R E C E N T N E W S
Polo Piatti is achieving considerable momentum, and I am delighted, for it is richly deserved".
Justin Pearson, Artistic Director, National Symphony Orchestra
THE PIANO CONCERTO IN THE PRESS
International Star Pianist Thomas Pandolfi in conversation with music head editor Phil Hewitt
NEW COMMISSION FOR LARGE SCALE SYMPHONY
"What a lovely Christmas gift to receive such a commission Polo Piatti. And how great it is to be recognised for your love of melodic music and its traditions in a world that seems often to determine anything new as only valid if “radical”. Right now, what you are doing is pretty radical in its way".
Glenda George after hearing of Piatti's largest commission to-date to write a symphony for big orchestra
GUITAR CONCERTO PREMIERED TO GREAT SUCCESS
3rd December 2023 - De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, UK
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.
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
RECORDS PIANO CONCERTO IN LONDON
Bohemian Piano Concerto becomes an international success
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 and released on the Seafront Records label.
“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
“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
NEW ZEALAND COMMISION TO BE 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 Orchestra
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.