Roberto Prosseda
Roberto Prosseda is an Italian classical pianist. His name is related to his Mendelssohn's CDs recorded for Decca ("Mendelssohn Discoveries", 2005, "Mendelssohn Rarities", 2006, "Lieder ohne Worte", 2008, Mendelssohn Piano Concerto N. 3, with Gewandhausorchester and Riccardo Chailly, 2009), dedicated to Felix Mendelssohn's unknown piano works. In the first two CD's he performs on an unusual instrument, a Borgato L282.
Born in Latina, Lazio, in 1975, Roberto Prosseda studied at the Accademia Pianistica "Incontri col Maestro" of Imola with Alexander Lonquich, Boris Petrushansky and Franco Scala and at the International Piano Foundation in Cadenabbia (Lake Como, Italy) with Dmitri Bashkirov, Leon Fleisher, William Grant Naboré, Charles Rosen, Karl Ulrich Schnabel, Fou Ts'ong.
After winning major prizes in several important piano competitions, including the "U. Micheli" in Milan, the "F. Schubert" in Dortmund, the "A.Casagrande" in Terni and the "W.A.Mozart" in Salzburg, Roberto Prosseda has performed in Europe, Asia, Australia, North and South America. His recent engagements include Berlin Philharmonie, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Wigmore Hall, Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro alla Scala and Sala Verdi in Milano, Festival Pianistico di Bergamo e Brescia, Settembre Musica in Torino, Ravenna Festival, Triennale Köln, Biennale di Venezia.
Roberto Prosseda has appeared as a soloist with many orchestras, like London Philharmonic, New Japan Philharmonic, Filarmonica della Scala, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Residentie Orchester in The Hague, Bruxelles Philharmonic, Wiener Kammerorchester, Mozarteum Orchester, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Santa Cecilia di Roma.
Roberto's discography also includes:
- Complete piano works by two prominent Italian Modern composers: Goffredo Petrassi and Luigi Dallapiccola (awarded with 5 diapasons by the French Magazine Diapason).
- Lyricism: Songs Without Words, Selected Piano Works of Michael Glenn Williams, AIX Records
- A Chopin Cd for Decca (2007)
- A Schumann Cd for Decca (2010)
- A Liszt Cd (Années de Pèlerinage, Italie and the two Legends) for Decca (2011)
Between 2004 and 2009 Roberto Prosseda presented more than 40 World Premieres of Mendelssohn's previously unpublished piano works, including the Piano concerto in E minor, in several cities (Leipzig Gewandhaus, Berlin Philharmonie, New York, MusicToronto, London Wigmore Hall).
In 2009 Roberto Prosseda recorded Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto in E minor, in the reconstruction by Marcello Bufalini (2006), with the Gewandhaurorchester Leipzig conducted by Riccardo Chailly (CD Decca 476 1525). This recording, released worldwide in Autumn 2009, won several prizes, including the Diapason d'Or and the CHOC de Classica.
In 2009 the Italian music publisher Raitrade published three music scores of Mendelssohn rare piano works, in a critical edition by Roberto Prosseda: 6 Fugues (1821-26), 4 Sonatas (1820), Fantasia for piano four hands (1824).
Since September 2011 Prosseda is also giving concerts with the piano-pédalier. On September 13th, 2011 he gave the modern Premiere of Charles Gounod's Concerto for piano-pédalier and orchestra in E flat major (1889), with the Orchestra Filarmonica Toscanini conducted by Jan Latham Koenig. Many contemporary composers wrote pieces for piano-pédalier for him, including Cristian Carrara, Ennio and Andrea Morricone, Giuseppe Lupis, Alessandro Solbiati, Michael Glenn Williams.
Prosseda is also author and co-producer of three documentaries: "Mendelssohn Unknown", "Fryderyk Chopin", and "Liszt: The Years of Pilgrimage", directed by Angelo Bozzolini and distributed by Euroarts.
In 2011 he wrote the book "Lezioni di Musica - il Pianoforte", a listening guide to piano repertoire, published in Italian by Edizioni Curci.
Roberto Prosseda is founder and president of Associazione Mendelssohn, promoting the music and the heritage of Felix Mendelssohn, and artistic consultant of Festival Pontino.
He is also co-founder and artistic coordinator of "Donatori di Musica", a network of musicians and doctors organizing concert series in Italian hospitals.
[edit] References
- Program notes to Decca CD 476 3038, Mendelssohn Discoveries: Rare Piano Works, rec. January 2005, Preganziol, Treviso, Italy.
