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Lorenzo Meo – Biography
Lorenzo Meo is an Italian pianist and composer, currently living in Zurich,
Switzerland. His ability to captivate audiences with intensity of playing,
passionate advocacy of contemporary music and his significant talent has made
him into one of the finest new music pianists of his generation.
He made his debut concerto appearances performing the Rachmaninov Second
Piano Concerto and Mozart’s Piano Concerto K.491 in 2002. Since then Lorenzo
has made several significant appearances, performing with ensembles such as
the Milano Classica Orchestra, the Orchestra of Teatro Comunale in Bologna,
the Chioggia Symphony Orchestra, the Bologna Conservatory Orchestra and the
Zarlino Orchestra in prestigious Italian venues such as the Auditorium Parco
della Musica in Rome, Teatro delle Muse in Ancona, Teatro Comunale in
Bologna, Teatro Comunale in Modena, Teatro Comunale in Ferrara, Teatro
Flavio Vespasiano in Rieti, Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi in Cremona, Teatro della
Fortuna di Fano, Auditorium del Carmine in Parma, Fairmount Auditorium in
Kiev, Mystetskyi Arsenal in Kiev, Plivka Dovzhenko Center in Kiev, National
Philarmonic in Lviv.
Actively engaged in the performance of contemporary music, Lorenzo regularly
premieres works written expressly for and dedicated to him. As a particularly
renowned interpreter of Estonian composer Jaan Rääts, he recorded his piano
works for the albums “Boundaries” (2005) and “The E.P.M. Project” (2009). As a
renowned contemporary music interpreter, he was invited to perform in the
closing concert event for the New Music Festival at the International Art Arsenal
in Kiev in 2012, playing the piano music of Jaan Rääts and Erkki-Sven Tüür. In
2015 he performed at Lviv National Philarmonic with a program entirely
dedicated to new music for piano solo. In 2016 he performed the Italian
premiere of Concert for Piano and Orchestra No.2 Op.70 and No.3 Op.83 by
Jaan Rääts. His discography includes, beside the previously mentioned
compositions of Jaan Rääts, recordings of works by Hilding Rosenberg, ErkkiSven Tüür, Arnold Schoenberg, and Toru Takemitsu, alongside several
recordings of works of 21st Century Composers.
Lorenzo Meo – Biography
As a chamber musician he performed with various ensembles and interpreters.
From 2000 to 2005, he played in an acclaimed duo with violist Antonello Farulli.
His activity with electroacoustic composer Luigi Pizzaleo has been of particular
interest, ranging over a wide variety of productions for piano and live
electronics, from 20th Century repertoire to improvisation and multimedia
projects. Since 2014, Lorenzo Meo has been collaborating as a duo with
Ukrainian violinist Anastasiya Petryshak, performing a wide range of repertoire.
Beside his career as a performer, Lorenzo is also active as a composer of
chamber and orchestral works, electroacoustic, acousmatic and theatre music.
His works are currently performed in Italy and abroad in several notable
festivals and concert venues, including the Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte in
Montepulciano, Teatro Comunale di Bologna (International Competition “2
Agosto”, Bologna), Sala Verdi (Milan Conservatoire), Teatro Nuovo (Repubblica
di S. Marino), Teatro Duse (Bologna), Strumenti e Musica del Presente
(Auditorium Varrone, Rieti), Giornate del Contemporaneo (MUSMA, Matera),
Rieti Elettroacustica (Teatro Flavio Vespasiano, Rieti), Viva 21st Century
(Princeton University, NJ - USA), Journées Numériques (Cité de la musique et de
la danse, Strasbourg - FR), London New Wind Festival (Regent Hall, London –
UK).
Lorenzo Meo graduated from the Conservatoire “G.B. Martini” in Bologna with a
degree in piano, studying with Maria Grazia Noferini Babini who was a pupil of
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. He has attended masterclasses as both a soloist
and chamber musician at several important musical institutions in Italy,
including the “Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia” in Rome, the “Accademia
Musicale Pescarese” and the “Accademia Clodiense”, studying closely with
interpreters like Aldo Ciccolini, Boris Bekhterev, Paolo Bordoni, Konstantin
Bogino. A prizewinner of several international piano competitions, he also
received a Master's Degree in chamber music at the National Academy of Santa
Cecilia in Rome with Rocco Filippini.
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“Despite its dense schedule, the Night of Book Arsenal will be remembered
primarily for the virtuoso piano performance of Lorenzo Meo.”
-Katya Krolevska, Poltavshchyna magazine
“Lorenzo Meo has recently recorded Rääts’ brilliant Sonata along with the cycle
of his 24 piano marginalia, and so gave music reviewers yet another reason to
call Estonia a phenomenon.”
-Maria Khrapachova, Capital Magazine
“Italian pianist Lorenzo Meo plays both [Rääts' Sonata and 24 Marginalias]. His
performance is notable for its energy and loose-limbed athleticism. The sound is
clean and vibrant with a good sense of presence.”
-Stephen Eddins, AllMusic magazine
“He sometimes plays all Estonian music recitals, but solid monographic evenings
of other important 20th century figures are on his plate too: only Schoenberg, or
only John Adams, or only Takemitsu (please mind that Meo's multipage
repertoire starts with Bach!).”
-Maria Khrapachova, Capital Magazine
Night of Book Arsenal - New Music Festival 2014 – Kiev
Despite its dense schedule, the Night of Book Arsenal will be remembered
primarily for the virtuoso piano performance of Lorenzo Meo. In a crowded hall
he played some of the great postmodernists - John Cage, Jonathan Harvey, Kaija
Saariaho, Jaan Rääts, and others. Tickets sold out, although the entrance to the
concert had a very high price.
-Review of the festival by Katya Krolevska for Poltavshchyna
Lorenzo Meo – Press
Boundaries: Music by Jaan Rääts
Jaan Rääts, born in 1932, offers yet further evidence that Estonia must be one of
the most compositionally fertile places in the world, turning out a
disproportionate number of important or at least intriguing composers for such
a small country, including Arvo Pärt, Veljo Tormis, Erkki-Sven Tüür,Toivo Tulev,
Helena Tulve, and Lepo Sumera. Rääts' harmonic and gestural language in the
two works for two pianos recorded here is related to American minimalism and
post-minimalism, essentially but not rigidly tonal, with the use of repeated
patterns. The music is immediately appealing, accessible without being
simplistic. Marginalia lasts just half an hour, but includes 24 pieces, one in each
of the major and minor keys. The movements are like bagatelles, each well
developed and with a strongly distinctive character, and their brevity keeps
them from wearing out their welcome. Rääts' Sonata for two pianos is
idiomatically similar to Marginalia, but uses a more complex tonal scheme, and
the form gives the material the time to unfold and develop at a more leisurely
pace. Italian pianist Lorenzo Meo plays both piano parts. His performance is
notable for its energy and loose-limbed athleticism. The sound is clean and
vibrant with a good sense of presence. The album should appeal to fans of the
late minimalist sound of composers like John Adams and Louis Andriessen.
-Review of cd by Stephen Eddins, AllMusic magazine
Piano Solo Recital in Kiev
Lorenzo Meo has recently recorded Raats' brilliant Sonata along with the cycle
of his 24 piano marginalia, and so gave music reviewers yet another reason to
call Estonia a phenomenon. He sometimes plays Estonian recitals, but solid
monographic evenings of other important 20th century figures are on his plate
too: only Schoenberg, or only John Adams, or only Takemitsu (please mind that
Meo's multipage repertoire starts with Bach!). This time Kyivites are to savor the
delicate architecture of Cage's "Dream", Jonathan Harvey's "The Tomb of
Lorenzo Meo – Press
Meessian", an homage to the dead classic, premieres of new works by Deserti
and Palmer, and Saariaho's laconic piano cycle.
-Maria Khrapachova for Capital Magazine
Lorenzo Meo – Discography
Boundaries: Music By Jaan Rääts
Lorenzo Meo, piano
Jaan Rääts 24 Marginalia, Op. 68
Jaan Rääts Sonata, Op. 82
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/boundariesmusicbyjaanraats/
id536365138
Lorenzo Meo – Discography
The E.P.M. Project
Lorenzo Meo, piano
ErkkiSven, Tüür Piano
Sonata (1985)
Jaan Rääts Sonata No.9
Jaan Rääts 24 Estonian Preludes, Op. 80
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/thee.p.m.project/id552795639
Lorenzo Meo – Repertoire
Piano and Orchestra Concertos
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Piano Concerto No.3 Op.37 in C Minor
Piano Concerto No.5 Op.73 in E Flat Major "Emperor"
Gershwin, George
Rhapsody in Blue
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Piano Concerto No.12 K414 in A Major
Piano Concerto No.24 K491 in C Minor
Rääts, Jaan
Piano Concerto No.2 Op.70
Piano Concerto No.3 Op.83
Rachmaninov, Sergej
Piano Concerto No.2 Op.18 in C Minor
Schumann, Robert
Piano Concerto Op.54 in A Minor
Solo Repertoire
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Piano Sonata No.4 Op.7 in E Flat Major
Piano Sonata No.5 Op.10 in C Minor
Piano Sonata No.21 Op.53 in C Major "Waldstein-Sonate"
Piano Sonata No.30 Op.109 in E Major
Brahms, Johannes
Two Rhapsodies Op.79
Three Intermezzi Op.117
Variations on a theme by Paganini Op.35 First book
Chopin, Frédéric
Ballade No.1 Op.23 in G Minor
Berceuse Op.57 in D Flat Major
Sonata No.3 Op.58 in B Minor
Lorenzo Meo – Repertoire
Scherzo No.1 Op.20 in B Minor
Scherzo No.2 Op.31 in B Flat Minor
Étude Op.10 No.4 in C Sharp Minor
Étude Op.10 No.5 in G Flat Major
Étude Op.10 No.8 in F Major
Étude Op.25 No.11 in A Minor
Debussy, Claude-Achille
Children's Corner
Pour le Piano
Keats, Donald
Sonata (1971)
Liszt, Franz
Sonata in B Minor
Mephisto Waltz No.1
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
Variations sérieuses op.54
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Piano Sonata No.12 K332 in F Major
Poulenc, Francis
Les Soirées de Nazelles
15 Improvisations
Napoli-Suite
Deux Intermezzi
Intermezzo in A Flat Major
L'histoire de Babar, le petit elephant
Prokofiev, Sergej
Piano Sonata No.7 Op.83
Toccata Op.11 in D Minor
Visions fugitives Op.22
Rääts, Jaan
Sonata No.9 Op.109
24 Marginalia Op.65
24 Estonian Preludes Op.83
Lorenzo Meo – Repertoire
Rachmaninov, Sergej
Étude-tableaux Op.33 No.6 in E Flat Minor
Étude-tableaux Op.33 No.9 in C Sharp Minor
Étude-tableaux Op.39 No.6 in A Minor
Étude-tableaux Op.39 No.9 in D Major
Prelude Op.3 No.2 in C Sharp Minor
Prelude Op.23 No.5 in G Minor
Prelude Op.32 No.5 in G Major
Prelude Op.32 No.10 in B Minor
Prelude Op.32 No.12 in G Sharp Minor
Ravel, Maurice
Gaspard de la nuit
Saariaho, Kaija
Prelude (2007)
Ballade (2005)
Schoenberg, Arnold
Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke Op.19
Drei Klavierstücke Op.11
Schumann, Robert
Papillons, op.2
Scriabin, Alexander
Piano Sonata No.5 Op.53 in F Sharp Major
Stravinskij, Igor' Fëdorovič
Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka
Takemitsu, Tōru
Rain Three Sketch
Rain Three Sketch II
Tüür, Erkki-Sven
Sonata (1985)
Ustvol'skaja, Galina Ivanovna
Twelve Preludes for piano (1953)
Lorenzo Meo – Sample Recital Programs
Program No.1
(new music/piano solo)
The E.P.M. Project
Jaan Rääts
24 Estonian Preludes op.80
Preludes No.1-12 (first book)
Jaan Rääts
Sonata No. 9
Jaan Rääts
24 Estonian Preludes op.80
Preludes No.13-24 (second book)
Erkki-Sven Tüür
Sonata (1985)
Program No.2
(new music/piano solo)
Piano Soundscapes
Galina Ustvolskaya
12 Preludes (1953)
Luciano Berio
Six Encores (1995--1990)
Jaan Rääts
24 Marginalia Op.65 (1979)
Kaija Saariaho
Prelude (2007)
Ballade (2005)
Lorenzo Meo – Sample Recital Programs
Program No.3
(new music/piano solo + electronics)
The Polymorphic Piano
Luigi Nono
...sofferte onde serene...
for piano and digital audio tape
John Cage
Dream (1948)
Marco Stroppa
Traiettoria… … deviata (1982/84)
for piano and digital audio tape
John Cage
In a landscape (1948)
Kaija Saariaho
Ballade (2007)
Prelude (2005)
for piano solo
Jonathan Harvey
Tombeau de Messiaen (1994)
for piano and digital audio tape
Program No.4
(romantic/piano solo)
The Romantic Piano
Robert Schumann
Papillons Op.2
Frederic Chopin
Ballade No.1 Op.23 in G minor
Scherzo No.2 Op.31 in B flat
Lorenzo Meo – Sample Recital Programs
Franz Liszt
Mephisto Waltz No.1
Alexander Scriabin
24 Preludes, Op. 11 (excerpts)
Piano Sonata No.5
Program No.5
(mixed/piano solo)
The Russian Piano
Sergei Prokofiev
Visions fugitives Op.22
Sonata No.7
Alexander Scriabin
24 Preludes, Op. 11
Piano Sonata No.5
Lorenzo Meo – YouTube Links
Estonian Piano Music
Erkki-Sven Tüür - Piano Sonata (1985) . I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y63prYTP-hs
Erkki-Sven Tüür - Piano Sonata (1985) . III
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7P0PcAq0X0
Jaan Rääts - Sonata no.9 op.76
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx90SF2RsLs
Jaan Rääts - Estonian Prelude op.80 no.22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HoUkQk9BlU
Jaan Rääts - Estonian Prelude op.80 no.2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adb7dkMVysM
New Music
Jonathan Harvey - Tombeau de Messiaen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPd548jv1fw
Toru Takemitsu - Rain Tree Sketch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-lSAK41uP8
Toru Takemitsu - Rain Tree Sketch 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9_1n8tq6TM
Arnold Schoenberg - Sechs kleine Klavierstücke op. 19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_c6NL9I6PI
Sergio Lanza op. 30 (4 pieces for piano)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZk_02SWk28
Lorenzo Meo – YouTube Links
Luigi Pizzaleo - Illudio V
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Vfs4byY-o
Lorenzo Meo - achrome II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj1-3_eA_Fs
Lorenzo Meo - Ex Tenebris Ad Lucem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ahWebBm2c
Chamber Music
W.A. Mozart - Sonata for Violin and Piano K 454
Anastasiya Petryshak and Lorenzo Meo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rqaJ_JzCro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMBy-PsxT6o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DwMUnONKzY
J. Brahms - Scherzo in C minor
Anastasiya Petryshak and Lorenzo Meo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeWjSAui0xY
J.Brahms - Sonata n.3 in re minore, op.108
Allegro Anastasiya Petryshak and Lorenzo Meo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1xqSoiufV0
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