The Conservatório – Escola das Artes da Madeira, Eng. Luiz Peter Clode will host five student recitals between the 13th of November and the 18th of December, showcasing the work and progress of its young musicians.
All performances take place in the institution’s Noble Hall at 20:30. Admission is free, subject to capacity.
The series features guitar, brass, woodwind, piano and recorder, with programmes spanning several centuries of music. Alongside sharing their work with the public, the recitals give students valuable performance experience, helping them develop concentration and confidence on stage.
The series opens on the 13th of November with a guitar recital by Dmitrii Pogorelskii, under the guidance of Luciano Lombardi. The programme includes works by Alfonso X the Wise, Johann Sebastian Bach, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Joaquín Rodrigo, Isaac Albéniz, Leo Brouwer and Nikita Koshkin.
On the 20th of November, “Fantasy & Echoes of Low Brass” features euphonium, tuba and trombone performances by Guilherme Castro, Tiago Fernandes, Miguel Teles and Vasco Mendonça. They will perform works by A. V. d’Almeida, B. Fraser, D. Haddad, A. Wilder and R. Kellaway, supported by Fabien Filipe, Pedro Pinto, Adriano Silva, Anikó Harangi and Tetiana Semenova.
The third recital, “Sustained Wind Sounds”, takes place on the 27th of November, featuring oboe, bassoon and clarinet. Petra Faria, Bogdan Omelchuk and Jonas Ferreira will perform music by Camille Saint-Saëns, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Francis Poulenc and A. I. Dorat, with preparation and support from Márcia Fernandes, Louise Whipham, Manuel Balbino, Nuno Basílio and Tetiana Semenova.
Piano takes centre stage on the 4th of December, when “Everlasting Sound” brings together Mariana Olim, Marta Alves, Luana Kyrychenko and Hélio Antunes. Their programme includes works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Carl Czerny, Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy and Edvard Grieg, under the guidance of Iryna Kózina and Cristina Pliousnina.
The series concludes on the 18th of December with “The Virtuoso Recorder”. Sara Ramos and Beatriz Gouveia will perform works by Giuseppe Sammartini, William Babell, Arcangelo Corelli, Anne Philidor, Pietro Castrucci and Samuel van Noordt, with accompaniment and guidance from Carla Abreu and Giancarlo Mongelli.
The concerts offer the community an opportunity to enjoy a varied repertoire while supporting the next generation of musicians studying in Madeira.
Samantha Gannon
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