Daniele Martinelli piano
Music from Schumann, Kurtág, Beethoven
in collaboration with la Fondazione Amici della Fenice nell’ambito del VeneziaPianoFestival

program
Robert Schumann
Fantasy in C major for piano, Op. 17
Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
Massig. Durchaus energisch
Langsam getragen. Durchwegleise zu halten
György Kurtág
Selection from Játékok (Games)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Maestoso. Allegro con brio ed appassionato
Arietta. Adagio molto semplice cantabile

Second musical appointment in collaboration with the Fondazione Amici della Fenice as part of the VeneziaPianoFestival, which presents the winners of the latest editions of the award. Daniele Martinelli is among them, First Prize winner at the 41st Venetian competition, already defined as "One of the most crystalline promises of the piano in Italy," and is among the most brilliant Italian talents of his generation. Born into a family of musicians in 2004, he began playing the piano at the age of 8. A laureate, in addition to Venice, of numerous other prestigious competitions, he has already debuted in important Italian and European theaters and concert halls. He is supported by the Lieven Piano Foundation in Vienna and has a broad interest in less-performed repertoire and a strong focus on contemporary repertoire. The program brings together three deeply different visions of pianistic language, in a journey that spans two centuries of music. Robert Schumann's Fantasy Op. 17 opens the evening with its intense poetic and visionary charge, suspended between romantic impulse and intimate confession. With pieces taken from Játékok, György Kurtág instead offers essential miniatures, sound fragments of great expressive concentration and formal freedom. Ludwig van Beethoven's Sonata Op. 111 concludes the program with one of the absolute peaks of the piano repertoire, articulated in a journey that moves from initial dramatic tension to an increasingly rarefied and transcendent dimension. An itinerary that puts eras and languages in dialogue, exploring the piano as a tool of thought and poetry.

"One of the most crystalline promises of the piano in Italy." "He has demonstrated that he possesses, in addition to talent and a natural freshness of spirit, admirable interpretative and executive skills, an artistic sensitivity that goes far beyond his already established technique." (Il Corriere)

Daniele Martinelli is among the most brilliant Italian talents of his generation. Born into a family of musicians in 2004, he began playing the piano at the age of 8. First Prize winner at the 41st Premio Venezia at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, First Prize winner at the 16th National Arts Prize of the Ministry of Education, University and Research at the “C. Monteverdi” Conservatory in Bolzano as the best student among Italian Conservatories, and Third Prize winner at the Verona International Piano Competition, he has garnered significant attention from both the public and critics. Also a winner of First Prizes at the Steinway Competition in Verona, the 18th Marco Bramanti Piano Competition, and the Giangrandi-Eggmann Piano Competition, he distinguished himself in the Viotti and Pozzoli International Competitions. He has debuted in major Italian theaters and concert halls, including the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, the Konzerthaus and the Sala Michelangeli in Bolzano, the Teatro Ristori and the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, the Sala Verdi in Milan, the Teatro Civico in Vercelli, the Sala dei Giganti in Padua, and the Bösendorfer Salon at the Musikverein in Vienna. He is frequently invited to music festivals, including the Società del Quartetto di Vercelli, the Società del Quartetto di Milano, the Amici della Musica di Padova, the Società dei Concerti di Milano, the Carloforte Music Festival, the Filarmonica Romana, the Società Umanitaria di Milano, the Earthquake Music Festival in Friedrichshafen, Roma Tre Orchestra, and the Viotti Festival, among others. As a soloist, he has collaborated with the Orchestra della Fondazione Arena di Verona, the Kyiv Virtuosi Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chioggia Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of the Bergamo Conservatory, the Symphony Orchestra of the Bolzano Conservatory, and the OSCoM of Milan, with whom he debuted at the Sala Verdi performing Rachmaninoff's Third Concerto. He is supported by the Lieven Piano Foundation in Vienna, which recently involved him in masterclasses with Andreas Staier and Claudio Martinez Mehner. Daniele has a broad interest in less-performed repertoire and a strong focus on contemporary repertoire. He currently studies at the Milan Conservatory, where he was recently the winner of the Absolute First Prize of the Conservatory Prize. He studies in the class of Maria Grazia Bellocchio, with whom he completed his Bachelor’s degree with honors and special mention at the Bergamo Conservatory.