Roberto Prosseda and Alessandra Ammara, piano four hands Concert programme Cécile CHAMINADE: Six Pièces romantiques op. 55 Mel BONIS: Suite en forme de valses op. 35-39 Pièces à 4 mains pour piano dont deux mains très faciles Marie JAËLL: Voix du printemps Douze Valses et Finale op. 8 Although the names of the great pianists of the nineteenth century generally mentioned today are those of men (Chopin, Liszt, Rubinstein, etc.), the instrument itself was mostly played by women during this period. The main reason for this is quite simple: it was practically the only instrumental teaching available to them. For example, though it was “mixed” from the time it opened, the Paris Conservatoire restricted women’s access throughout the century to theory, singing and keyboard classes only. The piano, an indispensable piece of furniture in the bourgeois salon, rapidly became the main vehicle for the expression of female creativity, while forcing it to remain outside the visible field of public activity. 📖 Programme notes: https://bru-zane.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Programma-di-sala-17-12-20.pdf recorded in Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane, December 2020 video: Maco Film #CécileChaminade #MelBonis #MarieJaëll

Fazioli Concert Hall, 13 marzo 2015 Roberto Prosseda, Alessandra Ammara, due pianoforti Igor Stravinskij: Concerto per due pianoforti, I Con Moto

Ravel. Ondine da Gaspard de la Nuit. Interprete Alessandra Ammara. Registrato ad Ariccia (Roma), Palazzo Chigi. Regia di Pietro Tagliaferri. Disponibile anche su Amazon. https://www.amazon.it/Preludio-Op-28-N-1-N-24/dp/B00I3Y49GQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1552411624&sr=8-1&keywords=alessandra+ammara+debussy

Italian pianist Alessandra Ammara plays Ravel's Scarbo from Gaspard de la Nuit.

Italian pianist Alessandra Ammara plays Chopin's Prelude op. 28 no. 16. Filmed in Ariccia, Italy, Palazzo Chigi, Sala da pranzo d'estate. Directed by Pietro Tagliaferri.

Alessandra Ammara plays Chopin's Prelude op. 28 n. 8 in F sharp minor. Filmed in Ariccia, Palazzo Chigi, Sala da pranzo d'estate, 27/11/2012. Directed by Pietro Tagliaferri. Photography: LightOnSet.