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Programme Edition 2019

Elba Music Island of Europe: programme from August 28th to September 9th

Elba Isola Musicale d'Europa

Since the first edition in 1997, the Elba Island of Europe Music Festival has become an important, international event that offers a wide and very varied choice of concerts: symphony and choir programmes, recitals, jazz music, dance shows and concert syle operas.

For the 23rd edition, to be held from August 28th to September 9th  10 concerts will be held in Portoferraio, at the Renato Cioni Vigilanti Theatre, in the Hermitage Hotel, in the Medicean Fortress at the Falcone Fortress, in the De Laugier Cloisters and in the Roman Villa delle Grotte.

Besides in Portoferraio, the concerts will also be held in the Church of Santa Chiara in Marciana Marina, the Church of Saint Giacomo and Saint Quirico in Rio nell'Elba, in the Pisan fortress in Marciana and on the Island of Pianosa.

This year, for three days, the Elba Festival welcomes the Villa Musica, the chamber music of the International Academy of Magonza oprn to exceptionally talented young musicians.

Programme

Wednesday 28th August - time 18.00
Medicean Fortress - Forte Falcone / Portoferraio

CONCERT FOR THE FIVE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF COSIMI I DE' MEDICI

War and Peace
Renaissance love and battle music

Ensemble La Pifarescha
Stefano Vezzani flutes and drums, bagpipes, bombards
Marco Ferrari flutes, bagpipes, bombards, kaval
Mauro Morini trombones, straight trumpet, slide trumpet
David Yacus trombones, straight trumpet, slide trumpet
Gabriele Miracle military drums, frame drums, cymbals, triangle, psaltery

Thursday 29th August - time 18.00
Hermitage Hotel / Portoferraio

Yuri Bashmet, viola / Ksenia Bashmet, piano / Soloists of the Andrey Poskrobko Moscow Chamber Players / Artiom Dyrul, violins / Vitalij Astakhov - Roman Balashov, violas / Alexey Naidionov - Alexei Tolstov, cellos

J. Brahms - Trio for violin, French horn and piano op. 40 (version with viola)
P. Cajkovskij - "Souvenir de Florence" for string sestet op. 70

Friday 30th August - time 21.15
"Renato Cioni" Vigilanti Theatre / Portoferraio

Sasha Rozhdestvensky, violin / Yuri Bashmet, viola / Andrey Poskrobko, violin / David Grimal, violin / Maria Bader-Kubizek, violin / Béatrice Muthelet, viola / Alexei Naidionov, cello / Raphael Bell, cello / Viktoria Postnikova, piano / Itamar Golan, piano

R. Strauss - Sonata for violin and piano op: 18
A. Schnittke - Trio for strings (1985)
J. Brahms - Quintet for piano and strings op. 34

Saturday 31st August - time 21.15
"Renato Cioni" Vigilanti Theatre / Portoferraio

Pablo Hernàn Benedì. violin / Vashti Hunter, cello / Raphael bell, cello / Itamar Golan, piano

A. DvoràK - Sonatina for violin and piano op. 100
E. Bloch - Suite for cello solo n. 1
G. Enescu - Sonata for violin and piano op. 24 n. 3

ELBA FESTIVAL PRIZE 2019 - Jonian Ilias KADESHA, violin

P. Cajikovskij - Trio for violin, cello and piano op. 50

Sunday 1st September - time 21.15
Church of Saint Giacomo and Saint Quirico / Rio Elba

David Grimal, violin / Aki Saulière, violin / Béatrice Muthelet, viola / Pablo Hernàn Benedì, violin and viola / Yashti Hunter, cello / Raphael Bell, cello

L. van Beethoven - Trio for strings op. 9 n. 1
B. Bartòk - Sonata for violin solo Sz 117
A. Schönberg - Transfigured Night (Verklarte Nacht) for string sestet op.4

Monday 2nd September - time 18.00
De Laugier Culture Centre Cloisters / Portoferraio

Aki Saulière, violin / Maria Bader-Kubizek, violin / Pablo Hernàn Benedì, viola / Béatrice Muthelet, viola / Yashti Hunter, cello

F. Schubert - Trio for strings D. 471
B. Bartòk - Duets for two violins Sz 98
B. Martinu - Duet n 2 for violin and cello H. 371
I. Xenakis - Dhipli Zyia for violin and cello
J. Haydn - Quartet for strings op. 76 n. 3 "The Emperor" Hob.III.77

Tuesday 3rd September - time 21.15
Church of Santa Chiara / Marciana Marina

Maria Bader-Kubizek, violin / Aki Sauliére, violin / Pablo Hernàn Benedì, violin and viola / Béatrice Muthelet, viola / Raphael Bell, cello

J.S. Bach - Suite for cello solo n. 1BWV 1007
S. Prokofiev - Sonata for two violins op. 56
A. Dvorak - Quintet for two violins, two violas and cello op. 97

Wednesday 4th September - time 21.15
"Renato Cioni" Vigilanti Theatre / Portoferraio

Sasha Rozhdestvensky, violin / Aki Saulière, violin / Pablo Hernàn Benedì, violin / Béatrice Muthelet, viola / Raphael Bell, cello / Viktoria Postnikova, piano / Itamar Golan, piano

M. Ravel - Sonata for violin and piano (1897) op. post.
J. Brahms - Sonata for viola and piano op. 120 n. 1
D. Sostakovic - Quintet for piano and strings op. 57

Thursday 5th September - time 18.00
Pisan Fortress / Marciana

Yamandu Costa, guitar

Jazz Concert

Friday 6th September - time 21.15
"Renato Cioni" Vigilanti Theatre / Portoferraio

Boris Garlitsky, violin / Jaha Lee, violin / Sào Soulez Larivière, violin / Shira Majoni, viola / Alexander Hulshoff, cello / Elena Garlitsky, piano

L. van Beethoven - Quartet for piano and strings op. 16b
D. Sostakovic - Five melodies for two violins and piano
A. Arenskij - Trio for violin, cello and piano n. 2 op. 32

Saturday 7th September - time 21.15
"Renato Cioni" Vigilanti Theatre / Portoferraio

Boris Garlitsky, violin / Jaha Lee, violin / Sào Soulez Larivière, viola / Shira Majoni, viola / Alexander Hulshoff, cello / Elena Garlitsky, piano

J. Haydn - Trio for violin, cello and piano Hob.XV.30
A. Dvorak - Miniature for two violins and viola op. 75a
W.A. Mozart - "Pushberg" Enjoyment for violin, viola and cello K. 563

Sunday 8th September - time 18.00
Island of Pianosa / Tuscan Archipelago National Park / Municipality of Campo nell'Elba

Boris Galitsky, violin / Alexander Hulshoff, cello / Jaha Lee, violin / Sào Soulez Larivière, viola / Shira Majoni, viola

M. Ravel - Sonata for violin and cello (1920)
M. Bruch - Quintet for strings in E flat major (1918) op.post.

Monday 9th September - time 18.00
Roman Villa Le Grotte / Portoferraio

Mario Brunello, cello, small cello

Anonymous XVII century - Ciaccone
J.S. Bach - Suite for cello solo n. 4 BWV 1010
H.I.F. von Biber - Passacaglia
J.s. Bach - Partita and Ciaccona for small cello n. 2 BWV 1004

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