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BALLET COMMISSIONED IN SWEDEN TO BE PREMIERED IN JAPAN
Niconomiel Dance Company, Osaka, Japan
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The world-premiere of 'Ismanien', a newly commissioned contemporary with music for full symphony orchestra and story by Swedish artist and author Ida Haag, is set to take place in Osaka, Japan in September 2026, with an original choreography by Mayu Uesugi, director of the fabulous Niconomiel Ballet Company. Full details to follow!
Mel Elliott's interview for culture magazine 'Get Hastings'
SYMPHONY FOR LARGE ORCHESTRA COMMISSIONED AND DELIVERED
Polo Piatti has been recently privately commissioned to compose his first ever Symphony for Large Orchestra
The latest and substantial opus - and one which represents Piatti's most intricate symphonic work to-date - has now been delivered, waiting to be recorded.
Polo Piatti is achieving considerable momentum, and I am delighted, for it is richly deserved".
Justin Pearson, Artistic Director, National Symphony Orchestra
PIANO CONCERTO WITH THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA NOW RELEASED
Last November the recording of one of Piatti's major works was launched in the United Kingdom. His 'Bohemian Concerto for Piano and Orchestra' was recorded by American virtuoso pianist Thomas Pandolfi and the National Symphony Orchestra under conductor John Andrews.
“This is a great virtuoso piece, but it’s also got a real heart and it’s got real soul,... a real tenderness at the core of it that I think pianists and lovers of music are going to find very, very infectious... It’s a great, big, soulful, rich romantic piano concerto.“
John Andrews, conductor
“It’s fabulously melodic, ... it takes virtuosity probably where Franz Liszt left off and if we go a little bit into the early 20th century’s fabulous piano composers such as Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev, taking those guys and pushing the limits of technique to a higher level.“
Thomas Pandolfi, concert pianist
PIATTI's PIANO CONCERTO IN THE PRESS
International Star Pianist Thomas Pandolfi in conversation with music head editor Phil Hewitt
With conductor Daniel W. Boothe and pianist Thomas Pandolfi during the world premiere in Virginia, USA
GUITAR CONCERTO PREMIERE: A GREAT SUCCESS
Giulio Tampalini - Hastings Sinfonia Orchestra - Derek Carden
Last December Italian virtuoso guitarrist Giulio Tampalini premiered Piatti's Christmas Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra together with the Hastings Sinfonia Orchestra expertly conducted by maestro John Derek Carden. The premiere took place at the De La Warr Pavilion, In Bexhill-on-Sea, in the UK. Watch the short video (below)
The world premiere of the Christmas Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra is set to take place on 3rd December 2023 at the De La Warr Pavilion in the United Kingdom. The soloist will be Italian star guitarist Giulio Tampalini together with the Hastings Sinfonia, conducted by Derek Carden. The work celebrates all things Christmas, from the festive to the introspective, from the joyful to the frenetic and from the ceremonial to the celebratory. The unique concerto has been recorded in 2021 by its dedicatee, international guitarist Sergio Puccini and who commissioned the work, together with the Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra under the baton of maestro Péter Ellenyi and this will be the first time the concerto will performed live anywhere on the world.
COMMISIONED IN NEW ZEALAND - PREMIERED IN BRAZIL
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Polo Piatti has been commissioned by Auckland based pianist Sherry Grant to compose a piece for viola and piano to be world premiered next year at the 49th International Viola Congress in Campinas, Brazil. Sherry’s partners with wonderful Dutch violist Emlyn Stam (founding member of the renowned Ysaŷe Trio) as the AltoNova Duo. I look very much forward to this multi-national collaboration!
Sherry Grant
Emlyn Stam
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International Composers Festival
Polo Piatti founded the ICF in 2012, the only one of its kind in the world, with the aim of solely showcasing melodic music that is written today, including orchestral music, film music, gaming, tv, dance & chamber music. It takes place in the UK and Piatti remains its Artistic Director.
Hastings Sinfonia
Polo Piatti is the founder & Artistic Director of Hastings's hugely popular orchestra, the Hastings Sinfonia with the objective to perform some of the most beautiful music in the classical repertoire including works by living composers and Piatti's compositions on a regular basis.