- So why is it then, that the songs play such a prominent role in my production? Quite simply the fact that I, like other mortals, once in mye life was highly gifted. And that gift was Love. I loved a young girl with a beautiful voice and just as beautiful a delivery. This girl became my wife and life partner to this very day. I venture to say that for me she is still the only true interpreter of my songs! My songs came about as of necessity and were all made for her... (From Griegs diary)
The Archimede Italian string quartet’s main purpose is to spread the most significative chamber music repertoire. The four Sicilian members link to this purpose their different individualities, always keeping a passionate performance which never neglects the technical rigour, the emotional involvement and the stylistic clearness. Their artistic research ranges over a wide musical field, from Haydn to Shostakovich, passing through three centuries of chamber music literature, with some rare forays into the contemporary repertoire. The Archimede string quartet collaborates with several eminent musicians from different countries, as they believe that playing music together makes closer individuals and different cultures. The quartet is regularly guest at musical foundations, festivals and theatres in Italy and abroad.
ENZO LIGRESTI - violin
Born in Treviso, he studied at “Benedetto Marcello” Conservatoire in Venice with Aldo Nardo. In 1991 he followed violin post-graduate studies with Corrado Romano at the Accademia Internazionale di Musica in Biella where he got his first-class Diploma with a special mention of honour. In 1994 he followed violin post-graduate studies with Corrado Romano at the Conservatoire in Geneva where he won the Conservatory’s first prize and honourable mention for “Virtuosité”, the “Prix Henry Stern” and the “Prix Maggy Brettmayer”. In the same year he performed and recorded Mendelssohn’s Concerto in E minor for the Swiss National Radio with the Suisse Romande Orchestra. He then followed advanced courses with Giuliano Carmignola and later with Salvatore Accardo at the Walter Stauffer Academy in Cremona. He has won several awards National and International Competition such as “Lorenzo Perosi” (Biella), “AMA Calabria”, “Rovere d’Oro”, “Maggio Musicale Fiorentino”, “G.B.Pergolesi”, “Città di Vittorio Veneto”, “Andrea Postacchini”, “Valsesia Musica 2000”. He has performed as soloist and chamber musician (duo, trio, quartet) in Italy and abroad (Mexico, Germany, Luxemburg, Belgium, France, Austria,Switzerland, Singapur, Thailand, Malaysia, Corea, China, USA, Canada, Egypt, India, Japan). He is also member of “Solisti Veneti” ensemble, as the second violins’ concertino and is violin teacher at Vicenza Conservatoire. He plays a violin by Pierre Dalphin.
CORRADO GENOVESE - violin
He studied violin under the guide of M° Sergej Girschenko and M° Umberto Oliveti and he has brilliantly graduated from the “Arcangelo Corelli” Conservatoire in Messina. He has also followed, at the conservatoire "G. Verdi "in Milan, the Master of Chamber Orchestra. Has member of several chamber orchestras, he has performed with eminent soloists and conductors. He has collaborated with the Symphony Orchestra of the Teatro Massimo of Catania. He has recorded some CDs and he has also collaborated with Radio Vaticana, Dauphine-Italia and Mediaset. He teaches violin at the Musical Institute “G. Privitera” of Siracusa. He was responsible for two years for musical criticism for the Gazzetta del Sud and, since '99, has written for the Giornale di Sicilia. He plays a 1795 violin by “Pietro Pallotta”.
GAETANO ADORNO - viola
Gaetano Adorno, graduated in violin and viola from the “Vincenzo Bellini” Conservatoire in Catania . He followed post-graduate studies with Segej Girschenko and Mikhail Spinei. He also followed advanced courses with Antony Pay, Pier Narciso Masi, Giuseppe Garbarino, Chantal de Buchy, Rocco Filippini and Augusto Vismara. He has played, as first viola, with the Orchestra da Camera di Catania, the Camerata Polifonica Siciliana and the Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra in Catania. He has won several awards in national and international competition. As chamber musician he has collaborated with prominent artists such as Boris Petrushanski, Alirio Diaz, Alfredo Stengel, Segej Girschenko, Maxence Larrieu performing in several festival in Italy and abroad (France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia). He has also performed as “premiere” some contemporary music pieces by prominent Italian composers such as Alfredo Pennisi, Giovanni Sollima and Aldo Clementi. He is teacher of chamber music at “Vincenzo Bellini” conservatoire in Catania. He plays a 1956 violin by Alfredo Adragna and a 1993 viola by Fausto Cacciatori (Cremona).
BENEDETTO MUNZONE - cello
Born in Catania (Italy), he studied at the "Vincenzo Bellini" Conservatoire in Catania and at the "Arrigo Boito" Conservatoire in Parma. He followed cello and chamber music post-graduate studies with André Navarra at the "Accademia Chigiana" in Siena, with Peter Buck at the "Accademia Ottorino Respighi" in Assisi, and with Rocco Filippini at the "Accademia Walter Stauffer" in Cremona. He won many prizes in several chamber music international competitions. He worked extensively as first cello with the "Accademia filarmonica di Milano", "Orchestra da Camera di Mantova" and "Camerata Polifonica Siciliana". As chamber musician, besides being the cellist of "Quartetto Archimede" (string quartet), he has performed with Alirio Diaz, Cecilia Chailly, Boris Petrushanski, Michael Kugel, Maxence Larrieu, András Adorján, Rocco Filippini at several prominent musical institutions in Italy and abroad. He is also very active as soloist, and he has performed at prestigious Festivals and Music Halls such as "Sala Verdi" in Milan, "Festival de Ville d'Avray" in Paris, "Dvorak Saal" in Carlsbad, "Koç Üniversitesi" in Istanbul, "Gasteig Kleiner Konzertsaal" in Münich, "Tonhalle" in Zürich, "Barocksaal" in Erfurt, “Cairo Opera House, Ljubljana Festival, Konzerthaus in Klagenfurt and others. He has performed, as soloist, with prominent orchestras such as "Camerata Polifonica Siciliana", "Orchestra Sinfonica d’Italia", “Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina”, "Philharmonisches Orchester Rhein-Main", "Karlovarský Symfonický Orchestr", "Neues Orchester Basel", "Gottinger Symphonie Orchester", "Budapest Chamber Orchestra", "Hellas Orchestra of Patras", "Cairo Symphony Orchestra", "Symphonisches Orchester Zürich", "Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico", Kasachstan State Chamber Orchestra”, “Mainzer Kammerorchester”, Klagenfurt Symphony Orchestra, Filarmonica Braşov being conducted by conductors such as Giuseppe Lanzetta, Douglas Bostock, Christian Simonis, Felix Carrasco, Erbert Siebert, Volker-Schmidt Gertenbach, Saulius Sondeckis, Ahmed El-Saedi, Bachit Musachodschaewa, Thomas McIntosh, Miguel Graça Moura. He has recorded some CDs (City Record, Classico Olufsen Records) with contemporary and baroque music, and he has performed as cello solo for some recordings of RAI Cinema Fiction and EuroRadio. He is cello teacher at the "Vincenzo Bellini" Conservatoire in Catania; he plays a 1993 cello by Fausto Cacciatori (Cremona).
Performed in KORSKIRKEN (Church of the Cross)
Korskirkeallmenningen
(150m from Tourist Information)
BERGEN CITY MAP
GRIEG'S CULINARY
SYMPHONY Before the concert, enjoy typical norwegian food at the restaurant Holberg Stuen, the menu made especially for the Grieg-audience.
