After a three-week break, the concert series "Spring Concerts" resumes, curated by the Ellipsis Musical Association. The eighth appointment is scheduled for Monday 6 May at 8.30 pm in the Sassu room of the Sassari Conservatory. The duo formed by Duccio Beluffi (viola) and Ferdinando Baroffio (piano) will be on stage.
The evening will open with the Sonata op. 120 n°1 in F minor by Johannes Brahms, one of the composer's last works, composed for clarinet (or viola) and piano. Two compositions by Robert Schumann will then follow: the Märchenbilder op. 113, four pieces for viola and piano with a fairy-tale atmosphere, written in March 1851, and the Adagio e allegro op. 70, composed by Schumann in 1849 originally for horn and piano.
Duccio Beluffi was born as a violinist and in 1997 he also won the International Competition at the Teatro alla Scala. Also interested in the viola, he graduated with honors in this instrument in 2008 and immediately won the competition for first viola at the Teatro S. Carlo in Naples. In 2009 he won the audition as first viola at the London Philharmonic. He was then invited to collaborate with the Berliner Philharmoniker Camerata Ensemble.
Ferdinando Baroffio graduated in Milan and then specialized, among others, with Bruno Canino, M. Sirbu, C. Chiarappa, D. Shafran, G. Cambursano, Pier Narciso Masi. Ranked first in numerous national and international competitions, he carries out concert activities in Italy and abroad, playing both as a soloist and in chamber ensembles for prestigious musical associations.