Contiene Discovery, Hush, Sketch da Miniature 2011
Author: Francesco Di Fiore
Rhythm of Silence: new CD released
January 8, 2016 Belarca Records has released a new album, Rhythm of Silence, with Japanese pianist Erika Tazawa. The album features 21st century solo piano music from Dutch composer Douwe Eisenga, Italians Francesco Di Fiore and Matteo Sommacal, and Amercans Marc Mellits and William Susman.
Pianosequenza Tour China 2015/2016
Pianosequenza is on tour in China from late November until January 2016 with music by Michael Nyman, Francesco Di Fiore, Nino Rota, Philip Glass, William Susman, Marco Betta and Yann Tiersen. Of course with the stunning visuals by Valeria Di Matteo. Also on December 11, at the Grand Theatre in Huzhou singer Pu Yue will join the project together with Francesco performing songs from soundtracks.
Rhythm of Silence: Album Trailer
Please enjoy the beautiful album trailer of Rhythm of Silence, new solo album by Japanese pianist Erika Tazawa performing 21st century piano music by Francesco Di Fiore, Douwe Eisenga, Marc Mellits, Matteo Sommacal, William Susman.
The album is produced by William Susman and will be released by Belarca Records on January 8, 2016. Album Trailer by Valeria Di Matteo.
Rhythm of Silence
Belarca Records will release soon a new piano album with Japanese pianist Erika Tazawa produced by William Susman. Rhythm of Silence features contemporary piano music by William Susman, Douwe Eisenga, Marc Mellits, Matteo Sommacal and a selection from Francesco’s Miniature 2011 project. Available on January 2016 in stores and digital distribution.
PIANOSEQUENZA has been released!
The new solo album is finally out. The album contains film music for piano by Philip Glass, Yann Tiersen, Michael Nyman, William Susman and Francesco Di Fiore himself.
Pianosequenza is released by Zefir Records and available worldwide.
Watch the beautiful album trailer by Valeria Di Matteo:
Francesco is currently in the Netherlands, home to Zefir Records, to present Pianosequenza with concerts in Middelburg, Amsterdam, Sneek and Groningen.
Pianosequenza, live concert with Italian premiere
Waiting for the album release, Pianosequenza will be meanwhile performed live with Valeria Di Matteo’s visuals on Monday August 10, 2015 in San Baronto (Pistoia, IT), Parco La Fraschetta, 21:00, at XVIII Musicarte Montalbano Festival.
The program also includes the Italian première of Suite from Secret Journey by Italian composer Marco Betta. Secret Journey (Viaggio Segreto) is a film directed by Roberto Andò and scored by Marco Betta, winner of the Nastro D’Argento for Best Cinematography.
Pianosequenza
Francesco Di Fiore, piano
Valeria Di Matteo, video
Music by Philip Glass, Bear McCreary, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yann Tiersen, Michael Andrews, Marco Betta, Michel Nyman, Francesco Di Fiore, William Susman.
The “Sequence Shot” (piano-sequenza in Italian) is a film procedure coinciding with an entire sequence which than develops within a single frame. A celebrated film technique, long-analysed, adopted with frequency and in different variations in many cases.
Composer and pianist Francesco Di Fiore, in his new “video-concert” Pianosequenza, is inspired by this and by some of the most popular scores of recent years.
Music from The Truman Show, The Hours, The Sheltering Sky, Amélie, Donnie Darko, The Piano, At precisely Six O’Clock, Balancing Acts, When Medicine Got It Wrong, Secret Journey and many others.
Visuals by Valeria Di Matteo are based on film images.
NEW UPCOMING ALBUM
Zefir Records presents Pianosequenza, a new solo album by Francesco Di Fiore, containing music from film scores by Philip Glass (The Truman Show and The Hours) Yann Tiersen (Amélie), Michael Nyman (The Piano, A Zed and Two Noughts and The Diary of Anne Frank), William Susman (When Medicine Got It Wrong) and Di Fiore himself (At Precisely Six O’Clock).
Pianosequenza has been released on September 4, 2015 by Dutch label Zefir Records.
PIANOSEQUENZA TRAILER
Past venues:
LIVERPOOL, UK – The Capstone Theatre
BACAU, RO – Sala Ateneu
NANXUN, CN – Grand Theatre
HUZHOU, CN – Grand Theatre
FUZHOU, CN – Grand Theatre
FUQING, CN – Grand Theatre
NANTONG, CN – Grand Theatre
HARBIN, CN – Grand Theatre
SAN BARONTO, IT – XVIII Musicarte Montalbano Festival
MIDDELBURG, NL
AMSTERDAM, NL
GRONINGEN, NL
SNEEK, NL
NIZZA MONFERRATO, IT – Auditorium Trinità
BAGHERIA, IT – Palazzo Cutò
Visual Piano
Francesco Di Fiore, piano
Valeria Di Matteo, video
Visual Piano is a shape-shifting project where piano music and visuals meet and interact.
It is a captivating and enjoyable journey inside contemporary music, including Francesco Di Fiore’s original music along with pieces by American Philip Glass, David Lang, John Cage and William Susman, British Michael Nyman and Neil Campbell, Dutch Douwe Eisenga, Italian Matteo Sommacal, Japanese Ryuichi Sakamoto.
A distinctive trait of this project is to blend these contemporary compositions with baroque music by Baldassarre Galuppi, François Couperin, Alessandro Scarlatti, Domenico Scarlatti and others.
Past venues:
LIVERPOOL, UK – Spring Season, The Capstone Theatre
MIDDELBURG, NL – Zeeuwse Concert Hall
BACAU, RO – Sala Ateneu
NINGBO, CN – Grand Theatre
ZHUJI, CN – City Theatre
DEZHOU, CN – City Theatre
HANGZHOU, CN – Xingguang Avenue Square
NIZZA MONFERRATO, IT – Concerti e Colline Series, Auditorium Trinità
LOVENO DI MENAGGIO, IT – Riflessi d’Arte Series, Villa Vigoni
LECCO, IT – Fondazione Borsieri
PAOLA, IT – Palazzo Stillo
MARINA DI PIETRASANTA, IT – Teatro S. Antonio
SHANGHAI, CN – Jing An Kerry Centre
BRATISLAVA, SK – Rakúske kultúrne fórum
SAN FRANCISCO, US – Center for New Music
Guitar Concerto
Francesco just finished composing his new Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra commissioned by Italian guitarist Lapo Vannucci. The Guitar Concerto will be premiered next year and then it will be part of a recording project about that you will be updated in due time. The Guitar Concerto is in four movements and about 30 minutes of duration.
