January 2016: Aurelio Canonici conducted a program of sacred music at the Vatican (Sala Nervi), receiving compliments from the Holy Father Pope Francis and warm applause from an audience of nearly 4,000 people. Together with the Orchestra, the Chorus and Soloists of...
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Valley of the Temples
August 2015: Invited for the second time to the Valley of the Temples, Canonici wrote for this place – so rich in history – a new piece entitled “For Xenocrates of Agrigento”, for chamber orchestra and narrator. Virginio Zoccatelli conducted the Soloists of the...
National Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome
May 2015: Aurelio Canonici has been invited to explain classical music to the public of Santa Cecilia. In a series of acclaimed piano lessons Canonici analysed and illustrated masterpieces such as the Fifth Symphony of Shostakovich, the First and the Fourth Mahler’s...
Sofia Philharmonic
April 2015: debut on the podium of the Sofia Philharmonic. Aurelio Canonici has proposed to the audience in Sofia a highly-regarded symphonic program, conducting Beethoven’s Overture to the Consecration of the House, the third piano concerto, and Brahms Symphony n. 3.
Sapienza University, Rome
January 2015: at the Laboratory Museum of Contemporary Art – at the Sapienza University – took place an intensive seminar to celebrate the Remembrance Day “Through the Arts”. Aurelio Canonici gave a lecture to illustrate the figure of Olivier Messiaen and to explain...
Soundtrack for Italian national TV channel Rai 2
July 2014: “Spaghetti western in the Water” (a 90 minutes long lasting action film) is broadcasted on the Italian Television channel Rai 2. The film makes use of a sound track entirely composed by Aurelio Canonici. The music lively blends different styles and...
The Valley of the Temples
July 2014: in the amazing setting beneath the temple of Juno Aurelio Canonici’s “Empedocle, l’Amore e lo Sfero” (Empedocles, Love and the Sphere) – conceived for chamber orchestra and specially written for the occasion – has been played for the fist time. Virginio...
Vittoria Theatre, Rome
April 2014: the cycle of conferences at the Teatro Vittoria in Rome – dedicated to the most popular Puccini Operas – successfully concludes. A large audience followed Aurelio Canonici between December and April in a series of lessons at the piano in which the Maestro...