GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC & DRAMA

FEDERICA GATTI

CRAIG WHITE

18 JUNE 2021 - 1PM

CHRIST CHURCH ISLE OF DOGS

151 MANCHESTER ROAD

LONDON E14 3DR

Á LA MÉMOIRE DE FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA

MY RECITAL'S AIM IS TO CREATE A POWERFUL CONNECTION BETWEEN WORDS AND

MUSIC.

I BELIEVE MUSICIANS CAN INVOLVE THE AUDIENCE INTO A STORY-LINE WITH SOUNDS SENSATIONS,HARMONIES, COLOURS AND EMOTIONS.

THE

PROGRAMME IS A JOURNEY THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT LEVEL: THE MUSIC OF FOOTE,YSAYE,TCHAIKOVSKY , POULENC AND GARCIA'S LORCA POEMS.

MUSIC CAN INSPIRE WORDS, AND WORDS CAN INSPIRE MUSIC. I WAS INSPIRED BY THE POULENC SONATA,WHICH IT IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA AND I JUXTAPOSED A POEM OF HIM TO EVERY PIECE OF THE RECITAL.

I FOUND ASTONISHING, ALTHOUGH PERSONAL, CONNECTIONS. FOR EXEMPLE: THE SMOOTH TRANSFORMATION FROM THE MORNING HEART TO THE NIGHTINGALE LIKE THE AURORE OF THE YSAYE SONATA, THE SADNESS AND THE AWARNESS OF DESOLATION IN THE TCHAIKOVSKY'S SERENADE LIKE THE IMAGE OF A SUN WITHOUT RAYS, THE DREAMY ATMOSPHERE OF THE FOOTE'S BALLADE MATCHES PERFECTLY THE HYMN AT THE MOON OF GARCIA LORCA.

HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THE AUDIENCE COULD BEBY INSPIRED BY THE WORDS TO LISTENTHE MUSIC, THAT THE MUSIC COULD ADD NEW SHADES TO THE WORDS, OR THAT THE MUSIC AND WORDS COULD MERGE AND TRAVEL ACROSS IN THE HEARTS OF THE LISTENERS

“THE GUITAR MAKES THE DREAMS WEEP,” FRANCIS POULENC INSCRIBED ABOVE THE CENTRAL MOVEMENT OFHIS VIOLIN SONATA, COMPLETED IN 1943 DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION OF PARIS. THE WORDS ARE BY POET AND PLAYWRIGHT FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ASSASSINATED – FOR HIS POLITICAL VIEWS OR HIS HOMOSEXUALITY – BY NATIONALIST MILITIA IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE SPANISHCIVIL WAR.

MY PASSION IN TERMS OF REPERTOIRE IS COMBINED IN A CREATIVE AND INTERESTING WAY TO EXPRESS MY PERSONAL WAY OF FEELING MUSIC.

FEDERICA GATTI GRADUATED AT THE CONSERVATORY "G.VERDI" IN MILAN UNDERTHE GUIDANCE OF CINZIA BARBAGELATA.

IN NOVEMBER 2018 SHE WAS ACCEPTED TO THE PRESTIGIOUS GUILDHALL SCHOOL OFMUSIC AND DRAMA IN LONDON WHERE SHE CURRENTLY STUDYING FOR A MASTERS INPERFORMANCE WITH THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED VIOLINIST AND TEACHER SIMONFISCHER. AT THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL SHE IS ALSO ATTENDING THE CLASSICALIMPROVISATION COURSE WITH DAVID DOLAN, AND CHAMBER MUSIC COURSE WITHJACQUELINE ROSS AND CAROLE PRESLAND. SHE HAS PERFORMED AT THE BARBICANCENTER WITH THE GUILDHALL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA UNDER THE CONDUCTORSROBERTO GOZALES MONJAS, DOMINIC WHEELER AND SHE REGULARLY ATTENDSREPERTOIRE ORCHESTRA SESSIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE LONDON SYMPHONYORCHESTRA

IN OCTOBER 2018, SHE WON THE AUDITION TO GET INTO THE ITALIAN YOUTHORCHESTRA, WITH WHOM SHE UNDERTOOK AN INTENSE CONCERT SEASON PLAYINGUNDER THE GUIDANCE OF CONDUCTORS SUCH AS DANIELE GATTI ,GIANNA FRATTA,PIERRE-ANDRÉ VALADE, JEREMIÈ RHORER, LUCIANO ACOCELLA, AND ALEXANDERLONQUICH. IN SEPTEMBER 2018 SHE WAS SELECTED TO PERFORM AS A SOLOIST FORMOZART’S 5THE CONCERTO K219 WITH THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF LARIO.SHEHAS PERFORMED AS A SOLOIST IN VIVALDI 'S ESTRO ARMONICO IN THE VERDI HALLOF THE MILAN CONSERVATORY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF OTTAVIO DANTONE,

SHE PLAYED AT THE ARS LITUANICA SUMMER FESTIVAL IN VILNIUS. FROM 2014 TO2018 SHE WAS THE CONCERTMASTER OF THE PIZZETTI YOUTH ORCHESTRA THAT SHEFOUNDED AND ALSO MANAGED. SHE ATTENDED MASTERCLASSES WITH STEPHANPICARD, DZERALDAS BIDVA, ANTON SOROKOW, AND ALINA COMPANY.

SHE PERFORMED IN BUDAPEST IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LISZT ACADEMY, WITHTHE ORCHESTRA AND "SINFONICO" OPERA CHOIR OF ROME AT THE OFFIDA OPERAFESTIVAL, AND WITH THE ORCHESTRA OF MILANO CLASSICA.

SHE PERFORMED IN CREMONA AS A SOLOIST ON THE OCCASION OF THE STRADIVARIMEMORIAL DAY 2014 WHERE SHE PLAYED FOR THE FIRST TIME THE SONG "ACRONYM"BY MAESTRO GIORGIO SPRIANO. SHE WON THE FIRST PRIZE IN THE CHAMBER MUSIC"CARLO LORENZO CAZZULLO", THE THIRD PRIZE AT: THE CRESCENDO COMPETITION,THE "SALIERI" INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, THE CITTÀ DI STRESA"INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION,

THE EUROPEAN MUSIC COMPETITION OFMONCALIERI.

CRAIG WHITE GAINED A BA IN MUSIC AT ST CATHERINE’S COLLEGE, OXFORD IN 2005.FOLLOWING A POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT AT THE ROYALACADEMY OF MUSIC IN LONDON, STUDYING WITH MICHAEL DUSSEK AND DIANAKETLER, HE WAS ALSO A FELLOW IN PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT AT THE ROYALCONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. HIS WIGMORE HALL DEBUT WAS IN OCTOBER 2010, WITHOBOIST JAMES TURNBULL. IN 2011, HE TOURED JAPAN WITH SOPRANO ERIKA COLON,AND CONDUCTED LONDON YOUTH OPERA'S THE MAGIC FLUTE. IN 2012, CRAIG WONTHE ACCOMPANIST PRIZE AT THE CENTENARY KATHLEEN FERRIER AWARDS,FOLLOWING ACCOMPANIST PRIZES AT THE THELMA KING AWARDS, GREAT ELM VOCALAWARDS AND AESS FINALS. IN 2014, HE WAS MADE AN ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYALACADEMY OF MUSIC IN LONDON.

CRAIG WHITE HAS WORKED AS AN OFFICIAL ACCOMPANIST AT A NUMBER OFINTERNATIONAL MUSIC ACADEMIES INCLUDING THE SCHIERMONNIKOOGKAMERMUZIEK MASTERCLASSES IN HOLLAND, RENCONTRES MUSICALESINTERNATIONALES D'ENGHIEN IN BELGIUM AND THE LAKE OSSIACH MASTERCLASSESIN AUSTRIA. IN 2017, HE ADJUDICATED THE CON BRIO PIANO COMPETITION INMUMBAI, INDIA AND FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS HAS BEEN OFFICIAL ACCOMPANISTFOR THE SUMMER ACADEMY VOKSENÅSEN IN OSLO, NORWAY. HE HAS ALSO WORKEDAT THE AIX-EN-PROVENCE ACADÉMIE, COLLABORATING WITH ARTISTS SUCH AS DAMEKIRI TE KANAWA AND WALTRAUD MEIER.

MUCH IN DEMAND AS A CHAMBER MUSICIAN AND ACCOMPANIST FOR SINGERS ANDINSTRUMENTALISTS, CRAIG WHITE SPENT 2015 LIVING IN GERMANY, WORKING FORTHE HOCHSCHULE FÜR MUSIK UND TANZ IN COLOGNE. HE ALSO TOURED THE UK WITHRUSSIAN VIOLINIST ADELIA MYSLOV AND APPEARED WITH SOPRANO ELEANOR DENNISPERFORMING MOZART ARIAS FOR THE BBC PROGRAMME "THE JOY OF MOZART". IN2018, HE PERFORMED ON BBC RADIO 3 IN A LIVE SOUNDTRACK PERFORMANCE OFDANIEL ELMS’ ‘BETHIA’ AS PART OF THE HULL NEW MUSIC BIENNIAL. CRAIG WHITEALSO WORKS AS AN ARRANGER FOR DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF STRINGS ANDPIANO.

Craig White