America

A. Piazzolla: Tango Ballet

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Claudio Constantini

Towards the end of the 19th century, two great cosmopolitan cities developed with identical characteristics in opposite corners of the vast American continent. In these cities, two characteristically urban musical genres were born produced by the melting pot of European immigrants, creoles, African slaves and people native to the land. When jazz (which emerged from European salon music together with ragtime rhythms, blues and spirituals) arrived to New York, it met indigenous melodies, religious chants, Anglo-Celtic ballads and cowboy songs from the old west, all of which would sum up the essence of North American music. On the other hand, in Buenos Aires (which had recently been elected as the capital city of Argentina), a style of danceable song was born in which one can trace influences coming from Andalutian flamenco, south Italian melodies, Cuban habanera, candombe and African percussion, Spanish contradanza and the milonga or the rural music from Argentina.

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CLAUDIO CONSTATINI

Claudio Constantini holds an international and multi-faceted career as a performer of two instruments, the piano and the bandoneón, as well as being a composer in demand. Born and raised in Lima (Perú) into a musician´s family, Constantini´s unique style is defined by its solid classical roots paired with a passion for popular music genres, among which Latin American music and Jazz/fusion play a key role. Constantini has performed in many major halls such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Barcelona Palau de la Música Catalana, the Los Angeles Opera, among many others, and has performed at over 30 countries around the world. He has released a total of 5 CD albums, all of which have received great international reception. Together with the IBS Label (Spain) he is recording the complete piano Works of Claude Debussy, of which he has already released two albums (the first volume was selected among the 10 best albums of the year 2015 by Fanfare magazine, USA). He has also collaborated in over a dozen productions for various artists. Constantini has been invited to teach masterclasses at several institutions in Europe and abroad. He organizes the yearly “Primavera Pianistica” masterclasses and competition in Belgium, aimed at young pianists who wish to develop their artistry further. He initiated his piano studies with his father (Gerardo Constantini) and later received his bachelor´s degree in Finland, his master´s degree in The Netherlands, and finally the diplome de concert in Paris, all of which earned him the highest distinctions. He was a pupil of Aquiles Delle Vigne.