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VANESSA BENELLI MOSELL piano
"Sparkling technique in demanding music" "She leaves no doubt of her enviable facility throughout this, her ultra-‐demanding debut Album" Gramophone Magazine, 2011
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CONTENTS
BIOGRAPHY
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BIOGRAPHY (IT)
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PRESS COMMENTS
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REPERTOIRE
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DISCOGRAPHY
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WITH STOCKHAUSEN
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"Vanessa Benelli Mosell has the power to let people appreciate my music." Karlheinz Stockhausen, composer
“The artist, prodigy of piano technique, seduced the audience” Il Corriere
“Remember the name. | Un nome da ricordare" New York Post
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Photo credit: Barbara Rigon
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BIOGRAPHY "…a remarkably musical and fluent young pianist ... Remember the name." New York Post "impressively refined and nuanced...stylish Bravura" Gramophone Magazine "Vanessa Benelli Mosell has the power to let people appreciate my music." Karlheinz Stockhausen "…a remarkably musical and fluent young pianist ...”: described as such as a result of her New York debut, twenty six year old pianist Vanessa Benelli Mosell is praised for her virtuoso mastery of the keyboard and the sensitivity of musical insight. Her debut recording in February 2011, ‘Introducing Vanessa Benelli Mosell, Virtuoso Piano Music’ (a disc of Prokofiev, Haydn, Scriabin and Liszt), received critical acclaim and international praise for her "extraordinary artistic talent" and "sparkling technique in demanding music", "She leaves no doubt of her enviable facility throughout this, her ultra-‐demanding debut album" (Gramophone Magazine). Since her debut appearance at eleven years old with pianist Pascal Rogé, who described her as "the most natural musical talent I have encountered in my entire life as a musician and teacher", Vanessa has been playing with orchestras such as the Münchner Symphoniker, Berliner Symphoniker, Edmonton Symphony and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. In 2010 Vanessa made her debut at the Berliner Philharmonie performing Liszt Piano Concerto No.1 conducted by Lior Shambadal. Her performance of Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini with the Westfalen Philharmonie electrified critics, with Der Westen commenting on "her dazzling powers of young virtuoso". Vanessa Benelli Mosell began playing the piano at the age of three with Alberto Alinari in Florence. At seven years old she was exceptionally admitted at the International Piano Academy in Imola, where she has been studying with Franco Scala till 2006. In 2007 she was invited to enter the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory to study with Mikhail Voskresensky. In 2010 she entered the Royal College of Music in London, where she graduated in 2012 studying with Dmitri Alexeev, generously supported by the Russell Gander Award. Vanessa is Internationally renowned for her performances of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Klavierstuecke. It was following her recording of Klavierstücke I-‐IV, as featured in a RAI3 documentary by the music critic Mario Bortolotto, that Vanessa was invited by the composer himself to study with him in Germany. Since that time till his unexpected death, Vanessa had been working closely with the famous composer, receiving much critical acclaim and prizes for her interpretations. Karlheinz Stockhausen remains a continuing important influence on Vanessa’s music making. Vanessa gives recitals in Europe, Asia and North-‐America making appearances at festivals as Radio France et Montpellier, Ravello, Tuscan Sun Festival and Saratoga. She regularly performs at Rome Quirinale featuring RAI3 live concerts broadcasting. In 2004 Yuri Bashmet awarded her the Elba Festival Prize inviting her to perform under his baton on several occasions. More recently Vanessa received the first Award of the Festival Pietrasanta in Concerto as an outstanding young talent, where she performed conducted by Michael Guttman. She was also invited by the festival to replace Martha Argerich in 2012, together with the Moscow Soloists, conducted by Bashmet, to perform Chopin’s Concerto in E minor. In 2012 Vanessa made her debut performance at London’s Wigmore Hall, to audience acclaim, and performed at the Manzoni Auditorium in Bologna with the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conducted by Alberto Veronesi. T : +44 (0) 141 956 1255 M : +44 (0) 7841 582 851 | E : info@loganartsmanagement.com | W : www.loganartsmanagement.com
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Vanessa’s hugely successful debut recording, was quickly followed up in September 2012 by her "…impressively refined and nuanced…(Gramophone) ‘Liszt Recital’, on Brilliant Classics. In 2013, Vanessa went on tour to South America and a concerto and recital tour to Israel with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. In April she performed to a sell out audience for her debut in Hamburg at the Laeiszhalle. Future performances include Liszt’s First Piano Concert in F in Strasbourg with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, conducted by Ariane Matiakh; a recital in the Cappella Paolina del Quirinale in Rome, broadcast live on RAI3, recitals in the UK & Austria, concertos in Turkey and a recital tour to China. Vanessa Benelli Mosell is a Young Steinway Artist and is also supported by the Keyboard Trust.
BIOGRAPHY (IT) "Una giovane pianista straordinariamente musicale e fluente di nome Vanessa Benelli Mosell. Ha sostenuto sino alla fine il suo sicuro pianismo dimostrando grande facilità e bel senso dello stile. Un nome da ricordare." (New York Post) Così descritta a seguito del suo debutto newyorkese, la ventiseienne pianista Vanessa Benelli Mosell è elogiata per la sua virtuosa padronanza della tastiera e per la sensibilità del suo intuito musicale, sin dal suo precoce esordio. Il suo debutto discografico nel febbraio 2011, con l'album Virtuoso Piano Music, per Brilliant Classics, ottiene il plauso della critica internazionale che la loda per il suo "straordinario talento artistico" e per la "tecnica scintillante che, nelle musiche impegnative di un impegnativo album di debutto, non lascia alcun dubbio circa la sua invidiabile facilità" (Gramophone Magazine). Dal suo esordio a soli undici anni in duo pianistico con Pascal Rogé, che l'ha descritta come "il più grande talento naturale che abbia incontrato nella mia vita di musicista e insegnante", Vanessa Benelli Mosell ha suonato con prestigiose orchestre quali i Berliner Symphoniker, i Muenchner Symphoniker, la Edmonton Symphony e la Zurich Chamber Orchestra con la quale ha inaugurato lo Zuricher Mozart Fest alla Tonhalle. In Germania la sua performance della Rapsodia su un tema di Paganini di Rachmaninov con la Westfalen Philharmonie, ha entusiasmato la critica che ha elogiato "i suoi abbaglianti poteri di giovane virtuosa" (Der Westen). Nel 2004 Yuri Bashmet le ha conferito l'Elba Festival Prize, da quel giorni in poi invitandola a suonare sotto la sua direzione, con regolarità. Vanessa ha ricevuto il primo premio del Festival Pietrasanta in Concerto come miglior talento emergente in occasione di una sua performance diretta da Michael Guttman. E’ stata inoltre invitata dallo stesso festival a sostituire Martha Argerich nel 2012, assieme ai Solisti di Mosca diretti da Bashmet, nel Concerto in mi minore di Chopin. Vanessa tiene recital in Europa, Asia, Israele e Nord e Sudamerica, in festival quali Radio France, Ravello, Tuscan Sun Festival e Saratoga. Si esibisce regolarmente al Quirinale a Roma per i concerti di Radio3. Rinomata a livello internazionale per le sue performances dei Klavierstuecke di Stockhausen, Vanessa incontra il compositore per la prima volta del 2006, a seguito di una sua esecuzione radiofonica dei brani (ospite di Mario Bortolotto su Radio 3) che le varrà l’invito da parte del compositore a studiare con lui in Germania. Da quello stesso anno fino alla scomparsa di Karlheinz Stockhausen, Vanessa ha lavorato con T : +44 (0) 141 956 1255 M : +44 (0) 7841 582 851 | E : info@loganartsmanagement.com | W : www.loganartsmanagement.com
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il compositore ricevendo premi e riconoscimenti per le sue interpretazioni. Nel 2010 ha debuttato presso la Philharmonie di Berlino eseguendo il Primo Concerto di Liszt diretta da Lior Shambadal. Nel 2012 Vanessa ha esordito alla Wigmore Hall di Londra, ottenendo il plauso del pubblico e della critica, e ha suonato con l'Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna diretta da Alberto Veronesi all'Auditorium Manzoni. Il 27 febbraio 2013 si è esibita in piano solo a Bogota (Colombia). Nel mese di marzo 2013 ha tenuto diversi recital e concerti con la Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, nell’ambito di una tournée in Israele (Tel Aviv, Haifa, Petah Tikva). Il 13 aprile approda, con un tutto esaurito, alla Laeiszhalle di Amburgo. Il 30 maggio si esibirà a Strasburgo, con l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg diretta da Giampaolo Maria Bisanti, nel Primo Concerto di F. Liszt, e il 26 giugno terrà un recital in piano solo alla Cappella Paolina del Quirinale a Roma, in diretta radiofonica su RAI Radio 3. Vanessa Benelli Mosell ha iniziato lo studio del pianoforte a tre anni. A sette anni è stata eccezionalmente ammessa all'Accademia Pianistica Internazionale "Incontri col Maestro" di Imola, dove ha studiato con Franco Scala fino al 2006. Nel 2007 è stata invitata a studiare al Conservatorio Ciaikovsky di Mosca con Mikhail Voskresenskij. Nel 2010 ha ricevuto una borsa di studio dal Royal College of Music di Londra, dove si è laureata nel 2012 sotto la guida di Dmitri Alexeev. Vanessa Benelli Mosell è una Young Steinway Artist.
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PRESS COMMENTS Liszt CD "impressively refined and nuanced...stylish Bravura" Jed Distler, Gramophone Magazine, Feb 2013
“Liszt is bread and butter to her, making astonishingly light work of his Rhapsodie Espagnole.” “…dazzling with her technique and surprising with her emotional maturity…” “…virtuosity, sensibility, panache, however, she has what it takes. Her articulation in particular is outstanding, with every note -‐ Liszt permitting! -‐ clean and precise.” “…this is a recital worthy of wider attention…” MusicWeb International, Nov 2012
"...comprehensive naturalness...spontaneous intensity...enviable instrumental fluency..." "...Listening to her Liszt album you get the impression that this impassioned pianist turns your home into a concert hall, so penetrating and convincing her expressive performances." "[Benelli] Mosell is clearly a great promise for the future" De Klassieke Zaken, Dec 2012
“the artist, prodigy of piano technique, seduced the audience” Il Corriere
“Vanessa Benelli Mosell has the power to let people appreciate my music.” Composer Karlheinz Stockhausen
“a remarkably musical and fluent young pianist named Vanessa Benelli Mosell. She held up her end of the tight interplay with complete ease and the fine sense of style. Remember the name.”
"Una giovane pianista straordinariamente musicale e fluente di nome Vanessa Benelli Mosell. Ha sostenuto sino alla fine il suo sicuro pianismo dimostrando grande facilità e bel senso dello stile. Un nome da ricordare" New York Post
"Sparkling technique in demanding music", "She leaves no doubt of her enviable facility throughout this, her ultra demanding debut Album", "Dexterous and cool-‐headed, she launches into Prokofiev's Seventh Sonata at a cracking pace...she is off like a rocket in the drum-‐beat 7/8 Precipitato finale, remarkably maintaining her impetus in the ever-‐widening leaps of the closing pages." Gramophone Magazine
“...Benelli Mosell's secure and sophisticated technique...” Classical Voice of North Carolina
“Ganz das Gegenteil des finsteren Virtuosen die junge Pianistin Vanessa Benelli Mosell. Sie zeigte ihr Können mit Rachmaninovs "Rhapsodie über ein Thema von Paganini.” Der Westen
“... she is the most natural musical talent I have encountered in my entire life as a musician and teacher” French pianist Pascal Rogé
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This first CD…is certainly an impressive programme in every respect ... to open a debut recording with Prokofiev's sarcastic, fiendish Seventh Sonata is a true baptism of fire. Yet Benelli Mosell seems to revel in the densely chromatic, often virtually atonal tumult of much of this Stalin-‐Award-‐winning, viciously anti-‐Stalinist work. To follow that with Liszt's phenomenally virtuosic Rhapsodie Espagnole would be artistic suicide for mere mortals, but Benelli Mosell's arms and fingers, presumably after a good rest, are more than willing, and able, to take on the relentless onslaught of gorgeous notes, and she does so with great panache.…Mosell's account of both the bleak Adagio and the desperately sad, funereal last movement [of Scriabin’s First Sonata] is very moving: full of emotion and insight beyond her years.” MusicWeb International
"Le jeu de Benelli-‐Mosell, disons-‐le tout de suite, se plaît dans ces œuvres puissantes, amples, dans lesquelles la virtuosité arbitraire (celle, par exemple, des premiers Liszt) cède le pas à une virtuosité nécessaire, celle imposée par la musique elle-‐même. Celle de Prokofiev et du Liszt de la Rhapsodie espagnole, des œuvres d’essence orchestrale où les plans sonores dégagent mille sonorités opposées et dix mille timbres colorés. Dans Haydn, elle s’attelle à faire surgir la puissance du discours au-‐delà de l’apparente simplicité du discours – car c’est là la sonate la plus tragique de Haydn. Enfin, son Scriabine déborde de diaboliques déliquescences névrosées. Vanessa Benelli-‐Mosell, une jeune pianiste à suivre de près, maintenant qu’elle a assuré ses débuts sur une majorité de grandes scènes internationales." Abeille Musique
"Benelli Mosell has chosen a demanding program that shows her remarkable talents and exploits the potential of the piano to the fullest. Furthermore, a precision of high purity technique and a chameleon ability to match each one of the different styles and moods of the programme." Melomano
Challenging program chosen by Vanessa Benelli Mosell for her début album. Works that require it remarkable technical skills beyond sensitivity of interpretation. Armed with a prestigious curriculum that places her among the most talented pianists of our age, the young Vanessa securely tackles this challenge by offering high-‐level performances. SUONO
“…This is a promising début recital, showing flashes of inspiration and virtuosity. Young female contemporaries might just have a contender waiting in the wings.” International Record Review
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REPERTOIRE Bach
Bartòk Beethoven Chopin Haydn Liszt
Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056
Concerto No.3
Concerto No. 1, in C major op.15 Concerto No. 3, in C minor op.37
Concerto No. 1, in E minor op.11
Concerto No. 11, in D major
Concerto No. 1 in E flat major Concerto No. 2 in A major Concerto No. 3 in E flat major
Mendelssohn Mozart
Poulenc Prokofiev Rachmaninov Saint-‐Saens Schumann Tchaikovsky
Concerto for violin, piano and string in D minor Concerto K. 246 in C major Concerto K. 365 in B flat major Concerto K. 414 in A major Concerto K. 488 in A major Concerto K. 466 in D minor
Concerto in D minor for 2 pianos and orchestra
Concerto n. 3
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
Concerto No. 2 Carneval of animals for 2 pianos and orchestra
Concerto in A minor, op.54
Concerto No. 1
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DISCOGRAPHY Vanessa Benelli Mosell | A Liszt Recital
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Brilliant Classics, Released Sept 2012
Valse Impromptu Capriccio alla turca La leggierezza No. 2 Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 6, 10, 11 & 12 Liebestraum in A flat, No. 3 Galop russe La Danza No. 9 Grand galop chromatique
“…dazzling with her technique and surprising with her emotional maturity…” MusicWeb International
Introducing Vanessa Benelli Mosell | Virtuoso Piano music
“…This is a promising début recital, showing flashes of inspiration and virtuosity. Young female contemporaries might just have a contender waiting in the wings.” International Record Review
Brilliant Classics, Released Feb 2011
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Prokofiev -‐ Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-‐Flat, Op. 82 (1939–42) Liszt -‐ Rhapsodie Espagnole, S. 254 (1863) Haydn -‐ Piano Sonata in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (1784) Scriabin -‐ Piano Sonata No.1 in F Minor, Op. 6 (1892)
"Benelli Mosell has chosen a demanding program that shows her remarkable talents and exploits the potential of the piano to the fullest. Furthermore, a precision of high purity technique and a chameleon ability to match each one of the different styles and moods of the programme." Melomano
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WITH STOCKHAUSEN
“Vanessa Benelli Mosell has the power to let people appreciate my music." Composer Karlheinz Stockhausen
Internationally renowned for her performances of Stockhausen's Klavierstuecke, Vanessa met the composer for the first time in 2006. Following her recording of Klavierstuecke I-‐IV featured in a RAI 3 documentary, produced by the music critic Mario Bortolotto, Vanessa was then invited by the composer himself to study with him in Germany. Since that time until the unexpected death of Karlheinz Stockhausen, Vanessa had been working closely with the famous composer, receiving much critical acclaim and prizes for her interpretations. Here she is with Stockhausen at the prize giving in 2006.
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