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A unique exhibition of the most representative instrument of  David ‘Jose’ Rubio: Britain’s Most Illustrious Musical Instrument-maker.

The English luthier David Rubio embodies the link between flamenco art and Julian Bream. He devoted himself to lutherie in the first ‘60s after a long experience as a flamenco guitarist that earned him the nickname “Rubio” which he then chose as his last name. He was inspired for this choice by the historical Madrid workshop of Faustino Condé where Rubio used to perform his daily playing practice, and which belonged to the most renowned Domingo Esteso.

Travelling to the US for his activity as a guitarist, he settled in New York where he started his new career as a guitar maker with a copy of the Esteso flamenco guitar he used to play.

A meeting with Julian Bream was decisive for his future: Bream actually asked him to make instruments following the style of Robert Bouchet, whose guitars the virtuoso loved. However, the real building reference point for David Rubio was Francisco Simplicio whose lutherie inspired his best instruments, which Bream played for years. The maestro indeed recorded the Nocturnal by Benjamin Britten with a 1965 Rubio, in a performance that became the symbol of the evolution of the guitar language.

At the end of the ‘60s Rubio went back to his native England where he also devoted himself to the production of ancient instruments (luthe, bass viol, baroque violin, harpsichord), and in the last part of his life the string quartet. In Cambridge, where he last established his workshop, he collaborated with the university to test particular treatments in order to reproduce the sound of ancient instruments, especially the violin.

The aim of this festival is to deal personally with the last period of the author’s activity. His collaboration with the Italian guitarist Stefano Grondona and the Scottish guitarist Paul Galbraith – welcome guests in this edition – nurtured anew Rubio’s interest in the production of guitars and seemingly defined a second era for the luthier, just as it happened to Antonio De Torres.

 

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Siamo molto desolati nel comunicare che il Maestro Grondona ha annunciato che per motivi di salute non potrà partecipare come da programma al X Festival Corde d’Autunno. Nella serata di venerdì invece del concerto di Grondona si alterneranno sul palco Giacomo Susani e Pietro Locatto. Siamo molto grati a Giacomo e Pietro per aver accettato con poco preavviso ed aver proposto un programma di altissimo valore.

Per tutte le persone che hanno già acquistato il biglietto per il concerto di Grondona e che non sono interessati a venire per il concerto di Pietro Locatto e Giacomo Susani è possibile chiedere il rimborso attraverso il sito eventbrite o via email info@cordedautunno.it .

Siamo molto dispiaciuti di questo cambiamento ma speriamo di vedervi e poter con voi celebrare la decima edizione del Festival.

Pietro Locatto

Johann Jakob Froberger

Tombeau por Monsieur Blancheroche

Vicente Asencio

Suite Valenciana

         Preludio 

         Cançoneta

         Danza

Federico Moreno Torroba

Suite Castellana

         Fandanguillo

         Arada

         Danza

Johann Sebastian Bach

Toccata BWV 914

Intervallo

Giacomo Susani

Mauro Giuliani

Grande Overture op. 61

Girolamo Frescobaldi

Aria con Variazioni detta “La Frescobalda”

Giacomo Susani

The Blue Madeleine

Joaquin Rodrigo

En Los Trigales

Fernando Sor

Grand Solo op. 14

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Johann Jakob Froberger (1616 – 1667)

Tombeau pour Monsieur de Blancheroche

Domenico Scarlatti (1687 – 1757)

Sonata in d minor  K213

Toru Takemitsu (1930 – 1996)

All in twilight (four pieces for guitar)

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Enrique Granados (1867 – 1916)

Dedicatoria

La Maja de Goya

Danza española no. 5

Hans Werner Henze (1926 – 2012)

Drei tentos

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Benjamin Britten (1913 – 1976)

Nocturnal after John Dowland, op. 70 

I.Musingly (Meditativo) II.Very agitated (Molto agitato) III.Restless (Inquieto) IV.Uneasy (Ansioso) V.March-like (Quasi una Marcia) VI.Dreaming (Sognante) VII.Gently rocking (Cullante)

VIII.Passacaglia (measured) (misurato ) IX.Slow and quiet (Molto tranquillo)

Isaac Albéniz (1860 – 1909)

Oriental – Torre bermeja

Bio:

Saturday 9 November 2019

Corde d’autunno Guitar Symposium – 1st day

9:30 Lecturer: Lucio Carbone 

Title: presentation of the historical exhibition dedicated to Rubio

9:45 Lecturer: Marco Ramelli

Title: New perspective on Roberto Gerhard’s guitar music

The lecture will focus on the new discoveries about the genesis of Fantasia (1957)
and on a new arrangement of For whom the bell toll. It will be discussed how
Gerhard’s own political view is embedded in his music.

10:15 Lecturer: Gary Southwell

Title: Julian Bream and the Hauser Guitar

Gary Southwell talks about making guitars for Julian Bream.
Recalling the 15 years they spent collaborating closely on the study and reconstruction of the guitars of Herman Hauser 1.

11:15 coffee break

11:45 Lecturer: Stefano Grondona & Paul Galbraith

Title: The collaboration with David Rubio: 

the experience of two great guitarists

 

Sunday 10 November 2019

Corde d’autunno Guitar Symposium – 2nd day

9:30 Lecturer: Pietro Locatto

Title: Presentation of the new album:

Moreno Torroba – Sonata Fantasia and the early guitar works

10:00 Lecturer: Gabriele Lodi 

Title: TouchTheSound – Rubio

Live performance on the guitar in exhibiton

10:30 Lecturer: James Westbrook

Title: David ‘Jose’ Rubio (1934–2000)

A Personal insight into Britain’s Most Illustrious Musical Instrument Maker.

11:15 Coffee Break

11:30 Lecture-Recital:  Fabio Zanon

Title: Bream’s repertoire

Music by: Berkeley, Eastwood and Martin

Tickets for the symposium: 15 euro

In collaboration with:

TU Dublin  Conservatoire & Dublin Guitar Symposium

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before the concert official presentation of the program of Roma Expo Guitars

Program

Fernando Sor (1778-1839) Introduction and Variations  on a theme by Mozart op. 9

Laura Snowden (b. 1989) Anpao

Heitor Villa Lobos (1887 -1959)  Five Preludes

Laura Snowden (b.1989) L’étoile et la Rose

Agustín Barrios (1885-1944) Vals op 8 no. 4

Bio:

Hailed a ‘string sensation’ by BBC Music Magazine, British-French guitarist and composer Laura Snowden is acclaimed for her ‘poise and intensity’ (Guardian) and playing of ‘extraordinary depth’ (Strings, Classical Music Magazine). The first guitarist to graduate from the Yehudi Menuhin School, made possible by the Rolling Stones, she was invited by guitarist Julian Bream to premiere his latest commissions at Wigmore Hall in 2015 and 2017. Laura’s international appearances have since built rapidly, with festival debuts across Europe, China and the US, as well as concerto debuts with Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and Münchener Kammerorchester, and a recording of Lisa Streich’s guitar concerto Augenlider with the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester.

Described by Classical Guitar Magazine as ‘linking guitar’s past, present and future’, Laura’s eclectic musical output has ranged from producing arrangements for Noah and the Whale frontman Charlie Fink to giving dozens of world premieres by composers including Julian Anderson, Errollyn Wallen and Olli Mustonen. She has also collaborated closely with her folk band Tir Eolas, appearing with them at Shakespeare’s Globe at the invitation of guitarist John Williams. As a composer, Laura’s music has been performed at Royal Albert Hall, Wigmore Hall and Sadlers Wells, commissioned by the Park Lane Group, Birmingham Symphony Hall and International Guitar Foundation, and broadcast on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio Scotland and Hong Kong Radio 4.

Laura currently teaches at the Yehudi Menuhin School and has given classes alongside performances at venues including the Royal College of Music, the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Birmingham Conservatoire, Brussels Conservatoire, Uppsala International Guitar Festival, Altamira Hong Kong International Guitar Symposium, the Volterra Project in Italy and the Guitar and Lute Festival in Sweden.

Laura’s principal teachers have been Julian Bream, Richard Wright (Royal College of Music and Yehudi Menuhin School) and Gary Ryan (Royal College of Music). Her guitar was made by Christopher Dean.

In collaboration with Rome Expo Guitars

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Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)

Sonatina, op. 52

Tom Eastwood (1922-1999)

Ballade-Phantasy (1968)

Frank Martin (1890-1974)

Quatre pièces brèves for guitar

chitarra di David Rubio

Il lecture-recital é parte del  ‘Corde d’Autunno Guitar Symposium’

Bio:

Fabio Zanon is one of the pre-eminent guitarists of today. As a solo and chamber player, author, conductor, teacher and broadcaster, he has sought to expand the perception of the guitar in the concert scene. His recording of Francis Hime’s Guitar Concerto, recorded live with the São Paulo Symphony conducted by Alondra de la Parra, was nominated for the 2011 Latin Grammy as Best Classical Recording. He has recently recorded Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez with the same orchestra. His CD containing the complete guitar works by Villa-Lobos was awarded the Bravo Prize in Brazil as ‘Best Classical CD of 2010’; on that occasion he was also shortlisted as Artist of the Year. Born in Brazil in 1966, he started his musical studies in early age with his father, and completed his education at the São Paulo University and at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he also studied conducting. His main teachers were Antonio Guedes, Henrique Pinto, Edelton Gloeden and Michael Lewin, and he also attended the Julian Bream master classes in London. He holds a Master of Music degree from the University of London. Although not greatly drawn to competitions, his career had a significant impulse after he won the first prize at both major international competitions, the GFA – Guitar Foundation of America Competition in St Louis and Tarrega Competition in Spain, within weeks of each other in 1996. Since then, Fabio Zanon has performed in some of the most prestigious halls of Europe, Asia, North and South America, including Royal Festival Hall and Wigmore Hall in London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Les Invalides in Paris, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York, Philharmonie in St Petersburg, KKL in Lucerne, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro, Amazonas Theatre in Manaus and Sala Verdi in Milan, to name but a few. An inspiring teacher, he has given master classes at most of the major conservatoires from Los Angeles to Singapore. In 2008 he was appointed a Visiting Professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He has performed more than 40 different works for guitar and orchestra as a soloist of prestigious groups such as the London Philharmonic, BBC Ulster Orchestra, Israel Chamber Orchestra and all the major orchestras of South America. His chamber music repertoire and partners range from the most traditional to the most adventurous. He has played with partners ranging from celebrated soprano Carole Farley to pop singer Ney Mattogrosso. In 2009 he released Yanomami, a CD for choir and guitar with Coro Cervantes, and in 2011 his third CD with flautist Marcelo Barboza, Mountain Songs. In 2009 he also published his first book, Villa-Lobos, to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of the great Brazilian composer. He has received many awards for his concerts and recordings, the most unexpected being the award as best concert performance of 2006 in Brazil for his debut as an operatic conductor in Michael Nyman’s The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat. Fabio Zanon has had an intense activity as a broadcaster, having conceived, written and narrated, for Radio Cultura FM in São Paulo, series such as The Art of the Guitar (also broadcast by Antena 1 in Portugal), The Spanish Guitar, Simple and Complex and The Brazilian Guitar. This last one has been hailed as a landmark in musical historiography in Brazil and has been adopted as teaching material at music schools. In 2013 Fabio Zanon was appointed Artistic and Educational Manager at the Campos do Jordão International Winter Festival, the largest and most traditional classical music festival in South America.

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685, 1750) 

Prelude, Fugue, Allegro BWV 998 in Eb (trans.D)

Robert Schumann (1810, 1856)

Three pieces from op.68

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732, 1809)

Sonata Hob.XVI #31 in E

Moderato, Allegretto, Finale

Alexander Scriabin (1871- 1915)

Six preludes from Op.11/16

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

Cataluna & Sevilla from Suite Espanola

chitarra: David Rubio

Bio:

Paul Galbraith è internazionalmente riconosciuto come uno dei chitarristi più importanti del nostro tempo. Il suo approccio rivoluzionario alla chitarra, sua alleata nella profonda ricerca  interpretativa, lo hanno reso una figura immediatamente riconoscibile nel mondo della musica classica. Paul suona una particolare chitarra a 8 corde che ha sviluppato nel 1993 insieme al leggendario liutaio inglese David Rubio. Progettata da Rubio dalla normale forma della chitarra moderna, mediante un radicale sistema asimmetrico di incordatura “Orpharion”, ne è uscito uno strumento di rinascita della famiglia dei liuti. È stata chiamata la “Brahms Guitar”, grazie alla sua ricchezza nella gamma sonora e il largo spettro della tessitura. Su questo strumento, Paul ha registrato una serie di album di grande successo, a cominciare con la musica di Brahms (l’op. 21/a, variazioni per pianoforte), continuando con le Sonate di Haydn, “Impressioni francesi” con musiche di Debussy e Ravel, un DVD recital (con il famoso Nocturnal di Britten) e le opere complete di Bach per violino solo (Sonate e Partite), che è stato nominato per un Grammy Award nel 1998. Alla domanda di un membro della stampa rivolta ad Andres Segovia dopo il concorso di Leeds nel 1981,  il grande Maestro andaluso esclamò: 

“Paul è magnifico! Sarà un grande artista!!!”. 

CORDE D’AUTUNNO 

X EDIZIONE

Incontro di Aggiornamento Docenti

25 e 26 Gennaio 2020

COS’E’:

Due giorni dedicati alla didattica per chitarra con la partecipazione di Maestri provenienti da importanti centri di formazione europei: Giampaolo Bandini, Matteo Mela, Lorenzo Micheli e Paolo Pegoraro.

A CHI E’ RIVOLTO:

L’incontro vuole coinvolgere docenti che lavorano alla preparazione di giovani chitarristi (studenti dei corsi inferiori – medi, intenzionati ad entrare in Conservatorio per il triennio, o già inseriti nel percorso accademico).

FILOSOFIA DELL’INCONTRO :

Il weekend  è pensato come un momento di scambio e interazione tra vari professionisti che lavorano per lo sviluppo e la diffusione del nostro strumento. Vogliamo creare nei due giorni un momento di aggregazione e dibattito in cui esplorare nuove idee e possibilità.

COME SI SVOLGE:

– Lezioni interattive – i maestri invitati affronteranno una lezione con studenti di livello medio-avanzato, interagendo e coinvolgendo i docenti iscritti. I partecipanti saranno divisi in piccoli gruppi in modo da favorire la discussione. A seguito delle lezioni saranno previsti momenti informali dove i diversi gruppi condivideranno le riflessioni nate.

– Workshop – si esamineranno diversi temi legati al benessere psico-fisico del chitarrista, per fornire ai docenti strumenti utili ad una maggiore conoscenza della postura e dell’utilizzo corretto del corpo.

– Tavole rotonde– Momenti di  confronto e discussione di temi legati alla didattica. A conclusione ci sarà uno spazio in cui ascoltare proposte e pensare assieme  possibili sviluppi di questa iniziativa.

– Presentazione di materiali didattici – introduzione di nuovi materiali didattici da utilizzare e proporre ai ragazzi nella fase di studio e approfondimento della conoscenza dello strumento.

 

COSTI:

TASSA ISCRIZIONE : 20 euro ( valida per l’edizione 2019/2020)

COSTO PARTECIPAZIONE INCONTRO: 110 euro

Il costo comprende tea breaks.

Possibilità di pranzi convenzionati

PROGRAMMA

Sabato 25 Gennaio

10:00 Presentazione

10:30 Divisione in gruppi e partecipazione alle lezioni interattive

13:00 Pausa pranzo

14:00 Momento di condivisione tra gruppi

15:00 Workshop Ioannis Theodoridis (metodo Timani) – ‘Come una migliore comprensione anatomica può aiutare la pedagogia e la performance del chitarrista’

16:30 Tea break

17:30 Tavola rotonda

Domenica 26 Gennaio

9:30 Pillole didattiche (i partecipanti possono scegliere quale attività seguire):

• Appunti per l’improvvisazione applicata alla didattica (a cura di Simone Massaron, e Francesca Naibo)
• Approfondimento sul metodo Timani (Ioannis Theodoridis)
• Come aiutare i nostri studenti nella scelta della chitarra a cura di Matteo Staffini .

10:30 Lezioni interattive

13:00 Pausa pranzo

14:00 Presentazione materiale didattico a cura di:
Marco Riboni: Mauro Giuliani – Le Edizioni Girard  (edizioni Suvini Zerboni)
Flavio Nati: Manuel María Ponce: 6 Preludios Fáciles per Chitarra (edizione Ut Orpheus)
Marco De Biasi: 18 Studi progressivi (edizione Sinfonica)

15:00 Conclusioni

17:00 Concerto Laboratori Corde d’Autunno

COSA RILASCIAMO: 

L’Aggiornamento Docenti al Centro Asteria nasce dal desiderio di offrire contenuti e strumenti utili che possano avere una ricaduta significativa nel lavoro coi ragazzi.

Ai sensi dell’art. 1 comma 5 e 6 della Direttiva n. 170/2016 il Centro Culturale Asteria – Istituto Cocchetti è stato riconosciuto dal MIUR come soggetto accreditato per la Formazione del personale della scuola. Pertanto la partecipazione agli eventi o ai Corsi di aggiornamento gode di riconoscimento ministeriale ai fini della formazione in servizio ed i docenti che intendono parteciparvi possono usufruire dell’esonero dal servizio alle consuete condizioni.

A tal fine il Centro Culturale Asteria rilascia su richiesta apposita attestazione di frequenza.

Info e contatti :

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masterclass@cordedautunno.it

duofantasque@gmail.com

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