Franco Mezzena
Franco Mezzena born in Trento, is an Italian violin virtuoso and conductor. He studied with Salvatore Accardo.
Activities
- Guest soloist at concert halls and festivals in Europe, Japan, South America and U.S.A.
- Played Mendelssohn Op.64 at Carnegie Hall in New York.
- Toured with "I Musici" and "I Virtuosi di Roma".
- Performed with Salvatore Accardo, Bruno Battisti D’Amario, Julius Berger, Bruno Canino, Roberto Corlianò, Roberto Fabbriciani, Rocco Filippini, Severino Gazzelloni, Stefano Giavazzi, Bruno Giuranna, Johannes Goritzki, Jacques Klein, Alain Meunier, Bruno Mezzena, Andrea Noferini, Antony Pay, Franco Petracchi, Ruggiero Ricci, Massimo Scattolin, Hariolf Schlichtig, Rohan de Saram and Romeo Tudorache.
- Concerts for RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, Radio Vaticana, BBC, ABC, NBC, WSKG, WGBH Boston, NHK Television Japan, KBS Corea, etc.
- Gives Master Classes in Italy (Conservatory of Mantua, CMT Academy, S. Antioco, "Musica Riva", Alghero, Naples) and abroad (Royal College and Trinity College - London, Chetham's School of Music - Manchester, Rotterdam, Académié d'été d'Andé, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyushu, Barcelona, Oxford University, Ticino Musica Festival etc.).
Recordings
- Recorded for Wide Classique, Dynamic, Symposium, Rivo Alto, Nuova Era, E.M.S. Arcobaleno.
- Recorded for Dynamic the complete concertos for violin and orchestra by G.B. Viotti (10 CDs), where he appears as soloist and conductor of the "Symphonia Perusina" and the Chamber Orchestra “Milano Classica”.
- Recorded for Wide Classique label the complete works for violin and piano by L. van Beethoven with the pianist Stefano Giavazzi (4 CDs).
Conducting
- Has conducted the Lublijana Symphony Orchestra, the Pescara Symphony Orchestra, the “Teatro Regio of Turin” Symphony Orchestra, the “Milano Classica” Chamber Orchestra, the “Interpreti Italiani” Chamber Orchestra, the Jalisco Philarmonic Orchestra etc.
Positions
- Professor at Conservatory "N. Piccinni" in Bari-Italy
- Artistic Director and founder of the Advanced Academy CMT "The City of Music and Theatre" in Penne (Pescara) Italy.
- Artistic Director of the “Music and Theatre” Festival in Italy.
- Founder and principal conductor of Viotti Chamber Orchestra and member of the Jury of Italian EUYO (European Union Youth Orchestra) Auditions since 2005.
- Artistic Director of the Division Classical Music of Wide Sound Recording House (Wide Classique label).
Other
- Interviewed on The Strad, Fanfare, American Record Guide, New York Times, Gramophone, Diapason, FonoForum etc.
He plays a 1695 Stradivarius, an instrument by the great violin maker Roberto Regazzi (Bologna, 1998) and instruments made by Ornella Ceci (Bari 2009) and Giuseppe Arrè (Cremona 2009).
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