PRESS REVIEWS 2023
On stage there will be the second edition of New Year's Day Concert at the Marenco Theatre in Novi Ligure. On Sunday 1st January at
9 p.m. the appointment "Two centuries in Vienna" will be embellished by Andrea Bacchetti on piano ... the Marenco Theatre
resident orchestra, the Alessandria Classical Orchestra could't miss the call; its elements also collaborate with La Scala in Milan,
La Fenice Theatre in Venice, the Regio Theatre in Turin, and the RAI National Orchestra ...
Bacchetti, the piano enfant prodige at the Marenco Theatre for New Year's Day concert
Il Piccolo - December 19th, 2022 (newsroom)
A soirée on the notes by Mozart and Strauss II to welcome 2023. ... «Bacchetti is a prodigy with a very particular personality
- Luciano Girardengo, who is musician and councillor of the Marenco Theatre Foundation, underlines - and he will come to honour our
theatre. ... The concert opens on the Eighteenth Century and reaches the Operetta, passing through the Nineteenth Century ... it will
be a very elegant and attractive concert, concerning the program and the event both. ... »
Novi Ligure, the Marenco Theatre is inspired by Wien and offers New Year's Day with Mozart
La Stampa - December 20th, 2022 (Luca Lovelli)
FULL ARTICLE (italian)
... The captivating program features the Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major K414 by W.A. Mozart, a work that has refined melodic
quality and a thematic richness that never repeats itself. After the Concerto, there will come three compositions by J. Strauss II:
"Rosen aus dem Süden" op. 388, "Schatwalzer aus Der Zigeunerbaron"" op. 418, and "Wein, Weib und Gesang",
op.333; to close, a Fantasia on "The Merry Widow" by F. Lehar ...
New Year's Day concert in Novi Ligure on Sunday 1st January
www.oggicronaca.it - December 27th, 2022 (newsroom)
It is an unmissable opportunity to listen to Andrea Bacchetti, one of the greatest Italian master pianists, in a very prestigious
concert. The occasion is the presentation of his latest CD, that is dedicated to the complete performance of Book II of the Well-Tempered
Klavier by Johann Sebastian Bach ... Book II was compiled by Bach about twenty years later than Book I and it was intended to be
complementary and yet much more complex than the first, presenting greater technical and structural difficulties for the interpreter, in
order to be "the definitive workbook" ...
Andrea Bacchetti "practices" with Bach
Il Gazzettino - January 20th, 2023 (newsroom)
Tomorrow the Monteverdi Conservatory of Bolzano will host the critical presentation of the CD Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (Book II)
by Bach (published by Arthaus Musik). It was recorded by the pianist Andrea Bacchetti, who will be present and will play some pages by
Bach ...
Maestro Bacchetti, how did the recording project you will present in Bolzano come about?
«I am attracted by Bach's music. I knew his melodies when I was a child, but only after high school and my first specialist studies I did begin to appreciate him seriously. I happened to play the score - which is also on the CD - twice consecutively: the partiture goes on for four and a half hours of music...»
Maestro Bacchetti, how did the recording project you will present in Bolzano come about?
«I am attracted by Bach's music. I knew his melodies when I was a child, but only after high school and my first specialist studies I did begin to appreciate him seriously. I happened to play the score - which is also on the CD - twice consecutively: the partiture goes on for four and a half hours of music...»
Bacchetti arrives in Bolzano «With Bach beyond fear»
Corriere dell'Alto Adige - January 22nd, 2023 (Giancarlo Riccio)
FULL ARTICLE (italian)
Fourth appointment of the concert season of the Ferruccio Busoni musical studies center. Tomorrow evening at 9p.m., there will be a
recital by pianist Andrea Bacchetti at the Shalom Theater in Empoli. Bacchetti is a piano virtuoso and television face, and he is ready
to offer the public his show "From Bach to Chiambretti, four centuries of music on TV". ... Bacchetti's discography is remarkable
and deals with the most disparate genres: from Bach to contemporary music, up to some forays into other repertoires. He is known to general
public for his numerous television appearances, which began at a very young age in Mike Bongiorno's programs as a keyboard prodigy and
continued in more recent times in famous programs by Maurizio Costanzo and Piero Chiambretti. ...
Bacchetti on concert at Shalom
Il Tirreno - February 7th, 2023 (newsroom)
The italian newspaper La Repubblica dubbed Bacchetti as the "most talented Bach pianist" and this artist's new set of
these immortal masterworks confirms that opinion. These are esceptional interpretations throughout - particularly moving being
the F minor and G major - performances of a master interpreter of Bach and very well recorded. An outstanding release in every
respect.
Compact Comments
MUSICAL OPINION - nr. 1535 April-June 2023, (James Palmer)
Affable, lively, lovable, curious, eclectic, electric. One, ten, one hundred thousand Andrea Bacchetti. He is a sprawling and
protean pianist, who can illuminate the Roman atmospheres of Matia Bazar with his harmonization and also shadow the Venetian liquidity
of Benedetto Marcello on keyboard. His persona is a synthesis of opposites: he is a genius of audacious disdain and a vertical and
dizzying artist, an exuberant stoic and happily ferocious at the same time. Bacchetti outlines a «pocket history» of the
piano, with the concert on schedule for the Brescia and Bergamo Piano Festival, on Thursday, May 11th at the San Barnaba auditorium ...
«Facing such different pieces, I change attitude, touch, style - explains Bacchetti - I change colors and views. I make a
cultured and attractive excursus». ...
«From Bach to Moonriver, my piano history»
Il Giornale di Brescia - May 9th, 2023 (Enrico Raggi)
Andrea Bacchetti presented a vast and varied program last night in San Barnaba for the Piano Festival. In the program, that went from
Bach to Bacchetti's contemporaries, undoubtedly some moments shone in a particular way ... among the shining spots there was the debut
piece, Goldberg Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach, which Andrea Bacchetti tackled with his very particular style. We are not only
talking about the extremely sustained speed in the entire playing, but especially in the cycle of Variations in which Bacchetti underlined
the dance rhythms in a percussive and dizzying way and with an extremely pressing, and only in some moments thoughtful, pace. In the end
the audience, in an almost feverish atmosphere, applauded even before the repetition of the opening Aria. Among the most beautiful moments
there was also the second Improvviso by Franz Schubert (op.142), that begins with the famous initial theme which flows into the virtuosic
central part before returning to the theme: Andrea Bacchetti rendered this poetic, beautiful piece with a levity that was worth the whole
evening ...
Bacchetti's pressing dizziness
Brescia Oggi - May 12th, 2023 (Luigi Fertonani)
FULL ARTICLE (italian)
... The secret point, the cornerstone and the beating heart must be discovered every time. Bacchetti's pianism is reminiscent of an icon
that may seem flat, but the abyss is in the prayer of the observer (and the image solicits it). In Bach's «Goldberg» Bacchetti
uses a crystalline, luminescent touch, nacre on the right and cello on the left. His lines are not chiseled but caressed. His ductile
hand ...
Bacchetti, beneath the surface the sinking into the artist's heart
Il Giornale di Brescia - May 13th, 2023 (Enrico Raggi)
FULL ARTICLE (italian)
After being postponed last Friday due to bad weather ... the appointment with great music is set for today ... the town will be the frame
for the pianist Andrea Bacchetti returning to Camogli. With the soprano from Sanremo Gabriella Costa, once again he will play the concert
that he performed last March in the Pauline Chapel at the Quirinale Palace (Rome). This program will see the two artists narrate, a journey
with personal, musicological and performance notes. The experience will involve and excite the audience ...
The pianist Bacchetti in Camogli - An event in the heart of the harbor
Il Secolo XIX - July 26th, 2023 (Edoardo Meoli)
Andrea Bacchetti, pianista muy activo (en España o en esta revista) y con un amplio registro de interpretaciones y grabaciones de música
para piano de diversas épocas, en este CD interpreta a Mozart, con tres de sus Sonatas y una Fantasía como complemento al artículo que
escribe para la revista Classic Voice. ... Interesante propuesta la de Classic Voice y magistral la erudición e interpretación pianística
de Andrea Bacchetti.
Andrea Bacchetti, a very active pianist (in Spain or in this magazine) and with a wide range of interpretations and recordings of piano music from various eras, on this CD he plays Mozart, with three of his Sonatas and a Fantasy as a complement to the article who he writes for Classic Voice magazine. ... The Classic Voice proposal is interesting and the erudition and piano interpretation of Andrea Bacchetti is masterful.
Andrea Bacchetti, a very active pianist (in Spain or in this magazine) and with a wide range of interpretations and recordings of piano music from various eras, on this CD he plays Mozart, with three of his Sonatas and a Fantasy as a complement to the article who he writes for Classic Voice magazine. ... The Classic Voice proposal is interesting and the erudition and piano interpretation of Andrea Bacchetti is masterful.
Crítica, Discos A-Z
RITMO.es n. 975 - September 2023, (Sol Bordas)
The Italian Philharmonic Orchestra will debut playing Mozart and Haydn on November 12th at the Teatro Salieri in Legnago (Verona). The
Orchestra will be one of the great protagonists of this season. In this occasion, its classical string orchestra formation will perform
with Andrea Bacchetti, who will be in a dual role of solo pianist and concertmaster ...
Salieri Theatre 2023/24: debut with the Philharmonic Orchestra and Andrea Bacchetti
www.lanotizia.news - November 6th, 2023 (newsroom)
... two exceptional performers - the Italian Philharmonic Orchestra and maestro Andrea Bacchetti, one among the most talented pianists
in the world - inaugurated «with a bang» the 2023 - 2024 season "Between memory and dream" of the Teatro Salieri
in Legnago. The concert, which saw the Philharmonic in its classical string orchestra formation and Bacchetti in the role of solo pianist
and concertmaster, truly moved all the audience. Thanks undoubtedly to an excellent performance and a very particular inspiration between
Bacchetti and the Philharmonic, but also to a program of particular depth... as the complete pianist with a perfect technique that goes
beyond virtuosity who he is, Bacchetti also gave emotions with two encores ...
Bacchetti bewitches the Salieri with his technique and interpretation
L'Arena - November 14th, 2023 (Elisabetta Papa)
FULL ARTICLE (italian)
On Friday, November 24th, the pianist Andrea Bacchetti held a concert with a program that ranged from Baroque to contemporary music at
the Ridotto of the «Garibaldi» Municipal Theater of Figline and Incisa Valdarno. The soirée was part of the 2023-2024 Friends
of Music of Florence Concert Season. ... being known for his discography and for his television appearances together with Chiambretti,
Bacchetti managed to keep the audience glued to their seats for almost two hours with an unusual and unconventional way of the
"classic" concert. ..., regardless of the philologists who would like the performance of these pieces only on the harpsichord,
Bacchetti was strong in his conviction that it is a repertoire composed for «Klavier» and, in order to resolve certain situations,
he resorted to articulations, unusual sounds and color differentiations so much so that he seemed to be inspired by organ recordings: that
was made clear in his Bach interpretation, in addition to the variety in the choice of the Preludes.
The audience, attentive and involved, honored the pianist with numerous applauses.
The audience, attentive and involved, honored the pianist with numerous applauses.
From Bach to Piero Chiambretti, 4 centuries of music on television
Toscana Oggi - weekly, December 3rd, 2023 (Salvatore Dell'Atti)
FULL ARTICLE (italian)
Short pieces and forgotten gems: in Andrea Bacchetti's new DVD a wealth of discoveries from Bach to Villa-Lobos. Nothing of the past is
thrown away. Ten authors, from Bach to Malipiero, with short pieces from a concert that Andrea Bacchetti held in 2015 in Genoa, now re-emerge
in his latest publication. This is not a CD but a DVD, and it has been published by Monarda Music.
Bacchetti, how did you set up the program?
«My idea was to put together a series of short pieces, shorter than nine minutes, all of them, starting from Bach (Toccata Bwv 914) and arriving to Rossini, passing through authors such as Liszt, Debussy and even Malipiero. The concert took place eight years ago, in the Gog season in Genoa at the Teatro Carlo Felice. We had excellent footage with six different cameras. A possibility that the album could not offer». ...
Bacchetti, how did you set up the program?
«My idea was to put together a series of short pieces, shorter than nine minutes, all of them, starting from Bach (Toccata Bwv 914) and arriving to Rossini, passing through authors such as Liszt, Debussy and even Malipiero. The concert took place eight years ago, in the Gog season in Genoa at the Teatro Carlo Felice. We had excellent footage with six different cameras. A possibility that the album could not offer». ...
"Rare is BEAUTIFUL" - interview
CLASSIC VOICE, nr. 295 December 2023, (Luca Baccolini)
FULL ARTICLE (italian)
... this evening at 9pm at Villa Borzino the seasonal program includes the concert by the piano virtuoso Andrea Bacchetti «My life with
a piano». The concert is sponsored by the MusicAmica Association ...
Bacchetti on piano at Villa Borzino
Il Secolo XIX, December 10th, 2023 (newsroom)
The internationally renowned Genoese pianist, Andrea Bacchetti, will give an unforgettable musical experience to Sestri Levante on December
21st with his exceptional recital "From Bach to Piero Chiambretti - 4 centuries of Music on Television". An extraordinary journey
through the centuries of classical music that will be presented by an artist who has enchanted audiences in the most prestigious theaters
and festivals around the world; from Lucerne and Toulouse to Lugano, passing through La Coruña, Warsaw and Tokyo. Andrea Bacchetti is one of
the most renowned Italian pianists, with an international career ...
Sestri: "From Bach to... Chiambretti", traveling through music with Andrea Bacchetti
www.levantenews.it, December 11th, 2023 (newsroom)
... he is one of the greatest and most well-known Italian musical talents on national and international scene. Bacchetti masterfully played
not only songs that enchanted the audience present, but he shared his professional and personal story, technically explaining each piece and
telling funny anecdotes that made the evening even more special. His friendliness and his artistic history made the event not just a concert,
but an intimate journey into his artistic soul. The active participation and involvement of the public was extraordinary, with many spectators
asking for an encore of some pieces, which made the evening unique and unrepeatable ...
Bacchetti in concert in Sestri, a success
www.primaillevante.it, December 22nd, 2023 (newsroom)
FULL ARTICLE (italian)
... «It is a privilege to host maestro Andrea Bacchetti in the evocative setting of our Millenary Church - says the Mayor of Uscio
Giuseppe Garbarino - he is an artist of such high who spends his Christmas every year in Uscio, the town from which his wonderful journey
treading the greatest theaters and playing for the best and most important orchestras in the world» ...
Uscio: Andrea Bacchetti in concert in the Romanesque church
www.levantenews.it, December 21st, 2023 (newsroom)
Andrea Bacchetti's concert was a great success yesterday evening, Tuesday December 26th, in the Romanesque Church of Uscio ... A very large,
attentive, moved, enthusiastic audience particularly appreciated not only the "Music", but also the "Tale" by the pianist
who, gradually, integrated his performances with musicological annotations, but also his personal experiences linked to the concerts he
performed around the world. A spontaneous involvement, that is rare for this type of events ...
Bacchetti excites, involves and tells stories
www.primaillevante.it, December 27th, 2023 (newsroom)
FULL ARTICLE (italian)
Der 1977 geborene Andrea Bacchetti ist einer der wenigen Ausnahmepianisten, der Bachs Musik auf einem modernen Flügel mit charmanter
Raffinesse und wunderbarer Ballance aus Gewicht und Leichtigkeit interpretiert. Live-Aufnahme aus dem Theater Carlo Felice in Genua.
Andrea Bacchetti, born in 1977, is one of the few exceptional pianists who interprets Bach's music on a modern grand piano with charming sophistication and a wonderful balance of weight and lightness. Live recording from the Carlo Felice Theater in Genoa.
Andrea Bacchetti, born in 1977, is one of the few exceptional pianists who interprets Bach's music on a modern grand piano with charming sophistication and a wonderful balance of weight and lightness. Live recording from the Carlo Felice Theater in Genoa.
"Andrea Bacchetti in concert" auf DVD
www.jpc.de, 29. Dezember 2023, (newsroom)
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