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<p class="MsoNormal">You are cordially invited to the Piano Recital presented by Italian pianist, Pierluigi Camicia, on the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce on April 11 at 7:30 pm. Admission is free. The program will include works by Beethoven, Brahms,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Pianist <b id="x_yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459019541709_22537">Pierluigi Camicia</b>, a native of Apulia, Italy, began piano study at the age of five. In 1962,
at the age of ten, he won first prize in the prestigious national competition "ENAL" at La Spezia. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:35.4pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A Busoni and Chopin international competition prizewinner, he became professor at the Bari Conservatory at the age of 20, engaged from
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:35.4pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">At the age of twentyone he was a first prize winner in the most important piano competition in Italy: “Città di Treviso”, wich helped
launch a solo prestigious career in Italy and Europe and USA. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">He has already produced a generation of notable piano students, including Benedetto Lupo, prizewinner in the Van Cliburn Piano Competition
in Forth Worth, Texas.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Mr Camicia devotes himself primarly to solo performances, and his artistry has been commented enthusiastically by Rostropovich, Ciccolini,
Vasary and Franco Ferrara, but has also gained notoriety in Europe as a chamber musician. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> His association with cellist Michael Flaksman dates to 1982; they have performed together in European Festivals and in U.S.A. and they have
recorded the music of Gabriel Faurè in a CD of ABEGG.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">He has played also with Nina Beilina, Ruggero Ricci, Melina Mandozzi, Pierre Hommage, Angelo Persichilli, Sebastian Quartett Zagreb, Trio di Roma,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:35.4pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">He played with Orchestras conducted by Gabriele Ferro, Samuel Friedman, Tamas Gal,Walter Proost, Gabriele Gandini, Mario Gusella, Massimo
Biscardi, Mladen Tarbuk etc in the most important Italian and European Theatres and BBC Radio.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:35.4pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">He also conducts Piano and Chamber-music Masterclasses in Europe (Italy,Germany, Croatia, France) and in U.S.A (Cleveland, Salt Lake
City, Fresno,Arlington). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mr. Camicia is artistic director of the oldest Concert Series in Lecce, named Camerata Musicale Salentina, and till 2013 the Director of the State Academy-Conservatory
of Music “Tito Schipa” in Lecce.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">He has recorded with Bongiovanni, Abegg and Farelive music of Chopin, Brahms, Franck, Van Westerhout, Grieg, Faurè.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="xapple-style-span"><b><span style="color:black">Dr. Luis Sanchez</span></b></span><span class="xapple-style-span"><span style="color:black"> | <b>Associate Professor, Piano</b></span></span><b><span style="color:black"><br>
</span></b><span class="xapple-style-span"><span style="color:black">Department of Music | Texas A&M University-Commerce</span></span><span style="color:black"><br>
</span><span class="xapple-style-span"><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:Luis.Sanchez@tamuc.edu">Luis.Sanchez@tamuc.edu</a></span></u></span><u><span style="color:blue"><br>
</span></u><span class="xapple-style-span"><span style="color:black">PO Box 3011 | Commerce, TX 75429</span></span><span style="color:black"><br>
<span class="xapple-style-span">Tel. 903.886.5287 | Fax 903.468.6010| </span></span><span class="xapple-style-span"><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/">www.tamuc.edu</a></span></span><span style="color:blue"><br>
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