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The Villa Medici Giulini Collection
Italy
tbc nights from £tbc per person
This autumn we will be making our fourth visit to the Villa Medici, located between Milan and Como. The Villa, where we stay for four nights, is the home of Fernanda Giulini who will be hosting us throughout our stay there. The magnificent 17th-century villa houses her matchless collection of pianos and other keyboard instruments and is the most important such collection anywhere. During our stay, Melvyn Tan will give four recitals on instruments from various periods which the composers of the time - Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin and Liszt - will have either heard or indeed played. One of the world’s most distinguished musicians, Melvyn Tan, has played at the world’s most famous concert halls over his long career. He studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and at the Royal College of Music. We will also visit Signora Giulini’s apartment in Milan to see her equally impressive of harpsichords and harps.
Piano
Melvyn Tan
Born in Singapore in 1956, Melvyn Tan came to England at a very young age to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School in Surrey. There he studied with Nadia Boulanger, Vlado Perlemuter and Marcel Ciampi. They all inspired his lifelong passion for French music. He has circled the globe giving solo recitals and as a soloist with the world’s leading orchestras and conductors in major concert halls and festivals everywhere – Salzburg, Edinburgh, City of London Festivals, Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall, Edinburgh and Salzburg to name just a few.
Viola, Composer & Kirker Music Director
Simon Rowland-Jones
"Performer, editor, composer and teacher, Simon Rowland-Jones has always led a very busy, all-embracing musical life. He was founder violist of the Chilingirian Quartet, in which he played for a total of ten years, and subsequently performed with many other leading chamber groups.
What's included
Four nights' accommodation with breakfast
Four dinners and two lunches
Four concerts as described with programmes notes
The services of the Kirker Tour Leader
A copy of the illustrated souvenir guide to Villa Medici Giulini
All sightseeing, entrance fees and gratuities
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