Chi 11 Aprile 2018

Io sono Tempesta, il film diretto da Daniele Luchetti, vede Marco Giallini nei panni di Numa Tempesta, un finanziere che gestisce un fondo da un miliardo e mezzo di euro e abita da solo nel suo immenso hotel deserto, pieno di letti in cui lui non riesce a chiudere occhio.

Nicola Porpora’s Op1 set of Italian chamber cantatas receive a new and striking reading directed by Stefano Aresi, a leading interpreter of the Late Baroque composer. Neapolitan-born Porpora brough this nuove musiche with him in the early 1730s when he had set out for London (with his pupil Farinelli) to take advantage of the perceived wavering of Handel’s operatic fame there. Porpora, espying an opportunity there just as Handel himself had done before, quickly ingratiated himself with the nobility in Britain and his 12 cantatas, though probably written in Naples, were published under the patronage of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales of Great Britain.

The DUO ALTERNO, defined by Los Angeles Times “the high theatrics Duo with a strong personality”, by The Washington Post “the duo with a big voice and a fine sense of comedic timing”, by la Repubblica “the duo that gives voice (and piano) to the Italian century”, by the Globe and Mail “the inventive Duo” and by The Indu of Chennai “an electric experience”, was born in Torino (Italy). With its performances of over than 70 Italian living composers, the DUO is considered one of the most significant reference points in the vocal-piano repertorio of works by composers ranging from the early 20th century to today. Since its debut in Vancouver in 1997 it has kept concert and master-classes in over thirty countries.

Gli Of New Trolls (precedentemente UT New Trolls) sono un gruppo musicale italiano fondato nel 2011 da Gianni Belleno e Maurizio Salvi, rispettivamente batterista e tastierista dei New Trolls. Verso la fine del 2011 i due musicisti hanno deciso di formare gli UT Uno Tempore - L'anima prog dei New Trolls, con l'intenzione di rivisitare dal vivo alcuni brani dei New Trolls non più suonati da diversi anni, in particolar modo il quinto album in studio UT del 1972.