Luciano Bellini

Sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute, Luciano Bellini will perform a concert of piano music by some of Italy’s greatest composers including Scarlatti, Puccini and Verdi among others.

Tickets are available online here, at the Midland Cultural Center Box Office and at the door.
Price: $30 plus HST & s/c

Composer of operas, symphonic, sacred, vocal, chamber and electronic music; author of pieces of music for cinema, theater and ballet. His works have been executed in almost all western countries, in the Middle East and in South America. Permanent conductor of Nova Philarmonia and guest conductor or soloist for many European, Asian and Latin-American Orchestras and Institutions, up to now he has performed nearly 150 world premieres. He conducted symphony or chamber orchestras in Rome, Sanremo, Lecce, L'Aquila, Bari, Pescara, Bratislava, Kosige, Ziilina, Halboorg, Bucharest, Brno, Seoul, Antalja, Hanoi, Manila, Bangkok, Damascus, Rio de Janeiro, San Paulo, La Habana, Holguin. He performed as pianist in England, Spain, Portugal, Norvey, Austria, Finland, Poland, Greece, Egypt, Danmark, Estonia, Belarus, Luxembourg, Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia, Jordan, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapor, Philippines, Vietnam, China, Korea, Barhain, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, California, Canada, Ethiopia, Kenya, Cuba. He has recorded many CDs both as a pianist and as a conductor; his music - edited by AfM, B&W Italy, EDIPAN, RadiciMusic Records, Sedam, and Rugginenti Music - is partially collected in eight other monographic CDs and in several Radio and Television recordings. In 1998 he conducted one of his chamber operas at the National Academy of Cecilia in Rome, and in 1999 his work-ballet "Canto General" (with Pablo Neruda's poetry) was performed at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto. In '99 he conducted in Rome and in Krakow some of his compositions on a worldwide TV "via satellite". In 1980 he published "The Three Songs of the Imaginary" (Pro Musica Studium) and then often contributed to many music reviews. In '97 he published the piano album "Mediterrando" which was given a wide national circulation, while in 2001 he published the flute collection "Effects Collateral". In collaboration with the producer and choreographer Anna Cuocolo, who has been composing since '91 various pieces of musical theater and "dance and music" which had a great success of audience and criticism both in Europe and the United States. In 2006 he collaborated with Prix Nobel Dario Fo composing music for his theatral piece "Isabelle, trois caravelles et un charlatan". He received many musical commissions: in '94 by Istituto Gramsci in Bologna for composing an Opera named "Ulisse's Song", in 99 and in 2006 by Teatro Marrucino in Chieti for composing Operas "Les Ritals" and "Shoah"; in 2013 by University in L'Aquila for an Opera named "born on 21 March" with Alda Merini's poetry. In '2009 he published "Prime notes from the world" for young pianists, in 2011 "Notes from history" and "Tutti al Circo" for young chamber orchestra. In '97 he founded "Duo Bellini" with his son Luca flutist, and they together already performed in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. In 2008 he founded "Italian Piano Duo" with Antonella Vitelli. He worked together with many important artists as: Severino Gazzelloni, Claudia Antonelli, Massimo Quarta, Sergio Cafaro, Marco Rogliano, Guido Arbonelli, Ciro Scarponi, Federico Mondelci, Giuseppe Scotese, Angelo Persichilli, Angelo Manzotti, Gabriella Tucci, Bruno Aprea, Giorgio Carnini, Milva, Dulce Pontes, Noa, Leo Férre, Piera Degli Esposti, Maddalena Crippa, Maria Faranduri, Dario Fo, Chin Chin Gutierrez. At present he teaches at the "A. Casella" Conservatory in L'Aquila. Regular holder of a Master conductor at the Federal University in Rio de Janeiro and - actually at the Conservatory in Hanoi, Jakarta, Manila, Habana, London, Sydney, Bangkok, Singapore; he also leads seminars in various European and Latin American centers. Regular holder of a Master conductor at the Federal University in Rio de Janeiro and - actually at the Conservatory in Hanoi, Jakarta, Manila, Habana, London, Sydney, Bangkok, Singapore; he also leads seminars in various European and Latin American centers. Regular holder of a Master conductor at the Federal University in Rio de Janeiro and - actually at the Conservatory in Hanoi, Jakarta, Manila, Habana, London, Sydney, Bangkok, Singapore; he also leads seminars in various European and Latin American centers.

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