Dimitri Ashkenazy - Filippo Del Corno: A coda di rondine (Clarinet Concerto, Piano Concerto, Symphonic Works) (2023)

Dimitri Ashkenazy, Clarinet
Born in 1969 in New York, Dimitri Ashkenazy began playing the piano at the age of six and then switched to the clarinet under the tuition of Giambattista Sisini, with whom he continued studying when he entered the Conservatory of Lucerne in 1989.
In addition to the major concertos for the clarinet, his repertoire extends to include contemporary works such as Peter Maxwell Davies' Strathclyde Concerto No.4 and Krzysztof Penderecki's own transcription of his Viola Concerto. He also gave the world premiere performances of concertos by Marco Tutino and Filippo Del Corno, and of Peter Maxwell Davies' Clarinet Quintet Hymn to Artemis Locheia.
He is an active chamber musician, performing with major string quartets and at major festivals, and recently has established himself as co-principal clarinet with the chamber orchestra Festival Strings Lucerne.
In addition to his concert activity, Dimitri Ashkenazy has made numerous CD, radio, and television recordings, and been invited to give master classes across Europe, U.S.A., Asia.

Emanuele Arciuli regularly performs at major concert halls and festivals, such as the Berliner Festwochen, Wien Modern, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, La Scala Milano, Biennale di Venezia, Melbourne Festival, Miller Theater New York. He has collaborated with internationally renowned orchestras and such conductors as John Axelrod, Dennis Russell Davies, Yoel Levi, Brad Lubman, James MacMillan, Kazushi Ono, Pinchas Steinberg and Jurai Valchua. His numerous recordings (Chandos, Stradivarius, Innova, Vai, Bridge, Wergo, Albany, Naxos) include the complete piano works of Berg and Webern, the world premiere of Bruno Maderna’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra and a lot of American music. His CD dedicated to George Crumb was nominated for a Grammy Award.
In May 2011, Emanuele Arciuli was awarded with the most important Italian critic’s prize, the Premio Franco Abbiati. He teaches Contemporary Music at Accademia di Pinerolo, and he is a professor at the Conservatory in Bari and a frequent guest professor at many American universities.