Concerto Lirico G. Verdi & P.i Tchaikovsky

The Russia Italy Cultural Center is pleased to announce the return of the season of musical concerts! Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 7:00 pm in the prestigious Sala Magna of the Faculty of Valdese Theology in via Pietro Cossa 40 Rome (a few meters from the Valdese Church in Piazza Cavour). The event will be dedicated to two great composers, the Russian Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and the Italian Giuseppe Verdi. Tchaikovsky was defined by his piano teacher, the German Rudolph Kündinger, as "talentless in music", while Verdi was rejected at the entrance exam of the Milan Conservatory with the motivations: the candidate demonstrated himself to be "inept in music"; two "talentless geniuses" who revolutionized lyrical music in the 19th century. To perform the arias, duets, and music of the two composers, a trio of Russian artists, internationally renowned, Elena Tsarenko mezzo-soprano, Irina Iakobtchouk soprano, and the pianist Olga Volkova, will perform. Mandatory reservation at the numbers 3881047606 and 3505114575 with an association contribution of 10.00 euros.