: the unbelievable story of a life, totally dedicated to music (Ed. Einuadi – 2013).
UTO UGHI plays a Guarnieri del Gesù of 1744 which, with its deep, warm sound, is probably one of the most beautiful Guarneris in existence, and a Stradivarius of 1701, known as “Kreutzer” because it once belonged to the violinist by that name to whom Beethoven dedicated his famous Sonata.
Source: www.utoughi.com
I VIRTUOSI ITALIANI
The complex of I VIRTUOSI ITALIANI, established in 1989, celebrates 30 years of activity.
It is one of the most active and qualified formations in the international music scene, regularly invited to the most important theaters, festivals and seasons around the world. They are recognized with a particular aptitude for creating innovative projects, constant research in various languages, in addition to the excellent artistic quality demonstrated over years of activity.
There are numerous collaborations with soloists and conductors of international importance. They collaborated on the staging of Stravinsky's Apollon Musagete with the New York City Ballet; in 2001 they performed all of Rossini's one-act operas for the Paris Opera Comique and held two concerts at the Konzerthaus in Vienna.
I Virtuosi Italiani have performed for the most important theaters and for the main Italian musical institutions such as the Teatro alla Scala, the Teatro La Fenice, the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, the GOG of Genoa, the Unione Musicale di Torino, the University Institution of Concerts in Rome, the Teatro alla Pergola in Florence, the Philharmonic Society of Rome, the Teatro Filarmonico of Verona, the Quartet Society of Milan and many others.
Among the most important engagements we remember the Concert for the Senate of the Italian Republic and broadcasted by RAI 1, the "Concert for Life and Peace" performed in Rome, Bethlehem and Jerusalem and broadcast by RAI in Mondovisione, the Concert at the Sala Nervi in the Vatican in the presence of the Pope.
There are also numerous tours abroad, with concerts in the most important halls in the world: France (Festival Pablo Casals di Prades, Festival Berlioz, Aix-en-Provence, Bordeaux), Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, England (London Royal Albert Hall), Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, Slovenia (Ljubljana International Festival), Russia (St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, Moscow Great Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Tchaikovsky Hall of the Philharmonic), Turkey, Iran, Korea, United States of America (New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia), Baltic countries.
In the sign of versatility and the attention given to a choice of repertoire aimed at involving an increasing audience with particular attention to young people, the interest that the group has always shown in the border repertoire is also significant. Hence the birth of collaborations and projects with artists such as Franco Battiato, Goran Bregovic, Uri Caine, Chick Corea, Paolo Fresu, Ludovico Einaudi, Michael Nyman, Cesare Picco, Enrico Rava, Antonella Ruggiero, Gianluigi Trovesi, Richard Galliano and many others.
The concerts of I Virtuosi Italiani have always been crowned with enthusiastic acclaim from critics and the public. So writes Enrico Girardi in the “Corriere della Sera”: «I Virtuosi Italiani are an ensemble of absolute value. They approach the baroque, the classic and the contemporary not only with ease, but with a grit, an enamel and an "adrenaline" that produces life and tension without pushing beyond the limits of a wise stylistic relevance ».
Since 2011 they have been the protagonists of a Concert Season, in the Church of the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, the place where Antonio Vivaldi played, taught and create to all his works all his life
Source: www.ivirtuositaliani.eu
