Performance & Press
Alessandria Di Nardo
CONCERT PIANIST
INTERDISCIPLINARY PERFORMANCE
Alessandria Di Nardo is an Italian concert pianist whose artistic work explores the dialogue between the classical recital tradition and interdisciplinary artistic practice. Alongside her solo recital activity, her performances investigate the relationship between music, space and visual art through projects presented in festivals, museums, galleries and other cultural settings.
Featured Performances
RESUMING THE JOURNEY: AMONG COLOR, NOTES & WORDS
STAMPERIA D'ARTE EDITORE GRAFICA
FLORENCE, ITALY
2022
An interdisciplinary performance conceived and presented by Alessandria Di Nardo for the closing event of Mario Minarini’s exhibition.
The event brought together visual art, spoken performance and piano recital through music by Philip Glass, Simon Rackham and Erik Satie, initiating an artistic research focused on the dialogue between piano, exhibition space and contemporary visual culture, while exploring the return to one’s artistic vocation and the renewal of creative practice following the interruption experienced during the pandemic period.
ERIK SATIE: MUSIC, SPACE & PERFORMANCE
SCANDICCI, FLORENCE, ITALY
2019
PROJECTS INCLUDE:
•Sguardi: Luci e Ombre tra Pittura e Musica — recital exploring the relationship between painting and music
• Erik Satie: Musica e Scritti di un Mammifero — recital combining piano performance with readings from Satie's writings
A continuing artistic exploration of Erik Satie's music through concert performance, interdisciplinary programming and contemporary artistic collaboration.
HAYDN PIANO CONCERTO IN PRAGUE
CZECH MUSEUM OF MUSIC, PRAGUE
2014
Invited to perform Haydn's Piano Concerto in D major with the Orchestra Giovanile di Firenze at the Czech Museum of Music in Prague as part of an international concert presented under the patronage of the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague.
MUSICAVITAE: A PIANO CHARITY CONCERT
ST JAMES CHURCH
LONDON, ENGLAND
2013
Selected to perform at London's historic St James's Church, Piccadilly, in an international charity concert presented by MusicaVitae, featuring a small group of emerging pianists from the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini in Florence.
Per formance Highlights
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Performances in Canada, Italy, England, Malta, Denmark, Czech Republic, Hungary and France
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Solo recitals, chamber music and concerto appearances
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Festival performances and interdisciplinary artistic projects
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Concerts presented in museums, galleries and historic venues
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Repertoire spanning Bach to contemporary music
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Artistic research exploring the relationship between music, space and performance
Performance Archive
Selected performances tracing an artistic journey from the concert stage to interdisciplinary performance. A chronological archive documenting concerts, festival appearances and artistic collaborations from 2008 to the present.
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2022
2019
2018
Riprendere il cammino: Tra colori, note e parole
8 ottobre, 2022; Stamperia d'Arte Editore Grafica- Firenze
Presentazione del finissage della mostra di Mario Minarini e successivo concerto pianistico con musiche di Philip Glass, Simon Rackham ed Erik Satie.
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Sguardi: Luci e ombre tra pittura e musica
24 febbraio, 2019; Sala Consiliare “Orazio Barbieri”
Indagine sulle luci e le ombre presenti nelle arti visive e sonore tramite una scelta di opere musicali di Satie e opere pittoriche di Mario Minarini.
Erik Satie: Musica e Scritti di un Mammifero
2 febbraio, 2019; Auditorium della Scuola Comunale di Musica di Scandicci
Concerto dedicato al compositore francese Satie, le sue opere musicali e le letture di una scelta
dei migliaia di bigliettini che ha scritto e che sono stati trovati dopo la sua morte.
Festival Sonic Somatic edizione 2018: Ari Benjamin Meyers Five Works
5-7 Ottobre, 2018; performance di Vexations II di Ari Benjamin Meyers; alle Serre
Torrigiani; Firenze, Italia
Selected Audio Recordings
Selected Video Recordings
Philip Glass — Metamorphosis I
A visual meditation created by Alessandria Di Nardo combining original imagery filmed in Rome's Botanical Garden with her own performance of Philip Glass's Metamorphosis I.
Beethoven — Piano Sonata Op. 109 (I & II)
A live performance recorded during the closing concert of the Hotchkiss School Summer Programme in Florence, featuring the first two movements of Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 109.
Rachmaninoff — Mélodie
A live performance of Rachmaninoff's Mélodie, recorded at Église Saint-Martin in Gargenville, France, during the Académie Internationale au Château Rangiport.
Francis Poulenc — Villageoises
A live performance of Francis Poulenc's Villageoises, recorded at RAI Studio C in Florence, reflecting Alessandria Di Nardo's enduring affinity for twentieth-century French repertoire.
