April 26, 2018, 19:00 - 20:30 UT
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The new edition of the Cosmic Concert, an online musical performance for GAM 2018, will be performed, as usual, by the Italian pianist and composer Giovanni Renzo. Cosmic Concert 2018 is a collection of compositions and improvisations conceived as a visual and poetic exploration of the universe. Giovanni Renzo will performs his music drawing inspiration from videos and photos made by photographers from around the world: Kathleen Horner, P.M. Heden, Kwon O Chul, Daniele Gasparri, Ruza Marija Mostarac, Gary Varney, Amateur Astronomers Selenology Project, Babak Tafreshi.
The final result will be a concert where music and astronomical videos will be mixed in a natural flow of music and spectacular images.
Renzo has a long-term fascination about the relationship between music and astronomy (such as star maps changing into scores or compositions based on the beat of the pulsar). Since 2010 he has been invited by Astronomers Without Borders to perform his works live during Global Astronomy Month. This online concert is one of the most successful events of the general program.
Giovanni Renzo was born in Messina, Italy, in 1962. He made his debut in 1979 as a jazz pianist. He regularly plays at concerts and festivals, alternating his concerts with teaching and composition. Renzo has composed music for films, theater, ballet, opera, multimedial performances. His first recording, “Eclisse” (1989), is a collection of piano solo compositions. Then he produced “La distanza della Luna” for piano and orchestra (1996 and 2007), “Il mare” (2001), live recording featuring Paolo Fresu, "Atlas Coelestis", book plus DVD (2008), “Infanzia” (2008) and "Racconti per pianoforte" (2010), again piano solo. Renzo was quoted by the Spanish Blog "Los mejores pianistas del Mundo" as one of the world's greater pianist, mainly for his original work about music and astronomy. “Infanzia” is now available on iTunes. The musicbook “Racconti per pianoforte" is available for free on the iBookstore at this link.
Giovanni Renzo was born in Messina, Italy, in 1962. He graduated from the Conservatorio “Corelli” in his hometown in 1986, continuing his musical education in Rome. He made his debut in 1979 as a jazz pianist. He regularly plays at concerts and festivals, alternating his concerts with teaching and composition. Renzo has composed music for films, theater, ballet, opera, multimedial performances. His first recording, “Eclisse” (1989), is a collection of piano solo compositions. Then he produced “La distanza della Luna” for piano and orchestra (1996 and 2007), “Il mare” (2001), live recording featuring Paolo Fresu and “Suono e ritmo quintet", "Atlas Coelestis", book plus DVD (2008), “Infanzia” (2008) and "Racconti per pianoforte" (2010), again piano solo. The musicbook for iPad "Racconti per pianoforte" is available for free on the iBookstore. Recently Renzo was quoted by the Spanish Blog "Los mejores pianistas del Mundo" as one of the world's greater pianist, mainly for his original work about music and astronomy.
“Infanzia” is now available on iTunes.
The musicbook “Racconti per pianoforte" is available for free on the iBookstore at this link.
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