Remigio Renzi News
Italian composer and music educator (1857-1938)
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2021-10-13 07:16:17
Born in 1941 in Florida, Renzi was a composer, arranger, pianist, and jazz musician. When he was eight, he began studying with Boston-based classical pianist, Julius Chaloff. He graduated from the Boston Conservatory of Music in 1973 and from the Berklee College of Music a year later. In his 20s, he performed at Allary's, […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2017-03-08 01:18:52
I was only 22, conducting three compositions by my father: Musical Sketch for Flute and String Orchestra, Passacaglia for Trumpet, Trombone, and String Orchestra, and Meditation for French Horn and String Orchestra. This was my first time conducting. I had training with my father, several times, but no “formal” studies. Luckily, I love my father’s music and compose as well, which definitely helped me with the score. One of my many vivid memories from the time frame of rehearsals and concert was the time spent with the great Paul Renzi. At the time, he was the principal Flutist with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. From the first note, Mr. Renzi had such a bright and positive sound. We worked on the most important places in the score and then understood one another that it is not necessary to drag out the rehearsal. We would make jokes sometimes and […]
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2016-02-20 20:17:59
Umberto Eco, flute player
The formidable Italian semiotician, philosopher and novelist who died on Friday night, aged 84, had a passion for playing the baroque flute, recorder and kindred instruments. He appeared on the cover of the first issue of Suonare, in November 1995, telling the editor of his great love for playing Bach, Telemann, Loeillet and Sammartini: ‘Suono solo il dolce. Ho iniziato con quello in Do, poi sono passato al Fa, che dà più gusto e ha una letteratura più vasta. Ho vari flauti: alcuni in plastica, altri in ebano, di buona qualità. Ne ho uno di fattura artigianale, e talora penso che per un’esecutore come me sia sprecato.’ The author of The Name of the Rose was the ultimate European cultural connoisseur. Italy’s prime minister Matteo Renzi said today: Umberto Eco was ‘an extraordinary example of a European intellectual, combining unique intelligence of the past with a limitless capacity to anticipate the […]
2015-12-07 22:57:08
Prime minister joins La Scala’s season opener, which is often met by anti-austerity protests and this year took place amid concerns over terrorismMilan’s opera season opened on Monday night to rapturous applause and a visit from Italy’s prime minister, Matteo Renzi, despite La Scala theatre being listed as a possible terrorist target and a lone protester diving into the orchestra pit.Renzi was just one of Italy’s elite to defy security warnings and a cold snap in the country’s financial capital to attend the opening night of Verdi’s Joan of Arc (Giovanna d’Arco), which has not been performed at the opera house for 150 years. Continue reading...
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