{"id":3926,"date":"2014-09-04T09:54:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T07:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/?p=3926"},"modified":"2014-09-04T09:54:33","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T07:54:33","slug":"concert-duo-viara-rhodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/3926\/news\/concerto-duo-viara-rodi\/","title":{"rendered":"VIARA-RODI DUO CONCERT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PRESS RELEASE (2\/09\/2014)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, September 4<\/strong>, a <strong>Loano,<\/strong> a concert of sacred music by the <strong>Viara-Rhodes duo<\/strong>, organized under the auspices of the\u2019<strong>Department of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the City of Loano<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>At <strong>9:15 p.m.<\/strong> at <strong>Church of St. Augustine and St. Rita<\/strong>, <strong>Paola Viara<\/strong>, soprano, and <strong>Silvano Rodi<\/strong>, organ, will perform 19th-century Italian and French compositions for voice and organ dedicated to the Marian repertoire.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside pieces for voice and organ by <strong>Vincenzo Bellini, Pietro Mascagni, Camille Saint-Saens, Jacques N. Lemmens<\/strong> compositions for \u201csolo organ\u201d by such composers as. <strong>Theodore Dubois<\/strong> (\u201cToccata in G\u201d), <strong>Cesar Franck<\/strong> (\u201cGrand Choeur\u201d), <strong>Ottorino Respighi<\/strong>. Finally, in the evening, the unreleased piece \u201cFestive Concert\u201d by <strong>Antonio Ascenso<\/strong> Ligurian organist and composer born in Ventimiglia in 1850 and died in Loano in 1938.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paola Viara<\/strong>, graduated in singing in 1989 from the \u201cG. Verdi\u201d Conservatory of Turin with M\u00b0 Elio Battaglia, and simultaneously attended chamber singing courses on the German Lied at the \u201cHugo Wolf \u201d Superior School for Collaborative Singers and Pianists in Acquasparta. In 1995 she perfected in Modena with Arrigo Pola (first maestro of Luciano Pavarotti). She made her debut at the Teatro Regio in Turin in the part of the \u201cDwarf Sable\u201d in the musical fairy tale \u201cHansel &amp; Gretel\u201d by Humpderdinck, which started the 1991 - 1992 opera season. She has performed in concerts in Turin (Settembre Musicale), Perugia, Livorno, Savigliano, Agrigento and in numerous Ligurian cities. She has sustained the role of \u201cAdina\u201d in Donizetti's Elisir d'amore, \u2019Santuzza\u201c in Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana, \u201dNedda\u201c in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, \u201dMim\u00ec\u201c and \u201dMusetta\u201c in Puccini's Boheme. She has been a member of the Monte Carlo Opera Chorus since 1999 and regularly participates in the opera seasons of the Sala Garnier and Grimaldi Forum of the Principality of Monaco and the tours of the Monaco Theater. In the 2004 summer season he was also a member of the Arena di Verona Chorus.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Silvano Rodi<\/strong>, graduated in harpsichord, organ and organ composition at the \u201cN. Paganini\u201d Conservatory of Genoa under the guidance of A. Bellasich-Ghersi and A. Baronti. In 1986 he was awarded the \u201cPremier Prix d'Orgue\u201d at the \u201cConservatoire National Regional Pierre Cochereau\u201d in Nice, France, specializing with R. Saorgin in the interpretation of French Baroque music. He also attended master classes with D. Roth and G. Litaize in Cremona, with Louis Gonzales Uriol and Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini at the Academy of Organ Music in Pistoia, and with R. Jaud in Tortona. Titular Organist of St. Devote Church in Monaco Principality, he has given organ recitals in Italy, France, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, England, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia and Monaco Principality. As a harpsichordist and organist, he is a member of the \u201cCollegium Musicum Alpazur,\u201d an ensemble dedicated to the interpretation of early music with original instruments. He is an Honorary Inspector of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and consultant to the Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo for ancient organs. He has edited and published several monographs and studies on organ restoration. He has recently recorded on CDs: \u2019Italian Organ Music on Historic Organs in the Province of Imperia\u201c for Casa Musicale Eco di Monza; \u201d Historic Organs of the Roya and Bevera Valleys\u201d for Ligia Digital; \u201dRenaissance and Baroque Music for Pan Flute and Organ\u201c with Philippe Emmanuel Haas on the Sion-Valere organ for the Swiss record company VDE-Gallo. Since 1998 he has been teaching Organ at the Conservatoire D\u00e9partemental de Musique des Alpes-Maritimes in Nice, France.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESS RELEASE (2\/09\/2014) A concert of sacred music by the Viara-Rodi duo, organized under the patronage of the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the City Council, will be held at Loano on Thursday, September 4...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}