ORT | STENZ | LUPO
Classical Concert Season 24_25

ORT | STENZ | LUPO

MARKUS STENZ conductor | BENEDETTO LUPO piano
Markus Stenz
Location
Firenze - Teatro Verdi

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conductor
Markus Stenz
piano
Benedetto Lupo
Orchestra della Toscana
music by
Dallapiccola, Ravel, Haydn
organizer
Fondazione ORT

Date and times
Friday 14 February9:00 pm

Availability and tickets
Single numbered sector
Full (*)
€ 22,00
Reduced (*)
€ 18,00
Under 30
€ 10,00
Students (infos in Reduced)
€ 5,00
(*) €2.00 must be added to these prices if purchased in advance (this applies up to one hour before the event).
The prices indicated refer to tickets purchased at the Teatro Verdi ticket office; if purchased online or in external sales points, the relevant sales commissions will be added. In order to check seat availability we recommend clicking on "Buy online" below: the map on TicketOne is always updated in real-time.

Students of all levels (Italians and foreigners) pay a special price of €5.00 all inclusive (the ticket can only be purchased at the ticket office, NOT online)

Normal discounts apply to:

Over 65s
> Season ticket holders for the Theatre Season of Teatro Verdi
ACI – ViaVai
A.Gi.Mus Firenze
ARCI Firenze
Associazione Culturale “Il Trillo”

FAI – Fondo Ambiente Italiano
Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi
(upon presentation of the ticket for the current exhibition)
> Italian Design Istitute
Opera Santa Croce
(upon presentation of the ticket for the visit carried out)
Touring Club Italiano
UniCoop – Firenze
> Università dell’Età Libera
Welfare Interclub

For safety reasons, for spectators with a certified disability equal to or greater than 70% a reserved area is set aside near one of the exits at the back of the stalls (4 seats available for disabled people with mobility impairments and 5 seats for disabled people who are able to walk). These spectators are entitled to a reduced ticket and a free ticket for their service companion.

The purchase can be made EXCLUSIVELY by contacting the Teatro Verdi ticket office via email (info@teatroverdionlilne.it), by telephone at 055.21.23.20 or even in person.

This concert can be included in one of the season ticket formulas provided (from € 48.00 to € 255.00):

– ALL-INCLUSIVE (15 concerts)
– OCTET (8 concerts)
– DO-IT-YOURSELF (from 5 to 12 concerts)
DIY OPEN (3 to 6 concerts)

For more information click here

Tickets for this event can also be purchased with the  Teacher’s Card – Culture Bonus and with 18 Apps, both at the theatre ticket office and through the Ticketone website.

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Orchestra della Toscana
Markus Stenz conductor
Benedetto Lupo piano
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Program:
Luigi Dallapiccola / Piccolo Concerto to Muriel Couvreux, for piano and orchestra
Maurice Ravel / Piano Concerto in G major
Joseph Haydn / Symphony No.100 “Military Symphony”

Half a century ago, on February 19th, composer Luigi Dallapiccola passed away at his home on Via Romana in Florence. He was the first in Italy to write twelve-tone music. Born in Istria, Florence became his home from 1922, when he moved there to study at the “Cherubini” Conservatory, where he later taught generations of students, some of whom went on to have spectacular careers, such as Sylvano Bussotti. The ORT commemorates the composer with one of his most poetic works, the Piccolo Concerto per Muriel Couvreux for piano and orchestra, a piece conceived between 1939 and 1941, during the war and at a time when racial laws were severely affecting his family (his wife Laura was Jewish), although nothing of the tragic nature of that period is reflected in the music. The program also includes another piano concerto from the 20th century, Maurice Ravel‘s Piano Concerto in G major, written around 1930. It is a work of neoclassical clarity, composed in the spirit of Mozart, yet masterfully combining various elements, including jazz motifs and circus themes, with dazzling brilliance.
The soloist for both concertos is Benedetto Lupo, one of Italy’s finest pianists, whose international career began in 1989 when he won third prize at the “Van Cliburn” Competition in the United States. He is also an active teacher, serving as a professor in the advanced courses at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. On the podium is Markus Stenz, former principal conductor of the orchestras of Baltimore, Seoul, and the Netherlands Radio, a frequent guest of the ORT, and artistic director of the Cantiere di Montepulciano from 1989 to 1995. He will also conduct Symphony No. 100 by Franz Joseph Haydn, known as the Military Symphony for its occasional use of battlefield-like sounds.


Orchestra della Toscana Booklet

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