Sun, Oct. 4

2:30 - 4:30

Admission:

$15.00

PIANIST PAOLO VAIRO (From Italy) (CLASSICAL)      

Classical pianist Paolo Vairo has performed to great international acclaim for more than a decade with "brilliant technique, affectionate lyricism, and meticulous dynamic shadings" (La Provincia, Italy).

Today's recital will focus on works by Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

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Pianist Paolo Vairo was born in Como, Italy in 1974.  At his young age, he has already acquired great recognition from audiences and music critics both in Italy and abroad.  Since 2005 he has been selected for inclusion in the Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour Roster.

Mr. Vairo gained a reputation as a musician of uncommon brilliance and sensitivity.  His piano repertoire contains a wide range of styles from Baroque to Contemporary in which he shows a high level of understanding the interpretation of the authors’ wit, together with outstanding virtuosity and praiseworthy lyricism.

He tours in Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Romania France, United Kingdom and the United States both performing in recital and as soloist with orchestra.  His Italian appearances include performances in Aosta, Avellino, Bari, Brindisi, Bologna, Como, Firenze, Milano, Padova, Pescara, Prato, Sassari, Savona, Siracusa, Torino, Venezia and Voghera. Other significant engagements have included concerts at Teatro Puccini in Merano, Teatro Alfieri in Torino, Teatro Sociale in Como, Teatro delle Erbe in Milano at the invitation of “Società dei Concerti”, and the Sala Verdi of Parma Conservatory. All appearances were met with unanimous critical acclaim.  Internationally, Mr. Vairo performed in Mendrisio and Lugano (Switzerland), Mayrhofen (Austria), Bad Wiessee, Bad Tölz, Lenggries, Landshut, Rotenburg and Munich (Germany) where he performed several recitals at the prestigious Gasteig Hall.

Mr. Vairo performed as soloist with numerous orchestras including the Münchener Symphonikern at the world-renowned Herkulessaal der Residenz in Munich. He was also invited to participate in a concert series celebrating the music of Beethoven in Aosta. At this event he performed Concerto n.1 in C major, which included a cadenza composed by him for this occasion as well as four piano sonatas, which were paralleled with in-depth lectures of op.26 and the two sonatas op.27 and op.78.

The Münchener Musikseminar invited Mr. Vairo to record his first CD featuring the music of Beethoven, Schumann, Grieg, Liszt, Rachmaninov and Khachaturian. The recording had its official debut on May 14, 1993 at his concert with the New Philharmonic Orchestra of Oradea (Romania). He has also appeared on the television program “Chi fa la musica” on RAI TV; this performance was broadcast in two parts.

At the age of nine, Mr. Vairo began piano lessons with Maestro Pino Mauri and subsequently with Maestro Walter Krafft with whom he studied for over ten years. He received a degree in Piano Performance with excellent merits at the Conservatorio di Musica “G. Verdi” in Como under the guidance of Maestro Mario Patuzzi. He studied Choir Conducting with Maestro Bernardino Streito, Composition with Maestro Carlo Ballarini, and he received a two-year scholarship to study with Maestro Andrea Lucchesini in Florence.
In April of 1999 Mr. Vairo demonstrated his sensibility and interest in social justice by giving a recital, the proceeds of which had been given to assist a mission in Kosovo by the Italian Red Cross.

He moved to the United States in the fall of 2001 where he obtained a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania studying under the guidance of Professor Harvey Wedeen. He received a full tuition scholarship and was awarded a Teaching Assistantship for the duration of his academic career. For the 2003-2004 academic year Mr. Vairo accepted the position of Adjunct Instructor in Piano at Temple University, where he also served as Artist in Residence.

Mr. Vairo’s recent concert activity included a 2006 summer tour in several European music centers (Italy, Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom and France), including Como, Munich, Biddenham, and Carcassonne and performances in the United States at the Academy of Music Ballroom in Philadelphia, the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Darlington Arts Center, Sussex Bank Theater at Sussex County Community College and for the Steinway Piano Group Series at Granite Farms Estates. His 2007 concert schedule included a European summer tour to Italy (Como), Germany (Munich), Austria, Poland (Warsaw), Czech Republic (Prague) and France.  Future commitments in the United States include his New York debut at the Italian Embassy presented by the Italian Cultural Institute in New York and a solo recital at St. Mary’s College in Maryland.

In addition to concertizing, Mr. Vairo is on faculty at Community College of Philadelphia where he teaches piano.  He is also the Artistic and Programming Director of the Villa Carlotta Concert Series in Lake Como, Italy, which just celebrated its 17th year of brilliant activity.

Sun. Oct. 4

7:00 - 8:00

Admission:

$10.00

DARYL JAHNKE (ACOUSTIC SOLO JAZZ GUITAR)                          

A rare opportunity to hear one of Vancouver’s most respected guitarists unplugged, alone and up-close in the beautiful intimacy of our main gallery