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Monday, August 28, a Loano, in the’Oratory of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary (Turchini), the second concert of the musical season of the “The Turchini Concerts, organized by the Brotherhood of the Turks' Chapels under the auspices of the’Department of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the City of Loano.
At 9 p.m. the review “The Musics of the Soul.” will host the duo Lina Uinskyte (violin) and Marco Ruggeri (organ).
The concert program will range among different composers. The duo will perform excerpts by The Modern Organ by Carlo Andrea Gambini (1819-1865), Adagio and Variations on a Theme by Bellini by Eugene Cavallini (1806-1881), Antique-style suite (Moderato, Ballet, Minuet, Fugue, Pantomime) by. Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998), Martial sounding by P. Davide from Bergamo (1791-1863), Violin Concerto No. 5 op. 42 (Allegro maestoso, Prayer, Finale) by. Antonio Bazzini (1818-1897).
Born in 2012, the duo Uinskyte - Ruggeri addresses composers from the Baroque to the 20th century, ranging between original pieces and transcriptions for piano or orchestra. And it is the latter repertoire that is of greatest interest to the duo, which is seeking new concert repertoires by exploiting the timbral and orchestral potential of the organ.
Lina Uinskyte e Marco Ruggeri have participated in important reviews in Italy and abroad.: Cremona (Museum of the Violin), International Organ Festival of Arona, International Organ Review of Valmaggiore (CH), Trento Philharmonic Society, Organ Festival of Loano, Antegnati Festival of Brescia and Bellinzona (CH), Palazzina di caccia di Stupinigi, Classical Music Festival of Corsanico (Lu), Orgues et montagnes de l'Alpe d'Huez (F), S. Giacomo Festival in Bologna, Festival Organalia in Turin, Festival Orchestre nascoste in Trapani, Festival de Chaource (F), etc.
Intense is also recording activity, both on organ and harpsichord, for Italian (Elegia) and foreign (Fugatto eBrilliant) labels. The Duo has obtained important awards of critics, including “5 stars” Radio Classica (December 2014) for “The Four Seasons” and “5 stars” from Amadeus magazine (December 2015) for the CD “The Lingiardi orchestraorgan...for a violin.”.
Lina Uinskyte
Born in Vilnius (Lithuania), she graduated from the “M. K. Ciurlionis” School of Art in the same city. She later specialized with P. Vernikov at the International Music Institute “S. Cecilia” in Portogruaro, with violinist and director of the “Moscow Virtuosi” V. Spivakov at the “Muraltengut” in Zurich, with P. Roczek (as soloist with orchestra) at the “Conservatoire Royal de Musique” in Brussels, with R. Filippini and B. Canino (for chamber music) at the “Campus Internazionale di Musica” in Sermoneta. Under the guidance of masters J. J. Kantorow and G. Nikolic, he received his Master's Degree at the Rotterdam Conservatory.
He made his debut as a soloist in Brussels in 2001 performing Tchaikovsky's concerto op. 35 with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra. He carries out an intense concert activity (recent is his participation in the contemporary music season of Teatro La Fenice in Venice) in Italy and abroad. He is a lecturer at the Conservatorio “L. Marenzio” in Darfo Boario (BS).
Marco Ruggeri
Born in Cremona in 1969, he studied with G. Crema, E. Viccardi, G. Fabiano, N. Scibilia, P. Ugoletti and M. Ghiglione at the Conservatories of Piacenza and Brescia, graduating in Organ, Harpsichord and Choir Direction. He specialized with A. Marcon at the Schola Cantorum in Basel. Awarded at the Bruges Organ Competition, he won 1st prize at the Bologna Harpsichord Competition (1997). Graduated cum laude in Musicology (Pavia), he has published the organ works of A. Ponchielli, the Catalogue of the Musical Fund of P. Davide da Bergamo (Ed. Olschki) and a Manuale di Basso continuo (Ricordi). He has recorded CDs with works by P. Davide da Bergamo, A. Ponchielli (“Musica eccezionale,” magazine “Musica”), G. B. Serini, W. A. Mozart, M. E. Bossi and V. Petrali (Brilliant, Tactus, MV Cremona, La Bottega Discantica).
He teaches at the Novara Conservatory and the Diocesan School of Sacred Music in Brescia. In Cremona he is deputy organist of the cathedral and owner of the Lingiardi 1877 organ in S. Pietro al Po; consultant for organ restorations.
The sacred music review “The Musics of the Soul.” will continue until the January 6, 2016.
There are two concerts scheduled in the month of September: the 16 “Voice and Guitar Recital” will be held with Micol Pisanu - Francesca Riva and the 23 you will be able to appreciate the “Recital for Two Harpsichords” with Marco Gaggini and Gianluca Rovelli.
The review will close as is now tradition on the January 6, 2018 with the “Epiphany Concert” by the The Arches of Zinaida, who will play in the afternoon at 16,45.
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