Amore e simpatia: alla scoperta della Viola d'Amore: giugno 2009

martedì 23 giugno 2009

Musicians, engraving by Abraham Bosse, about 1635

Henri Casadesus (1879 -1947)

Henri Casadesus playing viola d'amore

Henri Casadesus and Edouard Nanny,
Salle Erard, Paris, april 7 1900

Henri Casadesus

He received his first musical instruction with Lavignac and Laforge. Between 1910 and 1917, he was the altoist of the Capet quartet. He also directed the "Théatre de la Gaité Lyrique" in Paris and the Liège Opera (Belgium). Charged with diplomatic and artistic missions abroad, mainly in the USA, he founded, in 1901, in collaboration with Camille Saint-Saîns, the Society of Ancient Instruments (la Société des Instruments Anciens) aimed at reviving on 17th and 18th century instruments, unknown musical works from the masters of the time. Between 1901 and 1939 , the society travelled 350 000 km, performing in many countries, including Russia and the USA. Among its members, it counted: Henri Casadesus (viola d'amore), Marius Casadesus (quinton), Régina Patorni-Casadesus (harpsichord), Lucette Casadesus (viola da gamba) and Maurice Devilliers (bass-viol).
In the course of his travels, Henri Casadesus assembled a remarkable collection of rare and ancient instruments which is currently housed by the Museum of Symphonic Orchestra in Boston.
Five children : Catherine, Jacqueline (with Renée Delerbat) Christian, Gisèle (with Marie-Louise Beetz) Bernard (with Jeanne Montange)
He authored several operettas ("Le Rosier", "Sans tambour, ni trompette", "La petite-fille de madame Angot", "Cotillon III"), melodies, pieces of film music ("Le gardian", "Les mystères de Paris", "Paris-New-York") and a book titled "Méthode de la viole d'amour".

http://www.casadesus.com/UK/famille/henri-casadesus.html

Henri Casadesus has created a very important collection of historical music instruments, conserved at the museum of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
He composed a Méthode de la viole d'amour (1924) and 24 Études pour la viole d'amour (1931)

Mauro Righini

Born in Milan, he studied violin and viola at the Scuola Civica of Music of his city with Armando Burattin (viola solo in the Teatro alla Scala); he got his master degree in viola at the Conservatory in Milan. He also took master classes with Elisa Pegreffi, Piero Farulli, Franco Rossi and Dino Asciolla (Quartetto Italiano); with the Hungarian pianist Gyorgy Sebok at the International master classes in Ernen (Switzerland).
He played as first viola in the Orchestra Giovanile Italiana in Fiesole in 1980.
Along the years he took part in the most important European Festivals, concerts in Europa, Canada, USA, Japan and South America.

In 1991 he founded the Quartetto Modì with the main aim to study the still unknown quartett repertoire of the classical and romantic period playing on original instruments; with the Quartetto Modi he recorded the Paisiello quartets (Bongiovanni) for the first time.

Alongside his activity as an viola player, Mauro Righini has dedicated himself to the revival of the viola d’amore, playing as a solo in Italy and Europe.

Since 1984 Mauro Righini has been teaching viola, quartet and chamber music at the State Conservatory. He is teaching viola at the Conservatory “G.Verdi” in Turin at present.
Besides this activity he is also teaching baroque viola and viola d’amore and cooperates with the International Music Academy in Milan and he is member of the Viola d'Amore Society of America.

He plays a viola manufactured by Giacomo Zanoli (Verona, 1749).

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Nato a Milano, ha studiato violino e viola alla Scuola Civica di Musica con Armando Burattin, diplomandosi in viola al Conservatorio di Milano. Si è perfezionato con Elisa Pegreffi, Piero Farulli, Franco Rossi e Dino Asciolla (Quartetto Italiano) e con il pianista ungherese Gyorgy Sebok ai Corsi Internazionali di Ernen (Svizzera).
Prima viola dell'Orchestra Giovanile Italiana a Fiesole nel 1980, svolge un’intensa attività concertistica in Italia, Europa, Israele, Canada, U.S.A., Giappone e Sud America, collaborando con vari complessi e suonando per le maggiori associazioni concertistiche italiane ed estere.

Collabora, come prima viola e viola d'amore, con l'Ensemble Werther di Lione, Ensemble Baroque di Nizza, Accademia Filarmonica di Verona, Accademia Litta, Orchestra Barocca Italiana, Il canto di Orfeo, Ensemble Pro Musica (Genova), Ensemble Glob’Arte (Germania), Teatro Regio di Torino, Milano Classica.

Nel 1991 ha fondato il Quartetto Modì dedicandosi in particolare alla ricerca del repertorio quartettistico classico e romantico italiano sconosciuto e utilizzando strumenti originali: con questo complesso, oltre a numerosi concerti in Italia, Svizzera e Germania, ha registrato in prima assoluta alcuni quartetti di Paisiello (CD Bongiovanni).

Mauro Righini si è dedicato inoltre allo studio della viola d'amore: con questo strumento si è esibito come solista in diverse città italiane ed europee.

Docente di Conservatorio dal 1984, ha insegnato viola, quartetto e musica da camera: attualmente è titolare della cattedra diviola al Conservatorio "G.Verdi" di Torino; collabora inoltre con l'Accademia Internazionale della Musica di Milano ed è membro della Viola d'Amore Society of America.

Suona su una viola costruita da Giacomo Zanoli, Verona 1749.

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martedì 30 giugno 2009

Viola d'amore (end XIX century) - Germany?

martedì 23 giugno 2009

Musicians, engraving by Abraham Bosse, about 1635

Henri Casadesus (1879 -1947)

venerdì 19 giugno 2009

Jan Miense Molenaer (Haarlem, ca. 1610-1668), Family making music

Viola bastarda (Anonymous italian painter, XVII century)

Thomas Georgi (www.violadamore.com)

mercoledì 17 giugno 2009

John Anthony (Nane) Calabrese

A Viola d´amore from 17th century, Southern Germany - Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien

Claustro de la Iglesia Sta. María la Real Sasamón in Spain

Angels playing musical instruments by Agostino di Duccio from the 15th century, Italy

lunedì 15 giugno 2009

Viola d'amore by Luigi Fabris, Venezia 1875

lunedì 1 giugno 2009

Orpheon Foundation - The Vazquez Collection of Historical Musical Instruments - Viola d'amore by Thomas Andreas Hulintzky, Prag 1774

Viola d'amore (ca. 1750) transformed into a viola (probably during XIX Century)

Mauro Righini

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