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Francesco Libetta (October 16, 1968) is an Italian pianist, composer and conductor.

Harold Schonberg wrote that: “master of every period and style, Libetta is the best representative of this modern style (...) who accepts virtuosity not as tightrope walking but as a species of literalism, where musical meaning is more important than knock’-em dead fingerwork (American Record Guide).

Biography Born in Galatone, South Italy, Francesco Libetta studied in Italy (piano with Vittoria De Donno; contrapoint with Cosimo Colazzo and Igino Ettorre; composition with Gino Marinuzzi; conducting with Alberto Maria Giuri), France (composition with Jacques Castérède) before basing himself in Lecce, where he teaches Chamber Music at the “T. Schipa” Conservatory. “A poet-aristocrat of the keyboard with the profile and the carriage carriage of a Renaissance prince” (M. Gurewitsch, New York Times), he first came to the attention of piano cognoscenti after his live performance of 53 Studies by Godowsky based on the 27 Studies by Chopin (1990 in Galatina; then 1994/95 in Milano; Naples, Florence; 2006 in Milano. In 2010 he performed the complete set in one day in Brasilia) Libetta’s repertoire encompasses now a very wide range, including all of Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas (performed first in Italy, 1993/94), several Mozart and Beethoven Concertos, the complete Händel and Chopin works, as well as major works by Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Debussy, and Ravel. He is active as a conductor (in symphonic repertoire, as well as collaborating with the Balletto del Sud in major Cajkovskij ballets), and as a composer (his works include three piano concertos, symphonic pieces, electronic music, and ballet and movies scores), and as a writer of historical and aesthetic essays. In 2005 he had a short role in Franco Battiato's movie "Musikanten", on Beethoven life. In 2009 his first opera was premiered. "Ottocento" (about eighthundreds victims of religious war in South Italy in 1480) was performed in Otranto and Rome. John Ardoin declared that of the new generation of pianists, Francesco Libetta is “the most inspired and creative”. One of his DVDs, with the recording of a recital held at the Festival de La Roque d’Anthéron (France), created by Bruno Monsaingeon, was awarded the Diapason d’Or and the CHOC de Le Monde de la Musique. Critics have been unanimous in hailing his rare qualities: ". . .elegance and charm, (...), with a hint, a touch of aristocratic frivolity that we did not think we would ever witness again." (F. M. Colombo - Il Corriere della Sera); ". . . a breadth of knowledge that extends far beyond the world of music and the piano repertoire." (A. Mandelli - PianoTime) ". . . such miraculous virtuosity and such a delicate feel for melody that one cannot help wondering whether any other artist of his generation - whether in Italy or elsewhere - can be compared to him." (P. Isotta - Il Corriere della Sera). Artistic Director of the Miami Piano Festival in Lecce (a summer festival which brings to Lecce musicians, professors and students from all over the world since July 2003) and of the Michelangeli Festival in Rabbi, he published essays on history and aesthetics (music by Renaissance composers; reconstructions of Madrigals; cultural life in the late eighteenth century, etc.).

Discography

DVD

Sony Pictures (2006) Musikanten (regista: Franco Battiato) SONY DVD 92220

NAIVE Les Pianos de la Nuit (2003) Piano recital in La Roque d’Anthéron (regista: Bruno Monsaingeon) Strauss, Liszt, Debussy, Cajkovskij, Ligeti, Hummel, Alkan, Saint-Saëns, Chopin-Godowsky, Delibes DVD DR 2101

Libetta in Lecce, Piano recital (2002) Beethoven, Delibes, Chaminade, Schubert-Godowsky, Ravel, Chopin, Brahms, Debussy, Saint-Saëns/Godowsky VAI DVD 4225

DVD Ideale Audience International - MIRARE (2002) Camille Saint-Saëns, Claude Debussy, Leo Delibes (+ Berezowsky, Lugansky, Kocsis, etc)

Master of the keyboard - Miami International Piano Festival (2001) (Godowsky: Igniis Fatuus; Saint-Saens: Etude en forme de valse Op. 52 n. 6; Schubert/Strauss: Kuppelwieser Walzer) VAI - VHS 69230

CD

MARSTON (4 cd) A Century of Romantic Chopin (2010) Chopin: Nocturne Op. 27 n. 2 [+ Josef Hofmann, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ferruccio Busoni, Moritz Rosenthal, Ignace Jan Paderewski, Ignaz Friedman, Alfred Cortot, Francis Planté, Bela Bartok, Claudio Arrau, Guiomar Novaes, Vladimir de Pachmann, Solomon, Arthur Rubinstein, Emil Gilels, Vladimir Horowitz, Jorge Bolet, and others.]

NIREO 011 Eriberto Scarlino: Composizioni per pianoforte e da camera (2008) Scarlino: Fiaba, Improvviso, Aria, Scherzo, Due Studi da concerto, Cantilena, Minuetto, Berceuse, Piccolo Valzer, Serenatina, Improvviso, Canzoncina nostalgica, Notturno

NIREO 010 Francesco D'Avalos: Composizioni per pianoforte (2008) Vergangliche Bilder Albumblatter und Variationen Albumblatt - Variazione di una variazione - 13 Preludi (1840-1900) - Notturno - Piccola Romanza - Foglio d’Album - Minuetto - Paysages marines - 2 Pezzi caratteristici (Le Marionette suonano e ballano, Veli neri e bianchi ballano nella notte) - Valzer

NIREO 007 Libetta live in Fort Lauderdale (2005) Mozart, (Variations in F Major, K. 398); Beethoven (Sonata Op. 27, No. 2) ; Chopin (Nocturne, Op. 27, No. 2) Liszt (Canzone and Tarantella from Années de Pélerinage); Schumann (Albumblatt); Cajkovskij-Liszt (Polonaise); Alfano (Se taci); Trabaci (Toccata); Leo-Libetta (Canzone a dispetto); Friedman-Gartner (Wiener Tanze)

NIREO 006 Czerny - Musiche per pianoforte a sei mani (2009) Czerny: Variazioni su Bellini Op. 295, Rondo Op. 227, Fantasia su Mozart Op. 741, Grand Pot-pourri Op. 84, Overture da Le Nozze di Figaro di Mozart, Sinfonia da Tancredi di Rossini With: Alessandro Mandurino, Luigi Nicolardi, Renato Rizzello, Scipione Sangiovanni, Vanessa Sotgiu

NIREO 003/5 (3 CDs) Liszt: 12 Symphonic Poems for Two Pianos (2005) With : Matteo Cistemino, Lara Escelsior, Giuliano Graniti, Luigi Nicolardi, Valentina Parentera, Renato Rizzello, Scipione Sangiovanni, Vanessa Sotgiu

NIREO (2005) 001/2(2 CDs) Pozzoli: Studi di media difficoltà (Studies of moderate difficulty), Studi a moto rapido (Studies in fast motion), and Studi sulle note ribattute (Studies on repeated notes) Riflessi del mare (Reflections on the Sea)

VAI (2004) VAIA 1241 Czerny: Studies Op. 740

VAI (2004) VAIA 1242 Mussorgsky (Pictures at an Exhibition, Hopak), Balakirev (Sonata)

VAI (2003) Libetta Plays Beethoven AUDIO VAIA 1208 Beethoven: Variazioni Diabelli, Variazioni Op. 34

Tactus - TC:841905 (2007) Sgambati: Sinfonia n. 1, op. 16; Maestoso (Marcia Funebre); Die Ideale (Liszt)

Accademia Classics - AC 502.2 (2CD) Franz Liszt: The Complete piano Transcription

VAI (2003) Piano duos AUDIO VAIA 1212 Mozart, Libetta, Rimsky-Korsakov/Libetta (con Pietro De Maria); Liszt (con Kemal Gekic); Rachmaninov (con Ilya Itin)

VAI (2002) AUDIO VAIA 1206 Masters of the Keyboard Vol. 2 (+ A. Neiman, N. Angelich, D. Burstein, I. Itin, P. De Maria) Debussy (Le Colline d’Anacapri), Strauss-Risler (Till Eulenspiegel), Brahms- Cortot (Wiegenlied)

VAI (2001) - VAIA 1196 Respighi (Due Danze Italiane), Gesualdo (Canzone Francese), Godowsky (Due Studi su Chopin), Ravel (La Valse), Debussy (Estampes), Wagner/Liszt (O du mein holder Abendstern), Gounod/Liszt (Valzer da "Faust"), Saint-Saens (Etude en forme de Valse), etc.

MPF (2000) - (2 CD) Alkan (Grande Sonate Op. 33, I mov.), etc. (+ others)

Danacord (2000) - DANACOCD 559 Godard (Mazurka n. 4 Op. 103) (+ others)

Chandos (2000) - CHAN 9820 Eisler (Die Mutter) - with E. Arciuli, D. Fasolis, RTSI Choir.

Agorà (1999) - AG 175.2 (2CD) Liszt (Integrale delle trascrizioni da opere di Wagner)

Agorà (1999) - AG 168.1 Platti (Sonate XIII-XVIII)

Agorà 1999 Canzoni di Cesare Andrea Bixio Con Ernesto Palacio

AIG (1998) - AIG 1097 Chopin: Due Notturni Op.27, Scherzo Op. 31, Studi Op. 10 nn. 3,5,10,12 Studi Op. 25 nn. 2,8,9,12, Valzer Op. 34 n. 2, Impromptu Op. 66, Polacca Op. 53

Eventyr (1998) Libetta (Le candide), Monpou (Cancion VI), Wagner (Brautlied aus Lohengrin)

Agorà (1997) - AG 115.1 Liszt: Trascrizioni da opere italiane e francesi Rigoletto, La muta di Portici, Guglielmo Tell, Roberto il diavolo, Sonnambula, Faust

Eventyr (1995) - LC 01 Schubert (Momento musicale, Kuperwieser Waltzer), Mendelssohn (Romanze senza parole Op. 62 n. 6, Op. 67 n. 4), Beethoven (Sonata Op. 78), Mozart (Adagio KV 617a), Hummel (Rondo favori Op. 11), Raff (Le Fileuse), etc.

Promusica Norway (1992) - PCC 9031 Ligeti (Etudes, Prèmier Livre I-V)

Promusica Norway (1992) - PCC 9030 Sinding (Serenate Op. 33 n. 4) Cleve (Etude Op. 17 n. 2)

LP

ETERFON (1990) RR 141 Putignano (Tendre, Dulcissime, Parvenze)

References

1. A.A.V.V., Non solo Lirica - il concertismo a Milano fra '700 e '900, a cura di Luisa Longhi, Milano, Nuove Edizioni, 1996.

2. DE PASCALIS Vincenzo, Nardò nella Provincia di Lecce, Galatina, Grafiche Panico, 1997.

3. MAFFEI Adolfo, In Poltrona, Manduria, Il Corsivo, 1998, pp. 22-31.

4. BOLOGNINI Pierluigi, MONTEFUSCO Luigiantonio, Lecce nobilissima, Lecce, Edizioni del Grifo, 1998.

5. PIANA Roberto, Around the Piano, Sassari, Magnum Edizioni, 2000.

6. DE PASCALIS Vincenzo, Nardò maestra di civiltà, Galatina, Grafiche Panico, 2000.

7. PESCE BUONAMICO Lori, Quando ero piccolo... - Rircordi d'infanzia di cinquanta protagonisti della cultura salentina, Fasano, Schena Editore, 2002, pp. 56-57

8. MITCHELL Mark, Vladimir de Pachman: a Piano Virtuoso's Life and Art, Indiana University Press, 2002.

9. RIMM Robert, The Composer-Pianist, Portland (Or), Amadeus Press, 2002.

10. SATORU Takaku, Francesco Libetta, in The Record Geijutsu, Gennaio 2002.

11. LOVATO Vanna, Franco Battiato - L'interminabile cammino del Musicante, Roma, Editori riuniti, 2007.

12. SANTORO Luigi, La poesia nella Poesia - Carmelo Bene, poesie giovanili, Lecce, Adriatica Editrice Salentina, 2009.

13. MAZZEI Aldo, Operisti di Puglia, Bari, Edizioni del Sud, 2010.

External links

[www.libetta.it]

[www.nireo.it]

Works

stage

Ottocento - il martirio di Otranto [2009], opera (words by Fredy Franzutti) Duo (ballet) [2001] Four Souls (ballet) [2002] Musiche per Bene (stage music) [2005]. Eolitabularia musica (ballet) [2006]

movie music

Sognavo le nuvole colorate, film-documentario di Mario Balsamo - (Oistros) Roma, 2009.

orchestral

Iopa chante sur Degobar [1996 c.] Iopa regarde la Nativité [1997 c.] 1st concerto for piano and Orchestra [2001 c.] 2nd concerto for piano and Orchestra [2002/3] 3rd concerto for piano and Orchestra "Concertulum" [2006/7] La Valle delle Anime for piano and Orchestra [1999/2008]

two pianos

Eolitabularia Musica [1995/2006] Fours souls [2002 c.]

piano solo

La chasse [1986] Marcia dei seguaci di M. Hanon [1989] Trasporto eolico di particellati [1993] Touches [1994] Strudellied [1995]

chamber music

Tre arie da Iopa (voice and piano) [1995 c.] Pabassinas (4 hand piano) [1995 c.] Varjazsong (flute, sax, piano; or: clarinet, cello, piano) [2000 c.] Musiche per Bene [1984/2005] Tema di Nuvole Colorate (piano and guitar) [2008] Sonata in sol (violin and piano) [2010]

Transcriptions

- piano solo Alfano: Se Taci Battiato: 5 pezzi (La Cura, E ti vengo a cercare, Coro da Genesi, I Treni di Touzer, Cerco un centro di gravità permanente) Cajkovskij: Pas de deux (Blue Bird) from Belle au Bois dormant Gesualdo: 3 Madrigali (Moro ahi lasso, Ardita zanzaretta, Già piansi nel dolore), Gagliarda Händel: Passacaglia Leo: Canzone a dispetto from Amor vuol Sofferenza Paisiello: Inno Pizzetti: Preludio from Fedra Trabaci: Gagliarda Wagner: Aria from Tannhauser

- other: Brancaccio: tre romanze (flute and guitar) Godowsky III: Il giardino delle delizie terrene (piano and orchestra) Kunhau: Hishia agonizzante e risanato (piano 4 hands) Joplin: tre Ragtimes (piano and orchestra) Respighi: Antiche arie e danze (flute, harp, piano) Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade (two pianos) Serafico: Due Madrigali (chamber ensemble and actor) Wagner: Overture del Tannhauser (16 pianos 4 hands) Waldteufel: Valzer del Diavolo nel Bosco (8 hands)

Electronic (Acusmatic) Studio-Studien-Étude [2000 c.] Cinque Studi on Godowsky on Chopin for piano and electronic [2010]