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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, Erkki-Sven 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.

Lorenzo Meo – Press

“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 website: http://www.lorenzomeo.com/en youtube: https://www.youtube.com/lorenzomeo soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lorenzomeo facebook (public page): https://www.facebook.com/lorenzomeocomposer/ facebook (private profile): https://www.facebook.com/meolorenzo twitter: https://twitter.com/lorenzo_meo

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