10th Charity Concert "Music Does Miracles" - Radvanovsky, Beczala, Schrott

Sondra Radvanovsky, photo: Michael Cooper

PFB Orchestra
Gianluca Marciano - conductor
Sondra Radvanovsky – soprano
Piotr Beczala – tenor
Erwin Schrott - bass-baritone

The program includes a concert version of the opera Tosca Giacomo Puccini [120']

Sondra Radvanovsky
A world-famous singer, specializing in the performance of Italian opera works from the 19th century. During her fruitful career, she performed on many significant musical stages, such as the Royal Opera House in London, the famous Italian La Scala, the Wiener Staatsoper, the Opéra national de Paris and the opera houses in San Francisco, Chicago and Los Angeles. Radvanovsky became recognizable thanks to her amazing voice timbre, deep vibrato and above-average expression. Musical talent, appropriate technique and vocal conditions contribute to the soprano's extraordinary versatility and flexibility, which is able to perfectly perform many demanding parts. The singer was loved not only by the audience, but also by music critics, as evidenced by positive reviews published in titles such as The New York Times, The Times and The San Francisco Chronicle.

sondraradvanovsky.com

Photo Johannes Ifkovits

Piotr Beczala
One of the most sought-after Polish singers in the world, laureate opera Oscar, graduate of the Academy of Music in Katowice. He cooperates with theaters and operas throughout Europe and overseas. He regularly performs at the most important international festivals: Salzburg Festival, Vienna Festival Weeks, Vienna Klangbogen Festival, Styriarte Graz, Bad Kissingen Festival, Zurich Festival, Lucerne Festival, Montpellier Festival, Festival de Saint Denis. He performs on the most famous opera stages both as a singer and as an ambassador of Polish culture - it was thanks to his initiative that the performance of Petticoats silk Stanisław Moniuszko directed by Mariusz Treliński on the stage of the Theater an der Wien.
Piotr Beczala has been awarded many times with the most prestigious awards in the opera world, including the International Opera Award (2018) and the European Cultural Award Taurus Kammersänger of the Vienna State Opera (2019). At home, he received, among others: Fryderyk in the Artist of the Year 2014 category. Awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2015) and the Gold Medal Gloria Artis for Merit to Culture (2018)

piotrbeczala.com

Erwin Schrott
One of the most fascinating singers of our times, widely considered the best interpreter of Mozart's great roles: Don Giovanni, Leporello and Figaro. The artist has been performing for years in the world's most famous opera houses, such as La Scala in Milan, Metropolitan Opera, Opéra National de Paris, Washington National Opera, Vienna State Opera, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino , Hamburg State Opera, Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie in Brussels, Teatro Comunale di Firenze, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and many others.
He has been involved in music for 46 years. At the age of six, he began learning solfege and piano. At the age of 22, he made his debut at the Montevideo opera, after which he received a scholarship to study in Italy. Occasionally he also performs an entertainment repertoire, presenting, among others: tango and samba. He performs songs in various languages, and learning them is one of his passions. In 2011, he won the Echo Award, the European equivalent of the Grammy Award. His album is a tribute to the culture of his homeland, Uruguay Rojotango – a musical journey into the world of Latin tango.

erwinschrott.com

Photo Hadi Jbeily

Gianluca Marciano
Chief conductor of the Orchestra della Magna Grecia in Taranto and Matera (Italy), artistic director of the Al Bustan festival and the Chelsea Opera Group, appreciated by Sunday Times za theatrical and idiomatic conducting. He comes from Lerici. He made his debut in 2006 at the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb. From that moment on, he has continued cooperation with opera theaters in Oviedo, Minsk and Ljubljana, as well as in Great Britain (English National Opera, Grange Park Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera North and Longborough Opera Festival).
Throughout his career, Marcianò has successfully collaborated with some of the greatest musicians of our time, including: Sir Bryn Terfel, Thomas Hampson, Elina Garanča, Sumi Jo, Joseph Calleja, Simon Keenlyside, Sondra Radvanovsky, Olga Peretyatko, Danielle De Niese, Gautier Capuçon, Renaud Capuçon, Arabella Steinbacher and many, many others. He conducted, among others: in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Polish Chamber Orchestra, Polish Baltic Philharmonic, as well as in Tbilisi, Moscow, Beijing and Tokyo.

gianlucamarciano.info

Co-organization: Association for Aid to Surgically Ill Children

Main Patron of the Concert:

The proceeds from the concert will be donated to the charity of the Association.