{"id":58413,"date":"2026-08-04T09:45:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/events\/from-the-vincenzo-bellini-conservatory-of-catania-matteo-bortolazzi-and-tian-lan\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T23:52:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:52:42","slug":"from-the-vincenzo-bellini-conservatory-of-catania-matteo-bortolazzi-and-tian-lan","status":"publish","type":"ajde_events","link":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/events\/from-the-vincenzo-bellini-conservatory-of-catania-matteo-bortolazzi-and-tian-lan\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservatories on Stage: &#8220;Vincenzo Bellini&#8221; Conservatory, Catania: Matteo Bortolazzi and Tian Lan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Programma<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ludwig van Beethoven<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Bonn, 1770 \u2013 Vienna, 1827)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sonata per pianoforte n. 6 in Fa maggiore op. 10 n. 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I. Allegro<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">II. Allegretto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">III. Presto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fryderyk Chopin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(\u017belazowa Wola, 1810 \u2013 Parigi, 1849)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scherzo n. 3 in Do diesis minore op. 39<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Maurice Ravel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Ciboure, 7 marzo 1875 \u2013 Parigi, 28 dicembre 1937)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">da <em>Gaspard de la nuit<\/em>&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scarbo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Matteo Bortolazzi<\/strong>, piano<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matteo Bortolazzi, 19, is a student of Epifanio Comis. At the age of 12 he performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart\u2019s Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K414, obtaining registration in the Cesare Pollini Conservatory in ARI Padova Roll of Honor. He has performed as part of various musical reviews. In December 2021 he performed for the Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin Association at the Salle Moli\u00e8re in Lyon. He has won awards at several national and international competitions, including the 1<sup>st<\/sup> absolute prize at the XXIV International Piano Competition \u201cGiulio Rospigliosi\u201d in Lamporecchio, the XXXIII National Piano Competition J. S. Bach of Sestri Levante, the VI City of San Don\u00e0 di Piave International Piano Competition, and the 2021 International Competition for Young Pianists \u201cMerci, Maestro!\u201d. In September 2022 he won the 1<sup>st<\/sup> prize at the Italian National Arts Award \u2013 XVI edition in the under-16 category. In August 2023 he reached the first round of the Final Stages at the 64th Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition. In March 2025 he won the 1<sup>st<\/sup> prize at the piano competition for scholarships from the Vincenzo Bellini Foundation, founded by Grazia Marletta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ferruccio Busoni<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Empoli, 1866 \u2013 Berlino, 1924)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toccata, BV 287<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Samuel Barber<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(West Chester, Pennsylvania, 9 marzo 1910 \u2013 New York, 23 gennaio 1981)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sonata per pianoforte in Mi bemolle minore op. 26<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I. Allegro energico<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">II. Allegro vivace e leggero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">III. Adagio mesto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IV. Fuga: Allegro con spirito<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Tian Lan<\/strong>, piano<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tian Lan began studying the piano at the age of ten in Mianyang, China, where he received his first musical training. In 2019, he was admitted to the High School Affiliated with the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, studying under the guidance of Professors Hanguo Yang and Yun Zhao. He is currently pursuing his studies in Italy at the Vincenzo Bellini Conservatory of Music, where he is a student of Maestro Epifanio Comis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his artistic development, Tian Lan has participated in masterclasses with distinguished pianists such as Ludmil Angelov, Peter Donohoe, and Lilya Zilberstein. He has also collaborated with Maestro Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor of the Kyiv Virtuosi Orchestra, performing Mozart&#8217;s Piano Concerto No. 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His artistic achievements include First Prize at the Zhuhai Piano Competition (Youth Division) in 2017, First Prize in the Youth Category of the Sichuan &#8220;Academy Cup&#8221; Piano Competition in 2018, Fourth Prize at the Chopin Youth Piano Competition (Open Division) in 2019, where the Second and Third Prizes were not awarded, and the Grand Prize at the Glory International Piano Competition in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58410,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"event_type":[268],"event_type_2":[766],"class_list":["post-58413","ajde_events","type-ajde_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_location-zelioli-lanzini-room","event_organizer-fazioli-pianoforti-en","event_type-piano-en","event_type_2-saturday-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events\/58413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ajde_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58413"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events\/58413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61186,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events\/58413\/revisions\/61186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58413"},{"taxonomy":"event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type?post=58413"},{"taxonomy":"event_type_2","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type_2?post=58413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}