Ticino Land of Artists

Valle Maggia | Musica e piacere – Music and Pleasure

Mario Brunello

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Date

Saturday, 03.10

Hours 12:30

Location

Chiesa di Mogno, Vallemaggia

Via Cantonale, 6696 Mogno

Price categories

CHF 50

Interdisciplinary Events

Concert information

For Mario Brunello, the cello is not just a concert hall instrument, but a mobile companion in search of existential breadth. As a guide, in a metaphorical and concrete sense, Brunello crosses the boundaries between art and nature. Those who follow him enter an expedition. With his cello on his shoulders, he leads the audience to mountain peaks, to rediscover music in the thin air of silence.

Program

Dialogue between nature, music, and architecture
Mario Brunello, Cello and Tour Guide

Shuttle service from Locarno (departure 11 a.m.):
Palexpo Locarno (FEVI), Via Peschiera 9, Bus Stop No. 1
(reservations required – online information)

12:30 p.m.: Concert – Set 1 [Open-air] “Bach as the creation of nature in music”: Bach solo with music walk

2:30 p.m.: Concert – Set 2 “Architecture as crystallization of music”: works by Bach and Weinberg

Return 3:45 p.m.

The Artists

Mario Brunello

Violoncello and Tour Guide

In 1986, Mario Brunello became the first European to win the International Tchaikovsky Competition and has collaborated with conductors such as Muti, Mehta and Abbado. As a pioneer of the cello piccolo, he has explored violin masterpieces from Bach to Vivaldi and released a highly acclaimed recording series of all Bach sonatas and partitas. He directs the Arte Sella and I Suoni delle Dolomiti festivals.

Venue information: Chiesa di Mogno, Vallemaggia

A musical excursion will take you to Mario Botta’s architectural masterpiece. The church was built between 1992 and 1996 on the site of the Baroque church destroyed by an avalanche in 1986, and it symbolizes man’s resistance to nature’s destructive forces.