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Last updating: 24-06-2008 18.34 +0200
Alessandro Simonetto 's real Performance on MIDI Support
Alexander is a pianist with immense talent and will most surely make his mark in the musical profession. He has shown great versatility [...]
Eric James, Music Associate of the late sir Charles S. Chaplin
at the Festival of Silent Film in Vogogna (VB), IX/1999
The following are the most recent recordings, made on MIDI support, by the pianist Alessandro Simonetto. Large part of the performances, and the sequences, by Mr. Simonetto, are now updated on
Kunst der Fuge / On Classical in the respective pages. Some of them are marked by the line:
to indicate the high quality (above all the last recordings). For the best result of each recording we would suggest to use one of the following electronic instruments or sampled sounds:
Alessandro usually performes on a vertical MX 100B Model. He also uses the recent Model E to listen to the results once a recording has been made and edited (see especially for the recording of
Bach's well tempered Clavier). Recordings has also been edited using the Steinway Mod. C, sound font by Søren Bovbjerg. From the
Bovbjerg' site is also available the (free) sample of the renowned Fazioli; and under preparation the Böseldorfer!
Important note: the use of Windows Media Player is not suggested for listening to following sequences (in fact, all sequences on Kunst der Fuge). Windows Media Player does not reproduce all
MIDI-channels, making sound incomplete. Please take a look at the media page to choose a more appropriate software for your complete enjoyment.
Please note that the following links drive to the respective pages in which MIDI files actually are.
- Performances.
- 2006:
- 2004:
- 2003:
- 2002:
- 2001 and previous:
- Sequences (from 1998)
Quality for these sequences is not always good. They were done for pastime or study motifs.
You may use the following (only excerpts, no entirely) in your own web site indicating the source and the Author's name, with an active link to
www.kunstderfuge.com.
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Foto: Alessio foto/A.Simonetto. |
Alessandro Simonetto taught himself in secret to play piano. Later he attended the Steffani Conservatory of Music in Castelfranco Veneto (Treviso, N.E. Italy) under Maestro Gabriele di Toma, graduating after just
three years. At the same time he completed courses with important pianists including Aquiles delle Vigne, Andràs Schiff (for classical music); Marco Fumo (ragtime music); Garry Dial, Cecil McBee and John Riley (jazz harmony and
improvisation); Eric James (silent-film music).
Alessandro performed (1995-1998) in cities such as Vienna, Munich, Stuttgart, Zürich, Cologne, Milan, Bologna, both as pianist and electronic performer.
In April 2002 Alessandro gave way to his website Kunst der Fuge / On
Classical which is actually the largest resource of classical music in MIDI support in the world wide web for its vastity, quality and gratuity. With less than 3 year of
life Kunst der Fuge already receives over 10,000 visits per day!
Alessandro Simonetto has recorded more than 500 pieces on MIDI support (see above), using a technique which is both traditional and innovative when it transposes to assimilated theoretical
modules (which are at times applied to mere sequences). A technique on which Alessandro has spent a great deal of research, during his various years of study, yielding results so positive as to attract the attention of numerous renowned musicians and critics who have admired the veracity and poetry of
Alessandro's
performances (intriguing, full of intelligence and poetry..., commented Andrea Padova, pianist and winner of the Bach in Saarbrücken award in 1995, on the Alessandro's Well Tempered
Clavier [by Bach] recorded on MIDI support, June 2003).
Mr. Simonetto also graduated in electronic music at the Pollini Conservatory of Padua (2004) under the guide of Paolo Zavagna and Nicola Bernardini obtaining full marks in composition.
As composer he wrote music, mostly of counterpoint, for piano, organ, disklavier & accordion, electronic, chamber and choral music. He has also been giving piano lessons and coordinating the musical activity at the Waldorf School (Pedagogical Steinerian Centre) in Cittadella, Padua since 1997.
Recently Alessandro Simonetto has founded his Independent Recording House OnClassical that published and sells classical music online sharing profits 50/50
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I dedicate my Symphony for String Orchestra with 4 Timpani to Alessandro Simonetto as a great Composer and Pianist, and I like to be published this declaration online [...]
Setrak A. Setrakian, Lebanese composer
Here the dedicated compositions
• MIDI • Symphony for string orchestra and timpani (2002)
Sequence by Setrak Setrakian
• MIDI • Prelude et Fugue for piano left hand (1991)
Live performance by Alessandro Simonetto, © 2002
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All rights of the above compositions are reserved. For any contact please visit the Setrakian page where you may find the Composer's music and addresses.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material of whatever nature created by Alessandro Simonetto and included in
Kunst der Fuge / OnClassical.com or other websites, is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
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