YUVAL AVITAL

26 october
Palladium

h 20:30

Da € 22 a € 14

YUVAL AVITAL

The music that Yuval Avital presents to the listener is a formidable mix of cultures and styles, far removed both in space and time. We have a concert which opens with a Mediterranean sound to then move on to south-east Asia and later, to a more contemporary technique. An Israeli resident in Milan, Avital was born in 1997 in Jerusalem, a city where different cultures and religions have been stratified for centuries: perhaps these origins are inspiration for his musical talent which is which is equally stratified and varied. Both guitarist and composer, his music is characterised by a highly varied range of instruments and in this case, assembled with very unusual combination. This entails great understanding and close collaboration between Avital and the other musicians. The programme which consists of world première performances opens with Music for 7 n. 1, a composition for seven tenor recorders, inspired by a south-east Asian ensemble for bamboo instruments from the north Philippines. This will be performed by the ensemble The Running Seven which is a very singular group composed of excellent musicians. We then pass on to Sogni, ombre e paesaggi, a Sonata for pianoforte performed by the soloist Maria Grazia Bellocchio. Articulated in three movements, the composition shows an almost osmosis-like process of European classical music reproduced in a style something akin to percussion with middle-eastern elements and a touch of French spectralism of the 1900's. Music for 7 n. 6, Horror Vacui for seven accordions, delves into different complex, sonorous layers innervated by an obstinate, varicoloured and polyrhythmic beat. As soloist and conductor we have Sergio Scappini, a virtuoso accordion player who has been entrusted to performed world première performances of works by composers such as Francesconi, Corghi and Einaudi. Written especially for the Romaeuropa Festival, Leilit represent a meeting point and synthesis between ancient oral traditions and contemporary music, again typical of Avital's style and who will feature in this performance with a guitar solo. Other soloists stand out such as Eli Wande Montesanut and Baruch Mesert, two keis or spiritual leaders of the Ethiopian Jewish community and cantors of this ancient religious rite, accompanied by seven flautists and the same number of accordion players to form two groups of wind instruments which confront each other in a face to face counterpoint with Bellocchio on the pianoforte and conducted by Sando Gorli. The entire programme offers a panorama into the musical research of Avital, articulated so that each piece will present insight into his very original musical universe.

Music for Seven n. 1 "Cycles"for seven tenor recorders; Performers: The Running Seven recorder ensemble - Daniele Bragetti, Stefano Bragetti, Josè Manuel Fernandez Bravo, Mario Lacchini, Lorenzo Lio, Marco Rosa Salva, Seiko Tanaka. Sonata for pianoforte "Ombre, sogni e paesaggi". Soloist: Maria Grazia Bellocchio. Music for Seven, n. 6 "Horror vacui"for seven accordions Performers: Sergio Scappini, Michele Bracciali, Nadio Marenco, Giancarlo Calabria, Augusto Comminesi, Paolo Vignani. Leilit for 7 recorders, 7 accordions, pianoforte, 2 cantors, classical guitar and live electronics Soloist Yuval Avital; Cantors: Keis Eli Wande Montesanut and Keis Baruch Mesert; Director Sandro Gorli, Sound direction and video Riccardo Sinigaglia.

Music for Seven n. 1 “Cycles” per sette flauti dolci a tenore;
Esecutori: The running seven recorders ensemble - Daniele Bragetti, Stefano Bragetti, Josè Manuel Fernandez Bravo, Mario Lacchini, Lorenzo Lio, Marco Rosa Salva, Seiko Tanaka.
Sonata per pianoforte “Ombre, sogni e paesaggi”. Solista: Maria Grazia Bellocchio.
Music for Seven, n. 6 “Horror vacui” per sette fisarmoniche Esecutori :Sergio Scappini, Michele Bracciali,  Nadio Marenco, Giancarlo Calabria, Augusto Comminesi, Paolo Vignani.
Leilit per 7 flauti dolci, 7 fisarmoniche, pianoforte, 2 cantori chitarra classica e live electronics Solista Yuval Avital; cantori: Keis Eli Wande Montesanut e Keis Baruch Mesert; Direttore Sandro Gorli, Regia suono e video Riccardo Sinigaglia.