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The JP2 Cultural Foundation is organising an organ and trumpet recital at the Rotunda Parish Church of Xewkija, Gozo, on Monday, the 21st of October, starting at 7pm.
The recital will feature Gianluca Libertucci on the organ and Gianpiero Cristaldi on trumpet.
Gianluca Libertucci is the organist of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, of the Pontifical Swiss Guard, of the General Audiences of the Pope, of the Church of Santa Maria dell’Orto in Trastevere (Rome) and holds the chair of Organ and Organ Composition at the “Licinio Refice” Conservatory of Music in Frosinone.
He obtained a diploma in Organ and Organ Composition at the “Santa Cecilia” Conservatory of Music in Rome under the guidance of Luigi Celeghin (1991). He has an intense concert activity in the major national and international organ festivals. In 2007 and 2013 he performed Francis Poulenc’s “Concerto in G minor” for organ, string orchestra and timpani with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra and the Teatro dell’Opera Orchestra in Rome, respectively.
Libertucci has collaborated as an organist with prestigious opera and symphonic institutions such as the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome.
He has recorded several CDs dedicated to the organ compositions of Giuseppe Liberto, maestro emeritus of the choir of the Cappella Musicale Pontificia “Sistina”. He is the author of much music for organ, choir and various ensembles.
Gianpiero Cristaldi graduated in trumpet at the “V. Bellini” Music Institute in Catania and graduated with top marks at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. He studied with Carmelo Fede, Giovanni Barone, Maurire Andrè, Hakan Hardenberger, Bernard Soustrot, Enric Aubier, Vincent Penzarella, Vincent Chikowitz, Sandro Verzari, Mauro Maur.
He perfected his skills at the Lausanne Conservatory in Switzerland, studying baroque and modern trumpet with Gabriele Cassone, chamber music with Roger Bobo and conducting Bands and Brass Bands with Pascal Favre.
Photo: JP2 Foundation
