Dec. 23 – The Italian Cultural Institute in Paris will celebrate the start of 2015 with a concert by the pianist Mariangela Vacatello, who chose to be accompanied by a young and talented violinist, Clarissa Bevilacqua. Together – in the concert scheduled for Friday, January 2 at 8pm at the headquarters of the IIC – the two artists will perform Beethoven’s Spring, Al Chiaro di Luna by Debussy, the Chaconne by Johann Sebastian Bach, the Three Argentine Dances by Alberto Ginestera and the Six Romanian Folk Dances by Béla Bartók. Mariangela Vacatello, born in 1982 in Castellammare di Stabia in a family of musicians, is in high demand on the international scene. Her performances are regularly broadcast by radios like Radio France Musique, Musiq3 Belgium, Italian Swiss Radio, Italian RAI Radio 3, Radio Pretoria, ABC Australia and several American and Canadian stations. Clarissa Bevilacqua is only thirteen years old, but has a great and true passion for music. She began violin studies at the age of five, presenting her first solo recital at the age of ten and winning prizes in numerous competitions. (Red)
