Concert-lecture with Fabrizio Viti and Luca Seccafieno
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to host a musical duo composed by pianist Fabrizio Viti and trumpeter Luca Seccafieno in a concert-lecture, during which they will present the concert Trumpet Rhapsody they will perform the following night in the Utzon Room of the Sydney Opera House. Sydney will be the only Australian leg of their world tour, which has already taken them to the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York and Parco della Musica in Rome.
Luca Seccafieno, 1st trumpet of the Venice Chamber Orchestra from 2004 to 2011, is endorser of Schilke and trumpet teacher at the communal music school in Viterbo. He holds regularly masterclasses in the prestigious conservatories of Venice, Padua, Riva Del Garda, Trento, l’Aquila, Cagliari, Bari, Benevento, Avellino, Alexandria as well as the Miranda de Ebro University of Burgos in Spain. His experience as a musician led him to collaborate with prestigious institutions such as Parco della Musica of Rome, Carnegie Hall in new York, Sydney Opera House, CBSO Center in Birmingham, St John’s Smith Square in London, Konzerthaus Berlin, Konzerthalle Freiburg, Liederhalle Stuttgart, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Musikhalle Hamburg, Konzerthalle Klagenfurt, Thailand Cultural Centre in Bangkok. He has produced several recordings for Sony and Universal and worked with numerous film productions. Seccafieno has a contract with the literary International agency as a writer and screenwriter: this year a new novel is expected to be released as well as a movie inspired by the same book of which he is author and screenwriter. He has published several methods for trumpet exported throughout Europe, United States, Asia and Oceania with publishing companies Albatros and Raitrade. Luca Seccafieno is testimonial for Paul Picot.
Fabrizio Viti was born in Viterbo in 1971. He graduated at the Conservatory F. 
Morlacchi in Perugia with full marks and honours. At the International Music Academy in Novara he attended masterclasses held by Lazar Berman and Sergio Perticaroli, who selected Viti to attend the Mozarteum University in Salzburg and the “Josè Iturbi” piano masterclass in Valencia. He also received a diploma after having attended a three-year masterclass at the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome, a class reserved to a shortlist of 12 pianists from all over the world. He has attended several masterclasses held by world-renowned pianists such as F. J. Thiollier, J. Demus, B. Petrushansky, A. Lonquich, R. Vlad, P. Camicia and R. Laganà. At a very young age he started an intense performing activity, playing both as a soloist and in chamber formations. Viti has played for several music institutions such as Associazione Filarmonica Umbra, Festival Barocco in Viterbo and A.GI.MUS (Youth Association Music) of Rome; he has also performed in important music halls such as La Fenice (Venice), St. Cecilia Conservatory and Auditorium della Conciliazione in Rome. Viti has collaborated with world-famous musicians such as baritone Giuseppe Taddei, with whom he reinterpreted Falstaff by G. Verdi, and Franco Petracchi, under whose direction he played The Emperor, Beethoven’s 5th Concert for piano and orchestra. For many years Fabrizio Viti has collaborated as piano accompanist at the vocal chamber music masterclass held by tenor Degl’Innocenti at Teatro dell’Unione (Viterbo). He has also studied Lied literature in German, French, Italian, Russian and English. Currently he works with soprano Lucia Napoli, tenor Baltazar Zúñiga and violinist Gianluca Saggini. Viti has won many piano competitions thanks to his technique and attention to sound details. At a very young age he won a national competition qualifying for the position of Piano professor. Fabrizio Viti is the youngest Piano Principal Professor at national level; currently he teaches at Conservatory “G. Pergolesi” in Fermo.
ENTRY:
• IIC members: Free
• Non-members: $15 (contribution fee to support the partial recovery of event costs)
Limited seats. Booking essential: www.eventbrite.com.au
For the details of the concert at the Sydney Opera House:
www.sydneyoperahouse.com/events/whats-on/classical-music/2019/trumpet-rhapsody.html