{"id":570,"date":"2019-03-25T00:23:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T23:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alessandrolicata.it\/?page_id=570"},"modified":"2019-04-04T22:30:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T20:30:22","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alessandrolicata.it\/en\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/alessandrolicata.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Alessandro_Licata.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alessandrolicata.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Alessandro_Licata.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alessandrolicata.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Alessandro_Licata-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alessandrolicata.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Alessandro_Licata-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alessandrolicata.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Alessandro_Licata-547x547.jpg 547w, https:\/\/alessandrolicata.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Alessandro_Licata-290x290.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Born in Rome in 1952, I studied organ and composition for organ with Fernando Germani at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Music, graduating in 1974.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">I was awarded first prize at the Masterplayers International Music Competition, Orvieto in 1977.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">I made my d\u00e9but as the organist of the Teatromusica Ensemble at International Festivals of Contemporary Music in Warsaw (1975), Lisbon, Barcelona and Rome (1977).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">I have held concerts in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Canada, China, Sweden and Jordan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Some achievements to be proud of: the first Italian performance of Rued Langgaard's <em>In t\u00e9nebras exteriores, <\/em>given in Rome in 2010; a concert and lectures at <em>Interpret Baroque <\/em>in Beijing in 2011; the inaugural concert of the restored great organ at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Music in Rome in 2011; and masterclasses and concerts at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Coming to know and enjoy fruitful discussions with Giancarlo Bizzi encouraged me to broaden my repertoire so as to include some of Bach\u2019s late masterpieces (<em>the Goldberg Variations, the second and third books of the Klavier\u00fcbung, the Trio Sonatas and the Musical Offering<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">I have taught organ and composition for organ at the Conservatories of Sassari (1975\/76), and L'Aquila (1976\/2008) and at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome (2008\/2018). I have also given masterclasses and lectures in Italy and abroad<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nato a Roma nel 1952, ho studiato Organo e Composizione Organistica con Fernando Germani al Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia,\u00a0 e mi sono diplomato nel 1974. Primo Premio al Masterplayers International Music Competition &#8211; Orvieto 1977. Ho esordito come organista dell\u2019Ensemble Teatromusica &#8211; Festival Internazionali di Musica Contemporanea, Varsavia 1975, Lisbona, Barcellona e Roma 1977. Concerti in Italia, Spagna, Portogallo, Svezia, Polonia, Canada, Cina, Giordania. Alcune particolari soddisfazioni: Prima esecuzione italiana di In t\u00e9nebras exteriores, di Rued Langgaard &#8211; Roma 2010; Concerto e conferenze alla Interpret Baroque &#8211; Pechino 2011; Concerto inaugurale del grande organo del Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia, a conclusione dei lavori di restauro &#8211; Roma 2011; Masterclasses e concerti al Royal College of Music &#8211; Stoccolma. L&#8217;incontro con Giancarlo Bizzi\u00a0 mi ha condotto ad arricchire il mio repertorio con alcune\u00a0 opere emblematiche della maturit\u00e0 di Bach (Variazioni Goldberg, Klavier\u00fcbung II e III, Sonate in Trio, Offerta Musicale). Sono stato docente di organo e composizione organistica nei Conservatori di Sassari (1976\/77), L&#8217;Aquila (1977\/2008), Roma, Santa Cecilia (2008\/2018) e ho tenuto Masterclasses e conferenze in Italia e all&#8217;estero.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alessandrolicata.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/570"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alessandrolicata.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alessandrolicata.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alessandrolicata.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alessandrolicata.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/alessandrolicata.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":603,"href":"https:\/\/alessandrolicata.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/570\/revisions\/603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alessandrolicata.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}