Duo Alterno

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Duo Alterno
OriginTurin, Italy
GenresContemporary classical
Occupation(s)Chamber ensemble
Years active1997-present
MembersFounder
Tiziana Scandaletti and Riccardo Piacentini
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The Duo Alterno is an Italian voice-piano chamber ensemble specializing in 20th century and contemporary classical music. The Duo made up of soprano Tiziana Scandaletti and composer-pianist Riccardo Piacentini.

Duo Alterno's made its debut in February 1997 at the Vancouver Italian Contemporary Music Festival, where it held concerts and masterclasses for the University of British Columbia, the Simon Fraser University and the Vancouver Academy of Music. Since then they have performed in the major Italian festivals and in more than forty countries, including Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Australia, through concerts, masterclasses and CDs.

Recent performances[edit]

Recent[when?] international performances include:

CDs[edit]

  • 1999 - Giacomo Manzoni. Du Dunkelheit (Milan, Curci E. 11326 C.)
  • 1999 - Musiche dell'aurora (Turin, Italian Foundation of Photography - Rive-Gauche Concerti RG 00005)
  • 1999 - Shahar (Milan, Curci E. 11351 C.)
  • 2000 - Giorgio Federico Ghedini. Sacred Music (Turin, Nuova Era CD 7354)
  • 2001 - Arie condizionate (Turin, Italian Foundation of Photography - Rive-Gauche Concerti RG 00009)
  • 2001 - Giorgio Federico Ghedini. Canti e strambotti (Turin, Nuova Era CD 7365)
  • 2002 - Alfredo Casella. Liriche (Turin, Nuova Era CD 7371)
  • 2003 - Treni persi (Province of Turin - Rive-Gauche Concerti RG 00012)
  • 2004 - Franco Alfano. Liriche da Tagore (Turin, Nuova Era CD 7388)
  • 2004 - Mina miniera mia (Province of Turin - Rive-Gauche Concerti RG 00014)
  • 2004 - Musiche della Reggia di Venaria Reale (Piedmont Region - Rive-Gauche Concerti RG 00015)
  • 2005 - La voce contemporanea in Italia - vol. 1 (Milan, Stradivarius STR 33708)
  • 2006 - La voce contemporanea in Italia - vol. 2 (Milan, Stradivarius STR 33743)
  • 2007 - La voce contemporanea in Italia - vol. 3 (Milan, Stradivarius STR 33769)
  • 2007 - Italienischer Gesangsabend mit dem Duo Alterno (Graz, Steirischer Tonkünstler Bund STB 07/07)
  • 2009 - La voce contemporanea in Italia - vol. 4 (Milan, Stradivarius STR 33833)
  • 2010 - La voce crepuscolare - Notturni e Serenate del '900 (Milan, Stradivarius STR 33839)
  • 2011 - La voce contemporanea in Italia - vol. 5 (Milan, Stradivarius STR 33895)
  • 2013 - La voce contemporanea in Italia - vol. 6 (Milan, Stradivarius STR 33976)

Tours abroad Italy[edit]

  • Argentina (1998, 2004)
  • Australia (2004, 2008, 2010)
  • Austria (2009, 2015)
  • Azerbaijan (2014, 2015)
  • Belgium (2002, 2005)
  • Brazil (2012, 2016)
  • Canada (1997, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014)
  • China (2002, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015)
  • Chorea (2001)
  • Croatia (2015)
  • Czech Republic (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013)
  • Denmark (1999, 2008, 2016)
  • Ethiopia (2010)
  • Finland (1998, 1999, 2010, 2015)
  • France (2001, 2010, 2015)
  • Germany (2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2016)
  • Guatemala (2016)
  • Netherlands (2005, 2014)
  • Hong Kong (2011, 2015)
  • Hungary (2010, 2014)
  • Japan (2006, 2007)
  • Kazakhstan (2001)
  • India (2004)
  • Indonesia (2001, 2004, 2015)
  • Latvia (2009)
  • Lithuania (2009)
  • Macedonia (2003)
  • Malta (2011)
  • Mongolia (2007, 2010)
  • Norway (1999, 2002)
  • Peru (2012)
  • Russia (2005, 2009, 2014)
  • Singapore (2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2015)
  • Sweden (1999, 2008, 2015)
  • United Kingdom (2001)
  • United States (2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014)
  • Turkey (2005, 2016)
  • Ukraine (2009)
  • Uzbekistan (1998, 1999)
  • Venezuela (2012, 2016)

Repertoire[edit]

(Composers who have dedicated works to the Duo Alterno are in italics)

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