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. Repertoire for piano and orchestra, 2013-2014

- Repertoire for piano-pédalier and orchestra page 2 - Mendelssohn Piano Concertos page 4 - Robot and orchestra (Family concert) page 5 - An original rarity by Giuseppe Verdi page 6 - Other Piano Concertos page 6 "Prosseda shapes the music in long, elegant phrases that soar and compel utterly... This is the finest set of Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words now available."

Classic FM magazine, 5* CD review, Jan '09. Roberto Prosseda’s sensational discovery of new Mendelssohn works made headlines in Europe and lead to seven Decca releases, including Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Gewandhaus Orchestra and Riccardo Chailly. His albums have won much acclaim in the press, including the CHOC from Le Monde de la Musique Classique, the Diapason d’Or and Chamber Music CD of the Month in the UK’s Classic FM magazine. In 2010, Deutsche Grammophon selected twelve recordings by Prosseda to add to the box set, “Classic Gold”, released in May 2010. Roberto Prosseda has performed regularly with some of the world’s most important orchestras, such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, Moscow State Philharmonic, Bruxelles Philharmonic, Calgary Philharmonic and the Leipzig Gewandhaus. In 2011/2012 season Roberto Prosseda made his debut at the Concertgebouw (Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1), and reappeared in venues like the Berlin Philharmonie (Gounod Concerto for piano-pédalier) and the Gewandhaus (Memdelssohn recital). In September 2011, Prosseda gave his debut on the pedal piano, performing the Concerto for Pedal Piano by Gounod in the world premiere version for modern instrument. He recorded Gounod’s Concerto and Suite Concertante for Pedal Piano and orchestra with Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana and Howard Shelley (Hyperion, release in fall 2013).

Roberto Prosseda with Moscow State Phihlarmonic and Tugan Sokhiev performing Schumann Piano Concerto op. 54 di Schumann, recorded live at Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow by Russia TV.

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1. Concertos for piano-pédalier and orchestra Roberto Prosseda resurrects the Pedal-Piano! The Italian pianist Roberto Prosseda has made history by performing on an instrument which hasn't been heard for a hundred years - the pedal-piano. Prosseda made his stunning performance debut on the long-lost instrument in September in the Cathedral of Forlì. Classic FM, October 2011

Roberto Prosseda at the piano-pedalier performing Gounod’s Pedal Piano Concerto at Berlin Philharmonie with Berliner Symphoniker, May 6, 2012. Roberto Prosseda is currently the only pianist who plays the Pedal Piano in concert, also with orchestra. He disovered four original works by Gounod for Pedal Piano and orchestra, which he recorded for Hyperion label last October 2012 with Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana dconducted by Howard Shelley. Prosseda plays his own pedalboard, “Pinchi Pedalpiano System”,which can be connected to any grand piano. This allows to hos Pedal Piano concerts in any venue in the world with limited shipping costs. Playing heart, soul and feet - Italian pianist Roberto Prosseda revives a lost art; recreating the haunting melodies of a Pedal Piano The Wall Street Journal, Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, April 20, 2012 Charles Gounod: Concerto in E flat major (1889) for Pedal Piano and orchestra, 21’, Ed. Symétrie

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Forlì, Emilia Romagna Festival, Orchestra Toscanini, Jan Latham-Koenig, 11/9/2011 Palermo, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Christian Arming, 7-8/10/2012 Pordenone, Teatro Comunale, Berliner Symphoniker, Lior Shambadal, 27/4/2012 Berlino, Philharmonie, Grosser Saal, Berliner Symphoniker, Lior Shambadal, 6/5/2012 Lathi, Lathi Philharmonic, 17/1/2013 Weimar, Staatskapelle, Leopold Hager, 6-7/4/2013 Amsterdam, Netherland Symphony, 3-6/1/2014 Aalborg, Aalborg Symphony, 2/7/2014 VIDEO: I. Allegro Maestoso http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW9mhB5qm70 Live a Forlì, 11/9/2011. Orchestra Toscanini, Jan Latham Koenig II - Scherzo http://youtu.be/Cf0bqtpN3x4 III. Adagio ma non troppo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twAa4Ylv7B8 Live a Pordenone, 27/4/2012. Berliner Symphoniker, Lior Shambadal IV. Allegro Pomposo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHJdeYr4QQs Live a Forlì, 11/9/2011. Orchestra Toscanini, Jan Latham Koenig Charles Gounod: Suite Concertante in A major (1886) for Pedal Piano and orchestra, 23’, Ed. Leduc Lugano, Orchestra della Radio Svizzera Italiana, Howard Shelley, 24-25/10/2012 (Hyperion recording) Palermo, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, 2-3/11/2012 W. A. Mozart: Concerto in D minor K 466 for Pedal Piano and orchestra, 23’. Version for Pedal Piano, based on the original Mozart manuscript containing sketches for the Pedal Piano part, edited by Francesco Finotti (2012). Cristian Carrara (1977): Magnificat – meditazione per pedalpiano e orchestra, 16’, Ed. Sonzogno Forlì, Emilia Romagna Festival, Orchestra Toscanini, Jan Latham-Koenig, 11/9/2011 Pordenone, Teatro Comunale, Berliner Symphoniker, Lior Shambadal, 27/4/2012 Berlino, Philharmonie, Grosser Saal, Berliner Symphoniker, Lior Shambadal, 6/5/2012 VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JfhtY1pieg live in Forlì, 11/9/2011, Orchestra Toscanini di Parma, Latham-Koenig

Roberto Prosseda giving a Pedal Piano recital at Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, June 4, 2012.

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2. Mendelssohn Piano Concertos Mendelssohn: Concerto n. 1 op. 25, 21’ Bruxelles, Bruxelles Philharmonic, Yoel Levi, 6-7/11/2008 Eindhoven, MuziekGebouw, Brabant Orkest, Jan Villem De Vriend, 13/9/2012 Breda, Chassé Teather, Brabant Orkest, Jan Villem De Vriend, 14/9/2012 Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, Brabant Orkest, Jan Villem De Vriend, 15/9/2012 VIDEO LIVE: http://youtu.be/JSnob01Ww_g Eindhoven, Brabant Orkest, Jan Villem De Vriend, 13/9/2012 Mendelssohn: Concerto n. 2, op. 40, 22’ Mendelssohn: Concerto n. 3 in E minor (1842-44), reconstruction by Marcello Bufalini, 2007 Berlino, Philharmonie, Berliner Symphoniker, 11/2/2007 Roma, Sala S. Cecilia, Orchestra di Santa Cecilia, Marc Albrecht, 15, 16, 17, 18/12/2007 Liverpool, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Harry Bickett, 18/1/2008 Lipsia, Gewandhaus Orchester, Riccardo Chailly, 22-23/1/2009 Tokyo, Suntory Hall, New Japan Philharmonic, 23/10/2008 Londra, Royal Festival Hall, London Philharmonic, Yannick Nézeit-Seguin, 4/4/2009 VIDEO: http://youtu.be/HNul09be070 Gewandhaus di Lipsia, 22/1/2009, Gewandhaus Orchester diretta da Riccardo Chailly

Decca CD with Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 3. Live recording by Roberto Prosseda at Gewandhaus Leipzig with Gewandhaus Orchester conducted by Riccardo Chailly.

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Family Concert: Robot – Pianist Teo Tronico with orchestra

Teo Tronico at Berlin Philharmonie with Berliner Symphoniker and Michelangelo Galeati, 26/8/2012 In March 2012 Roberto Prosseda launched a new project of concerts and lectures with TeoTronico, a new robot built by Matteo Suzzi in Imola (Italy). Teo Tronico has 53 fingers and so can play any work from the piano repertoire, on any normal piano. The robot has dynamics and is controlled via Midi, so can repeat in real time the playing of a human pianist connected from a digital piano. In this way the Robot can play Chopin's Andante Spianato op. 22 for piano and orchestra, as it did in the Berlin Philharmonie on 26th August 2012: Roberto Prosseda was the "ghost-pianist" and only the robot will be onstage, playing exactly what the real pianist plays backstage. The robot speaks any language (he reads Word files or can be dubbed in real time) and has funny facial expressions. Teo Tronico can play any Mozart Concerto live with orchestra. Roberto Prosseda would be the ghost pianist (the robot mirrors in real time what Roberto Prosseda plays on a digital piano in the backstage) Press reviews: http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2012/05/25/teo-tronico-il-robot-pianista-che-esegue.html http://www.ilcorrieremusicale.it/prosseda-fa-rivivere-la-pianola/ http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio/uomo-o-robot-chi-suona-meglio/2189092 http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2012/07/28/il-pianista-sfidato-da-un-robot-prosseda.html VIDEO Teo Tronico at Berlin Philharmonie with Berliner Sympohiniker, 27/8/2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5rKjrQ3JoE

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3. An original rarity by Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi: Variazioni for piano and orchestra on "Caro Suono Lusinghiero" from "Tebaldo ed Isolina" by Morlacchi Edited by Riccardo Chailly and Fortunato Ortombina. Recorded in the CD “Verdi Discoveries”, Decca, Orchestra Verdi conducted by Riccardo Chailly. Duration: 20 minutes 4. Other Piano Concerto selected from Roberto Prosseda’s repertoire: Haydn: Concerto in D major Mozart: Concertos K271, K415, K449, K466, K467, K488, K491, K595 Beethoven: Concerto No. 1, 2, 4, Violin Concerto op. 61 (trascription by Beethoven for piano and orchestra) Schumann: Concerto op. 54 Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0go-jUeOU6M Moscow State Philharmonic, Tugan Sokhiev. Live alla Sala Ciaikovsky, 14/11/2008 Chopin: Concerto No. 1 op. 11 Andante Spianato e Grande Polacca brillante op. 22 Video: http://youtu.be/flvxeEzVi-U Brabant Orkest, Jan Willhem de Vriend, live in Eindhoven, 16/9/2012 Brahms: Concerto n. 1 op. 15 Ciaikowsky: Piano Concerto n. 3 (completed by Taneyev) Isserlis: Poema n. 1 Taneyev: Piano Concerto Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx88_VpyRKA Live in Roma, Parco della Musica, Orchestra di Santa Cecilia, Flavio Emilio Scogna 30/5/2008 Berg: Kammerkonzert Dallapiccola: Piccolo Concerto per Muriel Couvreux Ullmann: Piano Concerto (1939) Rota: Concerto Soirée Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI489DPVSLc Live a Cordoba, Orquesta Sinfonica de Cordoba, Teatro Libertaror, 2/6/2011 Castiglioni: Fantasia Concertata Adès: Piano Concerto “In Seven Days”