Mario Lamberto
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Mario Lamberto is an Italian
conductor
.
Diplomas were obtained as he pursued his studies further with Franco Ferrara
, whose conducting post-graduate courses he attended at the Chigi Academy
in Siena
, at the School of Music at Fiesole
and at the “Ente Arena” in Verona
.
He also attended a master class given by Vladimir Delman
in Parma
and a master class given by Aldo Ceccato
at the “Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento Professionale” in Saluzzo
.
In 1992 he won the “D. Niculescu International Competition” in Braşov
(Romania
) and came third in the 7th “J. Ferencsik International Competition” organized by the Hungarian Television in Budapest
, while he was the only Italian conductor to qualify for the finals in the 1991 “G. Fitelberg” International Competition (Katowice
, Poland
) and in the 1986 “A. Toscanini” International Competition (Parma, Italy
).
He has conducted the RAI National Symphony Orchestra
, the Hungarian National Symphony Orchestra
, the University of Georgia Festival Orchestra (Atlanta, Georgia
– USA), the Bacau Philharmonie (Romania), the Brasov Philharmonie (Romania), the Jelenia Gora Symphony (Poland), the O.R.T. of Florence, the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano, the Pomeriggi Musicali of Milan, the Symphony Orchestras of Parma, Sanremo, Ivrea
, Bari and Lecce
; the Turin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestras of Padova, Mantova, Turin and other important orchestras in Italy and abroad. He was invited to the Wratislawian Cantans Festival in Wroclaw
. Operatic repertoire includes Verdi’s Rigoletto
that he conducted at the Opera House
of Bytom
and Katowice
(Poland). Noteworthy is the first modern production of Niccolò Piccinni
’s original score of Il mondo della luna performed at the theatre in Bari
named after the composer. He has also collaborated with the Teatro Regio (Royal Theatre) in Turin
and was assistant conductor at the “Accademia Stefano Tempia” in Turin.
From the season 2009-2010 he's Principal Guest Conductor of the Rivoli Symphony Orchestra.
His large repertoire includes operatic, symphonic and choral music and compositions for solo voices, chorus and orchestra, ranging from Baroque to contemporary music.
Very young, in 1978 he was appointed teacher of choral music and choral conducting at the Conservatory “G. Verdi” in Turin, where since 1999 he has been teaching orchestra conducting. Besides, he gives singing and conducting master classes.
BÈRBEN Music Publishing, of Ancona
, Italy, in December 2005 published the FANTASIA DI NATALE for choir and orchestra by Mario Lamberto.
FANTASIA DI NATALE is a shorter version of Christmas Fantasy which was commissioned by the TPO (Turin Philharmonic Orchestra) for the Christmas Concert organized by the Consortium for University Business Studies and the University School for Business Management at Pinerolo (Turin), December 18, 2000.
The Fantasy includes six most famous Christmas songs and carols (Stille Nacht - Silent night – Astro del Ciel // Adeste fideles
– O come ye faithful – Venite fedeli // Deck the Halls // Tu scendi dalle stelle // O Tannenbaum
// Jingle bells
) set in form of theme and variations with a Stretta nel finale. T. T. : ca. 10 minutes.
The Christmas Fantasy was commissioned by the TPO (Turin Philharmonic Orchestra) for the Christmas Concert, organized by the Consortium for University Business Studies and the University School for Business Management at Pinerolo (Turin), December 18, 2000.
The Fantasy includes eight most famous Christmas songs and carols (Stille Nacht - Silent night – Astro del Ciel // Adeste fideles – O come ye faithful – Venite fedeli // Deck the Halls // Tu scendi dalle stelle // O Tannenbaum // Jingle bells // Happy Christmas // White Christmas
– Bianco Natale) set in form of theme and variations with two Strette nel finale. T. T. : ca. 13 minutes.
The keys of themes follow a cyclical structure touching on all the notes of the diatonic scale (Fa-F; La-A; Do-C; Mi-E; Sol-G; Si-B; Re-D; Fa-F; and Lab-A flat; Do-C; Mib-E flat; Sol-G; Sib–B flat; Reb–D flat; Fa-F; Lab-A flat in the scoring for wind-band).
The composer of the arrangements has set two versions for orchestra : one includes 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet, 1 basson and strings; the other one includes 1 flute, 2 oboes, two horns and strings. He also scored versions for Chorus and Orchestra, for Piano and Orchestra, for Soprano and Orchestra. Lastly, he scored an instrumentation for wind-band and versions for Chorus and Piano, for Soprano and Piano, for Boy voice and Piano.
From 1999 to date the TPO (Turin Philharmonic Orchestra) has commissioned the arrangements for small chamber orchestra of Strauss
’ waltz
es and polka
s including the scoring for 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet, 1 basson and strings.
The arrangements were wishfully scored to be performed in concerts like the New Year Concert televised worldwide every New Year’s Day from Wien
. The scoring is arranged and designed to allow performances in large cities as well as in smaller towns and small concert halls. A comparatively small number of musicians is required, which means a limited expenditure for a striking success (extra performances were often necessary to satisfy all bookings).
Over six years as many as forty-five orchestrations were scored and many others will be scored so to be able to perform a new programme every four years.
Italian people
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conductor
Conducting
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.
Biography
He graduated in composition, conducting, piano, choral music and choral conducting, with full marks and honours.Diplomas were obtained as he pursued his studies further with Franco Ferrara
Franco Ferrara
Franco Ferrara was an Italian conductor.After obtaining diplomas in piano, violin, organ and musical composition at the Conservatory of Bologna, Ferrara began his career as violin player in Bologna, in Rome and in Florence, with the Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino...
, whose conducting post-graduate courses he attended at the Chigi Academy
Accademia Musicale Chigiana
The Accademia Musicale Chigiana is a music institute in Siena, Italy. It was founded by Count Guido Chigi Saracini in 1932 as an international centre for advanced musical studies. It organises Master Classes in the major musical instruments as well as singing, conducting and composition...
in Siena
Siena
Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation's most visited tourist attractions, with over 163,000 international arrivals in 2008...
, at the School of Music at Fiesole
Fiesole
Fiesole is a town and comune of the province of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, on a famously scenic height above Florence, 8 km NE of that city...
and at the “Ente Arena” in Verona
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
.
He also attended a master class given by Vladimir Delman
Vladimir Delman
Vladimir Delman was a Russian conductor. After leaving the Soviet Union in 1974 he settled in Italy, where he founded the Milan Symphony Orchestra in 1993.-References:* The New York Times...
in Parma
Parma
Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....
and a master class given by Aldo Ceccato
Aldo Ceccato
Aldo Ceccato is an Italian conductor. He has worked as assistant to Sergiu Celibidache and was music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra from 1973 until 1977. He was music director of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1985 until 1990...
at the “Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento Professionale” in Saluzzo
Saluzzo
Saluzzo is a town and former principality in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont region, Italy.The city of Saluzzo is built on a hill overlooking a vast, well-cultivated plain. Iron, lead, silver, marble, slate etc...
.
In 1992 he won the “D. Niculescu International Competition” in Braşov
Brasov
Brașov is a city in Romania and the capital of Brașov County.According to the last Romanian census, from 2002, there were 284,596 people living within the city of Brașov, making it the 8th most populated city in Romania....
(Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
) and came third in the 7th “J. Ferencsik International Competition” organized by the Hungarian Television in Budapest
Budapest
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, while he was the only Italian conductor to qualify for the finals in the 1991 “G. Fitelberg” International Competition (Katowice
Katowice
Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
) and in the 1986 “A. Toscanini” International Competition (Parma, Italy
Italy
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).
He has conducted the RAI National Symphony Orchestra
RAI National Symphony Orchestra
RAI National Symphony Orchestra is a major Italian symphony orchestra, based in Turin and owned by State radio and television company RAI.-History:...
, the Hungarian National Symphony Orchestra
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
The Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra is the most prestigious symphony orchestra in Hungary. Based in the capital Budapest, it has stood as one of the pillars of the country's musical life since its founding in 1923 as the Metropolitan Orchestra...
, the University of Georgia Festival Orchestra (Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
– USA), the Bacau Philharmonie (Romania), the Brasov Philharmonie (Romania), the Jelenia Gora Symphony (Poland), the O.R.T. of Florence, the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano, the Pomeriggi Musicali of Milan, the Symphony Orchestras of Parma, Sanremo, Ivrea
Ivrea
Ivrea is a town and comune of the province of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Situated on the road leading to the Aosta Valley , it straddles the Dora Baltea and is regarded as the centre of the Canavese area. Ivrea lies in a basin that, in prehistoric times, formed a great lake...
, Bari and Lecce
Lecce
Lecce is a historic city of 95,200 inhabitants in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Lecce, the second province in the region by population, as well as one of the most important cities of Puglia...
; the Turin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestras of Padova, Mantova, Turin and other important orchestras in Italy and abroad. He was invited to the Wratislawian Cantans Festival in Wroclaw
Wroclaw
Wrocław , situated on the River Oder , is the main city of southwestern Poland.Wrocław was the historical capital of Silesia and is today the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. Over the centuries, the city has been part of either Poland, Bohemia, Austria, Prussia, or Germany, but since 1945...
. Operatic repertoire includes Verdi’s Rigoletto
Rigoletto
Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. It was first performed at La Fenice in Venice on March 11, 1851...
that he conducted at the Opera House
Silesian Opera
Silesian Opera is an opera company in Bytom, Silesia, Poland which was founded in 1945. It has its home at the former City Theatre, which was built between 1898-1901. Adamo Didur was the first artistic director.-External links:*...
of Bytom
Bytom
Bytom is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The central-western district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Bytom is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Bytomka river .The city belongs to the Silesian Voivodeship since...
and Katowice
Katowice
Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
(Poland). Noteworthy is the first modern production of Niccolò Piccinni
Niccolò Piccinni
Niccolò Piccinni was an Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera. Although he is somewhat obscure, even to music lovers today, Piccinni was one of the most popular composers of opera—particularly the Neapolitan opera buffa—of his day...
’s original score of Il mondo della luna performed at the theatre in Bari
Bari
Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas...
named after the composer. He has also collaborated with the Teatro Regio (Royal Theatre) in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
and was assistant conductor at the “Accademia Stefano Tempia” in Turin.
From the season 2009-2010 he's Principal Guest Conductor of the Rivoli Symphony Orchestra.
His large repertoire includes operatic, symphonic and choral music and compositions for solo voices, chorus and orchestra, ranging from Baroque to contemporary music.
Very young, in 1978 he was appointed teacher of choral music and choral conducting at the Conservatory “G. Verdi” in Turin, where since 1999 he has been teaching orchestra conducting. Besides, he gives singing and conducting master classes.
Compositions
- Fantasia di Natale
BÈRBEN Music Publishing, of Ancona
Ancona
Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....
, Italy, in December 2005 published the FANTASIA DI NATALE for choir and orchestra by Mario Lamberto.
FANTASIA DI NATALE is a shorter version of Christmas Fantasy which was commissioned by the TPO (Turin Philharmonic Orchestra) for the Christmas Concert organized by the Consortium for University Business Studies and the University School for Business Management at Pinerolo (Turin), December 18, 2000.
The Fantasy includes six most famous Christmas songs and carols (Stille Nacht - Silent night – Astro del Ciel // Adeste fideles
Adeste Fideles
"Adeste Fideles" is a hymn tune attributed to English hymnist John Francis Wade . The text itself has unclear beginnings, and may have been written in the 13th century by John of Reading, though it has been concluded that Wade was probably the author.The original four verses of the hymn were...
– O come ye faithful – Venite fedeli // Deck the Halls // Tu scendi dalle stelle // O Tannenbaum
O Tannenbaum
"O Tannenbaum", or, in its English version, "O Christmas Tree", is a Christmas carol of German origin.A Tannenbaum is a fir tree or Christmas tree...
// Jingle bells
Jingle Bells
"Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung winter songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857...
) set in form of theme and variations with a Stretta nel finale. T. T. : ca. 10 minutes.
- Christmas Fantasy
The Christmas Fantasy was commissioned by the TPO (Turin Philharmonic Orchestra) for the Christmas Concert, organized by the Consortium for University Business Studies and the University School for Business Management at Pinerolo (Turin), December 18, 2000.
The Fantasy includes eight most famous Christmas songs and carols (Stille Nacht - Silent night – Astro del Ciel // Adeste fideles – O come ye faithful – Venite fedeli // Deck the Halls // Tu scendi dalle stelle // O Tannenbaum // Jingle bells // Happy Christmas // White Christmas
White Christmas
A white Christmas refers to the presence of snow on Christmas Day. This phenomenon is most common in the northern countries of the Northern Hemisphere...
– Bianco Natale) set in form of theme and variations with two Strette nel finale. T. T. : ca. 13 minutes.
The keys of themes follow a cyclical structure touching on all the notes of the diatonic scale (Fa-F; La-A; Do-C; Mi-E; Sol-G; Si-B; Re-D; Fa-F; and Lab-A flat; Do-C; Mib-E flat; Sol-G; Sib–B flat; Reb–D flat; Fa-F; Lab-A flat in the scoring for wind-band).
The composer of the arrangements has set two versions for orchestra : one includes 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet, 1 basson and strings; the other one includes 1 flute, 2 oboes, two horns and strings. He also scored versions for Chorus and Orchestra, for Piano and Orchestra, for Soprano and Orchestra. Lastly, he scored an instrumentation for wind-band and versions for Chorus and Piano, for Soprano and Piano, for Boy voice and Piano.
- Waltzes and Polkas by Johann Strauss revised and arranged for Chamber Orchestra by Mario Lamberto
From 1999 to date the TPO (Turin Philharmonic Orchestra) has commissioned the arrangements for small chamber orchestra of Strauss
Johann Strauss II
Johann Strauss II , also known as Johann Baptist Strauss or Johann Strauss, Jr., the Younger, or the Son , was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas...
’ waltz
Waltz
The waltz is a ballroom and folk dance in time, performed primarily in closed position.- History :There are several references to a sliding or gliding dance,- a waltz, from the 16th century including the representations of the printer H.S. Beheim...
es and polka
Polka
The polka is a Central European dance and also a genre of dance music familiar throughout Europe and the Americas. It originated in the middle of the 19th century in Bohemia...
s including the scoring for 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet, 1 basson and strings.
The arrangements were wishfully scored to be performed in concerts like the New Year Concert televised worldwide every New Year’s Day from Wien
Wien
Wien is the German language name for Vienna, the city and federal state in Austria.* Wien , in Vienna, Austria* Theater an der Wien, a theater in Vienna located at the former river WienWien may also refer to:...
. The scoring is arranged and designed to allow performances in large cities as well as in smaller towns and small concert halls. A comparatively small number of musicians is required, which means a limited expenditure for a striking success (extra performances were often necessary to satisfy all bookings).
Over six years as many as forty-five orchestrations were scored and many others will be scored so to be able to perform a new programme every four years.
Discography
- The Highlights, Turin Philharmonic Orchestra, 1993
- I Concerti ai Santi Martiri, a selection of Symphonic Season 1995
- Valzer di Strauss a Cuneo, Christmas Concert 2002