The famous international pianist, among the most important interpreters of Bach and other authors, will participate in the gala evening of the 28th edition of the Penisola Sorrentina Award for the cinema – classical music duo.
Can an award dedicated to cinema and audiovisual provide space for classical music, demonstrating its value and, why not, its spectacular nature? Evidently the answer is more complex and positive than one might think at first glance.
In fact, classical music is usually associated with an elite, a minority of cultured and somewhat old-fashioned people, but in reality its massive use in cinema, TV series and advertising demonstrates that this genre is not such a niche after all.
Very often we happen to listen to or remember classical music pieces without even realizing it, or we discover authors by chance thanks to cinema or advertising. Some people think that this use ends up debasing historical pieces for trivial purposes, but there are also those who maintain that it is an excellent way to make this genre known and appreciated by a potentially very large audience.
This will happen in Sorrento, where on October 28th the Evening of Honor of the “Penisola Sorrentina” awards for cinema and audiovisual will take place and one of the greatest interpreters of the international classical music scene will take to the stage of the historic Teatro Armida: Ramin Bahrami.
Bahrami is considered one of the most important Bach interpreters in the world. After his performance of the Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig in 2009 with the Gewandhausorchester conducted by Riccardo Chailly, German critics considered him: “a magician of sound, a poet of the keyboard, an extraordinary artist who has the courage to approach Bach in a truly personal way” (Leipziger volkszeitung). He records exclusively for Decca-Universal. His CDs are best sellers and always enjoy great success with the public and critics, so much so that the Corriere della Sera dedicated a special series to him for 13 consecutive weeks. He has entered the Gfk top 100 best-selling pop albums five times. His recordings are regularly broadcast by major international broadcasters. Ramin Bahrami has written two books for Mondadori and a third published by Bompiani entitled “Nonno Bach”. He was awarded the “Mozart Box” prize for his passionate and engaging work in the dissemination of music, he was awarded the “Città di Piacenza–Giuseppe Verdi” prize dedicated to the great protagonists of the music scene, a recognition awarded before him to Riccardo Muti, José Cura, Leo Nucci and Pier Luigi Pizzi. In 2021 he was also awarded the Penisola Sorrentina prize, presented to him by Danilo Rea, coordinator of the music and cinema section.
"The intervention of the Iranian maestro artistically reinforces the spectacular and transversal formula of the Premio Penisola Sorrentina, demonstrating how music and cinema live in close union. Pier Paolo Pasolini assigned to music in cinema the function of "conceptualizing feelings, synthesizing them in a motif, and sentimentalizing concepts", recognizing sound art as a leading role in cinematic narration", says the artistic director of the event Mario Esposito.
The Penisola Sorrentina Award is organized in collaboration with the Film Commission Regione Campania. The television production of the event is promoted by the Municipal Administration of Sorrento led by Mayor Massimo Coppola. Admission to the event is free and open until all seats are taken.
Article published on 10 October 2023 - 13:08
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