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From Grosseto (Italy) the international piano contest “A.Scriabin”. From 9 am to 10 pm (Italian time) until Sunday 27th. Wednesday 23th from 8pm Cesare Castagnoli – Pianoforte “Omaggio a Franz Liszt nel bicentenario della nascita (1811- 2011)” Vallee d’Obermann Nuages Gris Funerailles La lugubre Gondola II Apres une lecture de Dante Thursday 24th at 8pm [...]

Interview with  Hiromi Uehara and with Pepe Gasparini  at Amarone in Jazz 2010 Some time ago we went to  Verona in order to talk with a young and talented artist: the japanese pianist Hiromi Uehara, that performed a piano solo concert at the Palazzo della Gran Guardia during the festival Amarone in jazz, the only italian live [...]

Some sweet piano wallpapers for your desktop to get for free…: [...]

Uto Ughi’s declarations about Giovanni Allevi and the strong answer of the latter to the critics have had a great impact on classical music world. Many people expressed their point of view. With regard to this, I have found a good article from quotidiano.it, which could help to reflect upon this question. At the end [...]

Here is the sparring match between Uto Ughi, famous classical Italian violinist, and Giovanni Allevi, young Italian pianist, writer and composer, man of the moment. During an interview given to the Italian newspaper “La Stampa”, Uto Ughi levelled serious charges against the pianist, according to him, become symbol of Italy, where talent and capabilities don’t [...]

Are you in low spirits? Or maybe bored? Maybe these days rain makes you feel moody? Do it my way, watch on YouTube the video of a great pianist as Børge Rosenbaum, whose stage-name was “Victor Borge”, the one everybody would have wanted as music master! A man who knew how to take in earnestness [...]

When a music score stirs my interest I take it, I read it, I stroke it, I speed it up when I can’t play a measure, I crease it, I make love to it. Poor music score, almost boasting stories as 50cent manner, mashed by my perpetual abuses. How I wished I had a copy [...]

Ok, I admit it. I began to take an interest in the beautiful voice of Nina Simone after watching the movie “Point of no return”, where the main character, a young misfit drug addict, played by a wonderful Bridget Fonda, is chosen by the classic FBI divert cell to become a serial killer.  During her [...]

After my brain reset, due to fever hallucinations, Divine Providence wanted to reset the score site database too. Unfortunately, we had reached the point of an uncontrollable situation and, without this renovation, we seriously risked we wouldn’t have any possibility to upgrade, neither in the future. From now on, in fact, files are scheduled in [...]

I’d like to do something different than usual on Thursday! Stop to alcohol by the litre and to vile abuses to my dear and old lemon liqueur. Stop to fridge attacks to see if there’s a piece of tiramisu left. Stop watching the “Talpa” on TV to see a couple of hard buttocks and some [...]