In the 'art nouveau' setting of the Petit Palais - Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, a concert entitled 'Neapolitan Masters: Scarlatti, Martucci and Campanella' was held on Saturday in the presence of Ambassador Emanuela D'Alessandro, Museum Director Annick Lemoine, and a large audience, including numerous representatives of the Parisian institutional, cultural and economic world. Co-produced by the Italian Embassy and the Petit Palais, the musical event is part of the cultural programme proposed on the occasion of the exhibition 'Ribera - ténèbres et lumières', inaugurated last 5 November and open until 23 February 2025. The exhibition is dedicated to the painter Jusepe de Ribera, known as the Spagnoletto, whose artistic production is inextricably linked to his long stay in Italy and in particular in Naples during the Baroque age.
For the occasion, masterpieces of Neapolitan music - seven of the most fascinating Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, a genius of Baroque music, and the refined Quintet in C major op. 45 by Giuseppe Martucci, an important and appreciated 19th-century composer - were performed by Maestro Michele Campanella, pianist, conductor, lecturer and writer, and the Quartetto Indaco. Maestro Campanella has played with major orchestras in Europe and the United States, has recorded some thirty records and boasts a vast repertoire of over 600 titles. Founded in 2007, the Indigo Quartet - Cosimo Carovani, cello, Ida di Vita, violin, Eleonora Matsuno, violin, Jamiang Santi, viola - is regarded as one of the most interesting string quartets of its generation, winning the prestigious Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in 2023.
Welcoming the audience, the ambassador emphasised how this high-level initiative testified to the "fruitful cooperation that has long existed between the Petit Palais, the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute, which has contributed to the discovery or rediscovery of Italian art treasures by the French public, as part of the strengthening of cultural exchanges between Italy and France". The exciting concert was also 'a preview of the celebrations of the 25th centenary of the foundation of the city of Naples that will take place in 2025 in Italy and abroad'.
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