This is a piano concerto written between 1990-1991 and first performed in Prague on September 1, 1991. "It is a very taut piece, written as if it had to run as fast as possible towards its conclusion. The interruptions to this flow are always quickly overcome by new ideas or by the return of the most propulsive ones. Only very rarely does the orchestra take up themes from the piano, which is very different from the habits of the classics." Lorenz...
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
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Composer
Lorenzo Ferrero
Lorenzo Ferrero (born 1951 in Turin) is a contemporary Italian composer of orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal music, with a predilection for opera. He studied composition with Massimo Bruni and Enore Zaffiri at Turin Music Conservatory and earned in 1974 a degree in aesthetics from the...
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Lorenzo Ferrero - Piano Concerto, Parodia, Ostinato, Canzoni d'amore
This is a Lorenzo Ferrero album released in 1991 by Nuova Era.
Lorenzo Ferrero - Capriccio, Triple Concerto, Piano Concerto
This is a Lorenzo Ferrero album released in 1999 by BMG Ricordi.
Date completed:
- 1991
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