Pianist, Emanuele ArciuliA pianist who leaves an indelible impression. Jeremy Eichler The New York Times, November 2004
On Sunday, November 20, at 3 PM, Pianist, Emanuele Arciuli will
perform Three Generations of American Music: Accenting Native
Traditions on the Guest Artist Series at Haverford College.
This concert will be performed in Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium.
Ticket prices are $15 (Gen), $12 (Sr.), $8 (students), $5 (7-17) and
free to the bi-college community. For more info, click here.
Arciuli's program will include music by Navajo composer Raven Chacon
and Quawpaw/Cherokee composer Louis Ballard, Native American inspired
works by Peter Garland and Curt Cacioppo, and "Devisadero" - the evocative desert-scape
music of New Mexico composer Christopher Shultis, and the iconic
"Phrygian Gates" by Pulitzer Prize laureate John Adams.
Emanuele Arciuli, 2011 winner of the Abbiati Prize, has established
himself as one of the most original and interesting performers on the
new concert scene. His repertoire goes from Bach to contemporary music,
with a special relationship to the United States, and a particular
interest in music written and inspired by Native Americans. He is highly
esteemed among American composers and maintains close and fruitful
collaborations with many of them.
Arciuli is an international recitalist, performs with orchestras, and has had works composed for him by Michael Nyman (Piano Concerto No. 2), George Crumb (Eine Kleine itternachtmusik), Lorenzo Ferrero (Concerto No. 2 for piano and orchestra), Filippo Del Corno (Not in my name for piano and orchestra), Michele dallOngaro (Concerto No. 2), Carlo Boccadoro (Achrome for piano and orchestra), Brent Michael Davids (Mohican) and Louis W. Ballard (Quawpaw/Cherokee),
among others. His interest for the Native American culture inspired
several emerging Native composers (among them Davids, Quincy, Croall,
and Chacon) to dedicate pieces to him whichhe performed in November,
2008, at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC.
With 12 recordings to his name, the CD dedicated to George Crumb
(Bridge) was nominated for the Grammy Awards, while his CD with music
from Adams and Rzweski (Stradivarius) received the Critics Award for the
best Italian recording in 2006.
In addition to his performing career, Arciuli is the author of Piano Music in the United States (2010, EDT Turin) and has published Rifugio Intermedio
on contemporary piano music between Italy and the United States.
Emanuele Arciuli is professor at the Conservatory in Bari and frequent
guest professor at the College Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati and
at other American universities.
Arciuli has it all: scholarship, a dreadnought technique,
accuracy, a full palette of colors, intellectual prowess, courage and
oh yes, an amazing program of American Masterpieces. Heuwell Tircuit, San Francisco Classical Voice, October 2008