Great success for the III international masterclass promoted by the Associazione Centro Studi Mousikè: three-day training, concerts and exhibition of the jewelry of the French brand Marigaux. Starring masters Ivan Podyomov, Domenico Orlando and Luca Vignali

By Olga Chief

“Stingy pain, your gift is delayed

at the time of my coveted abandonment.

An icy oboe laughs happily with eternal leaves,

not mine, and oblivion;… .. ».

These are the lyrics of “Oboe sommerso” by Salvatore Quasimodo, who in the first tone of the teachers’ concert in the third edition of the International masterclass, promoted and organized by the Associazione Centro Studi Mousikè of Gragnano, invited by his municipality Bracigliano and under the auspices of the region and Mic, thanks to the intuition and organization of Giovanni Borriello, Luigi De Nardo and Ferdinando Sarno. The three teachers, Ivan Podyomov I oboe of the Concertgebouw Royal Orchestra of Amsterdam, the first oboe Domenico Orlando of the Gewandhaus orchestra of Leipzig and Luca Vignali I oboe of the Teatro dell ‘Opera in Rome, who , not only through their knowledge, but also by giving friendly photos and selfies, they played for them, thus continuing to educate them in their absolute sound and to the large audience that attended a really special music event. Three different and unique sounds echoed, unfortunately not in the beautiful amphitheater of Palazzo De Simone, unfortunately useless that night, but in another room, smaller but acoustically happy. The evening began with a tribute to the Venetian school with Tomaso Albinoni’s double concert, the third of Amilcare Ponchielli’s opus 9, a concert in which we can say that the soloists’ executive style has become synonymous with perfection for amazing technique, strength and the sharpness of the sound and the crystalline transparency of the accent, the body of an interpretation conceived as masculine, extremely sober, foreign to the virtuoso exhibition as an end in itself. Luca Vignali, on the other hand, as the first piece dedicated to the public a transcription for oboe of Claudio Monteverdi’s Il Lamento di una Ninfa. Its absolute sound, which can be made, if necessary, a dark, exuberant amber that on this page adorns a plastic phrase, in which every note is intense and embossed, letting the lyrical vein emerge with the exhalation, which always remained controlled. . The transfer was not abandoned, nor was the determination forced, it is enclosed in a very special taste for the choice of speakers, together with the Echos Chamber Orchestra, conducted by the oboist Mattia Esposito, who ideally fell into the organ player’s part. , supporting the soloist with underlying empathy. Instrumental interlude with the third Suite, “Ancient dances and arias for lute” by Ottorino Respighi op.172, pages where the sound of Raffaella Cardaropoli cello dominates at some point, in which the Maestro hints at a preference for a dry, essential black and white, able to use, however, all the resources of very young strings, to offer a radiant perception of sound spatiality, thanks to the articulation of phraseology, carved like a graphic design. Also on stage Luca Vignali, who, with the transfer for oboe and strings of the famous interlude from Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, in which he dragged us into a dimension that broke time, freezing it, reducing it to the pulverization of events , giving an admirable aerial interpretation, enhanced by a soft and rich tone of color, imbued with a sense of covert concern, in which the orchestra was valuable in locating the harmonious details and nuances of the synthetic point. Final with Antonio Vivaldi, of the Rv 535 minor concerto, in which Podyomov and Orlando’s oboes were almost always alternated in pairs on this easily communicative page thanks to his skillful brilliance, which is of course rendered by sensitive performers, even and in the shade that spread the finely decorated fabric. Thunderous and worthy applause, as a prelude to the last day that welcomed the performance of Divertimento N ° 2 by Wofgang Amadeus Mozart, who trusted a large group, in which teachers and students played, before closing with Edward’s Elgar’s Serenade op.20 is dedicated to the public, to an inspiring and thoughtful performance. Another milestone was the opportunity to see and experience all the innovations of the oboe’s largest record label, the Marigaux, for more than 85 years synonymous with those of the oboe’s greatest players, a point of reference for the oboe’s sound around the world. A documentary and landscaping kermesse, which we hope to host in Salerno in the fall.