To the Venetian Sounds of Oboe

THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL SILK ROAD FESTIVAL

“To the Venetian Sounds of Oboe”

Gianfranco Bortolato (oboe, Italy)

On October 30, as part of the International Silk Road Festival, the renowned Italian oboist Gianfranco BORTOLATO will give a concert.

Gianfranco Bortolato is a winner of many international competitions, and the principal oboist of the orchestras of the famous Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Teatro Regio in Turin, and the Rome Opera House, as well as ensembles of San Remo and Genoa. He has participated in international festivals in Buenos Aires, Versailles, and Houston. Gianfranco Bortolato has given concerts in many countries of the world.

In 2003, he presented his new CD Ardon gli incense with fantasies on themes from operas by Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti at the IDRS Festival in Greensboro (USA). He has performed with such outstanding conductors as Riccardo Muti, Yuri Temirkanov, Eliahu Inbal, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Eduardo Mata and Ádám Fischer.

He has made recordings for Ares, Frequenz, Erato, Nuova Era, Ricordi, Tactus, and Rivoalto. He serves as a juror for many prestigious international competitions. He is currently solo oboe with the Orchestra of the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome.

The two-part concert programme will include works by Baroque composers (A.Marchello, G.Platti, A.Vivaldi, and T.Albinoni) and fantasies on themes from operas by Italian composers (G.Verdi, G.Garibaldi, and R.Parma).

The concert features:

Gianfranco Bortolato (oboe, Italy)

Astana Opera Chamber Orchestra

Conductor – Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan Abzal Mukhitdinov

On the programme:

1. Alessandro Marcello. Concerto for oboe and strings in D minor
2. Giovanni Benedetto Platti. Concerto for oboe and strings in G minor
3. Antonio Vivaldi. Concerto for oboe and strings in C major, RV 447
4. A. Vivaldi. Concerto Grosso for 2 violins, cello and harpsichord in D minor, Op.3, No 11
5. Antonio Lotti. Concerto for oboe d'amore and strings
6. Tommaso Albinoni. Concerto for oboe and strings in D minor

 

Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes

 

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