Previous concerts
2022
31/01 – Accordion Solo Recital, Royal Opera House, Muscat, (Oman);
7/04 – Piazzolla in Concert, with Arcana 5tet lead by M° Wayne Marshall, © Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, (Malta).
26-27/05 – Don Giovanni, l’incubo elegante, Teatro Duse, Bologna, (Italy);
8/07 – Soloist with Dimitris Soukaras and the Strings Quintet of Patras’s Conservatory, live for the International Jazz Festival + more, Patras, (Greece);
20/07 – in Duo with Dimitris Soukaras, Emilia Romagna Festival, Alfonsine (RA), (Italy);
26-28/07 – Masterclass at the 1st Music Festival, city of Chiaravalle, (CZ), (Italy);
31/07 – in Duo with Antonio Mercurio (Double bass), I Parchi della Musica, Sentiero d’Arte Torrechiara, Langhirano (PR), (Italy);
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2021
16/03 – Gustav Mahler’s Symphony Nr. 5 in C# minor (Arr. Klaus Simon), Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino, Dir. M° Giampaolo Pretto – Teatro Vittoria, Turin, (Italy);
6-10/04 – Roberto De Simone – Trianon Opera, recording in Teatro Trianon for RAI 5, Naples, (Italy);
29-30/06 – 2/07 – Astor Piazzolla: Maria de Buenos Aires, Teatro dell’Opera Giocosa – Fortezza Priamar, Savona, (Italy);
4/07 – Soloist with Quintetto dell’Opera Giocosa, Portofino Opera Festival – Portofino (GE), (Italy);
15/07 – In Trio with Dimitris Soukaras (guitar) and Francesca Gerbasi (Mezzosoprano) – Santa Maria Capua Vetere (CE), (Italy);
20/07 – Soloist with Orchestra Filarmonica Campana & Dimitri Soukaras (Guitar): Astor Piazzolla: Double Concerto, Hommage a Liegi – Castello Maschio Angioino, Naples (Italy);
21/07 – Don Giovanni, l’incubo elegante, with Michela Murgia – Teatro Romano, Fiesole (FI) (Italy);
11/08 – Duo Double Bass & Accordion, with Antonio Mercurio – Teatro Greco di Akai, Palazzolo Acreide (SR), (Italy);
27-29/08 – Astor Piazzolla: Maria de Buenos Aires – Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini, Teatro G. Pergolesi, Jesi (AN), (Italy);
3/09 – Don Giovanni, l’incubo elegante, with Michela Murgia – Casa Pavarotti, Modena (Italy);
8-9/09 – TangOpera’s debut – Villa Peripato, Taranto (Italy);
7/10 – Soloist with Oradea State Philharmonic: Astor Piazzolla – Aconcagua – Oradea, (Romania);
15/10 – Chamber Music Concert with Dimitris Soukaras (Guitar) and Strings Quintet – The Holy Cross & St. Michael Cathedral, London (UK);
19/11 – Gioacchino Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle, Basilica Cattedrale di San Cataldo, Taranto, (Italy);
25/11 – Accordion Solo Recital: The two faces of the Accordion, Italian Institute of Culture – Hamburg, (Germany);
3-5/12 – Don Giovanni, l’incubo elegante, with Michela Murgia – Teatro Carcano, Milano, (Italy).
2020
9/02 – Accordion Solo Recital: The two faces of the Accordion – Sala Parlamento dell’Ovest Sesia, Ass. Camerata Ducale, Vercelli (VC), (Italy);
5/08 – Don Giovanni, l’incubo elegante, with Michela Murgia – Arena Sferisterio, Macerata Opera Festival, (Italy); [ARTICOLO REPUBBLICA]
29/08 – Don Giovanni, l’incubo elegante, with Michela Murgia – Parco Giardino Ducale Estense, Modena (MO), (Italy);
30/08 – Don Giovanni, l’incubo elegante, with Michela Murgia – Teatro Franco Parenti, Milano, (Italy);
2/12 – Recording with Arcana Quintet (special guest M° Wayne Marshall), for the Malta Philarmonic Orchestra’s Chamber Music Friday Series, (Malta).
2019
22/01 – Accordion Solo Recital – Southwark Cathedral, London, (UK);
06/02 – Accordion Solo Recital – St James’s Church, Piccadily, (Concordia Foundation series), London, (UK);
12/02 – Accordion Chamber Music Concert – David Josefowitz Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London, (UK);
09/03 – Soloist with the Orchestra of the Romanian’s National Opera – Cluj Napoca, (Romania);
10/03 – Masterclass held at the “Gheorghie Dima Music Acadmy” – Cluj Napoca, (Romania);
24/03 – Soloist with “Valentia Strings Quintet”, Vibo Valentia, (Italy);
05/04 – Gioacchino Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle, with City Chorus – St Andrew Holborn, Lonon, (UK);
11/05 – in Duo with Francesca Gerbasi (Mezzosoprano): FisarmonInCanto – Auditorium Comunale, Trebaseleghe (PD), (Italy);
22/06 – Accordion Solo Recital – Palazzo Soragna, Parma, (Italy);
8/07 – Chamber Music Concert with Trio Kronos & Orchestra La Nuova Polifonia – Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimone, Naples, (Italy); [NEWSPAPER]
10/07 – Accordion Solo Recital – Teatro Duse, Asolo (TV), (Italy);
22/07 – Music & Poetry, with Adriano Engelbrecht, Casa della Musica, Parma, (Italy);
28/08 – Palena_Soukaras Duo’s debut – Apollo’s Temple, Corinth, (Greece);
15/10 – Accordion Solo Recital – IIC Stockholm, (Sweden);
24-25/10 – Malta Tango 5tet’s debut – Robert Samut Hall, Floriana, (Malta); [VIDEO]
25/12 – Martin Palmeri’s Misa Tango – Cosenza, (Italy).
2018
09/03 – In duo with Sarah Rulli (flute) – Palazzo De Nobili, Catanzaro, (Italy);
05/04 – Charity Concert with Chopin Strings Ensemble – Concert Hall of the “Fryderyk Chopin University of Music”, Warsaw, (Poland);
08/05 – in Duo with Sarah Rulli (flute), – University of Lumsa, Rome, (Italy);
22/07 – Gioacchino Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle with Stuttgarter Oratorienchor – Stuttgart, (Germany);
09/08 – Soloist with Marco Gemelli and “Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo” – Villa Ormond, Sanremo, (Italy);
07/09 – Soloist with the Orchestra of the Romanian’s National Opera: Gala Eugen Doga – Cluj Napoca, (Romania);
26/09 – Accordion Solo Recital – The Guild Church of St. Dustan in the West – London, (UK);
19/10 – In duo with Francesca Gerbasi (Mezzosoprano): FisarmonInCanto – Parco Ciani, Lugano, (Switzerland);
7/11 – Chamber Music concert with Foyle Future Firsts, in partnership with London Philharmonic Orchestra, Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, (UK). Programme: Viktor Ulmann – Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke (version for speaker and 13 instruments by Bernd Thewes) (25’).
2017
17/03 – Accordion Solo Recital – Palazzo De Nobili, Catanzaro, (Italy);
9/03 – Accordion Solo Recital – Italian Institute of Culture in Instanbul, (Turkey);
7-11-12/03 – L’Allegra Vedova with Maddalena Crippa – Teatro Gobetti, Turin, (Italy);
28/03 – L’Allegra Vedova with Maddalena Crippa – Teatro Niccolini, Florence, (Italy);
20/07 – In Duo with Sarah Rulli (flute) – CliqueArt Centre, Bruxelles, (Belgium);
28/05 – Accordion Solo Recital – Ignacy Paderewski manor – Kąśna Dolna, (Poland)
6/07 – “Non essere innocente”: Pier Paolo Pasolini/J. S. Bach with Maurizio Cardillo (voice) – Casa della Musica di Parma, (Italy);
30/07 – in Duo with Sarah Rulli (flute), in collaboration with Roma Tre Orchestra – Museo Pietro Canonica in Villa Borghese, Rome, (Italy);
17/09 – Accordion Solo Recital – Museo Napoleonico, Rome, (Italy);
04/10 – Accordion Solo Recital – Italian Institute of Culture in Dublin, (Ireland);
12/11 – Accordion Solo Recital – Łazienki Park, Warsaw, (Poland);
23/11 – “Non essere innocente”: Pier Paolo Pasolini/J. S. Bach – with Maurizio Cardillo (voice) – Circolo letterario Pier Paolo Pasolini, Prato, (Italy);
1/12 – in Concert with Chopin Strings Ensemble – Royal Castle, Warsaw, (Poland).
2016
3-11/05 – Partecipation in Umberto Giordano’s Opera “Fedora”, – Teatro San Carlo, Naples, (Italy);
21/10 – Accordions Duo Concert – Vatican Museums, Rome, (Italy).
2015
29/05 – Accordion Solo Recital – Alcobaça’s Monastery, (Portugal);
7/08 – Accordions 5tet – EXPO Milan 2015, Milano, (Italy);
16/09 – Roberto De Simone – Stabat Mater – Teatro San Carlo, Naples, (Italy);
5/12 – Accordion Solo Recital – Tuscia University, Viterbo, (Italy).