Concert of the Mandolin Orchestra Euterpe
Organizer: Borough of PovoThe Mandolin Orchestra “Euterpe” was founded in 1947 on the initiative of the late Giovanni Ferrari and with the participation of a few willing fans of plectrum music. It is the only plectrum orchestra in the Euregio Tirolo-Alto Adige-Trentino.
As early as 1948, with its first public performance, it immediately achieved flattering success, the first of a long series. The first conductor was Maestro Grisold, a passionate musician and pianist. He was succeeded by maestro De Checchi, who directed the circle for over twenty years and in February 1978 “passed the baton” to maestro Giuseppe Califano. From January 1992 to January 2005, the direction of the circle was entrusted to Cav. Vincenzo Talarico.
Relevant are the participations in national and international competitions. Even richer is the panorama of participations in festivals and reviews. The traditional summer concerts in the evocative settings of the Pavillon des Fleurs in Merano and the inner courtyard of Mareccio Castle in Bolzano in the summer have then always met with wide public acclaim.
In three quarters of a century many things have changed, but the basic requirement for the life of the Circle remains the same: enthusiasm. Since its founding, the orchestra has been able to count on a very wide repertoire, ranging from classical music to modern-day music, and to those more exquisitely connected to the mandolin instrument in common thought, namely Neapolitan sonatas, which just in recent years have been rediscovered and revived.
Today the orchestra involves about fifteen mandolin and guitar enthusiasts and has at its forefront the preservation of a unique musical tradition and repurposing to revalue the mandolin and its music.
Since October 2004, the “School of mandolin and guitar” has been successfully launched.
Since February 1, 2005, the orchestra has been directed by Ugo Orrigo.
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Works by: Giacomo Sartori, Amedeo Amadei, Dmitri Sostakovic, Nino Rota, Raffaele Calace, Alberto La Rocca, Joachim Johow, Dieter Kreidler, Jasuo Kuwahara
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