Claudio Di Veroli

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Claudio Di Veroli
Born 1946
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Claudio Di Veroli (born 1946) is an Italian-Argentinian professional harpsichordist and also a published writer on musicology and organology, specialising in the interpretation of Baroque music with period instruments. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was raised in an Italian family and attended Italian primary and secondary school. He studied privately in Buenos Aires under Ernesto Epstein (piano and interpretation), Erwin Leuchter (harmony) and Ljerko Spiller (chamber music), obtained a degree in Mathematics from the University of Buenos Aires and a PhD in Statistics from Imperial College, London. Living in Europe in the early 70's he was strongly influenced by his harpsichord teachers Colin Tilney in London and Hubert Bédard in Paris. He was granted access and practised extensively on the antique keyboards in the Fenton House (London) and the Paris Conservatoire Musée Instrumental.[citation needed]

Having obtained his PhD, Di Veroli went back to Buenos Aires, where he pioneered the performance of Baroque music based on ancient practices. He was Professor of Harpsichord and examiner of the Organ course at the Conservatorio Nacional in Buenos Aires. Recent teaching practices include short courses and masterclasses in different American and European countries.[1] As a soloist he has performed extensively in concert halls, churches and television, both solo and with ensembles, a reviewer observing he "did not miss any detail in order to complete the historical legitimacy of his performance, and also produced a logical, live expressivness".[2] Another review noted his "virtuosity in the formidable 'Cadenza' of the Fifth Brandenburg Concerto", a performance which was the world's first contemporary one with Baroque fingerings.[3]

Di Veroli has carried out research in French Baroque interpretation, ancient keyboard fingerings and unequal temperaments. His writings have been endorsed by leading musicians such as Gustav Leonhardt, Igor Kipnis and John Barnes. He is the author of 41 papers (some of them unpublished) and four books (all of them favourably reviewed in Stimulus,[4] Early Music America[5] and the British Clavichord Society Newsletter.[6][7][8]). His most recent publication is a musical score for the keyboard with an introduction on technique and performance.

Di Veroli lives in Ireland since 2001. His native languages are Spanish and Italian: he is also fluent in English and speaks French. More details on his published works and present musical activities are available from his website (see below).

Major Works

  • Unequal Temperaments and their Role in the Performance of Early Music (Buenos Aires, Argentina 1978).
  • Baroque Keyboard Fingering: a Method (Bray, Ireland 2008)
  • Unequal Temperaments: Theory, History and Practice (Bray, Ireland 2009).
  • Playing the Baroque Harpsichord: essays on the instrument, interpretation and performance, with relevant topics for the clavichord and organ (Bray, Ireland 2010).
  • Baroque Keyboard Masterpieces Fingered with Baroque Technique (Bray, Ireland 2011).

References

  1. ↑ "Harpsichord workshop treat for music lovers". Bray People. June 29, 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2012. 
  2. ↑ Camps, Pompeyo (June 26, 1984). Clarín. 
  3. ↑ Camps, Pompeyo (March 27, 1985). Clarín. 
  4. ↑ Rasch, Rudolf A. (1980). "Owen Jorgensen: Tuning the historical temperaments by ear (1977) and Cl. Di Veroli: Unequal Temperaments and their role in the performance of early music (1978)". Stimulus, The Ancient Music Journal of the University of Utrecht: 32–37. 
  5. ↑ Persone, Pedro (March 2010). "Review of "Unequal Temperaments: Theory, History and Practice"". Early Music America: 2. 
  6. ↑ van Delft, Menno (June 2009). "Review of "Baroque Keyboard Fingering: A Method"". The British Clavichord Society Newsletter 44: 15–17. 
  7. ↑ Hitchin, David (October 2009). "Review of "Unequal Temperaments: Theory, History and Practice"". The British Clavichord Society Newsletter (45): 18–21. 
  8. ↑ Cave, Penelope (February 2011). "Review of "Playing the Baroque Harpsichord: essays on interpretation and performance, with relevant topics for the Clavichord and Organ"". The British Clavichord Society Newsletter (49). 

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