“THE MAGIC OF CHOPIN THROUGH THE CENTURIES” mit Marcella Crudeli - Die Kunst des Klavierspielens II
The Italian pianist Marcella Crudeli will once again perform a concert at Schloss Ribbeck as part of the Havelländische Musikfestspiele. The occasion is the 175th anniversary of the pianist Frédéric Chopin's death.
“THE MAGIC OF CHOPIN THROUGH THE CENTURIES”
F. Chopin among others
Variations brillantes, Op.12
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Marcella Crudeli is considered by international critics as one of the most important representatives of Italian concert music. Trained in the great schools of B. Seidlhofer, A. Cortot, and C. Zecchi, she completed her studies with full marks, awards, and special mentions at "G. Verdi" in Milan and at the academies of Salzburg and Vienna. For years, Marcella Crudeli has pursued a successful and intensive career, performing in more than three thousand concerts in over eighty countries. She has performed as a soloist and as a member of significant chamber music ensembles, commissioned by major concert organizations (such as Piccola Scala in Milan, Wigmore Hall in London, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Teatro Real in Madrid) and television networks, as well as with prestigious orchestras (Accademia S. Cecilia in Rome, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Radio-Television Francaise, Chamber Orchestra in Hamburg, RIAS in Berlin); she has performed under the direction of famous conductors.
As a former piano professor at the State Conservatory S. Cecilia in Rome, she was the director of the State Conservatory L. D´Annunzio in Pescara from 1988 to 2004. She has also conducted seminars and advanced courses in Paris, initially at the Ècole Normale de Musìque A. Cortot and later at the Schola Cantorum. Confirming her position in the world, she has been awarded several international prizes, including the Sagittario d´Oro, the Adelaide Ristori, the Cimento d´Oro of Art and Culture, the Palestrina, Europe. She has been awarded the Lions d´Oro and the three Rubines of Paul Harris from Rotary International for her high artistic and humanitarian merits, as well as the prize Ein Leben für das Musikinstrument, awarded to her by DISMA of Bocconi University Milan.
She is the founder and president of E.P.T.A. - Italy (Italian Association of Piano Teachers), of which she was European president in 1995-96 and 2003-2004. She is the founder and president of the "Fryderyk Chopin" association, which organizes concerts, international high-level courses, and the International Piano Competition "Roma", among others, under the patronage of the Italian National Commission of Unesco. In 1999, the President of the Republic awarded her the Cavaliere al Merito of the Italian Republic.
“Herr von Ribbeck auf Ribbeck im Havelland, a pear tree stood in his garden,” as if from fairy tale times, the castle mentioned by Theodor Fontane rises above the well-kept village and invites one to various pleasures.
Photo credit: Marcella Crudeli