Celebrating the 200th year of birth year for Schumann, the TPO presents to you the Manfred Overture by Schumann, one of the composer’s finest orchestral creations.

Concerts:

• June 25th, 2010 / 7.00 p.m. / MACM
• June 26th, 2010 / 4.00 p.m. / MACM

Conductor:

Claude Villaret

Soloist:

Antonio Di Christofano, Piano

Program:

• Thai Traditional Music
• Robert Schumann: Overture “Manfred”
• Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
• Robert Schumann: Symphony No.2 in C major, op.61

Antonio Di Cristofana – Piano

Antonio Di Cristofano completed his piano studies in 1986 at the Conservatory “L.Cherubini” in Florence, under the supervision of M° Bacchelli. He has perfected with M° Damerini. He performs either as a piano soloist or in different musical ensembles; he played as a soloist with the Orchestra of the University of Milan, Strings Orchestra “Cantelli” of Milan, Chamber Orchestra of Florence, Symphony Orchestra of Lecce, Magna Grecia Orchestra, Sicily Symphony Orchestra, Solisti Aquilani, Milano Classica Orchestra, Radio Orchestra of Bucarest, Orquesta Sinfonica de l’Estado de Mexico, University Orchestra of Houston, Radiotelevision Albania Orchestra, Istanbul Chamber Orchestra, Praga Radio Symphony Orchestra, North Czech Philarmonic, Lamont Symphony Orchestra Denver, Czech Philarmonic Orchestra, Izmir Symphony Orchestra, Iasi State Philarmonic, Wiener Mozart Orchestra, Toronto Chamber Orchestra, Philarmonique de Montreal, Jerusalem Symphony, Slovak Filharmonie, Kaerntner Sinfonieorchester, etc. with conductors like G. Taverna, F. A. Krager, O. Balan, M. Bosch, M. Ancillotti, M. Alsop, N. Arman, C. Schulz, M. Zanini, C. Olivieri-Munroe, L. Svarovsky, A. Chernushenko, and many others. He played, in Italy, for the most important Festival: the “Verdi Theatre” in Florence, the “Festival dei Due Mondi” in Spoleto, “Asolo Musica”, the Theatre of Alessandria, the “Bibbiena Theatre” in Mantova, the “Puccini Hall” at the Conservatory “G.Verdi” in Milan, “Politeama Theatre” in Palermo, etc., in Romania (Aeteneum and Radio Bucarest, ecc.), Espana (Festival de Vigo, Madrid, Jeunesses Musicales de Sevilla), Mexico (Belles Artes Palacio, Revueltas Auditorium), USA (Moores Opera House of Houston, Newman Center in Denver, ecc ), Turkey (Istanbul, Izmir and Adana), Bulgary (Vidin), Croatia (Dubrovnik – Rector Palace), Czech Republic (Praga – Smetana Hall and Dvorak Hall), Russia (Ciaikovsky Conservatoire), South Korea (Seoul – Leeum Auditorium), France (Nancyphonies Festival), Austria (Konzerthaus – Klagenfurt), Germany (Gasteig – Munich), Swiss, Canada, Albania, Israel, England, Portugal, Belgium, Poland, ecc.

He recorded one cd with Schubert’s music and recently a newone with music of Brahms, Berg and Scriabin. Recently he mades the debut in Carnegie Hall – New York and in Konzerthaus and Golden Hall MusikVerein in Wien.

He is often invited as a judge in international Piano Competition (Compositores de Espana – Madrid, Varallo, Cantù, Osijek, Gante – Pordenone, Parigi, Viardo – Belmont, Rachmaninov – Moscow, Iturbi – Valencia, Parnassos – Monterrey, ecc) and to teach in Ciaikovsky Conservatoire in Moscow, in the Summer Academy in Dubrovnik, in Denver University, in the SMC Academy in Seoul and in Thessaloniki Conservatoire.