ARCOBALENI
duo
piano & percussion
Arcobaleni
(Silvia Belfiore, piano – Maurizio Ben Omar, percussion)
Duo Arcobaleni (Silvia Belfiore, piano – Maurizio Ben Omar,
percussion) has been founded in 2002.
The duo has been collaborating with many Italian and
European contemporary composers and is active both in
Italy and abroad.
Duo Arcobaleni held concerts in Europe and America
Duo Arcobaleni held workshops in Brazil and California.
Its repertoire includes works dedicated to Duo Arcobaleni by
Prati, Livorsi, Mosca, Clementi, Bussotti, Cavallone.
Duo Arcobaleni recorded a Warner Bross DVD with music by
Maderna, Bussotti, Clementi.
Maurizio Ben Omar
MAURIZIO BEN OMAR, graduated in percussion with full
marks, studied piano and composition, too. He played in the
most important orchestras in Italy and he has held concerts like
soloist and in chamber music in Europe, Africa, America and
Oceania with ensembles, soloists and conductors like: Claudio
Abbado, Quartetto Arditti, Pierre Yves Artaud, Kees Boeke,
Mario Brunello, Bruno Canino, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Jill
Feldmann, Andrea Lucchesini, Giuseppe Sinopoli. Composers
like Bussotti, Corghi, Donatoni, Einaudi, Gorli, Manca, Mosca,
Sciarrino, Pisati, Solbiati, have dedicated own works to him.
He’s teacher of percussion in the Genova Conservatory; his
students won national and international competitions. He
recorded like soloist for Ricordi, Bmg Ariola and Salabert.
In 1985 he founded the percussions ensemble Naqqâra.
http://utenti.lycos.it/mauriziobenomar
Silvia Belfiore
Italian pianist SILVIA BELFIORE graduated from the Alessandria Conservatory in
1989. In 1991, she graduated “Magna cum laude” in musicology from the University
of Bologna. She partecipated in various workshops and masterclasses with
Celibidache, Rattalino, Szidon, Masi, Damerini. She has been a participant in the
famous "Ferienkurse für neue Musik" held in Darmstadt, Germany in 1986, 1990
and 1992 and she was granted a scholarship from this institute in 1990 and 1992.
She has also received various awards for her artistic achievements including
“Laboratorio Lirico” for contemporary music in 1989 awarded by the Teatro
Alessandria. Silvia Belfiore has taught piano and music history in several
conservatories of music in Italy and Portugal, and is currently a member of the
faculty of the Pavia Conservatory of Music. In addition to her teaching, she
maintains a busy schedule of performing and recording. Silvia Belfiore has given
concerts as soloist and as a chamber performer in Europe, America, Asia. She is
also the artistic director of “Omaggio a ...”, an international festival of contemporary
music in Acqui Terme. Silvia Belfiore’s discography is varied, spanning diverse
periods of music and she has appeared on various television and radio broadcasts
in Moldavia, Germany, and Brazil. Because of her talents and interest in New
Music, many composers (Bieler, Bortolotti, Brizzi, Clementi, Hosrt Lohse, Kürshner,
Vieru) have dedicated works to her.
http://www.silviabelfiore.com
RECITALS IDEAS
2009
Bruno MADERNA
Nicola SANI
Sylvano BUSSOTTI
Franco CAVALLONE
Giacinto SCELSI
Serenata per un satellite
Concetto spaziale: attese (piano & tape)
Frammenti da “Passion selon
Sade”
Duo per Pelizza
Ko-Tha: 3 dances from Shiva
(guitar ampliphied for percussionist)
Paolo CASTALDI
Solfeggio parlante (1 musician)
Walter PRATI
The imaginary tale
J. CAGE
Mysterious adventure
(prepared piano)
J. KONDO
Aquarelle
A. CLEMENTI
2x6
K. STOCKHAUSEN Tierkreis
Napoleon’s Campaigns in Italy
Vidal
Cherubini
Philidor
Anonimo
Anonimo
Anonimo
Pleyel
Philidor
Charpentier
Anonimo
Anonimo
Lully
Marche du Maréchal de Saxe
Marche des pupilles de la garde
Marche de timballe
Pas de charge de la Garde Consulaire à Marengo
(14 juin 1800)
Batterie d’Austerlitz
Rigodon d’honneur
Bataille de Maringo
Marche de timballe pour les gardes du Roy
Victoire de l’Armée d’Italie ou Bataille de Montenotte
Marche des Eclόpés
Le champ d’honneur
Marche des Mousquetaires
pno, drum
pno
kettle drum
pno
drum
drum
pno
kettle drum
pno, drum
drum
drum
pno, drum
Concert with explication conference by Arcobaleni duo
(an interpreter is necessary)
Silvia Belfiore recorded two CDs “La musica di Napoleone” in 2000
Zodiac
piano, percussion and reader
music from
words
piano
percussion
reader
"Tierkreis“
by Karlheinz Stockhausen
from Max Jacob
Silvia Belfiore
Maurizio Ben Omar
it’s necessary a local reader in mother
tongue
contacts
[email protected]
tel. +39.333.7141701 (Silvia Belfiore)
tel. +39.335.6374734 (Maurizio Ben Omar)