ARCOBALENI duo piano & percussion. Arcobaleni (Silvia Belfiore, piano – Maurizio Ben Omar, percussion)

ARCOBALENIduo

piano & percussion

Arcobaleni (Silvia Belfiore, piano – Maurizio Ben Omar, percussion)

Duo Arcobaleni (Silvia Belfiore, piano – Maurizio Ben Omar, percussion) has been founded in 2002.The duo has been collaborating with many Italian and European contemporary composers and is active both in Italy and abroad. Duo Arcobaleni held concerts in Europe and AmericaDuo Arcobaleni held workshops in Brazil and California.Its repertoire includes works dedicated to Duo Arcobaleni by Prati, Livorsi, Mosca, Clementi, Bussotti, Cavallone.Duo Arcobaleni recorded a Warner Bross DVD with music by Maderna, Bussotti, Clementi.

Maurizio Ben Omar

MAURIZIO BEN OMAR, graduated in percussion with full marks, studied piano and composition, too. He played in the most important orchestras in Italy and he has held concerts like soloist and in chamber music in Europe, Africa, America and Oceania with ensembles, soloists and conductors like: Claudio Abbado, Quartetto Arditti, Pierre Yves Artaud, Kees Boeke, Mario Brunello, Bruno Canino, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Jill Feldmann, Andrea Lucchesini, Giuseppe Sinopoli. Composers like Bussotti, Corghi, Donatoni, Einaudi, Gorli, Manca, Mosca, Sciarrino, Pisati, Solbiati, have dedicated own works to him. He’s teacher of percussion in the Genova Conservatory; his students won national and international competitions. He recorded like soloist for Ricordi, Bmg Ariola and Salabert.In 1985 he founded the percussions ensemble Naqqâra.

http://utenti.lycos.it/mauriziobenomar

Silvia Belfiore

Italian pianist SILVIA BELFIORE graduated from the Alessandria Conservatory in 1989. In 1991, she graduated “Magna cum laude” in musicology from the University of Bologna. She partecipated in various workshops and masterclasses with Celibidache, Rattalino, Szidon, Masi, Damerini. She has been a participant in the famous "Ferienkurse für neue Musik" held in Darmstadt, Germany in 1986, 1990 and 1992 and she was granted a scholarship from this institute in 1990 and 1992. She has also received various awards for her artistic achievements including “Laboratorio Lirico” for contemporary music in 1989 awarded by the Teatro Alessandria. Silvia Belfiore has taught piano and music history in several conservatories of music in Italy and Portugal, and is currently a member of the faculty of the Pavia Conservatory of Music. In addition to her teaching, she maintains a busy schedule of performing and recording. Silvia Belfiore has given concerts as soloist and as a chamber performer in Europe, America, Asia. She is also the artistic director of “Omaggio a ...”, an international festival of contemporary music in Acqui Terme. Silvia Belfiore’s discography is varied, spanning diverse periods of music and she has appeared on various television and radio broadcasts in Moldavia, Germany, and Brazil. Because of her talents and interest in New Music, many composers (Bieler, Bortolotti, Brizzi, Clementi, Hosrt Lohse, Kürshner, Vieru) have dedicated works to her.

http://www.silviabelfiore.com

RECITALS IDEAS2009

Bruno MADERNA Serenata per un satellite Nicola SANI          Concetto spaziale: attese (piano & tape)

Sylvano BUSSOTTI Frammenti da “Passion selon Sade”

Franco CAVALLONE Duo per PelizzaGiacinto SCELSI    Ko-Tha: 3 dances from Shiva

(guitar ampliphied for percussionist)

Paolo CASTALDI Solfeggio parlante (1 musician)

Walter PRATI The imaginary tale

J. CAGE    Mysterious adventure(prepared piano)

J. KONDO    Aquarelle

A. CLEMENTI 2 x 6

K. STOCKHAUSEN Tierkreis

Napoleon’s Campaigns in Italy

Vidal Marche du Maréchal de Saxe pno, drum Cherubini Marche des pupilles de la garde pno Philidor Marche de timballe kettle drum Anonimo Pas de charge de la Garde Consulaire à Marengo

(14 juin 1800) pno Anonimo Batterie d’Austerlitz drum Anonimo Rigodon d’honneur drum Pleyel Bataille de Maringo pno Philidor Marche de timballe pour les gardes du Roy kettle drum Charpentier Victoire de l’Armée d’Italie ou Bataille de Montenotte pno, drum Anonimo Marche des Eclόpés drum Anonimo Le champ d’honneur drum Lully Marche des Mousquetaires pno, drum

Concert with explication conference by Arcobaleni duo (an interpreter is necessary)

Silvia Belfiore recorded two CDs “La musica di Napoleone” in 2000

Zodiacpiano, percussion and reader

music from "Tierkreis“ by Karlheinz Stockhausen

words from Max Jacobpiano Silvia Belfiorepercussion Maurizio Ben Omarreader it’s necessary a local reader in

mother tongue

contacts

[email protected]. +39.333.7141701 (Silvia Belfiore)

tel. +39.335.6374734 (Maurizio Ben Omar)