Duo Alterno
The Duo Alterno is an Italian voice-piano chamber ensemble specializing in 20th century and contemporary classical music. The Duo made up of soprano Tiziana Scandaletti and composer-pianist Riccardo Piacentini. It was founded in Turin, Italy.
Duo Alterno's made its debut in February 1997 at the Vancouver Italian Contemporary Music Festival, where it held concerts and masterclasses for the University of British Columbia, the Simon Fraser University and the Vancouver Academy of Music. Since then they have performed in the major Italian festivals and in more than forty countries, including Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Australia, through concerts, masterclasses and CDs.
Recent performances
Recent international performances include:- University of California in Berkeley
- Stanford University
- Lincoln Performance Hall of Portland-Oregon
- Gasteig of Munich
- Xinghai Concert Hall of Canton
- Liaoning Grand Theatre of Shenyang
- Opera Ballet Theatre of Ulan Bator
- BKA Theater of Berlin
- University of New Mexico of Albuquerque
- SoundaXis Festival of Toronto
- MITO Festival of Turin and Milan
- Mozart Festival of Rovereto
- Sydney Conservatorium
- Federation Hall in Melbourne
- IIC in Beijing
- Moscow Conservatory
- Janácek Academy in Brno
- the University Theaters of Vilnius
- Riga and Kyiv
- Nuova Consonanza Festival of Rome
- Levine School of Music in Washington where The Washington Post particularly appreciated their "fine sense of comedic timing"
- Walt Disney Concert Hall / REDCAT in Los Angeles
- the Pyatt Hall of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
- the Mugham Center in Baku
- the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
CDs
- 1999 - Giacomo Manzoni. Du Dunkelheit
- 1999 - Musiche dell'aurora
- 1999 - Shahar
- 2000 - Giorgio Federico Ghedini. Sacred Music
- 2001 - Arie condizionate
- 2001 - Giorgio Federico Ghedini. Canti e strambotti
- 2002 - Alfredo Casella. Liriche
- 2003 - Treni persi
- 2004 - Franco Alfano. Liriche da Tagore
- 2004 - Mina miniera mia
- 2004 - Musiche della Reggia di Venaria Reale
- 2005 - La voce contemporanea in Italia - vol. 1
- 2006 - La voce contemporanea in Italia - vol. 2
- 2007 - La voce contemporanea in Italia - vol. 3
- 2007 - Italienischer Gesangsabend mit dem Duo Alterno
- 2009 - La voce contemporanea in Italia - vol. 4
- 2010 - La voce crepuscolare - Notturni e Serenate del '900
- 2011 - La voce contemporanea in Italia - vol. 5
- 2013 - ''La voce contemporanea in Italia - vol. 6''
Tours abroad Italy
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- Chorea
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Guatemala
- Netherlands
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- India
- Indonesia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Macedonia
- Malta
- Mongolia
- Norway
- Peru
- Russia
- Singapore
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
Repertoire
- Marcello Abbado
- Franco Alfano
- Davide AnzaghiVictor Andrini
- Marino BaratelloAndrea BaseviGiorgio BattistelliUmberto Bombardelli
- Cathy Berberian
- Luciano Berio
- Sonia BoGiovanni Bonato
- Mauro Bortolotti
- Aldo BrizziGilberto Bosco
- Valentino Bucchi
- Sylvano BussottiCurt CacioppoBeatrice Campodonico
- Mauro Cardi
- Alfredo CasellaPieralberto Cattaneo
- Mario Cesa
- Ernest ChaussonFabio Cifariello CiardiGiovanni Cima
- Aldo ClementiAlberto CollaGiorgio Colombo Taccani
- Azio Corghi
- Luigi DallapiccolaJames DashowFabrizio De Rossi Re
- Leonid Desyatnikov
- Franco Donatoni
- Gaetano DonizettiLuigi Esposito
- Lorenzo Ferrero
- Boris FilanovskiDavid Froom
- Sandro Fuga
- Stanislao GastaldonAda Gentile
- Giorgio Federico Ghedini
- Riccardo GiavinaGiuseppe Giuliano
- Domenico GuacceroGiovanni GuacceroAdriano GuarnieriRichard HermannCarlo Alessandro LandiniMartin Q. LarssonCorrinne LateurLuca LeoneAntonello LerdaPaola Livorsi
- Luca Lombardi
- Bruno Maderna
- Gian Francesco MalipieroGiacomo Manzoni
- Giuseppe MartucciMarco MolteniEnnio Morricone
- Carlo Mosso
- Luigi Nono
- Franco Oppo
- Marcello Panni
- Goffredo Petrassi
- Riccardo PiacentiniCarlo PinelliPiera PistonoBiagio Putignano
- Maurice Ravel
- Lodovico Rocca
- Gioachino Rossini
- Aurelio Samorì
- Giacinto Scelsi
- Arnold Schönberg
- Salvatore Sciarrino
- Christopher Shultis
- Leone Sinigaglia
- Antonio Smareglia
- Alessandro SolbiatiDaniela Terranova
- Francesco Paolo Tosti
- Fabio Vacchi
- Giuseppe VerdiDmitri Yanov-Yanovsky
- ''Vittorio Zago''