“Naturalmente Pianoforte: Suoni nel Cuore delle Foreste Casentinesi”
1ª edizione
Pratovecchio (Ar) 11-12-13-14 Settembre 2025
Un evento di prestigio che celebra il talento dei pianisti emergenti di età fino ai 35 anni.
Il concorso si svolgerà a Pratovecchio presso il Teatro degli Antei e avrà come obiettivo principale la scoperta e la promozione di giovani talenti, offrendo loro l’opportunità di esibirsi di fronte a una giuria internazionale di esperti, composta da 5 tra rinomati pianisti, insegnanti e musicologi. I partecipanti potranno mettere in luce la loro creatività, virtuosismo e interpretazione di opere classiche. Tutte le esibizioni saranno aperte al pubblico e la finale sarà anche trasmessa in diretta streaming sui canali di Naturalmente Pianoforte.
Direttore Artistico M° Andrea Turini.
Tutte le prove sul prestigioso pianoforte Gran Coda Steingraeber & Sohne.
Per i partecipanti al concorso sarà anche un’occasione unica per scoprire un territorio di straordinaria bellezza, caratterizzato da ecosistemi forestali di grande valore e da un’incredibile varietà di flora. Un luogo ideale per un’esperienza immersiva nella natura, tra foreste millenarie, santuari ed eremi ricchi di spiritualità, il tutto arricchito dall’autentica ospitalità tipica delle comunità casentinesi
Jean-François Antonioli, pianista svizzero di origine italiana (*Losanna,1959), studiò con Fausto Zadra (scuola Scaramuzza) di cui fu l’assistente, poi tre anni a Parigi con Pierre Sancan. Ricevette consigli anche da Bruno Seidlhofer (Vienna) e Carlo Zecchi (Roma), sarà quest’ultimo a incitarlo a suonare tutti i concerti di Mozart.
Attività di solista (recital o con orchestra), in più di 20 paesi su 4 continenti. Debutto negli Stati Uniti nel 1991 con il National Symphony Orchestra di Washington. Partecipa a numerosi festival internazionali : Montreux-Vevey, Lucerna, Bad Ragaz, Nohant, « Radio France » a Montpellier, il Festival della Gioventu’ al Konzerthaus di Vienna, Bayreuth, Merano, Verbania, San Giovanni Valdarno, Sorrento in Italia, Orihuela e ASISA in Spagna, Dubrovnik, Zadar e Varazdin in Croazia, il Beogradski Prolecni Pijanisticki Festival in Serbia, Enesco e Lipatti in Romania, Pecs Napok in Ungheria, Lanaudière e il Festival Estivo a Quebec in Canada, al « Festival of Arts » di Birmingham e quello di « Wolf Trap » a Washington. Collabora con grandi direttori : Foster, Pesko, Lopez Cobos, Krenz, Horvat, Jordan, Sondeckis, Pradella, Mandeal, Viotti, de Stoutz, Neschling, Hausschild e molti altri.
La sua discografia (presso Claves, Klanglogo, Timpani) comprende opere di CHOPIN (Ballate e Preludi), DEBUSSY (i due libri di Preludi), MOZART (concerti) BRAHMS, FAURÉ, BUSONI, RAFF, HONEGGER, PERRIN. Il suo primo disco, dedicato alle opere per pianoforte e orchestra di Frank MARTIN (1890-1974), fu subito onorato da un Grande Premio Internazionale del Disco dell’Accademia Charles Cros a Parigi (1986), prima di essere stato nominato tra i 20 migliori dischi dell’anno, selezionati da 50 critici del mondo intero in vista dell’IRCA a New York.
Dal 1988 ha svolto attività come direttore d’orchestra; fu ospite permanente della Filarmonica di Timisoara (1993-2002) (assumendo spesso direzione e parte solistica al pianoforte simultaneamente, soprattutto nei concerti di Mozart ma anche Haydn, Bach e addirittura di Chopin). Nel 1995, all’Ateneo di Bucarest, l’Unesco e il Ministero rumeno dell’educazione gli assegnano una medaglia Dinu Lipatti “in segno di grande apprezzamento”.
Dal 1985 Jean François Antonioli svolge attività di docente di pianoforte principale al Conservatorio di Losanna (oggi Haute Ecole de Musique HEMU), da masterclasses in numerosi paesi (Svizzera, Francia, Italia, Spagna, Croazia, Serbia, Romania, Giappone), viene chiamato nelle giurie di numerosi concorsi internazionali.
Henri Dutilleux gli affidò, in pegno di riconoscimento per la prima audizione italiana della sua Sonata (Conservatorio di Milano, la Società dei Concerti, 1984) la prima audizione europea del suo pezzo oramai celebre Le Jeu des Contraires (1989).
Due film del regista tedesco Walter Wehmeyer sono stati dedicati all’attività di Jean François Antonioli : La vocazione dell’ascolto (2000) e Occhi che ascoltano (2002).
Sue incisioni nell’acustica eccezionale del Victoria-Hall di Ginevra (1888), con capolavori del repertorio romantico (Chopin, Brahms, Fauré) hanno fatto notizia, particolarmente negli Stati Uniti dove i grandi critici dicono : “Indeed, for their integrity, nuance, elegance, and not least, quiescence, these are readings that are difficult to match, or even compare to the those of the greatest pianists, such as Michelangeli, Moravec, or even Cortot. His approach to music-making brings to mind that of Dinu Lipatti, Wilhelm Kempff, and Maria Tipo rolled into one, and is no less satisfying.” (John Bell Young, Fanfare, USA, 2013)
Vanesa Kleva is executive director of the Cultural Institution Croatian House Split and artistic drirector of the Concert hall “Ivo Tijardović” in Split, Croatia. During past 2 years she organized over 400 concerts, masterclasses and art conferences.
She is Piano Loop Festival and Piano Loop Academy founder and director since 2014.
She was born in 1982. started playing piano at the age of 6. and completed her studies at the Music Academy UMAS in Split, after spending short time as a gast Studentin at the Hochschüle für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main.
Soon upon starting her job at the Music School Josip Hatze in Split as a piano teacher and piano accompanist at the Music Academy UMAS in Split she established Piano projekt Association and Piano Loop Festival and Academy which hosted numerous pianists and piano master classes since 2010 (I.Pogorelić, M.Pletnev, A.Volodos, O.Kern, N.Lugansky, D.Shishkin, L.Natochenny, N.Trull, A.Frölich, K.Gekić, I.Lazko, R.Dalibaltayan, H.Sumino, A.Beisembayev, A.Pompa-Baldi, L.Vondracek, G.Filipec, A.Mun, L.Marušić, A.Jurinić and many others).
She has been a jury member of the Mozarte International Piano Competition in Aachen, Maria Herrero Piano Competition in Granada, Ferrol Piano Competition, Cesar Franck Piano Competition in Brussels, Lyon International Piano Competition, Spanish Composers International Piano Competition, Madrid, San Benedetto del Tronto and Franco Margola Music Competition in Italy and Piano Loop Competition in Split.
She has been a member of the Croatian National Theater Split Arts council member from 2008.-2010. and the president of the City of Split council for Music and Theatre. Since 2024 she is a member of the Split-Dalmatia County arts council.
She participated in several conferences: HAZU, 2018. and „4.Alumni club” of the Music Department of Music Academy Split, UMAS-a in 2019., “From Dante to the present day” and “Think Art Conference” which she has established in Split.
In 2006. she enrolled in Filosofska Fakulteta Universe v Ljubljani, the Master degree in Psychology of Music and in 2020 she started interdisciplinary PhD studdies at the University of Split in the field of Music and Art History.
German pianist of Ukrainian origin, Olga Monakh has established herself in recent years as an artist with phenomenal charisma, equally at home in solo repertoire as well as in lied and chamber music.
Celebrated by critics as a pianist “endowed with a strong artistic personality and a rich imagination”, she gained the attention of the musical world by becoming laureate of several International Competitions, notably the Vianna da Motta and Porto Competitions in Portugal, Artur Schnabel in Berlin, Vlado Perlemuter in France, where she also won the Audience Award unanimously. Recognized pedagogue, teaching in particular at the PianoInsel Academy which she founded with Nicolas Bringuier, as well as at the Rubinstein Academy, her students have already won numerous awards at international piano competitions.
Olga Monakh completed brilliant musical studies in her hometown of Kharkov, at the Special Music School for Child Prodigies. At the age of 10, she gave her first recital and won several national competitions.
In 2001 she joined the prestigious class of Klaus Hellwig at the Berlin University of the Arts, where she obtained her Soloist Diploma with the highest distinctions, then joined the famous Konzertexamen class. During masterclasses, she regularly worked with Dominique Merlet, Elisso Virssaladze and Kristina Steinegger.
Laureate of the Hindemith foundations, Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now, Ottilie Selbach in Germany, supported by the Musical Academy of Villecroze, Olga Monakh had also from an early age some remarkable success in international competitions: 2nd Prize of the Schnabel Competition in Berlin in 2002, laureate of the Porto competition in 2003, she won in 2004 the Third Prize at the Vianna da Motta competition in Lisbon, the First Prize not being awarded.
At the Vlado Perlemuter competition in Caen in 2009, she won the 2nd prize as well as the Audience Prize, bestowed on her unanimously by the hundreds of people in the audience!
Olga Monakh has performed with the Gulbenkian Orchestra of Lisbon under the direction of Oleg Soldatov, the Sinfonia Varsovia under that of Peter Csaba, the Wiener-Concertverein and Yoel Gamzou as well as with the Kharkov and Wernigerode Philharmonic Orchestras.
She is a regular guest of concert series in France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and has been playing in festivals such as Mosel Festwochen, Rheingau Musik Festival, Weseler Klaviersommer and Europäisches Klassik Festival Ruhr in Germany, Kyoto International Music Festival in Japan, Il concerto in Trieste in Italy, Ciclo Premiar a Exelencia in Oeiros and at the Teatro Sao Luis in Lisbon.
She has been heard in prestigious venues such as the Philharmonie and Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Tonhalle in Düsseldorf, the Teatro Sao Luiz in Lisbon.
Her repertoire is remarkably extensive in the fields of recital, chamber music and lied.
Regular partner of baritone Peter Schoene, together they ensure the world premiere of a cycle of Lieder by Wolfgang Rihm, composed for them. A live recording of this concert has been released on a CD. They are currently working on the complete recording of Schubert’s Lieder and performed at the SR Kultur Radio.
Together with the pianist Nicolas Bringuier, they have been playing for twenty years as a piano duo and gave numerous concerts across Europe and Asia. In 2021, when they moved to Nice, the duo took the name Duo Siloti.
Since 2012 Olga and Nicolas have been artistic directors of the “Rencontres musicales du Negresco” in Nice, an annual chamber music festival. They are artistic directors of the International Piano Competition Samson Francois in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France.
Born in Brussels, Philippe Raskin devoted himself to music at a very early age. His performances have been illustrated as a “model of radiant authority (…), solar, generous, committed and under control (MDM, La Libre Belgique) and plays “with an impressive confidence” (JK, Mundo Clasico).
Philippe began piano lessons with Aleksandr Friedland, a Russian conductor, and continued working with Bernadette Malter and Loredana Clini. He developed his artistry furthermore with Vincenzo Balzani, Ralf Gothóni, and Leon Fleisher on the piano in addition with Johannes Meissl and Hatto Beyerle for chamber music.
At the age of 16, he began studying at the Royal Conservatorium of Brussels in the class of Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden. In the same year, he obtained his first degree with the highest honours. He then joined the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel (still with Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden) and graduated again with the highest honours, receiving the diploma
from H.M. the Queen of Belgium. During the same period, he completed his Master’s degree at the Royal Conservatorium of Brussels in piano and chamber music.
In 2005 he entered the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofia in Madrid where he worked for four years under the tutelage of Dimitri Bashkirov and Claudio Martínez Mehner. As early as the first year, he received from H.M the Queen of Spain the
Sobresaliente Prize at the Pardo Palace. In 2010, Philippe started studying at the Strasbourg Conservatory for a “Diplome de Spécialisation” where he graduated with the highest honours. In 2012 & 2013, he worked with Leonel Morales.
Philippe has won several national and international competitions, amongst others: the J.S. Bach Competition, the Gretry Rotary Competition, the Paris International Piano Competition, the Lions Club Competition, and the André Dumortier International Piano Competition. In 2012, he became a prizewinner at the Lyon International Piano Competition and won first prize at the “Spanish Composers” International Piano Competition in Madrid.
Philippe has performed many recitals, as part of chamber groups and as a soloist with orchestras all over the world – in renowned concert halls such as the Grand Hall of Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Musikverein in Vienna, or at the Philharmonie in Berlin. He was also invited by the Chopin Foundation in Warsaw to perform in the birthplace of the composer. Philippe regularly performs with orchestras, notably the Belgian National Orchestra, the Flanders Symphony Orchestra, and the Salzburg Chamber Soloists amongst many others. His chamber music partners include artists such as Clemens Hagen, Jérôme Pernoo, Miguel Da Silva, etc.
Philippe also regularly performs contemporary music and has taken part in several world premieres. Many composers have dedicated works to him, including “Stringent & Tremulation” from Belgian composer Jean-Marie Rens, “Piano Sonata” from Turkish composer Serkan Gürkan, “Sonata Der Hunt” from Austrian composer Christoph Ehrenfellner and “Talxochimaco” from Belgian composer Michel Béro.
Philippe is invited each year to be a member of the jury in several international piano competitions including the International “Piano Talents” Competition Milan, the Lyon International Piano Competition, the “MozArte” Competition in Cologne and is the artistic director of the César Franck International Piano Competition and the International Music Festival (IMF) Paris. He is also a regular member of the jury at the “Spanish Composers” Competition in Madrid, “Valsesia Musica”, “Cita de Cantu” etc.
In 2009, Philippe opened his piano school and also gives many masterclasses in Belgium and abroad. From 2016, Philippe was also the artistic director of the “Resonances Musique de Chambre” Festival in France and began teaching at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Philippe is also a member of the international piano faculty in “Talent Music Master Courses” University of Music in Brescia and in the “Friedrich Gulda” Conservatory in Vienna. In 2023, he becomes co-director of “Piano Loop Festival” in Split, Croatia, and starts teaching at the European Music Academy in Paris.
“…without the slightest doubt… he is one of the most impressive pianists we have ever had in recent decades”
Octavio de Juan
“…impressive Andrea Turini, he captivated the listeners by playing Bach and Debussy … the way he performed Bach
was magnificent, the emotion, structure and transparency were absolutely perfect and balanced … the pianist
performed Debussy in a fantastic way and with such a tenderness…”
D. Brotzmann; L. Welzin
“…the inexhaustible charm of the Goldberg Variations BWV 988 has confirmed such a space of absolute art where
beauty, mastery and depth of thought conquer the listener’s mind and heart. A brilliant and resounding success for
Andrea Turini’s personal interpretation of Bach’s masterpiece”
magazine “L’altra MantovA”
The concert activity of the italian pianist Andrea Turini covers forty years of public performances, focusing with particular passion on the works of major composers including Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Listz, Chopin, Brahms, Debussy,
Ravel, Fauré.
Thanks to his extraordinary interpretations and achievements in important international piano competitions, Andrea Turini carries out an intense concert activity in prestigious concert halls around the world such as Carnegie Hall in New
York, Salle “A. Cortot” in Paris, Rai Auditorium in Rome, National Auditorium of Madrid, Teatro Municipal “Rosalia de Castro” of La Coruna, Teatro Donizetti of Bergamo, Teatro Ghione of Rome, Teatro Verdi of Trieste, Auditorium de Galicia of
Santiago de Compostela, Teatro Bibiena of Mantua.
He is constantly invited to prestigious international piano festivals in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, North Macedonia, Poland, Switzerland, Austria, Israel and the United States.
Active as a chamber musician, he is a member of the Agorà Piano Quartet and works with renowned soloists and first chairs of prestigious orchestras. His prolonged experience with the famous String Trio of Florence is important and his
activity as a piano duo is extensive, which he shared first with Gianluca Passerotti and later with Maria Grazia Petrali.
Andrea Turini also regularly performs as a soloist with orchestras, collaborating, among others, with the Orchestra Musici Aurei, Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina, Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo, Orchestra Sinfonica Città di Grosseto, Orchestra
OIDA, Orquestra de Câmara de Cascais and Oeiras, Talenti d’Arte Chamber Orchestra, Asolana Malipiero String Orchestra, Il Contrappunto Orchestra. His performances under the direction of L. Piovano, N. Lalov, M. Caldi, L. Alves, G.
Lanzetta and G.B. Varoli are of particular importance.
He did television recordings for RAI Uno, RAI International, for Yugoslavian and North Macedonian television and radio, radio recordings for the three national RAI networks, for Vatican Radio, for Radio Nacional de Espana, he has recorded Bach, Brahms, Rachmaninoff and Ravel’s music on CD’s.
Andrea Turini is a highly regarded and highly experienced passionate and dedicated teacher.
There are many pianists who studied with him, as well as are many winners and prizewinners in national and international competitions who stand out for their concert and teaching activities.
Andrea Turini is professor of a piano chair at the “Gioacchino Rossini” Conservatory of Pesaro, where he is also coordinator of the Keyboard and Percussion Instruments Department and member of the Academic Council.
He is regularly invited to teach masterclasses and interpretation courses in Italy, Spain, France, The Netherlands and Germany. He is often invited as a juror as well as a president in International Piano Competitions. He is the artistic director of the Valdarnese Music Academy and of the Humberto Quagliata International Piano Competition Città di San Giovanni Valdarno.
Anche chi non fa parte della carovana potrà sperimentare almeno per un giorno questo modo di vivere il festival, aderendo ad una o più delle proposte giornaliere sotto descritte. Quelli proposti sono itinerari adatti anche alle famiglie.
Mercoledì 17 Luglio
con la Carovana al Laghetto di Asqua – Moggiona
Ritrovo: ore 14:00 Punto Informazioni di Camaldoli e Spostamento con le macchine sulla strada di Asqua.
Escursione: La linea Gotica – La Rota incontro con La Carovana – Laghetto di Asqua con Miriam Bardini.
Lunghezza 4 Km Dislivello 100 m
Spostamento con le auto a Moggiona
Ore 19:00 Concerto a Moggiona di Luca Mauceri e Donato Cedrone
Giovedì 18 Luglio
con la Carovana a Serravalle e Camaldoli
Ritrovo: ore 14:00 presso il Punto Informazioni di Camaldoli e spostamento con le auto a Serravalle.
Escursione Serravalle – Camaldoli, incontro con la Carovana e con Monaco del Monastero – Tappa artistica al Castagno Miraglia con Miriam Bardini – Serravalle.
Lunghezza 5 Km Dislivello 100 m
ore 21:00 Concerto a Serravalle di Giovanni Vannoni
Venerdì 19 Luglio
con la Carovana al Fosso di Acquafredda e Fosso del Puntone – Badia Prataglia
Ritrovo ore 9:00 Punto Informazioni di Badia Prataglia
Escursione: Badia Prataglia – Fosso di Acquafredda Incontro con La Carovana – loc. Capanno – Buca delle fate – Campo dell’Agio. Tappe artistiche con Miriam Bardini e Luca Mauceri, laboratori di land art con Martina Botta e Nicola Doni
Lunghezza 10 Km Dislivello 300 m
Ora 21:00 Concerto del Duo Gelli Cuseri presso la Pieve di Santa Maria Assunta
Sabato 20 Luglio
con la Carovana a Corezzo – Passo Serra – Biforco
Ritrovo: ore 9:00 a Corezzo
Corezzo – Sentiero 00 (incontro con la carovana) – Passo Serra – Serra di Sopra – Biforco con tappa artistica di Luca Mauceri e Miriam Bardini
Lunghezza 12,5 Km Dislivello 390 m
ore 18:30 Concerto a Corezzo di Davide Scagno
Per aderire alle proposte giornaliere è obbligatorio prenotare scrivendo a prenotazioni@orostoscana.it o chiamando al 370 1318284.
La quota delle uscite giornaliere è di 15 euro a persona. La partecipazione ai concerti del festival è gratuita. Ogni serata sarà possibile usufruire, a proprie spese, della cena proposta dalla proloco del borgo (vedi il link ad ogni concerto per informazioni sulle eventuali prenotazioni).
Luogo di inizio e fine del trekking: Pratovecchio, Piazza Jacopo Landino
– Partenza alle ore 9 di mercoledì 17 luglio e rientro alle 17.30 di domenica 21.
– Possibilità di aggregarsi anche dalla mattina di venerdì 19, arrivando con mezzi propri a Serravalle entro le ore 9.
Quota di partecipazione individuale:
– quota intera (5 giorni/4 notti): € 522;
– quota ridotta (3 giorni/2 notti): € 299.
– La quota intera comprende: 4 pernottamenti (in appartamento a Moggiona, in rifugio gestito a Badia Prataglia, in struttura religiosa a Serravalle e Corezzo), 4 colazioni, 5 pranzi al sacco e 4 cene per tutta la durata del cammino. Acqua ai pasti. 1 guida ambientale per tutta la durata del soggiorno. Noleggio e-bike e guida per il rientro da Partina a Pratovecchio. Assicurazione annullamento. Iva e servizio.
– La quota ridotta comprende tutto quanto incluso nella quota intera tranne i pasti, i pernottamenti e i servizi precedenti a venerdì 19 ore 9.
Le quote non comprendono: trasporto da e per Pratovecchio, eventuali tasse di soggiorno; extra e quanto non espressamente indicato
Può essere considerato un trekking di media difficoltà: richiede un certo spirito di adattamento e la voglia di una vacanza diversa, camminando immersi nella natura e attraversando piccole località.
Le tappe giornaliere, descritte singolarmente negli appositi riquadri, sono lunghe circa 15 km e i dislivelli positivi sono intorno ai 500 m, tranne il primo giorno in cui sono previsti circa 750 m. Il cammino si svolge prevalentemente su sentieri ufficiali, carrarecce e strade.
Lungo il percorso sono previsti incontri, letture e tappe artistiche e saranno effettuate delle riprese al fine della realizzazione di un documentario sull’esperienza. Staremo sul sentiero dalle 7 alle 9 ore al giorno (soste incluse). Lo zaino va portato sulle spalle lungo tutto il tragitto, tranne il tratto in bici per il rientro finale da Partina a Pratovecchio, in cui potremo affidarlo a una navetta.
La ricettività è sempre confortevole ma talvolta spartana, le camere e il bagno sono sempre in condivisione fra più persone. Chi non fosse abituato a questo tipo di esperienza deve mettere in conto che può rappresentare una certa sfida personale.
Il programma e il tipo di esperienza proposta non sono adatti a consentire la partecipazione di animali e bambini.