Horacio Lavandera
Friday, May 3, 2024
7:30pm

Program  

Co-Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist 
Rochester Minnesota 

May 3, 2024 7:30 PM 

I 

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) 

12 Variations on "Ah! Vous dirai-je, maman" K.265 (300e)   

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) 

Sonata no.23 "Appassionata", in F minor, op.57           
Allegro assai                              
Andante con moto                      
Allegro ma non troppo – Presto  

SEBASTIAN MODARELLI (1972*)  

Romanza para Bárbara  

II 

DINO SALUZZI (1935*)  

Three pieces (U .S. premiere): 
La Casa 13
Claveles
Donde Nací

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828) 

Moment Musicaux D.780, op. 94 
Nr. 3 F minor 

Impromptus D.899, op. 90   
Nr. 1 Allegro molto moderato C minor 
Nr. 2 Allegro E flat  

FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) 

Variations sérieuses in D minor, op 54 

GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937) 

Original improvisations: 
Swanee  
Someone to Watch Over Me 
’S Wonderful / Funny Face 
I Got Rhythm  

As the youngest competitor, Horacio Lavandera won the highest prize at the III International Piano Competition Umberto Micheli at the age of sixteen, in Teatro alla Scala in Milan (Italy), playing a diverse repertoire, including pieces from baroque to contemporary music. He was also awarded a Special Prize by the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, for his interpretation of Ravel´s Concerto in G Major in the final round.

From that moment on, Lavandera has been invited to perform in some of the most important venues around the world in cities like Munich, Paris, London, Boston, Rome, Vienna, Hamburg, Tokyo, Madrid, Buenos Aires, and others.

Besides the Filarmonica della Scala, his presence has been requested by numerous prestigious orchestras, such as Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española, London Chamber Players, Orquesta Estable del Teatro Real, Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, Youth Orchestra of the Americas, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional and Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires.

In addition to covering the classical repertoire, he seeks to spread and promote contemporary music, sometimes doing world-class premieres, having collaborated with musicians like Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez, Mauricio Kagel, Richard Dubugnon, Guillaume Connesson, Atsuhiko Gondai and many others. He is in fact one of the pianists officially recommended by Stockhausen to perform his music.

A Steinway artist, Lavandera’s program in the US will be a continuation of the program he offered here two years ago, including Beethoven (to whom he was devoted during a period of formation with Maurizio Pollini in Italy), Mozart, Mendelssohn, Gershwin, Schubert and Dino Saluzzi. Manfred Eicher, a legend in the music business, was responsible for Lavandera’s recording of Saluzzi’s album Imagenes, which has been published by ECM New Series and received numerous awards. Ted Gioia, music critic of the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, rated this album among the best 20 albums of the year 2015. Saluzzi, probably the most prominent living composer in Argentina, embodies a unique style, combining classical and contemporary musical styles with folklore, tango and jazz. Besides ECM Recordings, Lavandera has recorded CDs for Sony Music, EPSA and NIBIUS, among others.

In 2014, he was featured in the movie “Zonda, folclore argentino”, by Oscar nominee Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura.

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