Emanuele Arciuli
Emanuele ArciuliEmanuele Arciuli has, over recent years, earned an outstanding reputation as a champion of Classicism and Twentieth Century's Music, particularly for Vienna School and American contemporary music. His collaboration with such composers as G. Crumb, F. Rzewski, J.Adams, A.J. Kernis and J. Hoffman has won him their enthusiastic approbation.
He performs regularly for prestigious concert societies and major orchestras in Italy and throughout Europe. He has been presented in recital by Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova, Berliner Festwochen, Biennale di Venezia, Sagra Malatestiana di Rimini, Settembre Musica and Unione Musicale di Torino, and he's invited as a soloist with orchestras including Orchestra Sinfonica "Verdi" di Milano, St.Petersburg Philarmonic, Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira,Hungarian Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana Lugano, Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano etc.
In June of 1998 he made his American debut at the Corbett Auditorium University of Cincinnati for the prestigious Festival "X" with great success. He was immediately re-invited for the following year's festival, and for other recitals (in Denver, Philadelphia, Boston, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Milwaukee etc.).
He records for Stradivarius, VAI, Bridge and Chandos labels. His discography includes the complete piano works of Berg and Webern, the original version of the second book of Liszt's Années de Pèlerinage, the piano concerto of Bruno Maderna and an anthology of American piano music (Americans!).
Recipient of Patron of Exceptional Artist he made his debut at Miami Piano festival in 2002. The VAI label is coming to publish a live cd of that recital.
In November 2002 he premiered to great acclaim "Round Midnight Variations" in New York (at Miller Theater of Columbia University), an important collection of variations on the famous Thelonios Monk theme, composed for him by major American musicians (amongst other Babbit, Bolcom, Crumb, Daugherty, Harbison, Hoffman, Kernis, Torke, Rzewski). Recent Highlights include Beethoven Concertos n.2 and 4 with Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira in Rio, Schnittke Piano Concerto at Teatro Comunale di Modena, italian première of John Adams Piano Concerto "Century Rolls" in Milan, Bartók Piano Concerto n.3 with Orchestra Toscanini, Bernstein's "Age of Anxiety" with St.Petersburg Philarmonic, recitals in New York, Washington, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Cincinnati, Lecce, Ravello festival etc. and several new cd (Crumb Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik, Adams, Rzewski, Beethoven etc.)
He teaches at Conservatory of Bari and is Guest Faculty at University of Cincinnati.