In the year of the celebrations for the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth, the Ravenna Festival paid tribute to the composer from Bonn - a titan of music, amongst the most influential composers of all times - with events which revealed different facets of his works, from the symphonies to the piano scores, from the sonatas to his relationship with the composers of the succeeding generation or of the 20th century.
Orchestra Giovanile Luigi, Cherubini
Valery Gergiev conductor,
Beatrice Rana piano
The most original and enigmatic of Beethoven Symphonies, the Sixth “Pastoral”, and the Piano Concerto no. 3 were entrusted to Valery Gergiev, heir to the great Russian tradition, and Beatrice Rana, whose name stands for impeccable control and profound poetry, for the first time together on the stage.
Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini Valery Gergiev direttore Beatrice Rana pianoforte (2020)Ravenna Festival
Valery Gergiev, Beatrice Rana, Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini
The Roads of Friendship: Ravenna-Paestum
Riccardo Muti led the “Eroica” in Ravenna and Paestum for the Roads of Friendship concert dedicated to Syria, in the name of those principles of equality, freedom, and brotherhood which characterises the Symphony no. 3.
The Roads of Friendship: Ravenna-PaestumRavenna Festival
conductor Riccardo Muti
with the participation of Aynur Doğan and Zehra Doğan
Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini
Syrian Expat Philharmonic Orchestra
Rocca Brancaleone, 21 June 2020
The Roads of Friendship: Ravenna-PaestumRavenna Festival
Archaeological Park of Paestum
The Roads of Friendship: Ravenna-PaestumRavenna Festival
conductor
Riccardo Muti
Dedicated to Hevrin Khalaf (1984-2019)
and to Khaled al-Assad (1932-2015)
with the participation of Aynur Doğan and Zehra Doğan
Filippo Gorini pianoforte (2020)Ravenna Festival
The piano was at the heart of two recitals, featuring Filippo Gorini for the Sonata Op. 111, that highest embodiment of Beethoven’s style
Tributes to Beethoven: Nikolay Khozyainov (2020-06-25)Ravenna Festival
and Nikolay Khozyainov for rarely-performed pages by Liszt, Schumann, Chopin, and Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, written for the Beethoven Album created between 1841 and 1842 to contribute to the monument to the composer in Bonn.
Tributes to Beethoven: Nikolay Khozyainov (2020-06-25)Ravenna Festival
Nikolay Khozyainov
Filippo Gorini pianoforte (2020)Ravenna Festival
Filippo Gorini
Cesare Pezzi, piano - Francesco Manara violin (2020)Ravenna Festival
Teatro alla Scala concertmaster Francesco Manara and pianist Cesare Pezzi explored Beethoven sonatas
Cesare Pezzi, piano - Francesco Manara violin (2020)Ravenna Festival
Francesco Manara violin, Cesare Pezzi, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata no. 1 in D major, Op. 12 no. 1
Quartetto Noûs (2020)Ravenna Festival
while a courageous comparison between Beethoven and Shostakovich featured in the programme of the Quartetto Noûs
