Giovanni Velluti (pianist)
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Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
, pupil of Rodolfo Caporali and Aldo Mantia.
He inherited from his teachers (who were pupils of A. Rendano e W. De Pachmann, respectively) such guidelines that descend directly from Chopin pianistic school.
He is at his best in repertoire of the Romantic era, notably the works of Liszt
Liszt
Liszt is a Hungarian surname. Notable persons with that surname include:* Franz Liszt , Hungarian composer and pianist* Adam Liszt , father of Franz Liszt* Anna Liszt , mother of Franz Liszt...
and Chopin and is also a keen interpreter of Moszkowski, Carl Tausig
Carl Tausig
Carl Tausig was a Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer.-Life:Tausig was born in Warsaw to Jewish parents and received his first piano lessons from his father, pianist and composer Aloys Tausig, a student of Sigismond Thalberg. His father introduced him to Franz Liszt in Weimar at the...
, Henselt, Grainger
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, Schulz-Evler
Andrey Schulz-Evler
Adolf or Andrey or Adolf Andrey Schulz-Evler was a Polish-born composer.Born in Radom, Poland , he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory, then under Carl Tausig in Berlin. From 1884 to 1904 he taught at the Kharkiv Music School.He wrote about 52 pieces, most of which are now forgotten...
and other less frequently performed fin du siècle virtuoso works. Giovanni Velluti has forged a distinguished international career as chamber musician and accompanist too.
Velluti has performed in the most important Italian concert halls and abroad and with many leading singers among whom are Daniela Barcellona, Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli, is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a soccer accident....
, Gianfranco Cecchele, Kristian Johansson, Carlo Lepore, Marco Vinco.
Since 1993 he is the regular accompanist of Katia Ricciarelli
Katia Ricciarelli
-Biography:Born at Rovigo, Veneto, to a very poor family, she struggled during her younger years when she studied music.She studied at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, won several vocal competitions in 1968, and made her professional debut as Mimì in La bohème in Mantua in 1969,...
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