EZIO BOSSO

Music of Italian composer, conductor and pianist Ezio Bosso, a recipient of a number of prestigious awards, is admired in various theatres and appreciated by contemporary dance companies, is featured in films by Gaby Dellal and Gabriele Salvatores. Bosso’s oeuvre is very diverse: in addition to the above-mentioned music for theatre, film and dance companies, he wrote 4 operas, 5 symphonies, and many vocal and instrumental opuses. The composer moulded his unique voice by intertwining elements of diverse genres and forms. Bozzo’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 The Esoconcerto reveals an interesting stylistic connection. According to the composer, the work encodes its own birth. Firstly, it is Bosso’s love for Bach and the latter’s sympathy for Vivaldi’s violin concerti. Secondly, The Esoconcerto is a tribute to Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64. However, there are no musical quotations or stylistic features of these composers, but Bosso bases his composition on the three-movement form (fast-slow-fast) characteristic of the Italian concerto (bridging it with Bach’s Brandenburg Concerti). In addition, all three movements of Bosso’s concerto are performed attacca as in Mendelssohn’s score. Bosso’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 is saturated with the sonorities of neo-romantic and minimalist styles.

The Esoconcerto features the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra and violin virtuoso Sergej Krylov. Conducted by Ezio Bosso, the late Italian composer and pianist.