As part of the Lucchese Musical Association 60th season, the AML presents rising star ELIA CECINO, piano (First Prize Iturbi Competition Valencia 2023). F. Schubert, J. Brahms, R. Schumann
ia Cecino is recent winner of the first prize at the Iturbi International Piano Competition 2023 in Valencia, in which the jury chaired by Joaquín Achúcarro also awarded him special prizes for the best performance of a Concerto by Beethoven and for the best interpretation of Chopin’s music.
Elia is winner of the first prize at the New Orleans International Piano Competition (USA), James Mottram International Piano Competition in Manchester (UK) and Ricard Viñes International Piano Competition in Lleida (Spain); he also won further international awards including the Finalist Prize at the 17th Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv and the Vendome Virtuoso Award at the 8th New York Vendome Prize.
He performed as soloist with orchestras including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice, Israel Philharmonic, Israel Camerata Jerusalem, Louisiana Philharmonic, Simfònica del Vallès, Sinfónica de Galicia, Orquesta de València, Düsseldorf Symphony, Sichuan Philharmonic, Bacau Philharmonic, Sinfonica di Milano, FVG Orchestra, Sinfonica Città di Roma, collaborating with conductors such as Riccardo Frizza, Oleg Caetani, Paolo Paroni, Yoel Levi, Avner Biron, Joshua Weilerstein, Timothy Muffitt, Xavier Puig, Victor Pablo Pérez, Álvaro Albiach.
Since 2014 Elia is regularly invited to play solo recitals in venue such as the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, Gran Teatro La Fenice and Teatro Malibran in Venice, Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Fazioli Concert Hall in Sacile, Teatro Municipale in Piacenza, Teatro Sannazaro in Naples, Teatro Toniolo in Mestre, Teatro degli Industri in Grosseto, Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Sala dei Notari in Perugia, Sala Bianca di Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Sala Maffeiana and Auditorium della Gran Guardia in Verona, Sala degli Affreschi of Società Umanitaria and Spazio 89 in Milan, Bolzano Conservatory, Roussel Hall in New Orleans, Centre Cultural in Terrassa, Auditori Enric Granados in Lleida, Gesellschaft für Musiktheater in Vienna, Norden Farm Centre for the Arts in Maidenhead, Palatul Culturii Iași. In 2016 he took part in a concert tour in the USA.
Elia has also an intense chamber music activity in string duo, trio and quintet. In December 2020 he collaborated with cellist Mario Brunello on the occasion of 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. 2022 saw him engaged in projects for piano quintet and performed in different halls including the Sale Apollinee of Teatro La Fenice in Venice and Teatro Comunale di Monfalcone.
The year that has just begun will in fact be full and significant for the historic Association which, founded on the impulse of Maestro Herbert Handt, continues to fuel a cultural project 60 years after the first concert which has contributed to making Lucca one of the richest cities in music in the Italian panorama.
TICKETS: full price €12, Reduced price for AML members and affiliated companies €8 Children and young people under 14 years €
From this year, tickets for individual concerts will also be purchasable online on the Vivaticket platform.
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