KVARTETT - Image flute quartet
Beatrice Petrocchi, piccolo/ flute Agnese Cingolani, piccolo/flute Cecilia Troiani, flute/alto flute Vilma Campitelli, flute/bass flute
Enchantments of the Earth
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Fiona Frank (UK 1961-) Tears of Gaia for piccolo, flute, alto flute and bass flute
Raindrops
Dance of the Water Sprites
Fabrizio De Rossi Re (Italy 1960-) Four Witches in San Diego for 2 piccolos and 2 flutes
Marinette, owl witch: spirit of Haitian Voodoo
Hekt: frog witch of ancient Egypt
Hecate: Greek witch with three heads (snake, horse and dog)
Animulara: sicilian witch, very beautiful woman who loves sex. Passes through doors and windows at night
Laura Pettigrew (Canada 1954-) Selene for 2 flutes, alto flute and bass flute
Daniele Corsi (Italy 1963-) Aria Infinita for 3 flutes and alto flute
Maria Radeschi (Italy 1956-) L’inafferabile vento for flutes, alto flute and bass flute
Um flytjendur:
The Image Flute Quartet composed by Beatrice Petrocchi, Agnese Cingolani, Cecilia Troiani e Vilma Campitelli was founded in 2005 with the aim of disseminating the vast but little known repertoire for four-flute ensembles. Its name comes from the title of a famous composition by Eugène Bozza. Right from the start, the quartet’s intensive concert activity was met with great approval of the public and the critics, which has earned the ensemble compositions and dedications of the premieres of several opuses. The quartet’s repertoire ranges from ancient to contemporary pieces, from cultured music to compositions from the non-European tradition and features all the members of the flute family, including the Piccolo, the C flute, the G flute and the Bass flute. Thanks to its collaboration with the Adkins Chiti Foundation-Women in Music, the quartet took part in the European funded project WIMUST to favor the development of knowledge, sharing, mobility and intercultural exchanges among musicians and female composers and performed in prestigious auditoriums including Sala della Conciliazione in the Apostolic Palace of the Lateran, Rome, Italy, and the European Parliament Hall in Brussels, Belgium, to cite a few. In 2017 the members of the quartet were invited by the “World Academy – USA” as special guests to the International Symposium “Give voice to women”, which took place in Henan, China, on the premises of Sias University in Zhengzhou. The quartet has made recordings for Vatican Radio, the official broadcasting service of the Vatican, and Radio Cemat and has recorded for the labels Edipan (Italy), Luna Rossa classic (Italy) and Fabrik Musik (France). The Flute Quartet “Image” combines the performance of famous works with that of less known compositions, transcriptions, utility music and monographs, with particular attention to unpublished material, classics, multicultural repertoires and repertoires of female composers. The members of the quartet are all engaged in professional activity, studies and research in the flute world. website: www.quartettoimage.it
BEATRICE PETROCCHI, flautist and music educator. Born in Ancona (Italy). Thanks to a scholarship from the International Music Center of D. Bradshaw & C. Buono, she studied flute, composition, choral conducting, and the Alexander Technique at the Juilliard School in New York. She performs internationally as a soloist, appearing at Carnegie Hall in New York. She is also committed to music education and has published works with the publishing houses Tresei and Capitello. She is the founder and Artistic Director of the Zonamusica School and flute teacher at the Liceo Musicale of Ancona.
AGNESE CINGOLANI, flautist. Born in Recanati (Italy), she attended advanced training courses with masters of the international flute scene. In 2009, after specializing in flute with a soloist focus, she premiered the concert-show Le nom est de bon augure, a tribute to flautist Giuseppe Gariboldi. She collaborates with symphony and wind orchestras and performs in concerts as part of a duo with guitar, piano, or harp. She teaches flute at the “P. Soprani” Civic School in Castelfidardo.
CECILIA TROIANI, flautist, born in San Benedetto del Tronto (Italy), graduated with highest honors in Flute under the guidance of Maestro Vilma Campitelli. She holds a degree in Engineering from the University of Ancona and conducts studies and research in the field of flute performance.
VILMA CAMPITELLI, flautist and musicologist. Born in Lanciano (Italy), she has an intense international concert career with a repertoire ranging from classical to contemporary music, performing on the entire flute family. She is currently a flute professor at the Conservatory of Music of Foggia, Rodi Garganico section (Italy). Her musicological research, particularly focused on flute repertoire composed by women composers, has led to the performance of hundreds of works, ranging from solo flute to chamber and orchestral repertoire.