A remarkable reappearance at the Parco della Musica of Alessandro Taverna . He brought all the lightness and crystalline clarity of his beloved Venice to illuminate Prokofiev’s third concerto. A performance of refined musicianship with Eliot Gardiner at the helm, that was a true chamber music performance of extraordinary clarity with moments of ravishing beauty and savage abandonment.

Always with the architectural line in mind with an orchestra that was happy to be part of such intimate music making.

I was at Taverna’s Wigmore Hall debut promoted by the Keyboard Trust and his mentor Noretta Conci some years ago. A first half of Bach and Mendelssohn but a second of the breathtaking virtuosity of crystalline clarity and mastery that I was reminded of today when Alessandro was given centre stage by orchestra and conductor to play an encore: Max Reger Fugue from his Telemann Variations where his mastery and breathtaking virtuosity brought him a well earned ovation.

Francesca Dego and Alessandro Taverna ignite the Wigmore Hall

Taverna rules the waves in Rome with The Benjamin Britten Piano Concerto

Alessandro Taverna at the Filarmonica