Ravello. The 'The best of youth' review continues with three more events

The musical events of the "The Best of Youth" festival in Ravello will continue with three more concerts scheduled, featuring the debut of students from the Agostino Steffani Conservatory of Castelfranco Veneto (Treviso), as well as the return of the Martucci Conservatory of Salerno. Tomorrow, in the Church of Santa Maria a Gradillo, the first concert will feature the Veneto Conservatory Quintet, consisting of Antonio Caneve on clarinet, Luigi di Francia and Arianna Pasoli on violins, Nathan Deutsch on viola, and Kateryna Bannyk on cello. The ensemble, born from the class of maestro Alberto Vianello, has chosen Ravel's String Quartet in F major and Brahms' Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op. 115, for their Ravello program. On Friday, at 7:00 p.m., the Oscar Niemeyer Auditorium will host a concert by the Steffani Jazz Ensemble, a musical project that brings together the most promising students from the institute's jazz department. Formed under the guidance of Maestro Gianluca Carollo, the group focused primarily on pieces from the American jazz tradition, ultimately embracing them and bringing them to audiences. The project, as the maestros emphasize, can be considered a true musical collective, as the name Steffani Jazz Ensemble encompasses diverse groups and musicians. The current lineup will perform at the City of Music, featuring Maria Marchetto (vocals), Sean Lucariello (trumpet), Giacomo Lazzaro (alto saxophone), Marco Baldi (guitar), Lorenzo Tonon (piano), Alberto Gatti (double bass), and Thomas Osho Zausa (drums). On Sunday, at 7:00 p.m., the Oscar Niemeyer Auditorium will perform "Io Sheherazade," a show born from the idea of ​​professors at the Giuseppe Martucci Conservatory of Salerno to share ensemble music among pianists. From this idea, the Four Italian Pianists group was born, consisting of Imma Battista, Tiziana Silvestri, Massimo Trotta, and Rosalba Vestini, joined in Ravello by Gerardo Zitarosa on percussion. The project involves the use of the piano as a complete instrument, in an unusual chamber music format—indeed, with the intention of replacing a full orchestra—in Maestro Nicola Samale's transcription of Korsakov's symphonic masterpiece, Suite Op. 35. The choice of Scheherazade, the protagonist of the famous tales of "One Thousand and One Nights," was deliberate, the event organizers announced, given a historical moment in which the issue of violence against women is a daily occurrence. The maestros' intention is to reaffirm a winning female figure, a positive symbol, a celebration of women not only in their aesthetic but above all in their intellectual value. The project is rounded out by a video and direction by Renata Fusco.