Portrait Concert Ablinger/Furrer at Austrian Cultural Forum Rome

19-AEmanuele Torquati will perform an extensive program for a prestigious Portrait concert featuring music by Peter Ablinger and Beat Furrer. Both of them will present for the occasion, which will take place at Austrian Cultural Forum in Rome on 20th May at 8,00 pm.

Program includes a various selection from “Voices and Piano” for piano and CD, an extensive piano cycle written by Peter Ablinger since 1998 and still in progress. Selection made by Emanuele Torquati, who performed the works under composer’s supervision, includes German actress Hanna Schygulla, as well as great characters such as Pierpaolo Pasolini and Josè Luis Borges, and also a piece devoted to him, featuring the unforgettable Anna Magnani.
WATCH A VIDEO ON “PASOLINI” PERFORMED BY EMANUELE

The second half of the concert, will start with first Beat Furrer’s piano piece, the seminal “Voicelessness, the snow has no voice” (1986). Afterwards, outstanding flutist Manuel Zurria will join Emanuele for “Presto” (1997), a virtuosic Duo for flute and piano.
LISTEN TO “VOICELESSNESS, THE SNOW HAS NO VOICE” PERFORMED BY EMANUELE