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Artissimo.gr record entry date : Thu 19/08/2010
The announcement is repeated below in simple text format :
Date: July 2010
From: Manchester Camerata
Venezuelan/Italian violinist and rising star Giovanni Guzzo joins Manchester Camerata as Leader
Manchester Camerata has raised its international profile yet again, with the announcement that the twenty-four year old Venezuelan/Italian violinist and rising star Giovanni Guzzo will be joining the orchestra as Leader from the 2010/11 season onwards. This news closely follows the orchestra’s appointment of the great Hungarian musician Gabor Takacs-Nagy, who takes over from Douglas Boyd as the orchestra’s new Music Director in 2011.
Speaking about Giovanni Guzzo’s appointment, Manchester Camerata’s Chief Executive, Bob Riley, said:
“These are thrilling times for Manchester Camerata. Giovanni Guzzo is widely recognised as one of the leading performers of his generation. The fact that he sees his future as lying with Manchester Camerata is an indication of the esteem in which our orchestra is now held on the international scene. With Giovanni on the front desk and Gabor Takacs-Nagy soon to be at the orchestra’s helm, we are poised for some wonderful years of music-making ahead. They are very much going to define the sound of the orchestra, but what’s important is that the orchestra itself has chosen these two people. The orchestra was very involved in the decision and the process leading up to it. The bonus for our audiences is that it is only with Manchester Camerata that UK audiences will be able to experience these two outstanding musicians working together.”
Expressing his excitement at joining Manchester Camerata, Giovanni Guzzo said:
“The thing that attracted me most about Manchester is the orchestra and the appointment of Gabor Takacs-Nagy as the new Music Director. It’s just such an exciting group of musicians. They are all world class and it’s a great place and a great environment to work. The future of the orchestra is one of the brightest for chamber orchestras in the UK and the world.”
Gabor Takacs-Nagy is equally delighted with Guzzo’s appointment:
“Giovanni Guzzo is a brilliant young artist, a really creative Leader, who knows exactly how to lead an orchestra, so I am very excited about the relationship between Giovanni and myself and Manchester Camerata. I feel he understands me very well. A great Leader makes the others even better players.”
Audiences have two opportunities to see Giovanni Guzzo in action early in the forthcoming Manchester Camerata Season.
On Wednesday 29 September 2010 at 7.30pm at the Stafford Gatehouse Theatre he is the soloist in Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 and directs the rest of the programme from the violin. Prior to the concert, at 6.30pm, Guzzo is also the subject of the evening’s Talking Point – a relaxed opportunity to learn more about this exciting musician. The complete programme on 29 September is as follows:
Mozart Divertimento K138 in F
Mozart Violin Concerto no.3
Golijov Last Round
Mozart Symphony no.29 in A
Giovanni Guzzo director
The second concert, on Saturday 23 October 2010 at 7.30pm at the Royal Northern College of Music, delivers an opportunity to witness the collective musical energy generated by Manchester Camerata’s two new international signings . Giovanni Guzzo leads the orchestra, while Gabor Takacs-Nagy conducts. With Miklos Perenyi, one of the truly great cellists of his generation, also on the platform, this promises to be an electrifying evening. The programme is as follows:
Prokofiev Symphony no.1 Classical
Tchaikovsky Nocturne
Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile
Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations
Nina Whiteman Reflection on St Petersburg (world premiere)
Mussorgsky arr. Yu Pictures at an Exhibition
Gabor Takacs-Nagy conductor
Miklos Perenyi cello
More Information
1) Described as a violinist of ‘charismatic’ and ‘vibrant’ character, twenty-four year old violinist Giovanni Guzzo is already making a name for himself on the international concert scene. Giovanni was born in Venezuela to parents of Italian and Venezuelan heritage, and his Latin fervour and energy infuse his playing. Having started his musical studies with the piano at the age of five and violin at the age of six, he rapidly gained national recognition after becoming the youngest violinist to win 1st prize at the XII National Violin Competition ‘Juan Bautista Plaza’, leading to acclaimed performances nationwide.
After having studied with Emil Friedman and Luis Miguel Gonzales in Venezuela, he then continued his studies with the famous pedagogue Zakhar Bron at the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia in Madrid. In 2002 he was granted a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London, from where he graduated with the highest honours and obtained his Postgraduate Diplomas as a student of the renowned French virtuoso violinist, Maurice Hasson.
Giovanni has performed as soloist in some of the most prestigious venues in Venezuela, USA, China, Japan, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and the UK, including recitals at the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room and the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.
A keen recitalist and chamber musician, Giovanni has worked closely with some of today’s leading musicians such as Sir Colin Davis, Maxim Vengerov, Joshua Bell, Irvinne Arditti, Stephen Hough, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Gabor Takacs-Nagy, the Maggini and Takacs Quartets, Gerhard Schulz, Mats Lidstrom, Colin Carr, to name but a few. His talent has been recognized with numerous important awards.
http://www.giovanniguzzo.com/
2) To see Giovanni Guzzo in action leading the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, with Gabor Takacs-Nagy conducting and soloist Martha Argerich, visit http://bit.ly/a0Fhm4.
3) Manchester Camerata is one of the UK’s leading chamber orchestras and performs to nearly 70,000 people across the UK each year with residencies at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), and elsewhere in the North West. Manchester Camerata is committed to enhancing lives through music’s extraordinary power to inspire, communicate, educate and entertain.
For more about Manchester Camerata visit www.manchestercamerata.co.uk.
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