Maurizio Zaccaria - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Opp. 13 & 27 & Other Works '2020

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 Pathétique: I. Grave-Allegro di
molto e con brio
02. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 Pathétique: II. Adagio cantabile
03. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 Pathétique: III. Rondo. Allegro
04. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1 Quasi una fantasia: I.
Andante
05. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1 Quasi una fantasia: II.
Allegro molto e vivace
06. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1 Quasi una fantasia: III.
Adagio con espressione
07. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1 Quasi una fantasia: IV.
Allegro vivace
08. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 Moonlight: I. Adagio
sostenuto
09. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 Moonlight: II. Allegretto
10. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 Moonlight: III. Presto
con fuoco
11. Andante favori in F Major, WoO 57
12. Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 Für Elise


After a diploma in piano at Niccola Piccinni Conservatory of Music in Bari under
the guidance of Gregorio Goffredo and a master at Nino Rota Conservatory of
Music in Monopoli under the guidance of Benedetto Lupo, he attended the
masterclasses of Marisa Somma, Cristian Zaccarias, Joaquin Achucarro, Francois
J. Thiollier, Konstantin Bogino et Aldo Ciccolini.

He went on to win several national and international piano competitions:
Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition, Liszt International Piano
Competition (the famous Argentine pianist Martha Argerich was in the jury),
Thalberg International Piano Competition, International Music Competition in
Ibla, San Nicolaus International Piano Competition International, Piano Festival
in Osnabruch (Germania), Cliburn Piano Competition in Texas (USA). In 2008 he
was awarded the Umanitaria Society price in Milan (president Maestro Abbado);
during the same year he was also awarded the Arts Price of the Italian Cultural
Ministry, after which he played at the Parco della Musica in Rome. He plays in
Italy and abroad in some important halls: Auditorium della Radio Televisione
Svizzera (Lugano); Salle Cortot (Paris); Institut Italien de Culture (Paris);
Sala Gaber (Milan); Parco della Musica (Rome); Sala Scarlatti (Naples); Teatro
delle Muse (Ancona); Teatro Piccinni et Kursaal Santa Lucia (Bari); Teatro
Bibiena (Mantova); Villa Ruffolo (Ravello); Teatro Wan Vesterhout (Mola di
Bari); Auditorium V. Falco (playing two pianos with Aldo Ciccolini); Teatro
Curci (Bari). Maurizio Zaccaria plays for important associations: Fondazione
Petruzzelli (Bari); URTIcanti contemporary music festival; Ravello festival;
PianoFestival (Grosseto); A.R.A.M. (Rome); Gaeta Festival; Accademia dei
Cameristi (Bari). In March 2007 he debuted in the USA, during a series of
concerts playing Bartoks compositions, among which his Sonata for two pianos and
percussions. His last concerts with Bari Concert Society orchestra and Taranto
Magna Grecia orchestra, respectively devoted to Shostakovics Concerto Op. 35 and
Rachmaninoffs Third Concerto Op. 30 have fascinated audience and critics. He
played as a soloist with Petruzzelli Symphonic Orchestra, (Bari), Nino Rota
orchestra (Monopoli, Bari) conducted by Filippo Maria Bressan, with Cosenza
Symphonic orchestra, Bacau symphonic orchestra, Matera Duni Orchestra (there he
played Gershwins best symphonic pieces for piano, Concerto in Fa and Rapsody in
Blue) and with Bari Metropolitan Symphonic orchestra. He was invited by the
Italian embassy in Pogdorica where he played music by Fauré, Debussy and
Schostakovic. He is also a composer, and he debuted some compositions by
Goeffroy Drouin, Luca Lombardi, Lera Auerbach, Luca Mosca, Andrea Marena and
Fabio Vacchi. He also pays chamber music and he collaborates with flutist
Leonardo Grittani.

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