Free Classical Concert

Nearly every Sunday throughout the year, the members of the Lutheran Church of Our Savior in Port Washington are the delighted beneficiaries of the talents of a world-class musician, Federico Teti. A couple of times a year the doors are opened wide to share this treasure with the community!

On Friday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m., an Organ Recital and Reception will be held at the Lutheran Church of Our Savior, 12 Franklin Ave. in Port Washington. It will feature the church’s popular Director of Music, Federico Teti. There is no charge for this event, although free-will offerings will be accepted. After the concert, light refreshments will be offered in the church gym.

A native of Rome, Italy, Mr. Teti has served as the church’s organist and choral director for several years. Both his educational and concert resume are impressive, as can be attested to on his website, www.federicoteti.com. After graduating with highest honors from the St. Cecelia Conservatory of Music, Mr. Teti received numerous awards, scholarships, and invitations to give solo performances in several countries. Simultaneously, he furthered his musical education at academies in Siena and Pistoia, as well as the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Rome where he studied organ and Gregorian chant. While there, he was organist of the Basilica of Sant’ Apollinaire in Rome’s historical center.

Mr. Teti moved to New York to continue his education at the Juilliard School. Under expert tutelage he completed advanced studies in organ performance and studied a variety of subjects including conducting, harpsichord, and improvisation. At Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Mr. Teti made his organ debut, playing the Theodore Kuhn tracker organ. His conducting experiences included a debut at Juilliard Paul Hall and performances at Alice Tully Hall, Riverside Church Theatre, and the School for Strings Orchestra.

His performances have been well-received in a variety of venues including the Cathedral of St. Patrick and at Saint Thomas Church in New York City. He is acclaimed on return visits to Italy, where Mr. Teti recently played the closing concert of the 57th Summer Organ Series, Italy’s oldest organ recital series, at the Church of Santa Maria Nuova in Fana, on the Adriatic coast.

Especially admired in Japan, Mr. Teti has been invited to perform several times, giving recitals at the Toyota City Concert Hall, the Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, and in Nagoya. Following the tragic earthquake and tsunami of 2011, Mr. Teti performed in a benefit concert in Japan to help the survivors of that devastating disaster.

The free recital on March 10th in Port Washington will comprise of a variety of pieces from diverse composers. These consist of works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Cesar Franck, Pietro A. Yon, Louis Vierne, and John Weaver. The program also includes Claude Debussy’s Clair de Lune, which Mr. Teti himself transcribed for organ.

If you enjoy organ music by a world-renowned artist, played on a fine pipe organ in a beautiful setting, you are welcome to the Lutheran Church of Our Savior for this special event, or any Sunday at 10:00 a.m. —Submitted by Janice Crawford