Alessandro Misciasci
Alessandro Misciasci (* in Catania, Sicily) is an Italian pianist specialized in lieder accompaniment, répétiteur and teacher of musical rehearsal at the Salzburg Mozarteum.[1][2]
Life[edit]
Misciasci completed his piano studies at the Conservatorio di musica Agostino Steffani in Castelfranco Veneto and in 1986 became a prize-winner at the International Competition for Lied Accompanists in The Hague. In the same year, the rector of the Mozarteum, Paul Schilhawsky (1918–1995[3]), brought him to the Mozarteum, where Misciasci has since worked as a répétiteur for musical rehearsals. He accompanied master classes of opera singers such as Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Josef Greindl[1] and Christa Ludwig at the piano.[4] He has also worked as musical assistant to Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Riccardo Muti, Daniele Gatti, Gianandrea Noseda and Christian Thielemann in several productions of the Salzburg Festival.[1]
As a lied accompanist, he has performed with Markus Werba,[5] Zurab Zurabishvili,[6] Mirjam Tola,[7] Sokolin Asllani[7] and Asmik Grigorian,[8] among others, and appeared at the Szent Gellért Festival in Szeged.[9]
Misciasci is committed to contemporary music. He acted as song accompanist to Caren van Oijen in the 2001 CD release of the vocal work (45 songs) by Dutch composer Erik Lotichius (1929–2015).[10] In the same year, he performed the world premiere of the song cycle IX Psalms by Thomas Bernhard for mezzo-soprano and piano by Hubert Steppan (1928–2009) at the Salzburg Landestheater on the occasion of the celebration of 70 years of Thomas Bernhard.[11]
In 2012, the Conservatorio di musica Agostino Steffani honoured Misciasci with the Premio alla carriera for special musical merits.[12]
In 2017, Misciasci was a guest lecturer at the Iceland Academy of Fine Arts, where he also taught a master class in singing in 2016.[13][14]
Discography[edit]
- Erik Lotichius: Vocal Works. With Caren van Oijen, Hantzen Houwert, Benny Laureyn, Erik Lotichius (Donemus; 2001)[15]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Mozarteum - Personen" (in German). UNIVERSITÄT MOZARTEUM. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ "Lehrende, Departement für Gesang" (PDF). Almanach der Universität Mozareum 2019 (in German). UNIVERSITÄT MOZARTEUM. p. 212. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
- ^ "Paul Schilhawsky". Mozarteum Salzburg (in German). Mozarteum Salzburg. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ^ "Christa Ludwig • Salzburger Festspiele" (in German). Salzburger Festspiele. 2019-06-21. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ "Programma Stagione della Musica 2009 - Comune Castelfranco Veneto" (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ "Millstatt/ Stiftskirche: Operngala Brigitte Pinter & Zurab Zurabishvili". Online Merker (in German). Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ a b E.g. concert series in connection with the Austria Kultur International project of the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs in Shkodra and Tirana, project list worldwide, (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: Jahrbuch (Yearbook) 2015. Austria Kultur International, p. 105, retrieved on 15 February 2022 (see: Albania (Shkodra and Tirana)).
- ^ Richard Strauss (2020-08-25). "Opernstar: Das ist der Beginn von etwas ganz Besonderem" (in German). Salzburger Nachrichten. Retrieved 2022-03-25 – via PressReader.
- ^ "Szent Gellért Fesztivál 2021: Soloists". Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ "Erik Lotichius: Vocal Works". Open Spotify. 2001-01-01. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ^ Website of Hubert Steppan
- ^ Alessandro Valenti (2012-11-22). "Quelli dello Steffani che hanno fatto strada nella musica - la tribuna di Treviso". La Tribuna di Treviso (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-03-27.
- ^ Annual Report of the Iceland Academy of Arts (PDF). p. 32. See: Erlendir gestakennarara og fyrirlesarar. Retrieved 2022-05-26
- ^ "Masterklassar og hópatímar á vorönn". Listaháskóli Íslands (in Icelandic). 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
- ^ "DCV 331 - Erik Lotichius: Vocal Works". Donemus. Retrieved 2022-03-26.