A new triumph of baroque music with the “Principe Ruspoli” competition
With great joy, we share the article published today, November 1, 2017, in the Corriere di Viterbo, celebrating the resounding success of this past weekend. The IX edition of our International Competition for Baroque Music and Musicological Studies once again transformed Castello Ruspoli into an international crossroads of talent and illustrious scholars. Below is the complete translation of the exciting report by Nicola Piermartini.
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The high level of the competitors was highlighted in an atmosphere characterized by a prestigious edition
A new triumph of baroque music with the “Principe Ruspoli” competition
VIGNANELLO – Immortal melodies and harmonies, standout personalities in the musical field, a lively atmosphere of international accents at Castello Ruspoli during the performances and award ceremonies for the participants of the IX edition of the international baroque music and musicological studies competition “Principe Francesco Maria Ruspoli”. This past Saturday and Sunday, a “parterre de roi” in the hall of the castle’s noble floor: among the illustrious guests, Warren Kirkendale, husband of Ursula, one of the most accredited scholars of G.F. Handel. As is tradition, the competition was organized by the “Santa Giacinta Marescotti” Study and Research Center. In the presence of Silvestro Fochetti, president of the Center, the honorary president and splendid hostess, Donna Giada Ruspoli, greeted the attendees and highlighted the high level of the participants. This was followed by speeches by Professor Giorgio Monari, artistic director and scientific head of the competition, and Antonio Florio, president of the jury for the “Singing” section.
These are the winners of the two sections in which the competition is divided: Anna Giust, from Friuli, in the “Musicology” section, Dalma Krajnyak in the “Singing” section. Giust presented the essay “Nicolaj Petrovich Seremetev and monsieur Hyvart: a case of international cooperation in eighteenth-century Russian theater”; in this section, a special mention went to the Calabrian Tiziana Affortunato for the essay “Between cantata and opera: export of Roman musical models to Paris and London in the mid-seventeenth century. The cases of Carlo Caprioli and Girolamo Pignani”. Dalma Krajnyak performed five pieces by Handel.
Yet another prestigious edition of the competition, which once again placed Castello Ruspoli, the “Santa Giacinta Marescotti” Center, and, by reflection, Vignanello in the Olympus of baroque music. Francesco Maria Ruspoli (1672-1731), an enlightened patron prince, made the castle an important crossroads even for supreme artists of baroque music, among them Handel, who composed some of the most brilliant pages of his timeless music right here in the castle. (Nicola Piermartini)
Photo caption: Principe Francesco Maria Ruspoli Competition Group photo of the award winners
