Join us on Sunday, November 17 at 2:00 pm to hear Italian pianist Filippo Gorini perform works by Berg, Schubert, and Beethoven. Mr. Gorini will present the same program in a recital at Carnegie Hall later this week.
Filippo Gorini is represented by Keynote Artist Management.
Program
| Composer | Work | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Alban Berg | Piano Sonata in B minor, Op. 1 | 1910 |
| Franz Schubert | Piano Sonata in A major, D. 664 | 1819 |
| Intermission | ||
| Ludwig van Beethoven | 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120 | 1823 |
About the Artist
Filippo Gorini
Since winning the First Prize and Audience Prize at the Telekom-Beethoven Competition in Bonn in 2015 and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award in 2020, the career of Italian pianist Filippo Gorini has been rising rapidly. His concert appearances have drawn unanimous acclaim on prestigious stages such as the Berlin Konzerthaus, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Tonhalle Zurich, Louis Vuitton Foundation Paris, Munich Herkulessaal, Leipzig Gewandhaus, London Wigmore Hall, Vancouver Playhouse. Filippo also performed with the Mozarteum Orchestra, Flanders Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Verdi of Milan, and many more, under conductors such as Jan Latham-Koenig, Claus Peter Flor, Andreas Spering.
This season, Filippo has played recitals in the Paris Salle Cortot, Ravello Festival, Festival Pianistico Brescia e Bergamo, and Ravenna Festival, and concertos with the Leonore Orchestra, as well as several streamed recitals, and will join the Marlboro Chamber Music Festival in the summer. He is also working on his project The Art of Fugue Explored, which he presented internationally in a streamed concert for the Festival Bach Montreal from the Mole Antonelliana, a national Italian landmark.
Filippo’s two albums, featuring Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations and Sonatas Opp 106 & 111, released on Alpha Classics, have garnered critical acclaim, including a Diapason d’Or Award and 5-star reviews in The Guardian, BBC Music Magazine, Le Monde, Piano News and more.
After graduating with honours from the Donizetti Conservatory in Bergamo and completing a Postgraduate Course at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Filippo continues his studies with Maria Grazia Bellocchio and Pavel Gililov, and is mentored by Alfred Brendel.
About the Concert
This performance begins at 2:00 pm. Join us an hour earlier for a pre-concert discussion about the music on the program. After the performance, you’ll have an opportunity to meet the artists and learn about their backgrounds, interests, and career plans.
The address of the venue is 103 North Road, Wakefield, Rhode Island 02879. Driving time from Providence, Newport, Westerly, and southeastern Connecticut is under an hour, and Kingston Station is only five miles away.
Contributions
We ask each guest at this concert to contribute $40. We accept cash, personal checks, and credit cards. Checks should be payable to “Core Memory Music”. Children under 18 are welcome to join us free of charge.
All contributions go directly to our performing artists.
Reservations
If you’d like to attend this concert, send us an email with the full name of each person in your party. If seating is still available, we’ll confirm your reservation.
If you can’t attend the concert in person, you’re welcome to listen to our audio livestream (no reservation required).