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CAROL ARNOPP (Cork School of Music, Ireland)
Carol Arnopp is an Irish pianist working as an accompanist at the Ionian University as part of the Erasmus Post-Graduate programme. She has recently graduated with First Class Honours from her Performance Masters degree in the Cork School of Music, Ireland, where she received lessons from Jan Cap and Dr Gabriela Mayer. She works as a piano teacher and accompanist and enjoys performing as a chamber musician, recently performing the Dvorak Piano Quintet no.2 as part of the Royal Dublin Society Rising Stars recital series with the Chiral Quartet and will perform the Brahms Piano Quartet no.3 in the the National Concert Hall, Dublin as part of the Feis Ceoil Young Platform series later this year. |
ANTONIO ROBERTO MAZZEO (Faculty of Arts at the University of Foggia, Italy)
Born in San Giovanni Rotondo in 1992, he began studying the piano at an early age and at 6 years had his first piano recital. Along with studies in piano he studied traditional school culminated with a classical education obtained with honours. He began his piano studies at the Conservatory "U. Giordano" 11 years and graduated under the guidance of Maestro Fiorenzo Pascalucci. |
It is a university student attending the Faculty of Arts at the University of Foggia and currently studies composition and attends the Doctor in Piano at the "U. Giordano".
It stands out in several Music Competitions always finishing on the top or near the top. Among them gets an early age two first prizes in the "National Competitions Music captains" and confirmed over the years in the Contests "Eratai" (San Giovanni Rotondo), "Magnificat Lupiae" (Paisiello Theatre, Lecce), Piano Competition City of San Giovanni Teatino and "Young Talents" -San Severo.
Lover of composition, in 2010 he won the "Young Authors" in Manfredonia. Since 2001 he is organist of the Church of San Nicola di San Severo, then he specialized with pianists of international fame as Pierluigi Camicia, Gabriella Orlando, Lambis Vasilliadis, Eri Nakagawa.
Intense was his teaching with the students of St. Benedict and the circle of the Middle School Palmieri taking lessons-Concert in the years 2012/2013/2014 and December and in January 2015 on behalf of '' Amici della Musica-S.Severo "at Concert Hall Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi. He has given concerts in Italy (Puglia, Abruzzo and Tuscany) as a soloist and as a chamber musician and recently also in Greece (Corfu). Has been a teacher at the Learning Center Ludico-Expressive "Insieme a Noi" Arl.
Was selected for the project "Bicentennial birth G. Verdi-Educating the Theatre" in collaboration between the "Friends of Music-San Severo" and "Department of Culture-City of San Severo" with 26 concerts for the year 2013- 2014.
From last March 2015 is "korrepetitor" in "Ioanian University" of Corfu in the framework of Erasmus Trainees. He recently have done a similar experience as accompanist at the Conservatory "U. Giordano" - Foggia sect. Rodi Garganico in the academic year 2013-2014.
"Antonio is very interested in the role of pianist repeater lyrical, has done a great job in the class of scenic art this year (2013/2014), but also has a good experience with the instrumental repertoire; "-Gianni Gambardella; "I know Antonio for about two years, since he joined in my piano class at the" U. Giordano ", I can say that it is a young pianist very motivated, resourceful and eager to learn and improve. He has significant sense artistic and its already lively musical intelligence "-Fiorenzo Pascalucci.
It stands out in several Music Competitions always finishing on the top or near the top. Among them gets an early age two first prizes in the "National Competitions Music captains" and confirmed over the years in the Contests "Eratai" (San Giovanni Rotondo), "Magnificat Lupiae" (Paisiello Theatre, Lecce), Piano Competition City of San Giovanni Teatino and "Young Talents" -San Severo.
Lover of composition, in 2010 he won the "Young Authors" in Manfredonia. Since 2001 he is organist of the Church of San Nicola di San Severo, then he specialized with pianists of international fame as Pierluigi Camicia, Gabriella Orlando, Lambis Vasilliadis, Eri Nakagawa.
Intense was his teaching with the students of St. Benedict and the circle of the Middle School Palmieri taking lessons-Concert in the years 2012/2013/2014 and December and in January 2015 on behalf of '' Amici della Musica-S.Severo "at Concert Hall Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi. He has given concerts in Italy (Puglia, Abruzzo and Tuscany) as a soloist and as a chamber musician and recently also in Greece (Corfu). Has been a teacher at the Learning Center Ludico-Expressive "Insieme a Noi" Arl.
Was selected for the project "Bicentennial birth G. Verdi-Educating the Theatre" in collaboration between the "Friends of Music-San Severo" and "Department of Culture-City of San Severo" with 26 concerts for the year 2013- 2014.
From last March 2015 is "korrepetitor" in "Ioanian University" of Corfu in the framework of Erasmus Trainees. He recently have done a similar experience as accompanist at the Conservatory "U. Giordano" - Foggia sect. Rodi Garganico in the academic year 2013-2014.
"Antonio is very interested in the role of pianist repeater lyrical, has done a great job in the class of scenic art this year (2013/2014), but also has a good experience with the instrumental repertoire; "-Gianni Gambardella; "I know Antonio for about two years, since he joined in my piano class at the" U. Giordano ", I can say that it is a young pianist very motivated, resourceful and eager to learn and improve. He has significant sense artistic and its already lively musical intelligence "-Fiorenzo Pascalucci.