CONCERT
Homage to Paganini and Beyond
featuring classical guitarist
Carlo Fierens
TORONTO CONCERT
Tuesday, April 04 | 8:00PM EDT
Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto
496 Huron St | Toronto ON
FREE EVENT | REGISTRATION REQUIRED
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VANCOUVER CONCERT
Thursday, April 6 | 7:00PM PDT
Telus Studio Theatre
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
University of British Columbia
6265 Crescent Rd | Vancouver BC
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Described as “one of the most engaging artists of the guitar nowadays” (Ricardo Iznaola), Carlo Fierens will be playing, in Toronto and Vancouver, music composed by Niccolò Paganini, the legendary Italian violinist who cherished and wrote for the guitar. The programme will also feature music inspired by Paganini, including compositions by the Romantic guitar prodigy Giulio Regondi, a pastiche written by the 20th-century composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Kevin Callahan’s contemporary “Red Fantasy,” whose sparkling brilliancy directly recalls the essence of Romantic music. The harmonious sounds of the classical guitar will guide us through a concert dense with various and contrasting emotions, much in the spirit of the musician who got be known as “The Devil’s Violinist.”
PROGRAM
Niccolò Paganini
Grand Sonata for guitar (rev. F. Zigante)
1.Allegro risoluto
2. Romanza
3. Andantino Variato
Niccolò Paganini
Capriccio n. 1 op. 24
Giulio Regondi
Introduction et caprice, op. 23
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Capriccio Diabolico, op. 85
Francisco Tarrega
“il Carnevale di Venezia” (N. Paganini)
Kevin Callaghan
The Red Fantasy
Presented by the Dante Alighieri Society of BC in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto and the University of British Columbia School of Music.
CARLO FIERENS was born in Finale Ligure, Italy. He started studying guitar with his father, Guillermo, an internationally celebrated guitarist. He later obtained the Diploma at the Conservatory for Music in Alessandria, with the highest scores (10 cum laude) and his master’s degree in Guitar at the Trento Conservatory, always with the highest scores and special mention. He began his performing career at an early age and started to participate in both national and international competitions, obtaining more than ten first prizes. His awards include the 1st prize at the International Guitar Competition“Alirio Diaz” in Rome, 1st prize at the international competition “Italian Festival” (chairman: M° Marcello Abbado), and 1st prize at the Matinee Musicale competition, Indianapolis.
He also took part in many guitar festivals in Europe (Italy, Spain, Austria and Germany), where he had the possibility to visit master classes and have lessons with famous guitarists such as Roberto Aussel, Pablo Marquez, Eliot Fisk, Paul Galbraith and others.
He has performed across North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, in prestigious venues such as the Kennedy Center in Washington (USA), Academy Hall of the Baptist University in Hong Kong, Munetsugu Hall in Nagoya (Japan), Museo Metropolitano de Buenos Aires (Argentina), Museu Villa-Lobos in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Teatro San Babila di Milano, Sala delle crociere in Rome (Italy).
His first CD released for Da Vinci Records was very well received, and now he is working on his next recording project for the same label, featuring the complete works for solo guitar by French Romantic composer Napoléon Coste, played on an authentic historic instrument.
Carlo Fierens plays Mario Garrone guitars and uses Aquila strings and Concerto Carbon Cases.
