Sant'Apollinare
international piano festival
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F. Chopin Concerto No.2 Op.21
London Symphony Orchestra
Adolfo Barabino, piano
On June 23- 30, took place the first edition of the “Sant’Apollinare International Piano Festival”, aimed at setting, in the natural-
An artistic project intended to combine culture and nature, bringing out, at the same time, both the musical afflatus, absorbed in wonderful and suggestive locations, and the landscape appeal of the context, which could possibly boost the number of touristsright thanks to the realisation of this venture.
The 2021 edition included three dates wholly dedicated to Piano Music. In order to realise this event, three internationally renowned soloists have been selected.
Three concerts created in order to offer the audience just as many skit nights, drawing attention to the manifold expressive possibilities of the piano, wandering from the most dramatic and disruptive richness of this instrument up to itsmost gentle hints and shades of sound.
Since the 2022 edition the repertoire has been extended to chamber music.
The concerts are held outdoor, on the forecourt of the millennial church of Sant’Apollinare, offering a vi
Artistic Director
Adolfo Barabino
Artistic Director
Adolfo Barabino
Artistic Director
Adolfo Barabino
Artistic Director
Adolfo Barabino
Video - Summary 2024
Video - Summary 2023
00:00 – Adolfo Barabino – Liszt – Funerailles (Excerpt)
01:55 – Adolfo Barabino – Liszt – Les jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este (Excerpt)
04:06 – Adolfo Barabino – Chopin – Polacca op. 26 (Excerpt)
06:19 – Trio (Joseph Wolfe & Jonathan Ayling & Adolfo Barabino) – Ravel – Kaddish
11:12 – Trio (Joseph Wolfe & Jonathan Ayling & Adolfo Barabino) – Dvořák – Dumky Trio (Lento maestoso excerpt)
12:30 – Trio (Joseph Wolfe & Jonathan Ayling & Adolfo Barabino) – Dvořák – Dumky Trio (Vivace excerpt)
13:35 – Valentina Igoshina – Rachmaninoff – Six Moments musicaux n.2 Allegretto (Excerpt)
14:57 – Valentina Igoshina – Rachmaninoff – Six Moments musicaux n.5 Adagio sostenuto (Excerpt)
16:39 – Valentina Igoshina – Rachmaninoff – Six Moments musicaux n.6 Maestoso (Excerpt)
All Concerts Will Start At 20:30
Free Admission
Reservations required: info@berceuse.org & 3933690463
The shuttle service will be available free of charge on the route from San Bartolomeo to Sant’Apollinare from 18.45 to 20.00. It will be reactivated once the concert is over at around 22:30.
In case of rain, the concerts will be held at the Teatro Sociale di Camogli
Dates And Performers edition 2025:
Adolfo Barabino , piano
1 July 2025
Music by:
Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt
Adolfo Barabino, a pupil of Emilio Bonino, is an artist who combines a refined touch with a profound musical interpretation and the “Musical Opinion” describes him “…with a sound so rich in nuances that make him one of the most interesting Chopin interpreters of his generation.”
He lives between Italy and England where he recently debuted with the London Philharmonic Orchestra recording for BBC Radio.
With the London Symphony Orchestra he recorded Chopin’s Second Concerto and the disc was nominated for the Grammy Awards.
Among his upcoming engagements, he will perform all five Beethoven’s Piano Concertos in London at the Cadogan Hall with the English Chamber Orchestra, corcerts to be repeated later on tour in England, Italy and Japan and recording with an important record company is planned. In 2003 he received the nomination of Steinway Artist. His portrait his placed in the gallery of the Steinway headquarters in London.
He got a ten-year contract of concerts in Japan where he has recently realised the 13th tournée and regularly plays in major venues such as Suntory Hall, Tokyo Hamarikyu Asahi Hall, Kitara Hall-Sapporo, Minato Marai Concert Hall-Yokohama, Aoi Concert Hall- Shizuoka, also making several radio recordings.
In 2016, he participated in the Piano Narapi Festival in Nara, Japan, recorded live by MBS TV.
One fo the most evocative experience was the performance of Liszt’s Concerto No.1 for piano and orchestra in Sendai, where he was the first pianist to perform this concerto in a Buddhist temple.
For his artistic value in London in 2013 he was awarded the “Copy of Freedom-City of London” previously awarded by the tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
In 2018, his debut in the United States at Aspen, Colorado.
In addition to his concert activity, Adolfo is recording in England the complete Chopin’s works and hold masterclasses in Italy, England, Usa and Japan.
Since 2019 he has been a member of the jury of the “Concours International de piano Nice Côte d’Azur” and President of the jury for the final of “Steinway & Sons European Piano Competition”.
In 2020 he founded the “Sant’Apollinare International Piano Festival” of which he is the Artistic Director in collaboration with the Berceuse Association.
He made his debute in Greece in amphitheatre in Pyrgos West Mani, with a recital dedicated to F. Chopin.
Johanna de Cloitre , piano
4 July 2025
Music by:
Bach, Mozart, Debussy, Scriabin, Liszt
Johanna de Cloître is a professional pianist who performs regularly as a soloist and chamber
musician, exploring a wide-ranging repertoire across Europe—in cities such as Paris, Berlin,
Brussels, Barcelona, Rouen, Baden-Baden, and Aix-en-Provence. She has taken part in
festivals including Courants d’Airs, Musique Dans la Rue, Piano Demain, Jeunes Talents,
and Piano Tremplin.
In 2024, she received the October Equus Prize for the creation of the eponymous work by
Gilbert Rosso, as part of the International Competition of the City of Nice, where she
performed in the final round with the Opéra de Nice Orchestra. In 2023, she won Second
Prize at the Aliénor d’Aquitaine International Competition in Parempuyre, and in 2022 she
was co-winner of the Festival Prize at Courants d’Airs in Brussels for the creation and
performance of Casting Diva. She is also a recipient of the AMOPA Special Prize.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin and a
Master’s degree in piano from the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel. She studied with
Frédéric Aguessy, Daniel Blumenthal, Stephen Arnold, and Konrad Maria Engel.
Johanna de Cloître teaches at the Conservatoire de Nice. She has also studied harpsichord,
organ, and music analysis at the Conservatoire de Rouen, as well as choral conducting and
medieval musicology at the Sorbonne.
Mariusz Patyra , Violin
Adolfo Barabino , Piano
7 July 2025
Music by:
Mozart, Suk, Brahms, Piazzolla, Paganini, Massenet
Mariusz Patyra was born in Orzysz/Poland in 1977.
He began to play the violin at the age Of 7. His teachers were: Zbigniew Ciucias, A. Hoffmann in Olsztyn, Agnieszka Cypryk, Prof. Janusz Kucharski in Warsaw, Prof. Krzysztof Wegrzyn and
Prof. Ina Kertscher in Hannover and Maestro Salvatore Accardo in Cremona.
He graduated with honours from the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, and is a lecturer at the Academy.
A true virtuoso of the violin, Mariusz Patyra’s artistic career took off after winning the 2001 Niccolo Paganini International Violin Competition. His success was exceptional in that he was the first ever Polish violinist to win the “Premio Niccolo Paganini”.
Patyra was also awarded a special prize for best interpretation of the Paganini Caprices and received a copy of the great master’s violin, “Il Cannone”, he had the honor of performing on Niccolo Paganini’s original Guarneri del Gesu during a later concert.
His achievement launched performance tours all over the world, including Europe, Japan, the United States, and Mexico. Mariusz Patyra has played with such distinguished orchestras as: the Tokyo Royal Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Fondazione Arturo Toscanini, Orchestra di Roma, Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana, the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra (“Amadeus”), the Warsaw National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, and Sinfonia Varsovia.
Recordings for the Polish, the Northern German (NDP), the Western German (WD-R),
and the Italian radio (RAI TRE) give an insight in the virtuoso playing of this artist.
Recorded works:
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Lipinski Royal Fidelity, 2008
Paganini: Violin Concerto No 1, Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso op.28,
Massenet: Thais-Meditation, DUX, 2008
Wieniawski: Violin Concertos No l & No 2, DUX, 2008 ,,No. 24″, Toinen Music, Wydawnictwo Agora, 2019
Mariusz Patyra is a winner of a 2nd Prize on Vienna Classic International Violin Competition 2024 and a finalist of the Grand Finale at the Classic Violin Olympus International Competition in Dubai 2025.
Mariusz Patyra plays a copy of the Guarneri del Gesu, built by Wojciech Topa (2020)
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