Since 2003 the Ariostesca Fort in Castelnuovo has been the institutional centre of the IAM festival – 25 concerts over 10 days, that features international concert artists, students and budding new musicians in the theatres, castles and piazzas of Garfagniana.
A rich and varied programme of high-quality chamber music will fill the streets of the historical town centre of Castelnuovo from 28 June to 7 July.
Details:
Friday 28 June | 21.15
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Alfieri Theatre
Opening ceremony | Recital by George Vatchnadze, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata op. 81 in E flat Major “Les Adieux”
Robert Schumann, Kinderszenen
Sergej Rachmaninoff, two Preludes
Sergej Rachmaninoff, Etude-tableau op.39 n. 9 in D Major
Saturday 29 June | 21.15
Camporgiano, Social Centre
Franz Schubert, Klavierstucke D946 n. 1 in E flat Minor
Robert Schumann, “Interlude” from the Carnival of Vienna op. 26 n. 4
Phillip Kawin, piano
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Variations sérieuses op. 54
Lidia Boguslavsky, piano
Manuel De Falla, Spanish Folk Suite
Efrem Briskin, piano – Eugene Briskin, violoncello
Edvard Grieg, Six Songs op. 48
Francesco Paolo Tosti, “Aprile”, “Ideale”, “L’alba separa dalla luce l’ombra”
Nils Neubert, tenor – Yuri Kim, piano
Sunday 30 June | 21.15
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Capuchin Monastery
Sergej Rachmaninoff, from the Suite op. 11 n. 1, “Tema russo”, “Valzer”, “Romanza”
Samuel Barber, from the Ballet Suite op. 28, “Waltz”, “Pas de deux”, “Hesitation-Tango”
Rossella Piegaia, piano, Riccardo Pieri, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Trio op. 11 in B flat Major
Jacob Gilman, violin – Eugene Briskin, violoncello – Efrem Briskin, piano
Johannes Brahms, Sonata for violin and piano op. 108 n.3 in D minor
Hyun Mi Kim, violin – Yuri Kim, piano
Monday 1 July | 17.30
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Ex-Archive Room
Students’ Concert
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ciaccona in D minor
Cesar Franck, Sonata in A Major
Chul Yong Park, violin
Monday 1 July | 21.15
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Ex-Archive Room
Students’ Concert
Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue
Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata op. 110 in A flat Major
Fryderyk Chopin, Ballata n. 4
Stephen Kopp, piano
Sergej Rachmaninoff, Sonata n. 2
Giuseppe Verdi/Franz Liszt, Rigoletto
Yoomi Lee, piano
Tuesday 2 July | 17.30 – 23.00
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, streets and piazzas of the town centre
Students’ Concert | Open-air concerts
Wednesday 3 July | 17.30
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Ex-Archive Room
Students’ Concert
Johann Sebastian Bach, Adagio and Fugue from the Sonata for violin in G minor
Henryk Wieniawski, Variations
Pablo de Sarasate, Zigeunerweisen
George Bogdan Butusina, violin
Wednesday 3 July | 21.15
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Alfieri Theatre
Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergej Rachmaninov, Nikolaj Rimsky-Korsakov, selected pieces
Nils Neubert, tenor – Yuri Kim, piano
Antonín Dvořák, Trio op. 90 “Dumki”
Jacob Gilman, violin – Suren Bagratuni, violoncello – Efrem Briskin, piano
Thursday 4 July | 17.30
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Ex-Archive Room
Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F# Major
Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata op. 53 in C Major
Robert Schumann, Variations Abegg
Sergej Prokofiev, Toccata op. 11
Fryderyk Chopin, two Studies
Fryderyk Chopin, Waltzer op. 34
Hui Diao, piano
Thursday 4 July | 21.15
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Mont’Alfonso Fort
Students’ Concert | Music by American authors
Friday 5 July | 21.15
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Capuchin Monastery
Francis Poulenc, Sonata for violoncello and piano
Robert Schumann, Fantasiestücke Op.73
Eugene Lifschitz, violoncello – Era Lifschitz, piano
Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major
Franz Haydn, Sonata in E flat Major Hob.XVI: 49
Alexander Scriabin, Study op. 8 n. 12
Niccolò Paganini/Franz Liszt, La Campanella
Michael Davidman, piano
Saturday 6 July | 17.30
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Ex-Archive Room
Students’ Concert
Saturday 6 July | 21.15
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Alfieri Theatre
Johannes Brahms, Sonata op. 38 in E minor
Suren Bagratuni, violoncello – Albert Lotto, piano
Camille Saint-Saëns, Rondò Capriccioso
Dmitri Berlinsky, violin – Anna Kijanowska, piano
Franz Schubert, Trio in B flat Major D898
Dmitri Berlinsky, violin – Suren Bagratuni, violoncello – Massimiliano Mainolfi, piano
Sunday 7 July | 17.30
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Ex-Archive Room
Students’ Concert
Sunday 7 July | 21.15
Castelnuovo G., Alfieri Theatre –21.15
Closing concert | Best chamber music groups
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The IAM (International Academy of Music) is an organisation that was founded in New York in 1991 with the aim of organizing festivals that combine both high-level concerts and specialisation courses in music.
For the last twenty years it has organised the Summit Music Festival in New York, and since 2000 it has expanded this venture in Europe, giving rise to three sister events in Spain, Italy and Russia.
In Italy, the Academy has chosen the small town of Casteluovo di Garfagnana rather than a large city to host this event, that each year is graced by the presence of internationally famous artists from all over the world.
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