Past Performances

SCARSDALE, November 5, 2015

Italian Feast for All Senses: Cooking, Culture and Music Together

Experience an authentic Italian evening, learning how to cook a full meal (from appetizer to Tiramisu) while Cristiana Pegoraro, famed pianist/composer as well as home chef, takes you on a virtual tour of her home country. In this interactive cooking and discussion class, Pegoraro will offer interesting stories and anecdotes about Italy, as well as tidbits about each composer’s life, impact, musical innovations . . . and a hint of gossip. Tour Italy without leaving the classroom. After the cooking is complete, students will enjoy a sit-down meal to sample all the dishes.

SCARSDALE, October 27, 2015

“OMAGGIO ALL’ITALIA: A Piano Recital”

D. Scarlatti: Sonatas K.159, K.175, K.201
L. van Beethoven: Sonata Op.27 N.2 “Moonlight”
G. Rossini / F. Liszt: La Carità
G. Rossini / F. Liszt: La Danza – Tarantella Napoletana
G. Rossini / C. Pegoraro: Overture from “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”
G. Bizet / C. Pegoraro: Carmen Fantasy
C. Pegoraro: Medley of famous arias from operas by Verdi, Puccini, Rossini

In celebration of October, proclaimed by Barack Obama in 2010 as Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month, internationally acclaimed Italian pianist and composer Cristiana Pegoraro will perform music by Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Pegoraro, Beethoven and others. Pegoraro takes the audience inside her homeland in a refreshing format that combines live piano performances and a stimulating look at the featured composers’ lives and impact. Join us for an evening concert that honors the immeasurable Italian contributions to our nation’s culture in an intimate setting filled with Pegoraro’s deep passion and enthusiasm for classical musical.

OKLAHOMA CITY, October 25, 2015

“OMAGGIO ALL’ITALIA: A Piano Recital”

D. Scarlatti: Sonatas K.159, K.175, K.201
L. van Beethoven: Sonata Op.27 N.2 “Moonlight”
G. Rossini / F. Liszt: La Carità
G. Rossini / F. Liszt: La Danza – Tarantella Napoletana
G. Rossini / C. Pegoraro: Overture from “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”
G. Bizet / C. Pegoraro: Carmen Fantasy
C. Pegoraro: Medley of famous arias from operas by Verdi, Puccini, Rossini

Guthrie, October 23, 2015

“OMAGGIO ALL’ITALIA”
D. Scarlatti: Sonatas K.159, K.175, K.201
L. van Beethoven: Sonata Op.27 N.2 “Moonlight”
G. Rossini / F. Liszt: La Carità
G. Rossini / F. Liszt: La Danza – Tarantella Napoletana
G. Rossini / C. Pegoraro: Overture from “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”
G. Bizet / C. Pegoraro: Carmen Fantasy
C. Pegoraro: Medley of famous arias from operas by Verdi, Puccini, Rossini

Oklahoma City, October 22, 2015

“OMAGGIO ALL’ITALIA”
D. Scarlatti: Sonatas K.159, K.175, K.201
L. van Beethoven: Sonata Op.27 N.2 “Moonlight”
G. Rossini / F. Liszt: La Carità
G. Rossini / F. Liszt: La Danza – Tarantella Napoletana
G. Rossini / C. Pegoraro: Overture from “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”
G. Bizet / C. Pegoraro: Carmen Fantasy
C. Pegoraro: Medley of famous arias from operas by Verdi, Puccini, Rossini

Oklahoma City, October 21, 2015

“OMAGGIO ALL’ITALIA”
G. Rossini / C. Pegoraro: Overture from “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”
L. van Beethoven: Sonata Op.27 N.2 “Moonlight”
G. Bizet / C. Pegoraro: Carmen Fantasy
C. Pegoraro: Medley of famous arias from operas by Verdi, Puccini, Rossini

NEW YORK, October 19, 2015

Scarlatti
Sonatas

Rossini/Pegoraro
Overture from Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Verdi/Puccini/Rossini
Medley of famous arias from operas by Verdi, Puccini, Rossini

Rossini/Liszt
La Danza – Tarantella Napoletana

Alessandria, October 16, 2015

“Le parole di Oriana”
Omaggio a Fallaci in concerto
Di e con Maria Rosaria Omaggio
Al pianoforte Cristiana Pegoraro

ROME, October 14, 2015

Scarlatti – Sonatas
Beethoven – Sonata Op.27 N.2 “Moonlight”
Rossini/Liszt – La Carità
Rossini/Liszt – La Danza, Tarantella Napoletana
Rossini/Pegoraro – Overture from Il barbiere di Siviglia
Bizet/Pegoraro – Carmen Fantasy
Pegoraro – Fantasy of Famous Arias from Operas by Verdi, Puccini, Rossini

MERANO, October 11, 2015

“Non ero carina, ero peggio”
La vita straordinaria di Pauline Metternich-Sandor
Spettacolo-Concerto

Program of the music which will be performed at the piano:
Rossini – Overture from Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Schubert/Liszt – Ständchen
Wagner – Albumblatt für Fürstin Pauline Metternich
Rossini/Liszt – La Carità
Schubert/Liszt – Soirée de Vienne, Valse Caprice N.6
Ziehrer – Alt Wiener Jause
Strauss – Wiener Bonbons