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Francesco Libetta (born 16 October 1968) is an Italian pianist, composer and conductor.
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Francesco Libetta (born 16 October 1968) is an Italian pianist, composer and conductor.
Born in Galatone, Southern Italy, Francesco Libetta studied music in Italy (piano with Vittoria De Donno; contrapoint with Cosimo Colazzo and Igino Ettorre; composition with Gino Marinuzzi; conducting with Alberto Maria Giuri) and in France (composition with Jacques Castérède). He moved to Lecce, where he has taught Chamber Music at the "T. Schipa" Conservatory.
Described as a "poet-aristocrat of the keyboard with the profile and the carriage of a Renaissance prince" (M. Gurewitsch, New York Times ), he first came to the attention of piano cognoscenti after his live performance of 53 Studies by Godowsky based on the 27 Studies by Chopin. Performances included: 1990 in Galatina; then 1994/95 in Milan; [1] Naples, Florence; 2006 in Milan; 2010 one day in Brasília. Libetta's repertoire now encompasses a very wide range, including all of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas (performed first in Italy, 1993/94), several Mozart and Beethoven concertos, the complete Handel and Chopin works, as well as major works by Schubert, Schumann, Debussy, and Ravel.
He is active as a conductor (in symphonic repertoire, as well as collaborating with the Balletto del Sud in major Tchaikovsky ballets). He is also a composer. His works include three piano concertos, symphonic pieces, electronic music, and ballet and movie scores. His writings include historical and aesthetic essays.
In 2005 he had a short role in Franco Battiato's movie Musikanten , on Beethoven's life.
In 2009, his first opera was premiered. Ottocento ("Eight Hundred", about 800 victims of religious war in South Italy in 1480) was performed in Otranto and Rome. John Ardoin declared that among the new generation of pianists, Francesco Libetta is "the most inspired and creative".
One of his DVDs, with the recording of a recital held at the Festival de La Roque-d'Anthéron (France), created by Bruno Monsaingeon, was awarded the Diapason d'Or and the "CHOC" of Le Monde de la musique .
Critics have praised his qualities: ". . .elegance and charm, (...), with a hint, a touch of aristocratic frivolity that we did not think we would ever witness again." (F. M. Colombo - Corriere della Sera ); ". . . a breadth of knowledge that extends far beyond the world of music and the piano repertoire." (A. Mandelli - PianoTime); ". . . such miraculous virtuosity and such a delicate feel for melody that one cannot help wondering whether any other artist of his generation - whether in Italy or elsewhere - can be compared to him." (P. Isotta - Corriere della Sera).
He was Artistic Director of the Miami Piano Festival in Lecce (a summer festival which brings to Lecce musicians, professors and students from all over the world since July 2003) and of the Michelangeli Festival in Rabbi. He has published essays on history and aesthetics, including music by Renaissance composers, reconstructions of Madrigals, cultural life in the late eighteenth century, etc.
NIREO 013. Tradizioni musicali a Nardò (2011). Libetta: Sonata per violino e pianoforte (with Aylen Pritchin, vl), LAD. A. Scarlatti: two Intonazioni. N. Fago: Toccata. [+ Anonimo, Bove, De Cupertinis, Manfroci, San Pier di Negro, Serafico]
NIREO 040. Da Bach a Battiato (2010). Bach, Battiato, Gesualdo, Lulli, Martini, Pasquini, Rameau, Rossi, Turini, Vento, Zipoli
NIREO 012. Libetta: Musiche per Bene (2010). With: Maria Luisa Bene, ensemble and electronic.
MARSTON (4 cd). A Century of Romantic Chopin (2010). Chopin: Nocturne Op. 27 n. 2 [+ Josef Hofmann, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ferruccio Busoni, Moritz Rosenthal, Ignace Jan Paderewski, Ignaz Friedman, Alfred Cortot, Francis Planté, Béla Bartók, Claudio Arrau, Guiomar Novaes, Vladimir de Pachmann, Solomon, Arthur Rubinstein, Emil Gilels, Vladimir Horowitz, Jorge Bolet, and others.]
NIREO 011. Eriberto Scarlino: Composizioni per pianoforte e da camera (2008). Scarlino: Fiaba, Improvviso, Aria, Scherzo, Due Studi da concerto, Cantilena, Minuetto, Berceuse, Piccolo Valzer, Serenatina, Improvviso, Canzoncina nostalgica, Notturno
NIREO 010. Francesco D'Avalos: Composizioni per pianoforte (2008). Vergangliche Bilder Albumblatter und Variationen Albumblatt - Variazione di una variazione - 13 Preludi (1840–1900) - Notturno - Piccola Romanza - Foglio d’Album - Minuetto - Paysages marines - 2 Pezzi caratteristici (Le Marionette suonano e ballano, Veli neri e bianchi ballano nella notte) - Valzer
NIREO 007. Libetta live in Fort Lauderdale (2005). Mozart, (Variations in F Major, K. 398); Beethoven (Sonata Op. 27, No. 2) ; Chopin (Nocturne, Op. 27, No. 2) Liszt (Canzone and Tarantella from Années de Pélerinage); Schumann (Albumblatt); Cajkovskij-Liszt (Polonaise); Alfano (Se taci); Trabaci (Toccata); Leo-Libetta (Canzone a dispetto); Friedman-Gartner (Wiener Tanze).
NIREO 006. Czerny - Musiche per pianoforte a sei mani (2009). Czerny: Variazioni su Bellini Op. 295, Rondo Op. 227, Fantasia su Mozart Op. 741, Grand Pot-pourri Op. 84, Overture da Le Nozze di Figaro di Mozart, Sinfonia da Tancredi di Rossini. With: Alessandro Mandurino, Luigi Nicolardi, Renato Rizzello, Scipione Sangiovanni, Vanessa Sotgiu.
NIREO 003/5 (3 CDs). Liszt: 12 Symphonic Poems for Two Pianos (2005). With : Matteo Cistemino, Lara Escelsior, Giuliano Graniti, Luigi Nicolardi, Valentina Parentera, Renato Rizzello, Scipione Sangiovanni, Vanessa Sotgiu.
NIREO (2005). 001/2(2 CDs). Pozzoli: Studi di media difficoltà (Studies of moderate difficulty), Studi a moto rapido (Studies in fast motion), and Studi sulle note ribattute (Studies on repeated notes), Riflessi del mare (Reflections on the Sea).
VAI (2004). VAIA 1241. Czerny: Studies Op. 740
VAI (2004). VAIA 1242. Mussorgsky (Pictures at an Exhibition, Hopak), Balakirev (Sonata)
VAI (2003). Libetta Plays Beethoven AUDIO VAIA 1208. Beethoven: Variazioni Diabelli, Variazioni Op. 34
Tactus - TC:841905 (2007). Sgambati: Sinfonia n. 1, op. 16; Maestoso (Marcia Funebre); Die Ideale (Liszt)
Accademia Classics - AC 502.2 (2CD). Franz Liszt: The Complete piano Transcription.
VAI (2003). Piano duos. AUDIO VAIA 1212. Mozart, Libetta, Rimsky-Korsakov/Libetta (with Pietro De Maria); Liszt (with Kemal Gekic); Rachmaninov (with Ilya Itin)
VAI (2002). AUDIO VAIA 1206. Masters of the Keyboard Vol. 2. (+ A. Neiman, N. Angelich, D. Burstein, I. Itin, P. De Maria). Debussy (Le Colline d’Anacapri), Strauss-Risler (Till Eulenspiegel), Brahms-Cortot (Wiegenlied)
VAI (2001) - VAIA 1196. Respighi (Due Danze Italiane), Gesualdo (Canzone Francese), Godowsky (Due Studi su Chopin), Ravel (La Valse), Debussy (Estampes), Wagner/Liszt ( O du, mein holder abendstern ), Gounod/Liszt (Valzer da "Faust"), Saint-Saëns (Etude en forme de Valse), etc.
MPF (2000) - (2 CD). Alkan (Grande Sonate Op. 33, I mov.), etc. (+ others)
Danacord (2000) - DANACOCD 559. Godard (Mazurka n. 4 Op. 103) (+ others)
Chandos (2000) - CHAN 9820. Eisler (Die Mutter) - with E. Arciuli, D. Fasolis, RTSI Choir.
Agorà (1999) - AG 175.2 (2CD). Liszt (Integrale delle trascrizioni da opere di Wagner)
Agorà (1999) - AG 168.1. Platti (Sonate XIII-XVIII)
Agorà 1999. Canzoni di Cesare Andrea Bixio. Con Ernesto Palacio
AIG (1998) - AIG 1097. Chopin: Due Notturni Op.27, Scherzo Op. 31, Studi Op. 10 nn. 3,5,10,12, Studi Op. 25 nn. 2,8,9,12, Valzer Op. 34 n. 2, Impromptu Op. 66, Polacca Op. 53
Eventyr (1998). Libetta (Le candide), Monpou (Cancion VI), Wagner (Brautlied aus Lohengrin)
Agorà (1997) - AG 115.1. Liszt: Trascrizioni da opere italiane e francesi. Rigoletto, La muta di Portici, Guglielmo Tell, Roberto il diavolo, Sonnambula, Faust
Eventyr (1995) - LC 01. Schubert (Momento musicale, Kuperwieser Waltzer), Mendelssohn (Romanze senza parole Op. 62 n. 6, Op. 67 n. 4), Beethoven (Sonata Op. 78), Mozart (Adagio KV 617a), Hummel (Rondo favori Op. 11), Raff (Le Fileuse), etc.
Promusica Norway (1992) - PCC 9031. Ligeti (Etudes, Prèmier Livre I-V)
Promusica Norway (1992) - PCC 9030. Sinding (Serenate Op. 33 n. 4) Cleve (Etude Op. 17 n. 2)
ETERFON (1990) RR 141 Putignano (Tendre, Dulcissime, Parvenze)
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