(26 May 2016) With the June 2nd anniversary, the custom is to offer the community a high profile cultural event is renewed by the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney. This event is part of a series of public celebrations organised by the Consulate General of Italy and private celebrations, giving way to the Italian community, and others the opportunity to unite around the flag to remember and honor the founding of the Italian Republic, reaching its seventieth anniversary this year. In this context, the Italian Cultural Institute presents an exceptional Duo composed by Francesco D’Orazio on the violin and Giampaolo Nuti on the piano. Francesco D’Orazio, the Abbiati Prize for Best Soloist winner, was born in Bari where he graduated in Literature and violin and viola. He also studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and at the Rubin Academy in Tel Aviv. His vast repertoire ranges from early music performed on original instruments to classical, romantic and contemporary. Many composers have written for him such as Ivan Fedele, Terry Riley, Michael dall’Ongaro, Michael Nyman, Luis De Pablo, Lorenzo Ferrero, Gilberto Bosco, Marco Betta. He has held various concerts throughout Europe, North and South America, Mexico, China and Japan. Giampaolo Nuti was born in Florence, where he studied piano under the guidance of Antonio Bacchelli. He later studied with Franco Scala at Imola and attended Master classes of both piano and chamber music in Italy and abroad. He also studied the harpsichord- graduating with the highest honors – electronic music and orchestra conducting. Winner of several national piano competitions, he has also performed in Austria, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Slovenia, United States, Canada, Peru, Colombia and Mexico, as well as in major Italian centers, where he regularly performs in major concert seasons and festivals. The D’Orazio-Nuti Duo will perform a programme of music by Beethoven, Ravel and Busoni Rota (19.30, Auditorium of the Italian Forum – Norton Street, Leichhardt). (Red)
