Today i played for Christopher Saunders, balletmaster at Royal Ballet...beautiful class together...
Pianist and composer. Principal Pianist and Head of Music Department of Acadèmie Princesse Grace at Les Ballets de Montecarlo.
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sabato 29 giugno 2013
venerdì 28 giugno 2013
Interview for Inside ballet technique. Thanks to Tammy Rhoades for this opportunity to talk about my work and my music.
mercoledì 19 giugno 2013
lunedì 17 giugno 2013
Playing piano...
One of the most beautiful exciting and perfect things that I can do in my life is playing and composing for piano...I feel the music flowing inside me...Thanks to all the people and all the events of my life that inspired me...
sabato 15 giugno 2013
A new artistic comment...Thank you Chris Mills!
Bravo Massimiliano!
Absolutely, without a doubt, Maestro Greco's music is the most wonderful ballet class music that I have found in over 30 years. Passionate, beautiful and inspiring music, exquisitely performed by the maestro himself. The tempi are always perfect and the soaring melodies allow my students to dance from their hearts. Thank you so much!
Christine Mills
Ballet Teacher
Boise Idaho, USA
lunedì 10 giugno 2013
Mia per sempre"...the new cd...music composed and played by Massimiliano Greco"
Finally I finished my new cd of pure music.
It is the continuation of the series PIANO SONGS but this time the title will be different. The new title will be "Mia per Sempre" like the title of the first music inside.
I hope you'll appreciate it and if you want wrtie a comment.
Thank you.
Massimiliano
It is the continuation of the series PIANO SONGS but this time the title will be different. The new title will be "Mia per Sempre" like the title of the first music inside.
I hope you'll appreciate it and if you want wrtie a comment.
Thank you.
Massimiliano
venerdì 7 giugno 2013
My biography...
MASSIMILIANO GRECO
PIANIST
AND COMPOSER
PURE MUSIC
AND
MUSIC FOR
CLASSICAL BALLET AND CONTEMPORARY DANCE
Massimiliano Greco, composer and pianist, he accomplished his musical studies and graduated with the highest mark at the Conservatory of Music “N.Piccinni” of Bari, studying with Maestro Hector Pell.
He studied musical composition with Maestro Ottavio De Lillo, in Bari.
He won several piano competitions such as:
- National Piano Competition “Città di Valentino” (I prize);
- National Piano Competition “Città di Sorrento” (I prize);
- XV International Piano Competition FRANZ LISZT in Lucca (I prize);
- European Piano Competition in Ostuni-Italy (I prize).
He specialised in piano with Tito Aprea, Alexander Lonquich, Maria Golia, Carla Giudici and with Michele Campanella and Alexis Weissemberg at the “ACCADEMIA CHIGIANA” of Siena.
He attended the following courses:
- Composition with Professor Teresa Procaccini;
- Conduction with Professor Nicola Samale;
- Computer music for the study of new sounds, with professors of the C.R.M., Centre of Music Research of Rome.
He wrote many compositions, including:
-“DIVERTISSEMENTS – 5 DANCES FOR PIANO”, performed at the International Festival of Bardolino;
-“SUITE PER PIANOFORTE “ for the drama “Le Cascate” of Margherita Sergardi, poetess and dramatist from Siena;
-“PRECES –
3 PRAYES FOR MIXED CHOIR AND STRING ORCHESTRA”, first performed at
Saint Nicholas Church in Bari.
He recorded a series of broadcasts for the Italian RADIO RAI and RADIO VATICANA, on F. Liszt and his unknown compositions.
In May 1990 he was awarded the DIPLOMA OF ARTISTIC MERIT of the International Centre C.I.A.S. – CLUB UNESCO, at the Headquarters of the Italian Ministry of Environment and Fine Arts.
SPECIALIZATION: BALLET AND CONTEMPORARY DANCE PIANIST AND COMPOSER
Since many years he specialized as pianist and composer for ballet and contemporary dance. He composes music for ballet class and for choreographies.
He worked with many world-renowned teachers, choreographers and Maîtres de Ballet, thus approaching different classical and contemporary techniques.
CLASSICAL BALLET (alphabetical order):
PATRICK ARMAND – Director of San Francisco Ballet School
PHILIP BEAMISH –Alessandra Ferri’s personal coach, ètoile of Teatro alla Scala, Milan
AURORA BOSCH – Balletmistress at National Ballet of Cuba
JEAN PAUL COMELIN – International Balletmaster and choreographer
LILIANA COSI –international ètoile
YURI FATEYEV - Director of Mariinsky Ballet Company, Saint Petersburg
MICHEL GASCARD – Director Roudra Bejart Ballet Losanne
NANETTE GLUSHACK – Formerly Artistic Director of Ballet du Capitole – Toulouse (France)
MAXIMILIANO GUERRA –international ètoile
IRINA KOLPAKOVA – Dinternational Etoile and Balletmistress
JAY JOLLEY – Deputy Director Royal Ballet School, London,
JULIE KENT – Principal at American Ballet Theatre
CYNTHIA HARVEY – International Balletmistress
RINAT ISMAEV – Balletmaster at American Ballet Theatre
CARLOS ITURRIOZ, assistant Nacho Duato, director of Compania Nazional de Danca de Espana, Madrid
EGON MADSEN – formerly Director of Nederlands Dance Theatre 3
VLADIMIR MALAKHOV - Artistic Director Berlin Staatsballet
GILBERT MAYER – Formerly Balletmaster at Opera de Paris, Paris
MIKKO NISSINEN – Artistic Director Boston Ballet, Boston USA
MIHN PHAM – Balletmaster at Ballet du Capitole - Toulouse
WILFRIDE PIOLLET – Formerly Etoile Opera de Paris
CHRISTOPHER POWLEY – Director of Royal Ballet School, London
MICHEL RAHN – Assistant Director Ballet du Capitole – Toulouse
XIOMARA REYES – Principal at American Ballet Theatre
ANNA RAZZI – Director of San Carlo Theatre Ballet School, Naples
ELISABETTA TERABUST – Formerly Director of Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company, Milan
MARGARET TRACEY – Artistic Director Boston Ballet School
GARRY TRINDER – Director of New Zealand National Ballet School
AURELIEN SCANNELLA – Director of West Australian Ballet, Perth
CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS – Balletmaster at Royal Ballet, London
VLADILEN SEMIONOV – International Balletmaster
MARTINE VAN HAMEL – American Ballet Theatre
VLADIMIR VASILIEV –international ètoile
Mary Moe Adams –International Balletmistress
Cristina Amodio – formerly Assistant at San Carlo Theatre, Naples
Barbara Baer – Main Teacher at Balletto di Toscana, Florence
Sylviane Bayard – International Balletmistress
Yannick Boquin – International Balletmaster
Maurizio Bellezza – Balletmaster at Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company, Milan
Salvatore Capozzi –Opera Theatre Ballet Company, Rome
Arcadio Carbonel - International Balletmaster
Deanna Carter –International Balletmistress
Ivan Cavallari – Artistic Director Ballet du Rhin, Moulouse
Bronwen Curry – Formerly Balletmistress at Aterballetto Company, Reggio Emilia
Angela de Mello – Formerly Royal Ballet Company
Franco De Vita – Director of American Ballet School
Giampiero Galeotti – Balletmaster at Maggio Danza Ballet Company, Florence
Stefania Di Cosmo – International Balletmistress
Hélène Diolot – Formerly main ballet teacher at Balletto di Roma, Rome
Anthony Dowson – Balletmaster at English National Ballet
Olga Evreineff - International Balletmaster
Roberto Fascilla – Formerly Director of Teatro San Carlo Ballet Company, Naples
Olivier Foures – Formerly dancer at Compania Nacional de Espana, Madrid
Simonetta Giannasi – Ballet teacher at Balletto di Toscana, Florence
Vlastimil Harapes – Formerly Director of Slovak National Ballet Company
Gregor Hatala – Formerly Soloist at Staatsoper Vienna
Elisabetta Hertel – Director of Accademia Internazionale Coreutica, Florence
Josephine Holling – Formerly Ballet teacher English National Ballet
Patsy Kupe-Matt – International Balletmistress
François Klaus – International Balletmaster
Robyn Klaus – International Balletmistress
Ioko Ichino – International Balletmistress
Peter Lewton- Formerly dancer at Ballet de Montecarlo
Victor Livtinov - International Balletmaster
Olivier Lucea – Ballet teacher at Académie de Danse Princesse Grace, Montecarlo
Raymond Lukens – American Ballet Theatre- New York
Jacqueline Macie –Royal Ballet School, London
Christiane Marchand – Balletmaster at Royal Ballet of Flanders
Luca Masala – Director of Academie de Danse Princesse Grace – Montecarlo
Gioia Masala – Ballet teacher at Académie de Danse Princesse Grace, Montecarlo
Eliane Mazzotti – Academie de Danse Princesse Grace, Monaco
Alessandro Molin –International Etoile
Herida May –International Balletmaster
Livio Panieri – Formerly dancer at Compagnia Nazional de Danca de Espana (Director Nacho Duato), Madrid
Carole Pastorel – Ballet teacher at Académie de Danse Princesse Grace, Montecarlo
Marco Pierin –International Etoile
Michele Politi – International Balletmaster
Zarko Prebil –International Balletmaster – National Academy of Dance, Rome
Elaine Rea –International Balletmaster
Matrc Ribaud – International Balletmaster
Patricia Salgado – Formerly Principal at Stuttgart Ballet Company
Iride Sauri – Formerly Main Teacher at Teatro San Carlo Ballet School, Naples
Larissa Saveliev – Director of Y.A.G.P. Ballet Competition, New York
Eugenio Scigliano – Ballet teacher at Balletto di Toscana, Florence
Thierry Sette – Académie de Danse Princesse Grace, Monaco
Mark Silver – Formerly Royal Ballet, London
Alessio Silvestrin – Ballet Master and choreographer
Robert Strajner –International Balletmaster
Sara Taylor –International Balletmistress
Tom Van Cauwenbergh – International Balletmaster and choregrapher
Martin Vedel – International Ballet Master
Trinidad Vives – International Balletmistress
Roland Vogel – Academie de Danse Princess Grace, Monaco
Anthony Wright – Formerly Royal Ballet
Chris Wright – Ballet teacher at Rambert Ballet and Contemporary Dance School
David Yow – Formerly Birmingham Royal Ballet
CONTEMPORARY DANCE:
SAMUEL WUERSTEN – Director of Rotterdamse Dance Academy, Rotterdam
JEAN GUISERIX –formerly Etoile at Opera de Paris, formerly Director of Ballet du Nord, France
SUSAN SENDTLER – Formerly Artistic direction team of LABAN INSTITUTE , London
Malou Airaudo – formerly soloist at Pina Bausch's Wuppertal Dance Theatre
Banu Ogan – Mercie Cunningham Company, New York
Kaber Belarbi – Artistic Director Ballet du Capitole, Toulouse
Susanna Beltrami – Choreographer, formerly Director of M.A.S. – Music Art and Show, Milan
Eugenio Buratti – Choreographer, former dancer at Aterballetto Company, Reggio Emilia
Orazio Caiti – Choreographer, formerly dancer at Aterballetto Company, Reggio Emilia
Deanna Carter –International Choreographer
Sandra Fucciarelli – Choreographer, Choreographic Composition Teacher at National Academy of Dance, Rome
Fabrizio Monteverde –International Choreographer
Michele Pogliani – Rotterdamse Dance Academy, Rotterdam
Mami Raoumeria –International Choreographer
Floriana Rocchi - Choreographer
Fernando Suels –Pina Baush Company
Christopher Tudor – Formerly London Contemporary Dance Theatre
Dino Verga –International Choreographer
Milena Zullo – Choreographer
Susanne Whitworth –Free lance Contemporary dance teacher
He has been invited as piano accompanist by the “HUBBARD STREET” DANCE COMPANY of Chicago during the Spoleto Festival.
In September
2001 he was chosen as italian pianist for the Master-Classes of
Vladimir Vassiliev during the International Dance competition of
Caltanissetta, in 2002 he accompanied Elisabetta Terabust and in 2003
Alessandro Molin’s Master Classes.
He recorded
a collection of CDs for classical ballet classes, for children’s
classes and for contemporary dance.
He planned a course of specialisation as “ballet pianist”, submitted to all Italian Conservatories.
He planned
also a course of theory and music style for dance teachers, and he
teaches music for dancers all over Italy.
He is often invited to dance competitions as a jury’s member.
He composed
the complete set music for the Character syllabus (polish, Hungarian
and Russian styles) for D.A.I.- DANCE ARTS INTERNATIONAL, London.
In 1998 he became President of the ASSOCIAZIONE REGIONALE PUGLIA DANZA, a Board for dance development and one of the best Italian organisations of dance events.
In September 2002 he became ballet pianist and Responsible of Music Department at “Accademia Internazionale Coreutica” (International Ballet Academy), in Florence.
In april 2007 he was invited in Palermo to play for Royal Ballet School's Outreach Programm and for Teatro San Carlo School of Ballet.
In july 2007 he was invited in Bolzano (Italy) by the National Foundation “Teatro Comunale” as main teacher of a Course for “Ballet Pianists “ sponsored and organized by the European Community.
From
November 2007 he worked as ballet pianist at Teatro San carlo Ballet
School, Naples
From august 2009 he was Ballet Pianist and Musical Assistant at Ballet du Capitole, Toulouse (France).
From september 2010 he is Principal Pianist and Head of Music Department of Académie Princesse Grace at Les Ballets de Montecarlo, Monaco
From 2013 he is also in charge of artistic relations between Academie Princesse Grace and Orchestre Philarmonique de Montecarlo
In august 2014 he has been invited for the first time by Architanz, Tokyo, to teach at the “WORKSHOP FOR BALLET PIANISTS”. Then, he's been invited many other times.
He realized a collection of 23 cds with pure music, music for ballet class and for choreographies.
September 2023, he received the 'Music and Dance Award' at Foligno Danza Festival for his career in playing and teaching, and for his music composed for the ballet world."
lunedì 3 giugno 2013
"Sara e Natael", my cd inspired by a special book...
The adventure of composing music for the marvelous love story between a pianist and a butterfly excites and moves me. It's a wonderful journey where the flutter of wings emits tender, intense, and wild sounds all at the same time.
In my CD "Sarà and Natael," inspired by Carmine Sorrentino's book "Il pianista e la farfalla," I sought to capture the essence of this enchanting tale through my compositions. Each piece represents a chapter in the pianist's and butterfly's extraordinary journey.
As the pianist delicately dances on the keys, the butterfly gracefully glides through the air, their destinies intertwined in a mystical harmony. The music I have written reflects the tender emotions and intense passion that emanate from their unique connection.
The melodies carry the listeners through a whirlwind of emotions, evoking both joy and melancholy. The soft notes caress the soul, while the powerful chords stir a deep sense of longing. The music is a mirror to the complex nature of love itself, with all its tenderness and unpredictability.
Through my compositions, I aimed to create a sonic landscape that captures the essence of this magical love story. The intertwining melodies and harmonies reflect the intertwined lives of the pianist and the butterfly, as they navigate the challenges and joys of their relationship.
I am deeply honored to have been able to translate the profound emotions and experiences from Carmine Sorrentino's book into musical form. It has been an exhilarating and moving process, exploring the depths of the human heart through my compositions.
"Sarà and Natael" is not only a collection of pieces but a testament to the power of love and the boundless possibilities of music. It is my hope that listeners will embark on this beautiful journey with the pianist and the butterfly, and be touched by the emotions and melodies that unfold.
Find my cd at:
https://massimilianogreco.bandcamp.com
La chiusura di Maggiodanza...
Non si puo' vivere solo di spread e di tutto lo stress che esso comporta nella nostra vita quotidiana...la gente ha bisogno ancora di sognare...e l'arte e' un veicolo perfetto per entrare in una dimensione di sogno...la compagnia del Maggiodanza con la sua storia passata e l'impegno presente ha contribuito al sogno....mi auguro che non chiuda mai...lasciate sognare il mondo...fatelo andare a teatro...
La musica della lezione di danza
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