Faculty:2006
Summer Study in Italy
The Guitar on the Mediterranean
Festival & Masterclasses
Cervo (Imperia), Italy, 20th – 29th June 2006
Faculty:
Matteo Mela, Director (Italy) First prize winner: Perugia Classico, F. Cilea Palmi, Citta di Gubbio, and Citta di Caltanissetta Competitions.
Lorenzo Micheli (Italy) 1999 Guitar Foundation of America Solo Competition winner, 1st Prize .
Jeffrey Mcfadden (Canada) Silver Medal winner in the Guitar Foundation of America Solo Competition and prize-winner in the 1993 Great Lakes Guitar Competition.
Richard Todd (USA) First prize winner: Music Teachers’ National Association Competition and the National Federation of Music Clubs Competition.
Andrew Zohn, (USA) Two-time bronze medalist in the Guitar Foundation of America Solo Competition, 4th Prize in Stotsenberg International, National winner of MTNA Wurlitzer Collegiate Artist Competition.
Cervo is a lovely medieval sea village on the Italian western Riviera, within a couple of hours by train from the major cities of northwestern Italy - such as Genoa (the city of Cristopher Columbus), Milan (home of La Scala Theatre), Turin (host of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games) - as well as from Nice (France). The summer courses are open to all serious students of the classical guitar. The tuition fee (250 euros) includes private lessons from each faculty member, tickets for all the concerts and lectures of the Festival. Selected students will be invited to perform in the final concert. Accomodation is available for students from as low as 16 euros a day. For further inquiries, please contact: lorenzo@lorenzomicheli.com or Zohn_Andrew@colstate.edu or visit http://www.soloduo.it/ .
Directions to Cervo are at the bottom of this page
Jeffrey McFadden has been acknowledged as one of the finest guitarists of his generation. Over
the past years, concert engagements have taken him throughout Canada and the United States
and into Europe. He has given World Premieres of works by numerous composers and has been
a featured performer at several international music festivals, including "Guitar
’87" and GuitarFest ’91 in Toronto, Gitarren-Symposium Iserlohn, Lachine
International Guitar Festival, the Columbus State Guitar Symposium, The Niagara
International Chambre Music Festival, the National Flute Association (USA) Convention and
the Festival Mediterraneo della Chitarra in Cervo, Itraly.
In 1992, Jeffery McFadden was awarded a Silver Medal in the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America Competition and was also a prize-winner in the 1993 Great Lakes Guitar Competition. His debut recording was the first in the "Laureate Series" on the Naxos label and was released world-wide. Since its release, this recording has sold in the thousands of copies. His playing has received enthusiastic critical acclaim; the "Daily Telegraph" of London (UK) exclaimed "McFadden's ability to make the guitar sing is second to none", and "Classic CD" has described his playing as "major artistry". His latest solo release features the complete didactic works by the 19th century composer Napoleon Coste. "ClassicsToday.com" raved about this disc saying, "Jeffrey McFadden is not only an extraordinary guitarist -- he’s also an inspired musician."
Recently, McFadden had the opportunity to work under the great Pierre Boulez in a performance celebrating the awarding of the Glenn Gould prize to Boulez. He was also counted among the most important guitarists of his day by his inclusion in the Maurice Summerfield lexicon, The Classical Guitar, Its History and Players. He is frequently heard on CBC radio and NPR in the United States both as soloist and ensemble player and is a member of Toronto’s New Music Concerts Ensemble. He is currently at work on his 7th CD, a recording of selected works of Augustin Barrios.
Jeffrey has given masterclasses and seminars at some of North America’s most prestigious institutions including the Université de Montréal, Conservatoire de Music à Hull/Gatineau, University of British Colombia, Michigan State University and the Oberlin College Conservatory. He is a lecturer in guitar at the University of Toronto.
Born in Imperia (Italy) in 1971, Matteo
Mela Matteo Mela was born in Imperia in 1971. He began his musical studies in his
hometown with Doria Miglietta, and later moved to Cremona, where he continued his personal
exploration of the guitar repertoire under the guidance of Giovanni Puddu . In the same
years he attended the classes of Oscar Ghiglia at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in
Siena, and the masterclasses held by
such musicians as Alirio Diaz, David Russell, Angelo Gilardino and the Assad brothers. As
far as his chamber music experience is concerned,
he was a pupil of Dario De Rosa, Alexander Lonquich and Pier Narciso Masi at the
prestigious Accademia Pianistica di Imola, where he had the chance of going into the major
works of the piano and harpsichord literature. Moreover, he graduated in Musicology at the
School of paleography and musical philology of the Università degli Studi in Pavia..His
interest in chamber music began in 1991, when he established a duo with Giampaolo Bandini
that quickly became one of the leading guitar duos in Europe, and obtained prizes that had
never been awarded to the guitar before: the first prizes at the "F. Cilea - Città
di Palmi” International Competition in 1993, at the International Chamber Music
Competition "Città di Gubbio", at the
"Città di Caltanissetta" International Competition and the "Perugia
Classico" Competition in 1995 are only a few of them. As a duo, Bandini and Mela
recorded a CD of south american music in 1996 (CD Quadrivium). Matteo Mela has taken up a
busy career as a soloist, and regularly performs for the major concert series of many
european and north american cities (Rome, Milan, Bologna, Turin, Naples, Paris, Hamburg,
Warsaw, Oslo, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta) . He made recordings for the italian TV and
appeared on several radio and TV broadcasts in Europe and in the USA, and his latest
CD (Italian virtuosos of the XIX century) was released by Kookaburra.He presently teaches
at the “Giulio Caccini” Music Academy in Montopoli Val d’Arno (Pisa) and at
the Agimus Guitar Academy in Syracuse (Sicily). He is regularly invited to give
masterclasses at international Festivals and music academies. Matteo Mela plays a
guitar made by the italian luthier Roberto De Miranda.
Born in 1975, Italian
guitarist Lorenzo Micheli studied in Milan with Paola Coppi and graduated cum
laude at the G. Tartini Conservatory, Trieste, in 1996. He was a pupil of Frédéric
Zigante at the Fondation Mozart in Lausanne, and studied with Oscar Ghiglia at the
Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena and at the Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel.His merits
have been acknowledged by the juries of several international competitions, including:
Second prize at the first International De Bonis Competition, Cosenza, in 1996; first
prize at the T. I. M. in Rome; and first prize and the special "R. Chiesa" prize
at the XXI Gargnano International Competition. The following year he was awarded the
second prize at the XLIII International Maria Canals Competition in Barcelona, and the
first prize at the XXX International Città di Alessandria – M. Pittaluga
Competition.
In 1999 he got the ARAM prize in Rome and the 1st prize at the XX International M. Giuliani Competition in Bari. The same year he was the first Italian guitarist to be awarded the 1st prize at the prestigious XVII Guitar Foundation of America Competition in Charleston.
In his formative years, Nashville-born guitarist Richard Todd
won scholarships to study with Clare Callahan at the University of Cincinnati
College-Conservatory of Music, Robert Guthrie at Southern Methodist University, and Matteo
Mela in Cremona, Italy. During these years he earned a number of awards, including First
Prize in both the Music Teachers’ National Association Competition and the National
Federation of Music Clubs Competition.
Richard’s recent performances include solo concerts in Dayton, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denton and Nashville, as well as festival appearances in Cervo, Italy and Lipica, Slovenia. Orchestral performances include appearances with the Cincinnati Philharmonia and Dallas Chamber Orchestras, among others. In addition, he has been a featured artist on live radio broadcasts for several NPR affiliates and has made television appearances in San Remo and Imperia, Italy. Soundboard Magazine described his CD, which features works by Bach, Scarlatti, Barrios, and Silva, as showing "intensity, variety of tone color, and ebb and flow in the music."
Currently serving as Assistant Professor of Music at Tennessee State University,
Richard is a doctoral candidate at the University of North Texas, where he has studied
with Tom Johnson. Recent festival engagements include the Lachine International Guitar
Festival and Competition in Montreal, Canada, the Festival Mediterraneo della Chitarra
in Cervo, Italy, the Columbus State University Guitar Symposium, Chitarre in Chiostro
in L’Aquila, Italy, and the International Guitar Festival in Lipica, Slovenia.
Guitarist/composer Andrew Zohn has been
hailed as "one of the finest guitarists of his generation" by Anthony Morris,
host of the nationally-syndicated radio program Guitar Alive. His ability on the
instrument has earned prizes in five national and international competitions including the
Guitar Foundation of America and the Stotsenberg International. In addition to
concertizing throughout North America and in Europe as a soloist, Andrew Zohn has been
active as a chamber musician and orchestral soloist. Recent performances include venues in
New York City, Boston, Cincinnati, Toronto, and Ottawa.
Andrew Zohn holds a doctorate of music degree from Florida State University, a master of music from the University of Texas, and a bachelor’s degree from the North Carolina School of the Arts. Since 1999, Zohn has served on the faculty of Columbus State University, where he founded and directs the annual CSU Guitar Symposium and Competition. He also currently serves on the faculty of the Guitar on the Mediterranean Festival in Cervo, Italy, and the Guitare Lachine festival in Canada, each summer. Dr. Zohn is a frequently invited guest artist, lecturer, and clinician at music festivals, seminars, and universities throughout North America. Students of Andrew Zohn have won prizes in international competitions, and have been featured on the American national radio program From the Top.
Beginning a career in composing in 1998, Zohn has already received commissions for new works from, among others, La Flame Records, Canada, the Campbell University Foundation for the Arts, and the East Carolina New Music Festival. In 2004 and 2005, Zohn was selected as a recipient of a Plus Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) in recognition of his compositions. Original compositions and transcriptions by Andrew Zohn are published through Les Productions d’Oz, Canada, Tuscany publications (Theodore Presser), and FJH Publications. His latest recording, Music of Piazzolla, Debussy, Gershwin, and Zohn, is now available through Centaur Records.
Massimo Lonardi, lute
Born in Milan, Massimo Lonardi was a pupil of Ruggero Chiesa at the Conservatory of Milan, where he also attended the composition course held by Azio Corghi. After graduating in guitar, he has focused on the lute repertoire and the performance of renaissance and baroque music, under the guidance of such an important teacher as Hopkinson Smith, whom he studied with in Italy and Switzerland.
Currently considered one of the best lute performers in Europe, Massimo Lonardi is very active as a soloist and as chamber musicians with several ensembles all over the Old Continent. His discography includes dozens of recordings on the labels Ricordi, Erato, Teldec, Tactus, Jeklin, Nuova Era, Stradivarius, Edelweiss and Agorà, and notably monographic CD’s devoted to the music of Francesco da Milano, Pietro Paulo Borrono da Milano, Joan Ambrosio Dalza and Vincenzo Capirola, an anthology of italian Baroque lute music, the vihuela works by Luys Milan and the lute works of John Dowland, that were given the "Musica e Dischi" prize awarded every year to the best instrumental music album. He is professor of lute and chamber music at the Civico Istituto Musicale in Pavia and the Scuola di Musica Antica (School of Ancient Music) in Venice.
Classes
Jeffrey McFadden, Canada
Matteo Mela, Italy
Lorenzo Micheli, Italy
Richard Todd, USA
Andrew Zohn, USA
Masterclasses & Lectures
Lorenzo Michelli, Italy
Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s "non-guitar" music: a wider look at the composer’s work and life
Massimo Lonardi, Italy
(Lute; performance of Renaissance and Baroque music on the guitar)
The Concerts
Tio di Parma (Italy)
Ivan Rabaglia, Violin
Enrico Bronzi, Cello
Alberto Miodini, Piano
Works by Ravel, Mendelssohn, Shostakovic
Richard Todd (USA)
Guitar
Programme to be defined
Spiritoso Guitar Duo
Jeffrey McFadden (Canada) & Andrew Zohn (USA)
Programme to be defined
Italian Musical Treasures of the XVII Century
Massimo Lonardi, Archlute & 4-Course Guitar
Matteo Mela, Baroque Guitar
Lorenzo Micheli, Theorbo & Baroque Guitar
Works by Kapsberger, Falconiero, Frescobaldi & Corbetta
How to get to Cervo:
The closest railway station is Cervo-San Bartolomeo, on the line
Genoa-Ventimiglia-Nice. Many trains, though, do not call at Cervo because it
is a very little station. Therefore, even though Cervo station is
preferable, you might have to take a train to Diano Marina (more trains stop
there).
Train timetables in english, from either Nice and Milan, can be found on the
Italian Railways web site (FS), at the following address:
http://www.trenitalia.com/home/en/index.htm
Don't forget to punch your ticket in the yellow machines before getting on
the train!
Closest international airports are Nice (France) and Milan Malpensa and
Linate (Italy).
If you are flying into Nice, take the bus to the central station (Nice
Ville) and buy a ticket to Cervo or Diano Marina. There are several direct
trains to Italy a day, and other possible combinations by taking a
connecting train in Ventimiglia (on the border between Italy and France). No
train goes directly from Nice to Cervo or Diano; you will have to change
train anyway in Imperia or Ventimiglia. Ask for informations at the ticket
counters in Nice.
If you fly into Milan Malpensa airport - first of all while the plane is
landing into Milan, don't miss the view on the majestic Alps with their
glaciers and snow capped peaks! Then, after collecting your luggage, take
the bus running to Milan Central Railway Station (Milano Centrale); the bus
takes approximately 50 minutes (if traffic is not too bad). Otherwise you
can take the train leaving every 30 minutes from inside the airport; train
takes you in 40 minutes to the centre of Milan (Cadorna Station): from
Cadorna take the green subway line (direction Gessate/Cologno) to Centrale
Railway Station. At Centrale station buy a train ticket to Cervo; depending
on the time of the day, you might have to change train in Genova or Savona.
Some of you flying into Italy through other european cities such as
Frankfurt, Zürich, London and Paris could land into Milan Linate, a smaller
airport. At Linate you can take a bus straight to Centrale Station, or bus
n. 73 (tickets cost 1 euro at the newsstand) up to the last stop, then
Subway Red Line (direction Bisceglie-Rho Fiera) to Cadorna, then green line
(direction Gessate/Cologno Nord) to Centrale.
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