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This event will be held in English.
Organized by the Columbia Global Paris Center.
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Program
Muzio Clementi
Sonata in G Minor, Op. 50 No. 3 “Didone Abbandonata”
- Largo patetico
- Allegro ma con espressione
- Adagio dolente
- Allegro agitato e con disperazione
John Field
Three Nocturnes
- Nocturne in B-flat major, H 14
- Nocturne in A major, H 26
- Nocturne in C major, H 36
Frédéric Chopin
Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
Two Nocturnes, Op. 55
- No. 1 in F minor
- No. 2 in E-flat major
Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
- Allegro maestoso
- Scherzo: Molto vivace
- Largo
- Finale: Presto non tanto
Artist
Giulio Biddau, born in Cagliari in 1985, began studying piano in Cagliari Conservatoire, where he has recently been appointed professor. After graduating, he moved to Paris where he studied with Jean-Marc Luisada, Dominique Merlet, and Aldo Ciccolini, brilliantly achieving the Ecole Normale “Alfred Cortot”. He joined Sergio Perticaroli’s class in Rome where he obtained the Diploma cum laude both in piano and in chamber music. He then moved to Berlin, finishing his studies at “Hanns Eisler” Hochschule für Musik in Berlin with Prof. Fabio Bidini.
He is a Prize Winner of the Casagrande Competition in Terni, “Les Nuits Pianistiques – Lauréats SPEDIDAM” in Aix-en-Provence, “José Iturbi” in Valencia and Tbilisi International Piano Competition.
He has performed all over the world, in important venues as Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Salle Cortot in Paris, Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Grand Theatre de Provence in Aix-en-Provence, Palau de la Musica en Valencia, among others.
He made several broadcasting appearances with foreign radio and television such as Japanese NHK, France Musique and Rai Radio 3, ABC Classic Australia.
He has recorded music by Domenico Scarlatti and Gabriel Fauré for the French Label Aparté and by Respighi for “Evidence”.
Venue
This event will take place in Reid Hall’s Grande Salle Ginsberg-LeClerc, built in 1912 and extensively renovated in 2023 thanks to the generous support of Judith Ginsberg and Paul LeClerc.
Reid Hall, the Columbia Global Paris Center, and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination are not responsible for the views and opinions expressed by their speakers and guests.
