The Italian Cultural Institute Melbourne is pleased to present a four hand piano recital by duo Eleonora Spina and Michele Benignetti.
Eleonora Spina and Michele Benignetti‘s partnership as a piano duo began in 2013 and immediately received positive acclaim. Winners of international music competitions they obtained the prestigious Diplôme Supérieur d’Exécution at the Ecole Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot in Paris, they are currently studying under the guidance of professors Igor Roma and Henk Guittart at the Maastricht University of Music.
Their acclaimed recording of Brahms’s complete works for two pianos for Brilliant Classics Records has been praised by audiences and critics alike: the most widely-read music magazines in Italy and France awarded this recording with the highest rating. The new album Lifetime is released on January 2017 for Sheva Collection’s label. For this recording the duo received the Gold Medal as Best Album and Best Emerging Artists at the 2017 Global Music Awards in California, one of the biggest prize in discography.
The duo performs regularly throughout Europe. Highlights from recent saisons include the recital for the live show Génération Jeunes Interprètes at the Auditorium of the Maison de la Radio in Paris, broadcast by the famed France Musique National Radio, a recital for Jeunes Talents concert series, the debut recital at the Osaka Izumi Hall in Japan, a debut concert tour in South Africa, performing also for the Johannesburg International Mozart Festival. In 2019 they will give recitals in China, France, Italy and The Netherlands. They have been appointed piano professors in France, at the Cité de la Musique in Soissons and at the Conservatorium of Music in Saint Quentin.
The piano duo Spina – Benignetti is an Official Yamaha Artists.
► Ticketed event
Tickets: $15
IIC Members and Students: Free Entry
The Australian tour of the two artists, Eleonora Spina and Michele Benignetti, has been supported by IIC Sydney and IIC Melbourne.
►►► Other dates of the Duo Spina & Benignetti in Melbourne:
SUNDAY 17th FEBRUARY
Arden Crescent Rosanna Uniting Church, 21 Arden Crescent, Rosanna
Time: 2.00pm – 5.00pm. Ticketed event. For more information click here
MONDAY 25th FEBRUARY for the monthly Lunchtime Recital of the Austral Salon of Music
Main Hall di St Peter’s Church, cr Gisborne & Albert Streets, East Melbourne
Time: 12.30pm – 1.30pm. Ticketed event. For more information click here
Reservation no longer available